Poll: Have games ever touched you, like movies?
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As far as video games to movies go: I have cried at video games, but not gotten emotional quite like you would expect.
I cried at King Kong: The Game only because the King Kong levels where you protect Ann were so thrilling, and I got involved with trying to protect her that I turn into a Papa Wolf about it.
As far as for endings go, Earthbound was probably the only one I cried at, just because everybody you met had to go their seperate ways and you defeated the greatest evil ever. It's a wonderful ending. Saccarine, sure, but wonderful.
I have tried to keep myself from playing Bioshock 2 (Haven't beaten the first one) because the idea of playing a Big Daddy protecting a Little Sister sounds unremarkably and might turn me into a whimpering mass of man.
I cried at King Kong: The Game only because the King Kong levels where you protect Ann were so thrilling, and I got involved with trying to protect her that I turn into a Papa Wolf about it.
As far as for endings go, Earthbound was probably the only one I cried at, just because everybody you met had to go their seperate ways and you defeated the greatest evil ever. It's a wonderful ending. Saccarine, sure, but wonderful.
I have tried to keep myself from playing Bioshock 2 (Haven't beaten the first one) because the idea of playing a Big Daddy protecting a Little Sister sounds unremarkably and might turn me into a whimpering mass of man.
I don't know what the VN is, but honestly VNs are much closer to "choose your own adventure" novels than actual games, in my opinion.FirmartheTrilby said:
The whole format reminds me of nothing more than those Goosebump books I had as a kid "If you go into the dark hallway, turn to page 47. If you radio for help, turn to page 19", etc.
Films, but games can be touching.
Mafia and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [footnote]There was one manly tear from PoP's ending... yeah, fuck you![/footnote] come to mind. As do Mass Effect 2 (discussions with Thane), Dragon Age: Origins, Portal 2, etc.
Most games are usually poorly written by actual standards, and often any game achieving average writing film-wise is hailed to the heavens (Heavy Rain). I've even heard some people praise the Call of Duty games for their writing, I mean Jesus fucking H., have some self respect.
Mafia and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [footnote]There was one manly tear from PoP's ending... yeah, fuck you![/footnote] come to mind. As do Mass Effect 2 (discussions with Thane), Dragon Age: Origins, Portal 2, etc.
Most games are usually poorly written by actual standards, and often any game achieving average writing film-wise is hailed to the heavens (Heavy Rain). I've even heard some people praise the Call of Duty games for their writing, I mean Jesus fucking H., have some self respect.
Video games: Fallout 3, several scenes with the character's father. Also the climax for RDR and the good ending for Bioshock 2.
Movies: My Neighbor Totoro, UP, Toy Story 3, Shaun of the Dead... I think that's about it.
Anime: The ending to Shiki, Aria the Animation, and Kino's Journey.
Movies: My Neighbor Totoro, UP, Toy Story 3, Shaun of the Dead... I think that's about it.
Anime: The ending to Shiki, Aria the Animation, and Kino's Journey.
Well I've actually teared up when Zack died in Crisis Core. I mean really, I spent a lot of time in his shoes, especially after 2 runthroughs of FF7 and seeing FF7 Advent Chilldren Complete made me curious about his character. The part that was the real tear jerker was how Aerith waited 4 years for him to come back, having sent 89 letters to him that never made it, only to feel his spirit slipping into the lifestream.
I was sad that you couldn't save Wheatley in the end of Portal 2. Even though the ending was technically happy other than that, something about it felt really sad. Weird.
I also saved as many turrets as I could.
The Armored Core series also always left me feeling more sad than happy, since they never really had happy endings.
Generally films touch me more, but that's purely because a) there are more films to choose from and b) there are huge segments of entertainment that aren't trying to touch you, and gaming tends to fall into that. Speaking broadly, the vast majority of action movies and horror movies aren't trying to touch you emotionally, or aren't going to succeed at it, and that's fine. Likewise, a lot of action games aren't going to try to make you cry, and they don't have to make you cry to be good.
However, while I may have been touched by more films than games, I will say that individual games which touch me probably do so more than the individual films which touch me. Games which are able to reach me emotionally are able to do so way more often, both because of how much longer games are than films, but also because games have the added advantage of letting you shape your own experience.
