Have you ever played a game that made you cry?

[cleric of the order]

Oh course, bastion is the only one i cant think of off hand but yeah

 

[go-10]

because of a medical condition my eyes don't create tears so technically I'm not really crying, just kinda sobbing
ANYWAYS

the only game I can say made me do that was The Last of Us during the prologue, seeing Joel's daughter just made me sob like a little girls

although I don't remember if I "cried" or not, to this day hearing Tifa's Theme fills me with sadness; yes I find Tifa's story and theme much sadder than Aerith's

 

[CrystalViolet]

Yeah and I never even cries at sad scenes in movies let alone games. but majority of games i play are PC FPS so?

I was teasing you. You need to be a bit more emotionally mature to get so involved with a game that it can bring you to tears. I'm not saying that this is definitely the case with you (although I suspect it is), I find that a lot of guys who exclusively play FPS shooters and talk about it are emotionally stunted frat boy types with a Napoleon complex.

I think if you cry so often that you cry at fictional pieces of work it takes the effect away. It should be saved for big events in your life that have actual meaning.

I don't think you realise what you're missing out. I almost definitely have a lower threshold as to what can make most people cry, but I get the impression that I experience fiction on a whole other level. If a story is crafted beautifully enough and you become so attached to the characters that their scenes elicit such emotion, you can truly appreciate it.

Crying from the death of a family member or a pet (same thing) is not the same as crying from your absorption in an art or narrative. There's darkness is the former whereas the latter is woven with a sort of poignant beauty. When a book, for example, moves me enough to make me cry, I'm glad I read it.

I once had a friend that would cry over songs.... like more than once. I have never met anyone who cried more than he did and it grew to be quite bothersome and annoying.

It's fine if that's not your thing but don't judge too harshly or hate on it.

I actually don't cry much at all over personal stuff. I'm more likely to cry over fiction than real life events.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

Just the Walking Dead series for me. Mainly Season 1, but one bit in S2...

Spoiler

The flashback to Lee

...had me going a bit too.

I tend to get a bit misty eyed at a lot of films and, very rarely, music. Games don't seem to hit me like that quite so often.

 

[Dominic Crossman]

I mist be a miserable person then because I can't say I have. Also someone mentioned Titanic so I just though I'd mention I was giggling during the "sad" bits because... I'm evil maybe? I just found really amusing for reasons that are beyond me.

In my defence I've cried reading books before just so you know I'm not a heartless monster

Edit: Just remembered I something akin to emotion when

Spoiler

Joel's daughter got shot

in TLOU

 

[Cidward]

The closest thing was Mordin in ME3.

I was BAWLING during his final scene at the end of the genophage mission. Never had that reaction to a video game before. There were other parts of that game that got me misty, but Mordin just floored me.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

No video game has ever made me shed tears, sorry.

It's not like I am incapable of tears or anything, I just have yet to play a game to bring me to that kind of emotional level.

...and I beat both The Walking Dead seasons.

 

[flying_whimsy]

Kingdom Hearts II got me pretty good with Namine and Roxas. I'm a hopeless romantic.

Bioshock Infinite had me close to crying, and overall I think it's one of the most haunting games I've ever played.

Thomas Was Alone was crytastic at one point. I seriously never thought a game could make me love rectangles as characters.

While Spec Ops: The Line didn't make me cry, after my second war crime I uninstalled it and had trouble sleeping for a week.

Little Inferno had me a bit misty eyed at one, too. Maybe it was all the smoke.

Fallout 3 actually got me a number of times, from that sense of complete and total loss in the face of all that devastation to the brutality of the land and a few story points and moral choices (to this day I've never figured out what to do about the tree guy).

EDIT: oh oh, I totally forgot Zelda Twilight Princess at the ending. Midna was the real reason I kept going in that game.

 

[Ryotknife]

Xenosaga 3 ending with Jinn.

Valkyria Chronicles (freaking Sniper gets troll of the universe award)

Metal gear solid 3

but the biggest one of all:

Halflife 2 Episode 2. Just heart wrenching.

 

[Scars Unseen]

If you count visual novels, then hell yes. Katawa Shoujo, Muv-Luv Alternative, Steins;Gate, certain parts of Clannad, Grisaia no Kajitsu, to name a few that come to mind immediately.

 

[Scars Unseen]

Your testosterone levels are too high. You're simply too masculine for crying. I bet all the women ovulate when you walk into the room. Congrats.

Yeah and I never even cries at sad scenes in movies let alone games. but majority of games i play are PC FPS so?

Get into visual novels. I have never cried to a movie, book, or video game, but my first visual novel left me an emotional wreck for a week. There are some I've read/played that steal my breath momentarily just from thinking about them. And it's still the only medium that does this to me.

Any of the ones I listed above will do, but of them Katawa Shoujo is free(and relatively short), and Steins;Gate is commercially available in English(where as the rest you will be relying on fan patches). Muv Luv-Alternative is probably the best of the bunch, but it's a sequel to Muv-Luv Extra, an intentionally generic high school romcom, and Muv-Luv Unlimited, a much better(but not as good as Alternative) mecha dramedy. So it's a lot of work to get into. It pays off, but probably not an ideal introduction to the medium.

 

[Mikejames]

The ending monologues in both Silent Hill 2 and Shattered Memories got to me at one point or another. All the tension and ominous build-up of the town's lonely atmosphere, and you're left with a tragic revelation that says something very personal about the characters, and what drove them to keep moving forward in the first place.

Also, Walking Dead season 1, cause I'm unoriginal and that final exchange destroyed me.

The only game that immediately comes to mind as having left me a soppy mess was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

Spoiler

Sometimes we just have to have... Faith.

 

[Zakarath]

Not really with usual games, though Bastion and Jade Empire came closer than most. If you count VNs, I still wouldn't go so far as to say cried, but I did tear up a little from Katawa Shoujo and Fate/Stay Night.