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I just cried for the first time over a game.

Mother 3
Lucas embraced Claus. ;____;
and The Windwaker got me teary with their endings. I especially find it weird in a good way that the Windwaker could have such a moving finale. Ganondorf's words and motivation, the kids neglect of Hyrule as a past relic, and the King's final moments (with musical cue) were all executed so well and it showed.

SkySonata said:
In all seriousness, the ONLY game that ever flipped my mind and gave me sadness to the brink of tears is Terranigma for the SNES.

The game ends with you having been reborn as a bird that flew all across the world, observing humanity grow and surpass itself in technology over and over again. And at the end you fly to a remote village, where time stood still after the events that took place there. And the only person in that village is Elle, your lover, who told you that
she would be there waiting for you to return to her no matter how much time passed.
You definitely returned, but no longer a human.

Totally trips me out every time I think about it.
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I don't know what inspired me to read this one, spoilers and all, but dammit, now I want to experience this game.
 
Oh, BioShock is another one that got me misty-eyed, with the fate of Atlas' family,
although as us Shockies know it turns out we'd been had
. Also, the audiotapes with the mother terrified over her daughter disappearing and
turning into a Little Sister
. Rapture seems more fucked up than any videogame location because the tragedy of its people seems so real.
 
PhoenixDark said:
I cried shortly after playing Wii Play with my parents. So many great games have been released in my lifetime, but none that transcended simply being a "videogame" more than Wii Play/Sports/etc. As I watched my parents' joy as they waggled I felt as if my lifelong passion had finally been vindicated. Nintendo has brought so much joy to my heart as well as those of millions (if not billions) of gamers, but none as sweet as this
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:lol :lol
 
jonnybryce said:
Lost Odyssey got me to cry quite early on. Anyone who's played a few hours of it knows what part I'm talking about. It was sad.
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Yup, it's the only game to ever make me cry. Sadly it was also the point from where the game's plot went downhill. :(
 
subtlesaysigh said:
Agreed. The whole game is this amazing crescendo...

(For fucks sake, Kojima Productions, add trophies so I can play through it again!)
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smh, just play through again because it's fucking awesome.
 
Eyemus Lutt said:
Although I like 3 the best, the best case overall is the final case from 1.
I'm also halfway through Apollo and it's also fairly good.
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I don't know. The final case in 1 is amazing, but the final case in 3 pulled pretty much everything together, which I loved. It had some of the biggest shocks for me, but yeah, I did enjoy 1 quite a bit. The final case in 2 is also really good.
 
K.Jack said:
Xenosaga Episode III ending made me cry hard. Damn that was rough.


I cry during the underwater scene at the end. When they all touch him :(
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Good lord, in Xenosaga Ep III I was getting jerked all over the place. Especially the scene on disc 1 where
unedited, Shion's mom is killed and Young Shion tries to resuscitate her by cupping her hands to catch the pouring blood and trying to put it back in her mother's body
. That may have been the saddest thing I've ever seen in a game.
 
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I can't say that I've ever cried due to a videogame, but for some reason Windwaker always had the power to make me really sad. Especially when the grandmother realizes that you have to leave the island, with that music playing.

I have cried due to books though (Where the Red Fern Grows).
 
My eyes have watered with a videogame two times if I recall correctly. The first one was with the japanese version of Tales of the Abyss - with the english version not at all because the dub is pretty meh-.

The second time was with Mario Galaxy, entering for the first time to Space Junk Galaxy and seeing the sheer beauty of that scene. Seeing that colourful galaxy from the toad ship was way too beautiful. And THAT music, holy shit.

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The only thing I cried was over at the end of City Light, the comic book verion of the Charlie Chaplin's movie. And I was five.

YOU PUSSZZ!111
 
Mother 3 is the only game that gave me the urge to cry. Chapter 1 spoilers:
Particularly, the end of Chapter 1, where we see Claus lying dead at the canyon base - Hinawa having been killed by a Drago - and the once gentle Drago who had killed her having been tranformed into a mindless killing machine, ultimately resulting in his death.
And the end of game spoilers:
The encounter with the revived, now-evil Claus, with Lucas unable to hurt him while the spirit of Hinawa tries to bring him around, and then once he regains his senses, fatally wounds himself, embraces Lucas, and dies.
 
If you want to be truly depressed
with a Phoenix Wright game, get the bad ending for PW3 (but make sure you save so you can go back, natch).
 
Zoe said:
FFVIII - Ragnarok scene
FFX - The ending

Can't say any others have made me cry. I knew the Aerith thing was coming ahead of time, but I didn't like her any way.
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What Aerith thing?
 
Also

Steve in resident evil code veronica and luca blight was very evil in suikoden 2, he used that woman in the village as a pig and killed her...
 
The Take Out Bandit said:
Klonoa the Door to Phantomile
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This would be the one (as in only) for me. Talk about an insane twist ending. It's like watching Bambi's mom get shot. Twice.

Makes me weary of the remake. The game itself looks great, but removing the godly CG cinemas for real-time renditions? Not a wise move.
 
mgs 4
microwave
has been mentioned a lot and I agree, although I sometimes wonder whether that scene is powerful because of the
montage
or because of the
gameplay, aka button mashing

but I'd say the ending is the most emotional moment for me. I really really love the line "
it's good, isn't it
"
 
Never cried while playing a game, but yeah Shadow of the Colossus made me feel a strange sensation in my throat. The Terranigma ending was pretty sad too, but back when I first finished it I don't think I really understood it that well. It's a lot more poignant now. Even though some of the translation is a bit nonsensical, this line was definitely harsh,
"I had no idea that having no place to go home to is so empty and lonely."
 
You know, a lot of people are mentioning MGS4, but I couldn't get over how much more powerful it could have been if Kojima would edit his shit.

Seriously I felt like that ending was maybe the biggest letdown for me. It had so many great moments that were killed by so much other crap.

Less is more, Kojima.
 
End of MGS3 where
The tape of Eva is playing while Snake is going through all those things. At the point when Snake goes up to The Boss's grave, and Eva starts crying right as he salutes her grave, God damn I lost it a bit. Then you see the single tear run down Snakes cheek.
That just sealed the deal for me.

Also Otacons
pre first credit talk about Snake and how his life was hard
in MGS4 made me tear up.
 
Dante23 said:
The second time was with Mario Galaxy, entering for the first time to Space Junk Galaxy and seeing the sheer beauty of that scene. Seeing that colourful galaxy from the toad ship was way too beautiful. And THAT music, holy shit.
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All right thats a little extreme.
 
I'm glad Klonoa and Persona 3 got covered, those were big ones for me... the first game I think that I ever had a severe emotional reaction to was Actraiser. I was a hardcore Catholic at the time and
the thought of a world that no longer needs its God was really painful for me. Also, the dude that worships you so much that all he wants you do to is shed a tear for him as he dies, was amazing.
There was absolutely no gameplay relevance to that, it didn't unlock anything, it was totally just added worldbuilding color from Enix and I really respected that.
 
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