Poll: Have games ever touched you, like movies?
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Video games have touched me a lot.
But one example always stood out.
Saints Row 2 is a very wacky, non serious game.
Hell, I altered my main character to look like the Joker and it works.
Though at one point this happens. (note, this is not my game, just a clip from youtube)
It really got to me.
These non serious characters got to me more then those "realistic" ones from GTA IV
But one example always stood out.
Saints Row 2 is a very wacky, non serious game.
Hell, I altered my main character to look like the Joker and it works.
Though at one point this happens. (note, this is not my game, just a clip from youtube)
It really got to me.
These non serious characters got to me more then those "realistic" ones from GTA IV
I guess they have a few times. There's been some really jarring moments in games, and I really want some more games that are storyline-based rather than gameplay-based. Does anyone have any really good ones? I guess JRPGs in particular, just not Final Fantasy clones.
But yeah, I love it when there's a massively jarring moment in anything. Most of the time I get it in anime, for instance Ergo Proxy is just littered with HOLY-SHIT moments. Seriously, watch and episode of that and your head just reels for a good half-hour afterwards. Good stuff :3
But yeah, I love it when there's a massively jarring moment in anything. Most of the time I get it in anime, for instance Ergo Proxy is just littered with HOLY-SHIT moments. Seriously, watch and episode of that and your head just reels for a good half-hour afterwards. Good stuff :3
The saints row 2 scene posted by ranorak touched me to, the "send me out with a bang" from halo 3 touched me as well but that is because I was very attached to Johnson, the end of Oblivion even tough there were some bad actors nad sometimes it glitched I was touched by the end because I wanted to see Prince Martin rulling.
Dad's let's call it misfortune for those that never finished fallout 3.
Halo Reach, Jorge death, but it was the only member of the noble team that I atached too
games touch me more that movies, but that is because in games you interact with the characters while in movies you don't have the time for that.
Dad's let's call it misfortune for those that never finished fallout 3.
Halo Reach, Jorge death, but it was the only member of the noble team that I atached too
games touch me more that movies, but that is because in games you interact with the characters while in movies you don't have the time for that.
I'd have to say movies are far more moving than games. In the end I think it's because they're actual people, even though they're actors real people trump polygons any day. I don't tend to blubber, but I can remember two movies in particular that have made me tear up. One was Shaun of the Dead, which is really at it's heart a comedy, but the scene where Shaun shoots his mum after she turns into the zed word. It's really heart breaking watching a son have to kill his mother, and I'm amazed Simon Pegg was able to act that well.
The second movie I think of is Come and See, and it didn't really make me tear up. It just made me feel numb and dead inside. Watching the horrors of war take hold of a 13 year old boy, the atrocities committed. The movie has a much more profound effect because it's based on actual events during Operation: Barbarossa and the invasion of Belarus, the events portrayed happened to actual human beings.
Video games are fun, but I've never had one touch me emotionally. I just have this disconnect between seeing polygons on a screen, and seeing actual human beings. I didn't cry when Aeris was killed, when I played the Nuke scene in Modern Warfare I thought "Hey, this is cool" because it was a digital recreation. It takes the human element to create true empathy, and video games so far lack that.
The second movie I think of is Come and See, and it didn't really make me tear up. It just made me feel numb and dead inside. Watching the horrors of war take hold of a 13 year old boy, the atrocities committed. The movie has a much more profound effect because it's based on actual events during Operation: Barbarossa and the invasion of Belarus, the events portrayed happened to actual human beings.
Video games are fun, but I've never had one touch me emotionally. I just have this disconnect between seeing polygons on a screen, and seeing actual human beings. I didn't cry when Aeris was killed, when I played the Nuke scene in Modern Warfare I thought "Hey, this is cool" because it was a digital recreation. It takes the human element to create true empathy, and video games so far lack that.
Uhhm... The climax of Red Dead Redemption, although
I would have preferred it if you had to do more as Jack to kill Agent Ross. In fact I would really have liked that to be made into a sequel.
Hmmm... To be honest, I think movies have more so far. Pixar films, The Lion King, The Fall, Donnie Darko, etc. There have just been more so far.
Games.
Playing a game, you become immersed in the world (if it is a good game), and your more likely to leave an impression on you than just watching a movie, in some cases.
I my case the Metoid Prime series. I love the philosophy of the Chozo, Luminoth, and the extinct Bryyonians.
Playing a game, you become immersed in the world (if it is a good game), and your more likely to leave an impression on you than just watching a movie, in some cases.
I my case the Metoid Prime series. I love the philosophy of the Chozo, Luminoth, and the extinct Bryyonians.
Way to put a "neither" option in mate. There are some people who just don't care!
I've been touched by music, but I think the nearest a movie has come is Passion of Christ, Green Mile, Private Ryan (when I was 11 / 12 ish - the beginning were the guy was screaming for his Mum when his guts were hanging out didn't scare me but really showed me the harsh reality of war and whatnot). Never really been touched by a game. Red Dead probably came closest to that... Music is the thing that SOMETIMES but rarely gets me. Nirvana's last recorded song "You Know You're Right" is beautiful, I felt really emotional after listening to it.
I've been touched by music, but I think the nearest a movie has come is Passion of Christ, Green Mile, Private Ryan (when I was 11 / 12 ish - the beginning were the guy was screaming for his Mum when his guts were hanging out didn't scare me but really showed me the harsh reality of war and whatnot). Never really been touched by a game. Red Dead probably came closest to that... Music is the thing that SOMETIMES but rarely gets me. Nirvana's last recorded song "You Know You're Right" is beautiful, I felt really emotional after listening to it.
I don't really do sentimental, but:
FFX. That brought a few Manly Tears.
Mass Effect 2. The ending brought shivers down my spine.
And, uh... Oh! The Battle of the Citadel in the first Mass Effect.
I don't remember the last time a movie did that. Music gets to me more than both, anyhow.
FFX. That brought a few Manly Tears.
Mass Effect 2. The ending brought shivers down my spine.
And, uh... Oh! The Battle of the Citadel in the first Mass Effect.
I don't remember the last time a movie did that. Music gets to me more than both, anyhow.
Three words: Silent Hill 2.
Also, the first time I played Mass Effect, I was sat there for about ten minutes trying to make my mind up on Virmire.
Also, the first time I played Mass Effect, I was sat there for about ten minutes trying to make my mind up on Virmire.
Both have got me, though in different ways, 1 of the most emotional movies I watched was The Green Mile. That brought a few tears at the end and I've had a few games do that as well, 1 that springs to mind their was stunned disbelief followed by actual anger at the villain with a certain scene in FF7 involving Aeris and Sephiroth. Justr this morning had a few tears watching the intro scene from Star Ocean 4 seeing the Earth being bathed in nuclear fire (must have been feeling introspective at the time of watching that). The most inappropriate experience I've had was watching Hannibal with friends where the doctor is showing off his cooking skills and then my stomach rumbled along with a declaration of I really want a fry up right now.
Final Fantasy X made me sad face at the end.
Also Persona 4 is so involving you end up caring for the characters to an insane degree.
Hmm... I think RPGs do it best although the MGS series may be an exception. Poor ol' Snake...
Also Persona 4 is so involving you end up caring for the characters to an insane degree.
Hmm... I think RPGs do it best although the MGS series may be an exception. Poor ol' Snake...