Moments that get to you don't have to be something some writer artificially constructed and scripted, or a director chose to make you feel a certain way. I've had touching moments in games that have been entirely of my own creation, in free-roaming games like Fallout 3. All of the most emotionally significant moments I had in Fallout 3 were ones that came about purely because of how I roleplayed that game, and how I chose to view the Wanderer as a character, and make all their actions, including mistakes, inform that character. It made for a far more enriching experience.
A player character that I initially thought of as a blank slate and couldn't have cared less about when the game first started wound up, through my actions, becoming this fully realised, 3-dimensional person entirely by accident, with a psychology and motivations that I grew to completely understand. None of it was informed by the game telling me about my character, but by the things the Wanderer could do, and the dialogue they were given. I will probably never be able to replicate my experience with that playthrough of Fallout 3 ever again, but it still provided one of the most fulfilling relationships to a character I have ever had in a game, and totally reinvigorated my passion for role-playing characters in a game.
Excuse that little tangent there, but I think it just goes to show that games have the benefit of a player getting out what they put into it because of the interactivity, whereas films are a lot more on a level of "this touching moment either works or it doesn't work".
However, while I may have been touched by more films than games, I will say that individual games which touch me probably do so more than the individual films which touch me. Games which are able to reach me emotionally are able to do so way more often, both because of how much longer games are than films, but also because games have the added advantage of letting you shape your own experience.
Moments that get to you don't have to be something some writer artificially constructed and scripted, or a director chose to make you feel a certain way. I've had touching moments in games that have been entirely of my own creation, in free-roaming games like Fallout 3. All of the most emotionally significant moments I had in Fallout 3 were ones that came about purely because of how I roleplayed that game, and how I chose to view the Wanderer as a character, and make all their actions, including mistakes, inform that character. It made for a far more enriching experience.
A player character that I initially thought of as a blank slate and couldn't have cared less about when the game first started wound up, through my actions, becoming this fully realised, 3-dimensional person entirely by accident, with a psychology and motivations that I grew to completely understand. None of it was informed by the game telling me about my character, but by the things the Wanderer could do, and the dialogue they were given. I will probably never be able to replicate my experience with that playthrough of Fallout 3 ever again, but it still provided one of the most fulfilling relationships to a character I have ever had in a game, and totally reinvigorated my passion for role-playing characters in a game.
Excuse that little tangent there, but I think it just goes to show that games have the benefit of a player getting out what they put into it because of the interactivity, whereas films are a lot more on a level of "this touching moment either works or it doesn't work".
Both movies and games get to me, but seeing as now a days I play more games than I watch movies, along with the fact that I'm investing (and probably paying more attention to) a lot more into games, I'd have to say they affect me more than movies do (after beating Fable 3, I was an emotional wreck for a week).
Bit of a bittersweet ending I thought - potentially at any rate.Bags159 said:
Chell is free, which is great, but we don't know what state humanity's in. Couple that with everyone Chell knew being dead, and the possibility that her mother was Caroline who - in part - became Glados, and the ending's a bit of a mixed bag. I was ultimately happy that she got her freedom though.
(Portal 2 spoilers in there by the way.)
Games, especially the older, longer, more story-driven games, are usually better at making me feel emotion than movies. Most likely it's because they spend a hell of a lot more time developing characters than movies ever can. Lately no, though, because games have suddenly become too short and the story generally gets sacrificed, if it was ever in there at all.
My uncle. Just kidding, I barely know my extended family but when I have met them they've been as awesome as me.
Wait, you mean emotionally.
Most creative mediums have the power to get me emotionally involved, i've gotten melancholic at books, teary eyed at games and jumping for joy at movies; it just depends really on how good the writers are and of course for games and movies how good the artists and actors are.
Wait, you mean emotionally.
Most creative mediums have the power to get me emotionally involved, i've gotten melancholic at books, teary eyed at games and jumping for joy at movies; it just depends really on how good the writers are and of course for games and movies how good the artists and actors are.
Usually movies hit me harder because most movies are actually trying to hit you hard. However, whenever a game hits me, it hits me hard. The ending of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 almost made me cry. It took me a good day to realize that the characters weren't real even in an acting sense.
