Gaming Tear-Jerkers
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FFX ending was really bad for me, tears-wise. Also, Virmire on Mass Effect.
Edit: And the "Thousand Dreams" segments from Lost Odyssey can kiss my ass. I believe it was said on TV Tropes that "it doesn't just tug on your heart-strings. It plays them like a harp."
I mean, killing off one of them is bad enough, the line they say is even worse, but making you choose between Kaiden and Ashley? That's just cruel. "It's all right, Commander. I don't regret a thing." *sniff* Got something in my eye...
Edit: And the "Thousand Dreams" segments from Lost Odyssey can kiss my ass. I believe it was said on TV Tropes that "it doesn't just tug on your heart-strings. It plays them like a harp."
Wait, what? That storybook was putrid; it was so tacked on.Sylocat said:
Personally, Big Boss's death in MGS4 aswell as the CQC hug and the salute.
I've never physically cried, but there's been a few instances that choked me up. They're rare, but it happens.
The ending for Persona 3 is one of them. I even knew what was coming, and it was done well enough to truly move me. I think it's the fact that the game takes its time, and you watch it slowly occur over three days. Then when it finally happens, it's a soft, gentle... almost non-ending. I guess that's why people cried for more and they made The Answer.
The entire scene with Frog using the Masamune again in Chrono Trigger was another moment. Seeing the background behind his circumstances, knowing why he won't use the sword, and seeing him get his mojo back once he wields it again... very good stuff. I only think the original scene works, though. The anime rehash just doesn't cut it for some reason.
The ending for Persona 3 is one of them. I even knew what was coming, and it was done well enough to truly move me. I think it's the fact that the game takes its time, and you watch it slowly occur over three days. Then when it finally happens, it's a soft, gentle... almost non-ending. I guess that's why people cried for more and they made The Answer.
The entire scene with Frog using the Masamune again in Chrono Trigger was another moment. Seeing the background behind his circumstances, knowing why he won't use the sword, and seeing him get his mojo back once he wields it again... very good stuff. I only think the original scene works, though. The anime rehash just doesn't cut it for some reason.
at the ending of persona 4 where your cousin dies. it was probably because i spent so much time with her...
Two games have made me want to cry.
1. Legend of Dragoon when...
2. Several parts in the Kingdom Hearts series actually MADE me shed a few tears. In the first game...
And the second game was riddled with tear-jerking scenes for me...
Yeah, and that's about it, I think...
1. Legend of Dragoon when...
Lloyd is killed by Melbu Frahma at the end. He finally saw the evil he was doing, joined Dart and his crew, COULD have had a future with Wink, and then gets himself killed, all in a short amount of time. Depressing.
2. Several parts in the Kingdom Hearts series actually MADE me shed a few tears. In the first game...
When Riku chooses to stay locked behind the door to light. And when Sora let's go of Kairi and it shows her standing on the beach as it starts rebuilding around her.
And the second game was riddled with tear-jerking scenes for me...
Roxas disappearing. I came close to bawling. The music and the script just choked me up, I want to cry every time I hear that song on my iPod. Then when Axel sacrificed himself. I cried when he faded away. He didn't even get to see his best friend one last time! Oddly enough, I felt slightly saddened whey they thought Goofy was dead. Lol, a pissed Mickey Mouse is amusing. And finally when we see Roxas and Namine one last time in Sora and Kairi at the end.
Yeah, and that's about it, I think...
I feel like it's happened, but I can't think of anything aside from when I was playing Major Stryker, and I got to the final boss of episode one (I only had the demo) and I had like 30 lives, and I just, I saved my game, and died so many times...I couldn't do it for a long time. And I got to thinking about him, like, "hey, he has a family maybe...and some kids, and...and, their dad will never come home, and...they'll never get to see him again, and they won't even know for a while, and..."
etc, etc.
Granted, I was SIX YEARS OLD, but even then I woke up the next day feeling stupid about it like "lol it's just a game" and then went down there and beat some ass and got it.
(and I was a dick to my brother who I got a higher score than - I loaded my saved game like 9 times to beat it every time and put my name in again every time, just to get him off the high score list, and I think he beat the shit out of me and I might have cried and I guess that's because of a video game, right? lol.)
But because of emotional feeling? No. I got sad a few times in many many many games, but mostly just to the point of "well, this happened, and you gotta deal with it and get through it" instead of "WHOMG, I'm gonna cry."
etc, etc.
Granted, I was SIX YEARS OLD, but even then I woke up the next day feeling stupid about it like "lol it's just a game" and then went down there and beat some ass and got it.
(and I was a dick to my brother who I got a higher score than - I loaded my saved game like 9 times to beat it every time and put my name in again every time, just to get him off the high score list, and I think he beat the shit out of me and I might have cried and I guess that's because of a video game, right? lol.)
But because of emotional feeling? No. I got sad a few times in many many many games, but mostly just to the point of "well, this happened, and you gotta deal with it and get through it" instead of "WHOMG, I'm gonna cry."
A few comes to mind. Nothing beyond tear jerking except for one
-The infamous Final Fantasy VII death scene. Two actually.
-I was very fond of Final Fantasy VIII and when THE END appeared, I wept for never again will embark on another adventure with Squall and Co. Of course, this was a time BEFORE FF sequels existed so it pretty much meant it was done forever.
-Some random Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth scenes that I can't recall right now
-Various moments in Heroes of Might & Magic IV. The stories you read in between gameplay is so incredible, it evoked so many emotions.
-The whole end sequence leading up to Silent Hill 2's water ending
-Metal Gear Solid 3's final boss fight and the scene after that.
-Fatal Frame II's true ending hit me the hardest out of all.
-The infamous Final Fantasy VII death scene. Two actually.
