Have you ever cried because of a video game?
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Nier Automata. 2 Times, first at ending A (2B's voice actress performance was making me feel the griefing), and then again at the true ending because of the implied message.
I said yes.
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Yeah for sure. I can be over-stimulated by the story pretty easy. The first couple endings I pulled in Cyperpunk were very dark and tragic. Plagues Tale: Requiem after playing both games is a killer. I had some bad decisions in the final run in Veilguard that got my favorite character killed in a tragic way then had to answer for it later. Of course Last Of Us 2. Many others.
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Halo CE ending with Johnson and the Elite. Got me as a child, and also as an adult.
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One I haven't seen in this thread yet: the last playable bit of Bastion, if you choose to take Zulf with you. An early example of Supergiant's mastery of interactive storytelling, coming to a head with a recognition of humanity in the midst of apocalyptic war.
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Haven't been the same since I finished the game a few years ago. Andrew Prahlow dominated my Spotify playlist for two years following and now I have an emotional aversion to pulling the game open, after having played through it (and the DLC) three or six times over the course of 90+ hours gameplay.
10/10 would recommend lol
I had some friends I convinced to play through it and they just didn't get anything out of it. Couldn't believe it tbh
It's no exaggeration to say it changed my perspective about life, I still can't hear Final Voyage without tearing up.
My sister tried playing it and didn't get very far, but her preferences are for highly character-driven material so I think it's just not for her.
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In my second play-through of CP77, I played as a female V just so I could romance Judy. It was great. Even went so far as to decorate V's apartments with pictures of the two of them together. So when the end came, I was not emotionally prepared for ...
::: spoiler spoiler
... the revelation that Judy had decided to leave NC and V.
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While I can't say I cried, it was probably the closest I've come to crying because of a video game.btw your spoiler isn't showing right for me, I can see the spoiled text on the outside. I think you might have the inside text and outside text flipped?
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Braid definitely got me lumpy at the end.
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Outer wilds for sure. Halo reach. Borderlands 2. Definitely others, I'm always wrecked by heroic sacrifice
Man, I didn't expect Tiny Tina's DLC to hit so hard...
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Ooh can you tell me a bit more about spiritfarer? I bought it excitedly a few months ago but stuff happened and I didn't play it for a long time. And now I find it kinda hard to get back to it. Also I seen to be stuck with some basic early missions
Stovetop gives a great explanation of the mechanics so I’ll just add about the vibes. Spiritfarer is sweet and kind at its heart. The main interface of the game is giving hugs and cooking the favourite foods of your passengers. You explore both physically in your boat and in the lives of your friends, and hopefully you come to understand a little bit about life and death. And patience too, sometimes you’re not really stuck you’re just not ready yet.
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Final Fantasy VII, the original one. Stopped playing it for a couple months.
I feel old that I was to look this far to find it.
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To the Moon
this needs to be higher up. to the moon is a gem
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the one time I was totally not expecting was Ghost of Tsushima
the whole plot around samurai, „honor” and stuff felt a bit over dramatic, but the gameplay was great so I didn’t mind
right until the end. the honorable ending is heartbreaking
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The final zones for FF14 Endwalker and the most recent one Dawntrail had me sobbing (endwalker more so, but both did it).
Baldur's Gate 3 had a few moments as well.
Dragon Age: the Veilguard did as well, as did parts of DA2 and DAI on my most recent playthroughs.
There's probably a couple more but I can't think of them right now!
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Many times, but the one that got me more than any other game really surprised me: Insomniac's Spiderman 2. Specifically the pidgeon side quest. I don't think I've ever had another experience where I actually had to put the controller down for 5 minutes to stop sobbing. it was just... so beautiful but so heartbreaking...
It's not even the saddest scene in any video game I've played, but I think something about swinging around, beating up bad guys, and then suddenly getting hit with this deeply personal and very real scene broke me. I strongly recommend this game if you have a ps5.
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Celeste is so. fucking. good.
absolutely amazing game in every way
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Just recently with and Roger
It hit me hard, definitely recommend, with the heads up that it’s only about an hour long.
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Oh my, yes:
Red Dead Redemption 2
Final Fantasy 7 (original and Rebirth)
Silent Hill 2
Undertale
Starbound (because of the soundtrack)
Stardew Valley (because of the soundtrack)
Okami (because of the soundtrack)
Undertale is on the top of my list as well
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Many times, but the one that got me more than any other game really surprised me: Insomniac's Spiderman 2. Specifically the pidgeon side quest. I don't think I've ever had another experience where I actually had to put the controller down for 5 minutes to stop sobbing. it was just... so beautiful but so heartbreaking...
It's not even the saddest scene in any video game I've played, but I think something about swinging around, beating up bad guys, and then suddenly getting hit with this deeply personal and very real scene broke me. I strongly recommend this game if you have a ps5.
Me too. But I'll just note, I think you have to have played the first Spiderman game and Miles Morales to really get it. It needs that emotional build up over time.
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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, right near the end. I don't want to spoil too much, but I never thought a game mechanic would make me emotional.
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There was this challenge in VVVVVV that left me with tears of rage in my fro
