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Has a game ever made you cry? ( obvious game spoilers in this thread )

Never cried from a game and have played hundreds of games from all eras, including the ones people mention on here. Only time video games have made me cry was when I had my Wii preordered at Game Crazy, and had been anticipating Twilight Princess for 2 years, when launch day came and I showed up there and they didn't have my system and told me to "wait a few weeks", I was sad. When I got home I did cry. I was 15 at the time.
 
LiK said:
The most recent was Steins;Gate. Holy shit, this game.
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Valkyria Chronicles
Isara :[

TLOU
The prologue, Fall where Ellie confronts Joel in the house, "it can't be for nothing" cutscene where the giraffes walk off and disappear behind the trees

Journey
The last stretch of the game, death and rebirth

Persona 3/4
End of Persona 3, Nanako (you know the scene) in Persona 4
 
Okami

I actually cried 3 times ;___;

First when Kaguya is returning to the moon. When she's saying goodbye to her grandpa, and he starts crying :( Even Issun cried, and I cried too :((

Second, when Issun is going to leave Amaterasu just before she's gonna enter the Ark of Yamato.

Third, at the end, when Amaterasu loses all of her powers and Issun asks the people to pray for her ;___; That just shattered my heart ;___;
 
The walking dead: season 1
Brothers: a tale of two sons
To the moon

Everyone that played those games will know which parts I am talking about.
 
The first time I finished Dragon Age: Origins with my Warden
taking the ultimate sacrifice
and reading Sten's epilogue:
"Sten bowed once before the Warden's remains and then left without saying a word...When fellow Qunari asked if there were worthy people outside of Par Vallon, Sten answered that in all his travels he had only met a single one."

I wouldn't say I cried as it was something.....in my eye. A misunderstanding similar to when Sten was accused of playing with a kitten when it was in clearly training.
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WpwmAhho37A#t=185
 
Child of Light, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Final Fantasy XIII-2, World in Conflict, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

On the other hand I don't get why people keep saying that The Last of Us made them cry ? I really can't remember any sad moment in the game, shocking yes, but not sad.
 
Persona 4 ending made me cry.

Crisis Core (there is a pic in the first page I think) was really good too. I couldn't stop button mashing even if I knew I couldn't win.

Tales of Xillia 2 chapter 13 was really emotional too
shit, you have to kill your brother. It was the most emotional moment in the game for me.
The narrative in that game is really good, the best in any Tales game and one of my favorite JRPG stories too.
 
yeah, Brothers and to the moon, too. And i must confess i did get emotional at the end of dust and elysiam tale, didn´t get to cry but i felt a knott in my stomach
 
it's really really cheesy but I always loved
snakes speech towards raiden
at the end of Metal Gear solid 2.

the feels, man
 
Boguester said:
Papo & Yo. Especially the ending and how it used game mechanics as narrative metaphors. Always surprised that game doesn't get mentioned more often.
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Ending didn't make me cry but it did give me an emotional reaction that no other game has. As for games that did make me cry:

To The Moon - Beginning of the game really got me as I didn't know anything about the game before I played other than it's a point-and-click. Ending didn't make me cry though as you already know how it's gonna end after the first 10 minutes.
Okami - Twice because of the music. Once when Kaguya says goodbye and the ending partly because we never got a proper sequel. Speaking of...
Okamiden - Twice. Once when Shiranui is dying and Okamiden is licking her, and the ending when Susano's "son" (forgot his name) learns how he found him and decides to leave on a journey of his own.
MGS4 - Most of the ending.

Plus a bunch more.
 
never cried, but got the ol' lump in the throat with Valiant Hearts :/
 
Nope, most characters are too one dimensional and cut scenes too clumsily directed for me to identify with game people emotionally. I'm usually cursing their stupidity from my ivory tower instead.
 