-I was very fond of Final Fantasy VIII and when THE END appeared, I wept for never again will embark on another adventure with Squall and Co. Of course, this was a time BEFORE FF sequels existed so it pretty much meant it was done forever.
-Some random Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth scenes that I can't recall right now
-Various moments in Heroes of Might & Magic IV. The stories you read in between gameplay is so incredible, it evoked so many emotions.
-The whole end sequence leading up to Silent Hill 2's water ending
-Metal Gear Solid 3's final boss fight and the scene after that.
-Fatal Frame II's true ending hit me the hardest out of all.
MULTIPLE SPOILER TAGS USED....just in case.
Mother 3's ending when
Fire Emblem for the GBA, during Eliwood's story,
Tales of Phantasia,
Megaman X, when
Chrono Trigger, when
Earthbound, when
Most of these are common knowledge to anyone who PLAYED these games before, but better safe then sorry.
Mother 3's ending when
during the fight with your lost TWIN BROTHER, he tries to hit you with lightning and it reflects off your Franklin Badge and KILLS HIM.
Fire Emblem for the GBA, during Eliwood's story,
right after you get your ultimate weapon, and use it to kill a dragon, only to realize the dragon is Ninian! I liked her, dammit!
Tales of Phantasia,
when you come across your burned down village, and find Chester's dead sister. Or almost immediately after when you find a woman impaled to a wall, and realize she's Mint's mother. Or when you travel into the past to escape Dhaos, you find Chester's broken bow, but Chester's nowhere to be seen.
Megaman X, when
Zero died.
Chrono Trigger, when
Chrono died. I didn't know you could bring him back when I first played!
Earthbound, when
Buzz Buzz bit it. Also, the Tessie leaving music was sad, as was the song Smiles and Tears.
Most of these are common knowledge to anyone who PLAYED these games before, but better safe then sorry.
If it was mentioned I'm sorry I missed it:
When Sora stabs himself in the chest after taking Riku's keyblade. I don't think it was the actual stab that did it, so much as the fact that he was smiling when he did it. It didn't make me cry, but I did have a few moments of silence afterwards
I'm trying to remember when I've had this kind of reaction to a game but I can't really. Of late I've been watching a lot of shows and films that have twelve times the emotional impact of any game and consequently there aren't many games that can move me to the brink of tears.
I think Neverwinter Nights did, though (only played it for the first time last year, haha):
I think Neverwinter Nights did, though (only played it for the first time last year, haha):
Aribeth's fall.
The end of Super Paper Mario; it hit me a little hard when Timpani was gone for good. I didn't cry, but I was feeling pretty crappy for a few days. Buying that robot replacement felt wrong, I would always glare at it with contempt.
Though, that didn't hit me nearly as hard as the freeware game Cave Story. There's a point where you're forced to kill someone
about halfway through the game. That death left me deeply traumatized for a full week, I remember plenty of tears for a bit...
Also, the credit music to 'A Link to the Past' always makes me feel queasy, close to tears. I'm not sure if it's an unbearable nostalgia factor (I grew up on Zelda), or that credits give a black slap to the face reminding me that the game is, for the most part, done. It might be a mix.
Though, that didn't hit me nearly as hard as the freeware game Cave Story. There's a point where you're forced to kill someone
(Toroko, an innocent villager who is captured very early in the game. She is later force-fed a special flower that throws her into a blind rage, initiating the fight. She was far too pure a character to go down the way she did...)
Also, the credit music to 'A Link to the Past' always makes me feel queasy, close to tears. I'm not sure if it's an unbearable nostalgia factor (I grew up on Zelda), or that credits give a black slap to the face reminding me that the game is, for the most part, done. It might be a mix.
The scene in FF7 where Bugenhagen tells Nanaki about how his father died protecting Cosmo Canyon... The bit where Nanaki howls at Seto's 'petrified' body as tears fall down from it is the best moment I've experienced in anything ever 
Also, theres this bit in Valkyria Chronicles where a wounded enemy soldier walks into this house where Welkin and Alicia are hiding and collapses. He's crying for his mother so Alicia holds his hand and says "its okay. Mother's here. Don't be afraid..." and then he dies
Also, theres this bit in Valkyria Chronicles where a wounded enemy soldier walks into this house where Welkin and Alicia are hiding and collapses. He's crying for his mother so Alicia holds his hand and says "its okay. Mother's here. Don't be afraid..." and then he dies
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Jesus Christ. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. So bright, cuddly, and cheerful it was condemned by reviewers for being "too cute". So what did we get?
*SPOILERS*
1. Klonoa holding his grandfather in his hands while he dies, followed by a blood-curling scream.
2. Klonoa being forced out of Phantomile because he doesn't actually exist there.
*SPOILERS*
1. Klonoa holding his grandfather in his hands while he dies, followed by a blood-curling scream.
2. Klonoa being forced out of Phantomile because he doesn't actually exist there.
For me, I have never cried at a game. I have felt a little emotional at some scenes.
Gears of War 2 is an example.
With Dom and his wife. Yes, I suspected it would end partly like that. But the way it was set out, the hopelessness mixed with desperation. And when Marcus gently said "Dom, it's ok" and walked away. I felt quite ready to let a tear leak...
Then Dom pulled out his hand cannon and gently put her out of her misery, and suddenly, I wanted to laugh.
Gears of War 2 is an example.
With Dom and his wife. Yes, I suspected it would end partly like that. But the way it was set out, the hopelessness mixed with desperation. And when Marcus gently said "Dom, it's ok" and walked away. I felt quite ready to let a tear leak...
Then Dom pulled out his hand cannon and gently put her out of her misery, and suddenly, I wanted to laugh.