toxicitizen Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) I don't think any game ever brought me to actual tears, but some did make me choke up a bit. Off the top of my head, at the end of MGS4, when Sunny asks "When is Snake coming back?" and Otacon gives the "Snake had a hard life" speech. At the time, you still don't know that Snake didn't actually kill himself, so it's kind of a huge downer Then there's the part in SOTC when the game tricks you into thinking you just killed your horse. Not as intense as the MGS4 one, but definitely a "no.... " moment But generally I need to really care about a character for it to affect me that strongly. When a character I liked dies in a game, it generally sucks, but rarely am I genuinely sad about it. The only thing in recent years that I remember genuinely bringing me to tears was the Lost series finale. I must've teared up at least half a dozen times while watching it Though some of it were tears of joy, depending on the characters. *sigh* ... I miss Lost Edited March 3, 2011 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I don't think there's anything in here that you don't find out within like the first 10 minutes of the game... Other than inside spoiler tags, I mean. Oh, you might be right. Sorry - it looked spoilery so I ran screaming into the night. It's what I do when I think I see spoilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NekuSakuraba Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Crisis Core and some of TWEWY (mostly because of Neku's situation nearing the end) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshi Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Even though you knew exactly what would happen to Zack in the end of Crisis Core, you couldn't help but feel bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 The epilogues in Awakenings made me sniffle a bit, even if they were just little blurbs of text. Boy, DA is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Too bad they destroyed everything that made it good in the sequel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Too bad they destroyed everything that made it good in the sequel. Naww, it's still gonna be good, just different, I've got the faith! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Yeah, SotC made me well up a bit from it's beauty. And yeah, everytime you kill a Colossi, you never really feel good about it. There's a moment of "yes, I overcame a challenge of incredible magnitude", then you just sit for a few moments in silence watching them fall over, helpless. Then the pathos kicks in. The worst thing is when you come back a couple of battles later, and the body of the one who used to live there is all degraded and skeletal. Really amazing game for putting you in a place and time, even if the sense of time is totally impressionistic and intangible. Nobody cry at/near the end of Ico? Made me well up a bit, again, but mostly for when it shows you the castle/island falling apart, in the order by which you progressed through it. So fucking emotional; I remembered each of those areas as if they were a fond memory or dream, and at the end they all just fall apart when you break the 'curse'. Yorda sacrificing herself was pretty sad, too, but the emotional centre of the game, for me, was the world. The brutal ending of GTAIV where Roman dies made me rollick back and forth saying "no, no". Thankfully I actually got the girlfriend-you-don't-care-about dying end . How about Braid? I didn't cry, but I certainly held my head in my hands from how emotional it was, and how harrowing the ultimate message was. Up was brilliantly, beautifully tragic, as was Toy Story 3. Amazing what Pixar can achieve these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) This list may be slightly spoilerific, so don't read anything but the opening sentence for each line if you don't want ruination. I welled up with tears during the opening for Heavy Rain. The game does an excellent job of building a relationship, and snatching it away quickly. Also, Metal Gear Solid 4 really got to me. That crawl through the radioactive space... something about it was absolutely heart-breaking to watch, because the character had been built up so well over the years. An equally destructive scene that pondered how Snake was aging faster than one of his lovers, and her sad reaction to the matter. By far, the most emotionally-driven game for me was The Darkness (strange choice, I know). The game still has one of the strongest endings I've ever played; Jackie gives in to The Darkness, and talks with his girlfriend in a netherworldish location for the last time. Seeing her demise was equally painful; there was something wretched about the way the Darkness holds you back from saving her, and how you have to watch her get brutalized before being shot in the head. Edited March 7, 2011 by DukeOfPwn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I don't think any game ever brought me to actual tears, but some did make me choke up a bit. Off the top of my head, at the end of MGS4, when Sunny asks "When is Snake coming back?" and Otacon gives the "Snake had a hard life" speech. At the time, you still don't know that Snake didn't actually kill himself, so it's kind of a huge downer That actually had me crying too. I remember now I cried twice at MGS4. That scene was just....heart wrenching. I was hungover at the time and I'm always a bit depressed when I'm hungover and I thought that played a factor but it was such a sad scene. The other time in MGS4 In the ACT4 mission briefing where an injured Raiden is begging Snake to let him handle the mission. Snake takes off his bandage showing his scarring from the explosion, and says "Raiden, look at me, I have no future" really got to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 (edited) Also, I had no problems with Shadow of the Colossus. It's probably due to the heroic music they play every time you get to the top. EDIT: I think I also speak for all the Killzone fans when I say "Fuck you, Rico!" Edited March 7, 2011 by DukeOfPwn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Too bad they destroyed everything that made it