I kept getting all teary and welling up all throughout Wind Waker, especially when Link leaves his grandmother and she gives him the shield oh god the emotions were too much.
Has a game ever moved you to tears? *SPOILERS ABOUND*
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I welled up a bit when I realised he wasn't going to open his eyes again.
Because now it was all over. Even though the ending itself was quite happy, it still made me cry.
I also cried a little playing (If you can call it "playing") Saya no Uta. Not during a particularly sad scene, but the whole situation the main character was in, and his desperate desire not to lose the only one who kept his will to live intact really got to me.
I doubt any of you played drawn to life, but the part near the end where Jowee says he's going to leave the village forever and Mari is so upset, it made me sad even though he chose not to go and stayed with ther
That sir, is profound...While developers continue to rediscover effective characterisation and use of set pieces (I grew up on P&C's. They set the bar for plot and characters), personal interpretation and involvement still remains the single most engaging aspect of a game. Interesting that moments like what you have described above seem to be less common in games. Is the level of involvement and conscious interaction really reflective of the level of care or emotional weighting? If so, why do passive activities, such as watching films and listening to music, provoke the greatest response? Hang on, this deserves a thread...Smeggs said:
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I share your experience. I was very moved by the ending of EP2. So much so I caught myself being angry at Valve for not letting me get revenge. I suppose this reflects on Valve Mindskrew Xantos Gambit of making Gordon Freeman mute. Thus leading to, among many things, self-insertion.
OT: There is but one game other then the above to have made me feel some emotion and that is Cave Story; A game which I shall talk about (and continue to attempt the final ending of) until I die.
During the sand mission you meet Curly, who mistakes you for a threat and tries to kill you. After you defeat her you have the option to relive her fears and trade an item with her. Her plight is a little heartwarming, and it's easy to sympathize with her. Later, in the labyrinth, she shows up in the hospital where you have to retrieve medicine for her. Then you meet her again before the Core. You fight with her through to the Core before you face off against it together. All the time Curly is indestructible, even being able to survive underwater through the use of an oxygen tank. Throughout this time you learn more about Curly. Essentially, you are both the last of your kind. And Curly is shown to be the only one who understands you. Near the end of the Core fight you and Curly are stopped by the antagonists of the game. Who trap you in a slowly filling pool of water. Curly stays down the bottom with her back to you, her oxygen tank letting her breath. You on the other hand inevitably drown as the water rises to the top. The screen fades to black, before you discover you can breath again. Curly lies next to you. Passed out at the bottom of the pool. Yeah, you can save her. But it takes quite a lot of prior knowledge, you have to be going for the final ending for it to work. Still, the moment is worth experiencing at least on your first play-through.
despite everything, saints row actually has a pretty good storyline, if only because the pull-no-punches attitude extends to the abhorrent as well as the glorious.Irridium said:
I can't think of any time a game has made me cry, but i have definitely been punched in the gut more than once
humorous inversion: I hate aeris, and couldn't wait for her death. Everyone who mourns her, you are a stupid person. Aeris is one of the biggest bitches in main character history. Fuck her, fuck her tragedy, and fuck you for crying over her.
I think my favorite emotional moment is Jecht's death scene. Tidus, despite trying to be a better person, has still grown up as emotionally distant as his father, and fails to reach out to him even in his final moments. The actors do a great job of portraying the mutual love that father and son have for another, that each in completely incapable of expressing.
If I hadn't had a friend next to me when I beat L.A. Noire, manly tears would have been shed.
That and the ending to Red Dead Redemption. Totally just blew me away.
Off Topic: Toy Story 3.
That and the ending to Red Dead Redemption. Totally just blew me away.
Off Topic: Toy Story 3.
FFIX. The part on the airship to Lindblum where the soulless Black Mages suddenly attack Black Waltz #3 and the cutscene that ensues. Vivi's emotions clearly shown by his actions and the music and... oh God... here I go again *sob*.
Also, if this is what we Europeans call Professor Layton and Pandora's Box, then now I have a reason to play through it. Thanks!mediarulestheworld said:
Oddly enough, Professor Layton and the Lost/Unwound future's ending did. Seeing the usually stoic Professor weeping was super-saddening, but what got me was Luke:
"I'm sorry, Professor... I'm not a gentleman yet..."
"I'm sorry, Professor... I'm not a gentleman yet..."
The slide show at the end of resident evil 4 MOVED me. Kinda tells the whole story effectively inna couple of flickery slides.
Hmm... Kingdom Hearts II ALMOST made me cry, but I managed. xD The ending I got from Dragon Age Origins also made me sad, but more or less because I loved my character and didn't like seeing her gone.
Gears of War 2, which was awkward because I was playing co-op with my brother at the time. needless to say he didn't take it the same way I did and made fun of me.
Shadow of the Colossus, which was also awkward because I was watching my brother play it at the time because it was his damn playstation and I wasn't allowed to touch it... ><
Shadow of the Colossus, which was also awkward because I was watching my brother play it at the time because it was his damn playstation and I wasn't allowed to touch it... ><
Once the end of unreal 2.
I was younger but you played though the game it developed your crew, you got to know everyone though the game and then the end, Shit happens, everything speeds up and finally at the end you are reminded of what happened.
I was younger but you played though the game it developed your crew, you got to know everyone though the game and then the end, Shit happens, everything speeds up and finally at the end you are reminded of what happened.
