Depressing moments in gaming

[The Last Nomad]

The end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2.. sniff..

You meen when Eli Vance gets his brain eaten by a combine advisor while Gordon and Alyx watch? *smiles*

*to the tune of the spiderman theme*

Spoiler tags, spoiler tags. Can they hide, the spoilers?

Yeeees, because they're there for that!


Well, it was depressing when GTAIV ended. You felt that Niko had just went through all of his troubles for nothing, and had ended up back where he started.

Are you talking about the ending where

Spoiler: theres 2 endings I think, so don't look unless you completed them both or already know

Roman dies...?

Cos that would be my input to this thread, It was also the most ingaging story element I've seen in a long time... combined with the Darko Brevic bit before it, I feel it really put me in the mood Niko was in even after I started playing.

 

[MurderousToaster]

The end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2.. sniff..

You meen when Eli Vance gets his brain eaten by a combine advisor while Gordon and Alyx watch? *smiles*

*to the tune of the spiderman theme*

Spoiler tags, spoiler tags. Can they hide, the spoilers?

Yeeees, because they're there for that!


Well, it was depressing when GTAIV ended. You felt that Niko had just went through all of his troubles for nothing, and had ended up back where he started.

Are you talking about the ending where

Spoiler: theres 2 endings I think, so don't look unless you completed them both or already know

Roman dies...?

Cos that would be my input to this thread, It was also the most ingaging story element I've seen in a long time... combined with the Darko Brevic bit before it, I feel it really put me in the mood Niko was in even after I started playing.

The two endings are basically the same. You just end up killing either

Spoiler

Dmitri

or the mob guy (forgot his name).

 

[Joa_Belgium]

The death of Jenny in The Darkness.

Spoiler

I already posted this in a similar thread today, but it's a unique moment that leaves the player behind with nothing but hatred and disbelief.

 

[NEVRINx54]

when your horse dies in Shadow of the Colossus....

 

[Drakmeire]

when you find Mila's emotional demon room in Psychonauts and learn about her dead children. (each demon represents one of her children that died in a house fire)

 

[Vkmies]

A horrible ending to a great game. Assasins creed II for example. Do not wait for an epic end fight or cutscene.

 

[Kinichie]

Final Fantasy VI: When

Spoiler

You're looked by after Cid del Norte Marquez for one year, only to find that not soon after Celes wakes up from her coma, after the world was destroyed, that he dies leaving you alone on an Island... where she then walks up the 'Cliff of Despair' and throws herself off it

 

[Dr_Pie]

Oh for God's sake people, spoiler tags.

And also, I hadn't noticed that 'emotional moments' topic. Whoops =P

 

[Sephychu]

As I say on most threads with this topic, the ending of Tales of Symphonia.

Spoiler

Kratos, who I'd taken time and effort to ensure the survival of, dies at the end anyway. Either you kill him, or he sacrifices himself at the end. He was my favourite...