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Has a game ever made you cry?
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Elitist1945
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The Last of Us; Beyond: Two Souls; Medal of Honor: Frontline (mostly because of the music) to name a few.
Oh man, that's a great call.
It's especially worse when your younger brother is your only sibling.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Not many do. I think the ending of LiS gave me a lump in my throat and I think I felt my eyes get a little watery with P4G and Brothers.
Fucking this.
The transition from the previous season into this scene was masterfully crafted and perfectly executed.
The giraffe, the dialogue, and the MUSIC, man.
Probably the most beautiful moment in my 25 years of gaming and I fucking lost it.
Omnii-chan
Member
The end of Walking Dead Season 1 is the only time I have gotten upset from a game.
pirateluigi
Member
Not that level (although that one is emotional).
I mean "You're the Inspiration".
Then again (spoilers for sad)
The first time I played that level was a week after my father died. Talk about terrible timing.
Like part of me thinks it's the game itself, but I think it connected with me and some of my own personal feelings about love and relationships that made me think a lot about myself and what I'm doing with my life.
Putyouinmyoven
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The ending of Klonoa :'(
Slammin_Hammon
Member
The ending of Persona 4 Golden had me choked up. Can't think of other instances.
ramoisdead
Member
Nope. No form of entertainment has made me cry. Did some video games made me feel sad? Yeah. But never cried.
Maintenance
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Oh, completely forgot about that one. Yeah, you're right.
Von Krukru
Banned
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
I was going to post this but you took care of it. I posted this in the OT but when the
pictures of your friendship are burning up
Edit: Journey is a good one too. I had a singular friend the ENTIRE game and I lost him during the snow climb. My then girlfriend and I were so sad that he was gone.
Ending of P3 definitely has me feeling a little teary eyed. That last monologue that Aigis delivers as it fades to white.....man.
This too.
TheCthultist
Member
The end of MGS3 came close. Nothing else I can think of off the top of my he though... Maybe Dark Souls when it first came out on the PC, but for a very different reason. Thank god for modders.
ClayKavalier
Banned
Must be a dad yourself if that goofy game affected you.
MGS3 ending made me a little teary eyed. Granted I was like 15 at the time, still like the game but I wouldn't be the same if I played it for the first time now.
The GBA port of Lunar made me cry. I was even younger than, probably around 12. I can't remember anything about the story other than there's a cat that turns into a dragon and one of your friends betrays you at some point. Neither of those were what made me cry, it was something at the end of the game.
It didn't make me cry but the game that's made the strongest lasting impression on me is Shadow of the Colossus. I held on to the stairs at the end until my grip ran out. That moment was great, you feel so sympathetic for the character and so hopeless.
sir_dany12
Member
The walking dead Season 1. RIP
BluePigGanon
Member
The closest I ever came to crying was Passage. I didn't cry, but felt the burn so to speak.
Get_craycray
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Oh right, I forgot Life is Strange Episode 4 (IIRC) especially when
you have to decide wether you wanna unplug chloe or not
This one got me as well. Good stuff. Other than that, I can't think of any games that made my eyes water.
Other than WoW after being stuck on a raid boss for 4 hours with people making the same mistakes over and over
Fire Emblem Awakening -
I just watched the YouTube video of it and I couldn't make it through without crying.
The Last of Us - Joel. Ellie.
I couldn't handle it.
Life Is Strange - EVERYTHING.
When Chrom finds out that Marth is Lucina. "You deserve better from me than one sword in a world full of trouble."
The Last of Us - Joel. Ellie.
Ranch House.
Life Is Strange - EVERYTHING.
StormBrute
Member
I can't recall an instance of actually crying during a game, though I've definitely gotten teary eyed, and have been emotionally affected by a lot. Possibly the end of the Walking Dead season 1?
The only thing I can explicitly recall is listening to Radical Dreamers, the ending song of Chrono Cross one day and I did start crying a bit. It's a really emotional song, and Chrono Cross is my favorite game of all time, so it just hit me out of the blue one day.
The only thing I can explicitly recall is listening to Radical Dreamers, the ending song of Chrono Cross one day and I did start crying a bit. It's a really emotional song, and Chrono Cross is my favorite game of all time, so it just hit me out of the blue one day.
Cool story - i finished Shadow of the Colossus or the first time 9 years ago (jesus) and thought it was a masterpiece, but didn't cry.
I quickly finished it again, and the ending touched me even more with just how poignant it was. It's not a particularly powerful or dramatic ending- it's just elegant, simple and beautiful. My eyes watered up a bit.
Over the next few years i would complete the game a further 5 times - and every single time i watched the last sequence I would cry more and more, until i was bare-faced sobbing sitting on my couch.
That's art.
You're going to have to explain that one.
I quickly finished it again, and the ending touched me even more with just how poignant it was. It's not a particularly powerful or dramatic ending- it's just elegant, simple and beautiful. My eyes watered up a bit.
Over the next few years i would complete the game a further 5 times - and every single time i watched the last sequence I would cry more and more, until i was bare-faced sobbing sitting on my couch.
That's art.
You're going to have to explain that one.
StrawberryJam
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I remember playing TLOU for the first time when my dad was in the room. He's never been interested in games so he didn't pay it any mind. As the prologue went on he started to pay more and more attention and then by the end of it I looked across at him hiding his face behind a newspaper. He then said something along the lines of 'Oh... That's quite sad... I need to go now...'. That game managed to make someone who doesn't care about the medium at all pretty emotional. Great game.
Also Journey made me cry like a child. Can't even explain why.
Last of Us ending, pretty much any time. The last few seconds of that game are so very powerful.
Didn't expect it, but the
for Life is Strange also got me.
Got pretty close during the Ori intro
I can't handle dogs dying, I really can't. Not in tv, not in games. Even when a dumb show like Bates Motel does it, it hurts
Didn't expect it, but the
saving Arcadia Bay ending
Got pretty close during the Ori intro
Closest I came was the dog getting impaled in the walking dead season 2 premiere. I love dogs so much and the whining noise it makes when slowly dying
I can't handle dogs dying, I really can't. Not in tv, not in games. Even when a dumb show like Bates Motel does it, it hurts
Silent Chief
Member
Almost.
Fatal Frame. I reached the last part but it wouldn't load because there was a scratch on the disc. I ended up finding a cheap copy a few years later, but I never finished it.
Fatal Frame. I reached the last part but it wouldn't load because there was a scratch on the disc. I ended up finding a cheap copy a few years later, but I never finished it.
BluePigGanon
Member
Ah yeah, I forgot about that. Like Passage: didn't cry, but felt it.
FloatingDivider
Member
The end of the walking dead season 1 worked me over something fierce. Holy shit that ending dude, it wasn't even just misty eyed, it was legit crying like a grown ass man-baby. It took me like 30 minutes to compose myself.
This. So much!
the_sun_king
Member
Yup, a handful have.