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What's the most emotional moment you've ever experienced in a video game?
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Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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when u wake the windfish and then Koholint is gone forever...
Guilhermegrg
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That gave me goosebumps when I was young. Never had seen/heard anything like it before.
Most recently, it was also with
end of chapter 5. You know what it is. Damn amazing.
Joshmyersbv
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Man there quite a few, the first one would have to be the microwave scene in MGS4. It wouldn't hit right now but back then that hit me hard.
Journey was a game that visually struck a response from me, especially gliding through the sand as the sun sets in the background. The shimmering and glow of the sand as the sun hits it looked amazing.
RDR and RDR2 are the last two recent ones I can think of. Going back home in RDR with the song playing in the background as you ride was damn near perfect. RDR2 ending is the best I ever played hands down.
Journey was a game that visually struck a response from me, especially gliding through the sand as the sun sets in the background. The shimmering and glow of the sand as the sun hits it looked amazing.
RDR and RDR2 are the last two recent ones I can think of. Going back home in RDR with the song playing in the background as you ride was damn near perfect. RDR2 ending is the best I ever played hands down.
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Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
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vodka-bull
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TLoU had so many emotional scenes. The dialogie in the ranch, Sarah‘s you know what in the beginning, the scene where ellie smashed you know who‘s face to bits with a machete. TLoU2 was emotional at so many points, but I cried like a baby for a few minutes straight after the joel in one scene.
Then I had my moments with Nier, MGS3, and recently it was God of War Ragnarok the scene where the dog died although that was probably just because we adopted a dog this year.
Then I had my moments with Nier, MGS3, and recently it was God of War Ragnarok the scene where the dog died although that was probably just because we adopted a dog this year.
Chickenwing10
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Nothing really sad about the game, but i was having hard times in my life and my only escape was playing video games. At the time i was playing Legend of Legaia ( which is a forgotten gem), after i beat it i just got a huge rush of emotion because the game helped me get through alot.
crackajack
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sadly the writing is not improving at the same pace as visual candy. And increasingly made even worse by bloated collectathon content thinning any good content. I woud probably love RDR2 and AC:V, both have stories that could be awesome if not buried under a gajillion things to do tasks and so I am permanently annoyed since everything I do, mostly getting from a to b, takes forever. Open worlds are a mistake.
Touching moments where:
Last of Us intro level. Introduces its characters in a great short way lets me experience the first moments of the panic and bam. I can't be bothered to finish the game though. Played a couple of hours, but I just don't like its gameplay for some reason and still wait for the motivation to launch it again.
Life is Strange; the wheel chair episode.
Psychonauts; Vodellos screaming kids and fire memory. barely there but in contrast to the otherwise rather happy tune it surprised me.
What remains of Edith Finch; fish cutting scene
CuteFaceJay
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That bit with Dom on Gears of war, NOT the Wife bit but the other thing.
swaffles23
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Post credits scene in The Last Guardian got me
Also
in FFXV
Also
Luna's death
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Black_Stride
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Efren is G.O.A.T.
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FFX ending
Ori 1 intro
Ori 1 intro
Roman Empire
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Had lost one of my dogs just a few weeks before that and it hit me like a crashing wave over the shores. I cried everything I had bottled up the day my dog passed away. Felt like shit the whole weekend and never touched the game again. I loved the game but I don't think I can play it again.
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GladiusFrog
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Monster Rancher
The death and funeral for my first monster actually brought me to tears. Wasn't expecting perma-death to happen to my little virtual pet as a 10yo kid.
The death and funeral for my first monster actually brought me to tears. Wasn't expecting perma-death to happen to my little virtual pet as a 10yo kid.
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Roman Empire
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The doll didn't deserve the ending it got.well
"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
Also, the ending of FFX. Played this as a sophomore in college and my roommate, who never played RPGs watched me play the whole game, to him it was like a TV series. We were both holding back tears. One day I'll play FFX-2, but it will always be a fan created sequel because the ending of FFX was perfect and didn't need a sequel to ruin it.
Also, the ending of FFX. Played this as a sophomore in college and my roommate, who never played RPGs watched me play the whole game, to him it was like a TV series. We were both holding back tears. One day I'll play FFX-2, but it will always be a fan created sequel because the ending of FFX was perfect and didn't need a sequel to ruin it.
Ah shit yeah, there was definitely some powerful moments in RDR2Arthur's fate in RDR2.
Madflavor
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FFVII is one of my favorite games of all time. The 90s and the PS1 were a huge part of my childhood, so when the remake of FFVII Remake came out, I was hooked from the start. But then I entered the Shinra building and this music played:
I had to stop playing the game, and just sit back and listen. I actually became overwhelmed by the music because my mind was flooding with nostalgia. I can't explain it, but something about this song feels like the type of music from the PS1 days. It made me think of Parasite Eve, FFVII, Tekken 3, etc. Of all the famous sad moments from cinematic games like RDR2, TLOU, The Witcher 3, great games all, this was the one that fucked me up the most. Just something about this music triggered memories of my childhood, and how I miss those days. Back then, innovation and creativity in games were really starting to take off. While they were still limited in their technology, the developers breathed life into these worlds with their creative writing, characters, and music, to give them their own unique identity.
I had to stop playing the game, and just sit back and listen. I actually became overwhelmed by the music because my mind was flooding with nostalgia. I can't explain it, but something about this song feels like the type of music from the PS1 days. It made me think of Parasite Eve, FFVII, Tekken 3, etc. Of all the famous sad moments from cinematic games like RDR2, TLOU, The Witcher 3, great games all, this was the one that fucked me up the most. Just something about this music triggered memories of my childhood, and how I miss those days. Back then, innovation and creativity in games were really starting to take off. While they were still limited in their technology, the developers breathed life into these worlds with their creative writing, characters, and music, to give them their own unique identity.
NeoIkaruGAF
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Klonoa 1 is a heart-wrenching game. Those two scenes (you know which ones if you played the game) still hit hard.
Just the other day, the final
section in Pentiment broke me.
Just the other day, the final
labyrinth
RJMacready73
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no its from the first one i think, its where one of the team thinks his wife is alive or something only to find out shes been dead all along, cant remember exactly how it all plays out just i remember thinking at the time this was pretty emotional for a dudebro game about shooting shit lol
Interfectum
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To the Moon: Music + End
TLoU2: The final flashback with Joel and Ellie
Valiant Hearts: The ending
TLoU2: The final flashback with Joel and Ellie
Valiant Hearts: The ending
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gaming_again
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Imagine trying to explain the impact of FFVII to somebody too young to have been there. It’s pointless. The memory of that impact will die with our generation.
Trumpets
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Disc 4 of Shenmue 2. After an intense chapter in Kowloon culminating in a rooftop battle against the game's final boss, you find yourself in rural china and meet a girl while travelling to a distant mountain village. You just walk through the countryside together and talk about stuff, it's amazing.
Ogbert
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Great call.
And the sound design; the echo of your feet on the wooden floor.
Immediately followed by the cheer of Hyrule Fields.
MiguelItUp
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Telltale's The Walking Dead
Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption 2
, when Clementine is forced to kill Lee.
, the ride home and Marston's inevitable death.
, Arthur's last ride + his talk with the nun about death.
BootsLoader
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FFX ending.
Ocarina of time, leaving master sword and Navi behind in the temple of time.
Death Stranding: Escorting BB to his last mission. (Damn I cried like a small bitch).
Ocarina of time, leaving master sword and Navi behind in the temple of time.
Death Stranding: Escorting BB to his last mission. (Damn I cried like a small bitch).
