Moments in Games that Made you Cry

[FrozenCones]

The Opening cinematic to Wrath of the Lich King.

The final cut scene of Mafia.

 

[Dango]

Only one game: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.

Spoiler

;_;

I'd suggest playing the full game though, it really is a great experience.

Or if you don't feel like playing it...

Spoiler: ...Here is a fantastic Let's Play of it

 

[1080bitgamer]

Here's another one: Megaman Battle Network 3, after Lan is talking about how he'll have to learn to live without Megaman...

I remember that scene with awful vividness

 

[sextus the crazy]

9 hours 9 persons 9 doors. The submarine ending. If you've played it you know what I mean.

 

[straymatter]

Losing my Pokemon Yellow save to a glitch when I was seven. As heartbreaking then as it is now. I cried over my Wartortle, floating somewhere in some cybernetic Lethe, for days. :'(

 

[Mister K]

*Spoilers ahead (probably)*
First of all, death of Mordin and Thane in ME3. I just loved those guys.
Next:Shadow of Colossus. Not that I cried, but I felt some sort of crying feeling every time I killed the Colossi.
But the most tear-bringing moment for me is ending of Final Fantasy X. Six times I've completed it, six times I cried.

That one scene in Persona 4 and the ending. I wouldn't dare spoil it.

I played the game. Which scene are you talking about?

By play, did you mean you beat it? If so,

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The scene with Nanako in the hospital. When she died. That was sooooo sad for me.

I gotta say that the animated series really caught that moment. It was damn good.

Oh, that... Good thing she actually didn't.

 

[C2Ultima]

None so far, but the first Pokemon: Mystery Dungeon actually managed to get pretty close.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

The only time I've ever really gotten close to crying was in Risen, when those lizards butcher the dog. Why is it the god damn dog?! They could have killed the two human hunters, but noooo...

EDIT: Oh, I can actually think of a human example here. Again, I came pretty close to tearing up. In the first Witcher game, at the lakeside village. That entire storyline involving the two sisters.. yeah, after that had finished and the lakeside daytime soundtrack kicks in, it just made me think in-depth on the whole situation and just how depressing it was. And..

Spoiler

Knowing that the one sister who committed the murder is damned for the rest of eternity for her action that was fuelled by an emotion she couldn't control, tough stuff man.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

I never cried because of a game but I got fairly depressed with Heavy Rain.

 

[ZodiacMaster101]

In the Dragon Age: Origins after you light the beacon and Teyrn Loghain retreats leaving all the Grey Wardens by themselves and then seeing Duncan die made me cry for a good 3 minutes.

 

[stewiethe1st]

Mass Effect 3: I messed up the situation on Rannoch: I didn't have enough Paragon skill and I lost all of the awesome characters. I had nightmares about it too.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: I played this a long time ago and I can't remember the details... Something sad happened to a Grovyle but I honestly haven't a clue what it was.

 

[0z0wen]

Spoiler

Jorge dying in Halo Reach, that little speech before he grabs you and then you see that his sacrifce was for nothing, more cruisers coming in. Damn, that bit made me well up a little.

 

[Emiscary]

The ending of ME3 made me horribly depressed for a while.

 

[laggyteabag]

Mass Effect 3
Mordin... at least he died for a purpose

Halo Reach
Jorge, he stayed behind to arm the bomb, it was cliche, but sad.
Carter, when he sacrificed himself to take down that Scarab.
Noble 6, fought for as long as he/she could.

 

[SteelPanther]

I haven't actually cried because of a game (haven't cried in a while at all actually...) but Mordin in ME3 and the end of Portal 2 were the closest. Portal 2 just overwhelmed me with emotions all at the same time.

 

[Jack Sheppard]

I hear you-I basically bawled throughout all of ME3-and at the end-since I play a fem-shep with Kaiden, I about cried myself to sleep that night. I know-so pathetic-but that game is so amazing-it's hard to say goodbye!

 

[Iwata]

I don't think I've actually cried in a game, but a few scenes did have me misty-eyed.

Red Dead Redemption has been mentioned. As has inFamous 2's blue ending.

But one that was strangely effective was Medal of Honor, the recent reboot.

Spoiler

When Rabbit dies at the end, and it's a protracted, long, drawn out death, I must admit I felt quite affected. Especially since the game is based on an actual conflict, more specificaly based on the events of Operation Rock Avalanche in the Afghan War. It felt more real than most video game deaths, somehow.

 

[upgray3dd]

I only recently acquired and played through Super Metroid, and after playing as Samus Aran for such an extensive amount of time, when it was time to end the game, I literally cried. I could play the game again, but it wouldn't be the same as the first time I saw her spare that Metroid.

So to you I say, which characters made you cry in a video game and for what reason?

wow. I thought I was the only one.

Super Metroid was the big one. The ending got me every time when I was a kid. Other than that, Defcon really moved me the first time I played it, before I got into the "gamer mindset" about it.