Have you ever cried because of a video game?
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Is it? I thought DS emulators are pretty good. I've seen a few Streamers stream the Pokémon DS games without issues. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon also doesn't make much use of the touch screen iirc
It works well, but using 2 screens on one monitor will always be a lesser experience.
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Does veilguard get better? The voice acting and dialogue were so bland I didn't get far in it. Plus the combat was no dragon age combat.
I did a ~60 hour playthrough and completed every quest I could find without a guide. I didn't 100% the game or collect all of the possible loot, but I came fairly close. I enjoyed most things about the game, though I do wish more choices from previous games mattered. Anyway, here's my rambling thoughts on it!
The combat is very different, but after a bit I really started to enjoy it (I
did play as a mage, idk what the other classes feel like to play as I have not gone back for a replay yet).As for the dialogue, it felt very Dragon Age to me, though I mostly choose the sarcastic options (purple Hawke is my favorite). I didn't find it particularly bland, same with the voice acting. Sure, the dialogue writing isn't Baldur's Gate 3 good, but I didn't think it was bad either. It really reminded me a lot of DA1, especially after jumping right into a DA1 play after I beat it.
There's one kinda mediocre scene regarding one of the character's queerness (pushups lol) but I didn't hate it, and as a trans person myself, all of the queer focused scenes were very believable. People go "oh my god they're beating us over the head with queerness", which like, yeah they are, because that's literally how it can go in real life with people who are refusing to acknowledge or accept your identity.
The amount of lore that gets revealed made going back to the first 3 really interesting (I did a fresh playthrough of each but didn't quite finish Inquisition as I got distracted by Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous)!
It also might help that I romanced Solas in DAI several times, and really enjoyed getting more of him (even if he made me angry at him a lot in this one).
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Gears of War 3 - Dom
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Journey's ending hit me pretty hard: the score's composer, Austin Wintory, did such a great job channeling emotions into the game narrative
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Two that I can remember.
- To The Moon
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Excellent storytelling transcends the medium, but it’s a shame that there are so few games that have managed to tug at my heartstrings.
Edit: I am reading the comments and making a list. Sometimes a good cry is the catharsis an aching soul needs.
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Devil May Cry back in 2001, and hellblade in 2017. There weee probably others that I had a response to, but those both had tears falling.
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Malenia got me damn close to.
Let me solo her
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Malenia got me damn close to.
Rotussy.
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As a middle aged guy with a young daughter at the time, I cried at the opening and had to take a break before actually playing the game.
This is the correct answer and what I was going to say. First played as an engaged young man. While an amazing story, didn't hit until I had my daughter and replayed 10 years later. The impact of his decisions and my struggle with how I would've handled it, wrecked me. Neil is a genius and I think an incredible story teller.
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She was a great friend, with an unfortunate circumstance. If you ever, within your lifetime, become well acquainted with someone who has either schizophrenia or psychosis, remember the person underneath the struggle as they face a constant battle in their heads. I hope mental health support gets better, and it is, however in my experience there is little support for the lasting effects of abuse as it's mostly surface level things - my local NHS hospital has claimed there is no specialist for CPTSD in my area of London, at all (and not everyone is in the position to pay out of pocket, especially when my friend was already staying at sheltered accommodation).
Many issues in society can be fixed with proper mental health support, I'm just hoping that gets here soon.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Thank you for sharing your friend's story and honoring her memory.
This is very true. There are more than enough social and psychological barriers to getting the help you need in this situation - it's high time we get rid of at least the economic ones.
I was fortunate enough to get to know people on both sides of this struggle, though less severe than your friend. It takes effort to build empathy, remember the person underneath as you said, make space for them where the may be needed, and - without assuming full responsibility - being there for them where possible.
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I don't think I've ever had a "sad emotion" at all playing a game... I rarely have any emotion besides happy or angry playing games lol.
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A couple of times, yes. I think the one I cried the most was the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI, it was just one of the most magnificent scenes in gaming.
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"Last day of June" is very emotional. Didn't cry but I was close.
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RDR2. Miss you, Hamish, thanks for the good times.
Right? RDR2, TLOU 1 & 2…there are others that are slipping my ind now but a well told story is a well told story. These people all saying they never cry over stories in games are disturbing if you ask me lol
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Right? RDR2, TLOU 1 & 2…there are others that are slipping my ind now but a well told story is a well told story. These people all saying they never cry over stories in games are disturbing if you ask me lol
That’s just one of many, and I’ll never forget the tears that flowed when, as but a child, I experienced that scene in FFVII, while screaming “NO,NO! USE A FUCKING PHOENIX DOWN YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!”
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Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC. One last fun ride with a bunch of friends before the final reckoning.
For added gut punch: romance Thane.
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Yep. I play FFXIV and I'm on estrogen. I cry basically every major patch cycle.
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As someone who has had the chance to play through Xenoblade Chronicles 1 through 3, several times in 3 specifically I was very emotional.
3 is a game that's emotional on its own, and throughout its story there are several times where it hits like a truck.
But when you know about all three games, some things just hit a little harder, especially during that DLC.
There's definitely a reason I have Mio and Noah Amiibo on my desk right now.
Honestly, XC3 is probably the best RPG of that generation (of course that's on opinion. But it's a correct one
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I bought That Dragon Cancer ages ago because it seemed like an amazing and innovative idea for a game, and I've never had the guts to start it up.
Oh God, that part with all of the get well cards. Right in the feels.
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