good in the sequel. Naww, it's still gonna be good, just different, I've got the faith! Yeah, to be fairer I probably should have said "everything that I liked about it" rather than "everything that made it good." It may still be a good game, but it won't really feel like a Dragon Age game. I welled up with tears during the opening for Heavy Rain. The game does an excellent job of building a relationship, and snatching it away quickly. Yeah, it didn't make me cry, but I did feel compelled to do even the things that I knew were futile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Also, Metal Gear Solid 4 really got to me. That crawl through the radioactive space... something about it was absolutely heart-breaking to watch, because the character had been built up so well over the years. An equally destructive scene that pondered how Snake was aging faster than one of his lovers, and her sad reaction to the matter. By far, the most emotionally-driven game for me was The Darkness (strange choice, I know). The game still has one of the strongest endings I've ever played; Jackie gives in to The Darkness, and talks with his girlfriend in a netherworldish location for the last time. Seeing her demise was equally painful; there was something wretched about the way the Darkness holds you back from saving her, and how you have to watch her get brutalized before being shot in the head. Ah yeah, that bit in MGS4 is really harrowing. They managed to make it seem so endless, too. I loved the Darkness, I'm wondering what they're going to do in the sequel. That ending was, indeed, pretty sweet. So unusual for a game to end like that, too. Brillo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 The other time in MGS4 In the ACT4 mission briefing where an injured Raiden is begging Snake to let him handle the mission. Snake takes off his bandage showing his scarring from the explosion, and says "Raiden, look at me, I have no future" really got to me Ha, I don't even remember that part. Guess I might be due for a new run through it. When it first came out, I only played it once, which is unusual since I usually play a MGS game to hell and back until I can't stand it anymore. When Subsistence came out, I must've played it like 5 times in a row with my last run spent hunting down all those damned frogs to get the stealth camo... Never again O_O. But anyway, I think that might have been because I had only just gotten my PS3 and had other games I was eager to play. Took me over a year to even give MGS4 a second run. By far, the most emotionally-driven game for me was The Darkness (strange choice, I know). The game still has one of the strongest endings I've ever played; Jackie gives in to The Darkness, and talks with his girlfriend in a netherworldish location for the last time. Seeing her demise was equally painful; there was something wretched about the way the Darkness holds you back from saving her, and how you have to watch her get brutalized before being shot in the head. I loved the Darkness, I'm wondering what they're going to do in the sequel. That ending was, indeed, pretty sweet. So unusual for a game to end like that, too. Brillo. Man, you guys are almost making me want to dust off my copy of The Darkness to actually finish it. It must've been sitting on that shelf for close to 2 years now... Weird thing is, I don't really know why I never finished it. I remember enjoying it enough. But I think constantly hearing that it was shit might have subconsciously convinced me I was wasting my time playing it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldwings Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I haven't really bawled to anything or shed any tears, but the ending of FFX when Yuna passed through Tidus after he started to go got me choked up. Weird. I see a few MGS4 answers and I have to say it does zero to a person's emotions if you haven't played the past games at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 I haven't really bawled to anything or shed any tears, Yeah, I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of responses here, if not all of them, are loosely defining "cry" as "my eyes got watery" or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 This needs to be updated with TLoU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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danielpholt Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I don't tend to cry at video games, not sure why but Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons hit me like a freight train. Special nod to Tearaway, which whilst it didn't make me cry, did make me feel something I've not felt in a video game for a while, a sense of loss that the story was coming to it's conclusion, almost that same feeling you get when you finish a TV series, or a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 28, 2014 Report Share Posted June 28, 2014 I just don't get the appeal of Tearaway... It was fairly enjoyable, that's about the best I can say for it. I'll second TLoU though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I don't see it mentioned so TTG's The Walking Dead. Bawling 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 No game has ever made me cry. But the last shot of the E3 trailer for Valiant Hearts, with the doggy laying on all the graves, made me a little emotional. Just a bit. I just don't get the appeal of Tearaway... It was fairly enjoyable, that's about the best I can say for it. That's like saying you don't like the appeal of ice cream, sunshine, or puppies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Appeal was the wrong word. They "hype" is what I don't get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Technically, not so much from the videogame but... End of an era. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I just don't get the appeal of Tearaway... It was fairly enjoyable, that's about the best I can say for it. I'll second TLoU though. It's probably because your a heartless monster who eats children and kittens for breakfast. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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