Have you ever cried because of a video game?
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I think Yakuza/Like a Dragon wins the crown for game series that's made me emotional the most times. Majima seeing Makoto in the ending of 0 and in 2, Kiryu seeing the message the orphanage kids left him in The Man Who Erased His Name, Kiryu going on a tour of his old haunts in Infinite Wealth, Majima visiting Kiryu in the hospital at the end of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii...there are plenty more, but those all came to mind. They really use the fact that we've been following these characters for decades to the fullest extent.
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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.
I played through it originally years ago and remember it being sad but it kind of fell out of my head. I played it again few years ago after acquiring a bonus kid and having a baby, both the intro and the ending were gut punches.
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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?
Oh, thanks for letting me know. It appears that I'd inadvertently mangled it. It's been corrected.
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I can't believe no one is mentioning Chrono Triger few days after it was named as one of best video games. Geez I cried a lot with 2 finals.
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Maybe I’m playing the wrong games… I’m not really a fan of game story lines and cutscenes because they get in the way of actually playing the game. I don’t emotionally engage other than chuckling at GlaDOS.
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A lot actually, I'm quite sensitive to emotional things. I've been playing Honkai Impact 3rd and it's made me tear up multiple times. I don't remember all of the games but some of the other games I remember are:
All of the Kingdom Hearts except "3D" and 3 because I haven't played them yet.
Metal Gear solid 1, 2, 3 and Peace Walker
Some of the Final Fantasy games
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
Peace Walker's climax is criminally underappreciated
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- The last of Us 1 and 2
- Signalis
- Outer Wilds
- Nier: Automata
SIGNALIS fucked me up for like 6 months
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I think Yakuza/Like a Dragon wins the crown for game series that's made me emotional the most times. Majima seeing Makoto in the ending of 0 and in 2, Kiryu seeing the message the orphanage kids left him in The Man Who Erased His Name, Kiryu going on a tour of his old haunts in Infinite Wealth, Majima visiting Kiryu in the hospital at the end of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii...there are plenty more, but those all came to mind. They really use the fact that we've been following these characters for decades to the fullest extent.
Interesting. I have the game but am still working through backlog before I play it. From the previews it always seemed kinda like absurdly humorous so I'm kinda surprised to hear that they mix in some more emotional chords
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The end of Mass Effect 3 had me crying
The actual ending? Mordin was pretty moving to me.
"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong"
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To The Moon, The Beginner's Guide, and Night in the Woods all made me cry like a lot. Probably have been a few others, but those were the big ones.
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There was this challenge in VVVVVV that left me with tears of rage in my fro
Lol fuck that game. Also, I love that game.
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Drawing a blank on mostly the whole thing. You're an apprentice or acolyte or something. Magical powers come from an interaction between your "distaff" (something used in weaving) and melodies that the user must learn and perform. Something bad happens and you go on a quest. You end up back where you started. There's some kind of weaving metaphor. That's about all I got...
I can't call to mind all of the weft, but most of the warp is still there. Little bits like why all the Weavers wear hoods; how to beat the game at the start; the copy protection scheme.
The scene mentioned:
:::spoiler I remember the Glassmakers being prissy.(maybe don't read this if you're going to replay the game)
Bobbin gains the ability to heal even death at the end. He comes upon the corpse of the Glassmaker's leader and prepares to bring him back, but the Glassmaker hasn't yet passed on. He explains that in the last battle the Glassmakers held fast to their ideals (I can't remember what exactly that was, but I remember being greatly affected by that choice). As he tells Bobbin "Tell them we chose death with Clarity", he disappears.
:::Now, it may be that wasn't how it actually was, but that's what got dredged out of memory with your single word comment.
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RDR2. Miss you, Hamish, thanks for the good times.
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To the Moon
I convinced my partner to play to the moon. The sound of crying was how I knew she'd reached the end.
The music still gets me a little bit sometimes.
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Shadow of the Colossus. Hands down one of the saddest games I’ve ever played.
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Ending of the Transistor, I did not seet that coming. I just sat there in stunned silence for a few minutes.
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Celeste is so. fucking. good.
absolutely amazing game in every way
wrote last edited by [email protected]I second this. Didn't cry while playing it but did tear up listening to the Farewell soundtrack on full blast in my car.
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Celeste is so. fucking. good.
absolutely amazing game in every way
I wanna finish it but I'm stuck finding all the secret strawberries
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Played through Before Your Eyes and it absolutely broke me. I'd 1000% recommend using a camera and going in blind. Very emotional experience.
I'm surprised I had to scroll this much down to find this. I have played the vast majority of the games people have mentioned here, and yes some are sad, but I don't think I cried in any of them. I don't know if it's the story on its own or if the gimmick of the camera makes you feel a lot more connected to it, but I played through the entire game in one go, couldn't stop playing and after a certain point couldn't stop crying.
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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.
Game: Press this button to trigger this game mechanic
Me: Starts ugly crying
