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[Deified Data]

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Lol no

.

Haha, thank god, was concerned for a second. Moment is such a cynically obvious "tear jerker" that it's destined to fail.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Mass Effect 3,

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Mordins Death

That scene didn't get me, but I did like it a lot (I'm specifically referring to the renegade option here). It was extremely reminiscent of the scene in Watchmen where

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Doctor Manhattan kills Rorschach to keep Adrian's secret

, which did get me. The great moments in ME2 and ME3 get lost in the shuffle amongst the ceaseless hate-o-thon, which is unfortunate.

 

[Bradach]

The ending of Bioshock 1 was moving, I thought. I didnt actually cry but I definately felt something. I showed my wife (who has zero interest in games) and she cried.

 

[JazzmanZ]

I cried when I got into last place in Mario kart Wii after a series of blue shells, red shells and starmen.

 

[Danny 117]

Mass Effect 3 spoilers? What the fuck.

 

[Anteater]

dude spoiler your quotes!

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Mother 3

 

[MikeE21286]

And now we have people quoting the spoilers


What is wrong with you....

 

[Suairyu]

Never actually fully cried, but came close a handful of times.

Came close back when I was a teen but wouldn't now:
Aeris
The Boss

Came close back when I was a teen and still would:
FFX's ending (but this has a personal story that got memory-wrapped with it so it'll always evoke some IRL emotions)

Came close as an adult:
Flower
Journey

Aaaaand... that's it. I've had my emotional thresholds worked out by quality books, theatre and films for so many years that as an adult it takes something beautifully artistic and abstract like Flower or Journey to hit an emotional note with me.

I think the problem is we played a lot of the classic "these games make me cry!" titles back when we were teens, where raging hormones and still-developing minds made us easily manipulated on the emotional level. As an adult, I can still appreciate and enjoy videogames that employ traditionally told stories like in RPGs and action games, but until the storytelling catches up with the other, established mediums then I'm not going to be welling up.

That said, attending the Distant Worlds concert and hearing the classic Final Fantasy songs played live by a world-class orchestra was a powerful moment. But that was a combination of nostalgia and masterful, artful performance that stirred that, rather than any game itself.

 

[WrikaWrek]

I can understand crying about a game's story, or a beloved character dying, but weeping because a game looks really good? Can't say that I have experienced that at all.

I'm sure that the moment itself of larger than life creatures, beautiful setting and a very moving soundtrack all working at the same time to create a moment where the game truly connects on an emotional level.

 

[Boogybro]

I also cry a little every day when I realize Shenmue III will never come out.

 

[Hyuga]

i feel that everytime when Aerith dies, eff everyone who says games cant be art

Aerith (FF7) and the ending of MGS3 (The Boss) yeah.... I had to shed some tears.

 

[daviyoung]

Spoilergeddon in this thread.

 

[KAOz]

In Shadows of the Damned.

During "The Legend of Stinky Crow".

But that was from laughter.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Yep, stopped playing

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for a day

after doing the first one to find that there was a second one, fuck.

Yeah, some of the mini-games in FFX were just so terrible but the feeling once you completed them was really satisfying.

On topic, I think the ending of FFX was really powerful.

 

[BeEatNU]

i feel that everytime when Aerith dies, eff everyone who says games cant be art

Only time I came close.

yep, I would say these are the only 2 times in gaming I dropped some tears.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

dude spoiler your quotes!

Spoilergeddon in this thread.

It's already been fixed, don't get your panties in a twist.

 

[Deified Data]

If I planned on playing ME3, I'd be pissed right now.

 

[Ostinatto]

sotc spoiler

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when agrro died

almost got me

and then

the last 20 minutes also almost got me again

best ending ever.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Mother 3 gave me a lot of teary eyes moments, I don't think I'll ever be ready to get back and play it again.

 

[JaseC]

I also cry a little every day when I realize Shenmue III will never come out.

Spare a thought for those expecting a Killer Instinct announcement from MS/Rare.

 

[Tribes of Trusty]

Oh come on Mass Effect 3 isn't even 2 months old, spoiler tag that shit.

 

[EatChildren]

When I came home from school to discover my sister (or someone, I don't know) accidentally deleted my Donkey Kong Country save file.

 

[AppleMIX]

The closest the game has ever got was Mass Effect 3.

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Mordin and Thanes death. I didn't cry but I had more of a sunken heart feeling which is the biggest emotional reaction a game has gotten out of me.

 

[Stallion Free]

Eli.

brofist.jpg

 

[soultron]

sotc spoiler

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when agrro died

almost got me

and then

the last 20 minutes also almost got me again

best ending ever.

Yeah, that too. I played that part so many times thinking that the outcome would magically be different. Who was I kidding thought; it was a Team Ico game.