I was gonna say no, then I remembered To The Moon.

didn't help that my Nan is in a similar place to the old guy

Obvious point, but that must be what makes it resonate with people so much, the fact that most people have either been through, or know someone who's been/going through the same emotions.

Also, dat main theme.
 
Poltergust said:
I can recall three instances. First off is Elite Beat Agents:



This one especially got me since I played this on Christmas Day.

Next is Majora's Mask.



The Song of Healing playing in the background just made this scene.

Finally, to include a game that hasn't been mentioned...

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Professor Layton fans would know the context of this. I just bawled during this scene.
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Dammit that Layton gif ;___;
 
Poltergust said:
Finally, to include a game that hasn't been mentioned...

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Professor Layton fans would know the context of this. I just bawled during this scene.
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As a Brit with a tiny 3DS library and not enough time to play every game in a series featuring spinoffs and the like, what Layton games would you recommend?
 
When my daughter was born 4 years ago, my whole emotional state changed significantly. Things that didn't bother me prior to her birth, had an effect on me. Certain scenes that are obvious attempts at pulling heart strings, wouldn't of made me bat an eye before, but as I said, it was different now. An example would be Homefront near the beginning of the game when
the kid sees his parents shot to death
. That really got me, as I put myself in that moment, and imagined my daughter having to witness that.

Other games that made my eyes well up:

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway - ending (that might have been the first)
The Last of Us - within the first ten minutes or so
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
from the moment you begin controlling the brother who passed, until the credits roll, this one was too much
The Walking Dead Season 1 - ending
 
I barely even remember it now. Something in FF8 with the subplot of the two characters back in time. It was romantic and happysad. Much better than the main plot. Though, I was a teenager, so maybe it actually sucks.
 
The_Hitcher89 said:
As a Brit with a tiny 3DS library and not enough time to play every game in a series featuring spinoffs and the like, what Layton games would you recommend?
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There are two trilogies in the series, and you can play them in any order. That said, I recommend you start with the original trilogy:

Curious Village
Diabolical Box (or Pandora's Box)
Unwound Future (or Lost Future)
 
FFXV TGS trailer.
Man, so beautiful i couldn't believe it.
And the game's not even out, lol.

Other games are Valkyria Chronicles (
MC's sister death
), Red Dead Redemption (
John's death
) and Persona 4 ending (
i totally wasn't ready to leave my virtual friends :(
).
 
It's strange that this thread has come up because this has just happened to me in the last 10 minutes - I just started playing The Walking Dead (season 2):

I just did the part in Episode 1 where
you find the dog, Sam, and can decide to feed him or not. And then things turn bad and he ends up impaled on tent poles and you have to decide to put him down or leave him suffering.

That part absolutely destroyed me - I'm going through a rough time at the moment anyway so it doesn't take much to make me emotional. But Telltale, please. Why like this? The other part of me appreciates how they handled this and portrayed it in a video game.
 
Some KH stuff, some later game Destiny Islands scenes iirc when I was a kid and Persona 4 ending when I was a slightly older kid made me tear up a bit

Haven't happened again in a looong time now
 
Final Fantasy X made me cry like a little schoolgirl.

Final Fantasy XIII didn't make me cry, that's one for that comparison thread.
 
Professor Layton (forgot which one, but cried during most of them)
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Kingdom Hearts
Persona 4
Mother 2
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus

And not actually playing the game, but I cried when SE showed the Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer last year.
 
The opening sequence of The Last of Us was the first time I actually had tears in my eyes for a videogame. That was just excellent voice acting with an excellent gameplay pace before that.

You were constantly on the run and saw emotional experiences throughout the 20 minute journey, with you being chased every minute of it.

And then the thing you were running from actually happens.. To you.
 
FFIX's ending back then as a kid. Tears of genuine joy :)
Funny thing is, I later found out that my best friend did the same :D It was just such a great feeling when this grand adventure ended finally.

Oh and, yeah, of course TLOU's intro. So moving :(
 
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