 

[Boogybro]

Spare a thought for those expecting a Killer Instinct announcement from MS/Rare.

That group of people includes myself as well.

 

[thetrin]

I've cried at plenty of parts in games, though admittedly, I cry at a lot of shit these days. I'm getting all sentimental in my old age.

 

[Suairyu]

Oh, I forgot about ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus! Yet I don't think they were "close to tears" moments but more a bittersweet melancholy that stayed with you for a long time after. Saying goodbye to all my friends towards the end of Shenmue was another moment like that.

I can understand crying about a game's story, or a beloved character dying, but weeping because a game looks really good? Can't say that I have experienced that at all.

People have been known to weep openly in awe of nature IRL. While it hasn't happened to me with our current technological level, I could see someone finding a landscape moment in a videogame overwhelming emotionally.

 

[Hoo-doo]

I'm sure that the moment itself of larger than life creatures, beautiful setting and a very moving soundtrack all working at the same time to create a moment where the game truly connects on an emotional level.

Yeah, those moments are great.
Personally, a game like skyrim could never do this to me, there are too many rough edges and overall jank for me to really get invested in a world like that, and the setting I find pretty bland.

I do remember getting misty eyed for the first time playing Bastion, for example. Fantastic music, incredible visuals, and a fantastic narrative.

 

[WiiredShawn]

The end of Red Dead Redemption brought man tears. If you played it, you know what I'm talking about.

In ME3, I cried a little for

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Mordin's death

and when I thought

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Grunt

was going to die.

I also remember crying at the end of Baten Kaitos: Origins. But I might have been more absorbed in

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Sagi and Milly's relationship

than some people.

I don't think I cried at the end of Wind Waker, but the feeling of sadness was ripe. Goddamn love that game, Triforce quest be damned.

Also, I didn't even play all of Mother 3, but tears started to pour when my fiancee's sister showed me the final battle. That's how powerful that scene is.

 

[TheBioLover]

Mass Effect 3. Came close when

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Mordin died

and

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Grunt supposedly died (and I cheered like mad when it was revealed he didn't actually die).

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Thane, Tail, and Legion's deaths

hit me the hardest though, I shed tears there.


Didn't really care for

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Miranda's death

lol.

 

[timkunedo]

tears flowed in gears of war 3. in that one part. you know what i'm talking about.

 

[Tesseract]

i cried when i soloed a marine jetpacker as a gorge in natural selection.

 

[Shiggy]

I cried when playing Skyward Sword.

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Tears of joy when the game was finally over and the boredom ended

 

[Prologue]

Outside of the first game, story is a complete mess imo.

 

[Y2Kev]

It's amazing the crap Soule gets away with.

 

[woahjeez]

The end of Skyward Sword made me tear up a little

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

I cry all the bloody time at films, but I can't say that I've come remotely close to crying at a game.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

I cry when stuff is emotional because that's how I am.

But I don't think scenery can make me cry.

 

[Suairyu]

It's amazing the crap Soule gets away with.

I thought his work on Neverwinter Nights was good. I really liked the Morrowind theme, too, even if it did seem to be on loop constantly for the entire game.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Phoenix Wright and Ghost Trick are the only two games to trigger some emotional reaction from me. No crying though.

I almost cried at Kamina's death in TTGL and La vita è bella though :-/

 

[Yamibito]

Shadow of the Colossus got me, got a feeling it'll happen again with The Last Guardian if that ever comes out...

 

[Risgroo]

Shadow of the Colossus, goddamn

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ending and when Agro fell off the bridge

. I think those are the saddest moments I've encountered in gaming. I very rarely cry when gaming or watching movies, Toy Story 3 is actually one of the few movies that really got me, dat perfect ending.

 

[Anteater]

WHEN YOU WALK AWAY, YOU DON'T HEAR ME SAY

 

[Henry Jones Jr]

I've never cried from a game, I can't even remember if I have ever cried during a movie. But the strongest emotional reaction I've gotten from a game would be Journey. The part towards the end

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when you are climbing up the snowy mountain and the wind is blowing fiercely and the lighting and thunder starts up at the peak.

I was close to something there.

 

[Yoshichan]

Running as Wolf-Link when Midnas hurt while listening to this melody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nq-gEG-E04

Made me :_:

 

[Kerrinck]

I always get a bit teary eyed when finishing games with characters that I get attached to.
Last two that got me were Radiant Historia and Ghost Trick.

 

[Suairyu]

WHEN YOU WALK AWAY, YOU DON'T HEAR ME SAY

What a goddamn out of place song. Did not gel with the ending at all.

 

[LowEndTorque]

MGS 3 salute

Only time I came close.

This and SOTC.

I'm sure there were a couple of others but I can't think of them.