Saddest Moments in Gaming

[Bruenin]

Corrupted save files

All that hard work... completely gone
All those great memories and sweet loot... completely gone
That annoying boss that you beat purely by luck... completely gone

 

[Shocksplicer]

There's also the death of Lucy in Assassins Creed 2. More shocking in its execution, still I was sad.

Fuck Lucy. ***** was a Templar Double Agent. Got much less than she deserved.

Also, don't mean to be anal or anything but she died in Brotherhood.

 

[Groxnax]

Oh god, Thane and Mordin in ME3 were the saddest moments for me.

God dang it that was sad, especialy what Thane said during the prayer.

 

[Ghonzor]

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Holy crap. Whoever wrote that likes Alice in Chains and Soundgarden a lot. I didn't even know about this game until just now. Guess I'll be buying it now.

If I've gotten you to want to play Bastion, then I would say I've accomplished something good.
Bastion is, hands down, one of my all time favorite games.

 

[Xixikal]

When the little boy dies at the beginning of Mass Effect 3... I cried for half an hour and had to call my best friend for emotional support. I will never forget the nameless boy.

 

[Ghonzor]

When the little boy dies at the beginning of Mass Effect 3... I cried for half an hour and had to call my best friend for emotional support. I will never forget the nameless boy.

That was when I become emotionally involved in ME3. That scene made me so damn sad, and the constant flashbacks pulled me into the experience. Say what you want about the endings, but the build up was phenomenal.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

For me, Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core. If you played through Final Fantasy VII proper, you know about Zack so you have a really good idea how Crisis Core is going to end. Then you beat the game...


I am unashamed to admit that the ending of this game made me cry a bit.

The end of Final Fantasy X gets a mention here too because...

Spoiler: it's an old game but it's being re-released so...

...the whole game hypes up how much of a dick Jecht was to Titus. Then you find out more about Jeckt, the sending process, how Sin is fought etc...you get the feeling that even though Titus begins the fight by telling Jecht he hates him, it seemed like neither of them wanted to fight each other. It just felt very sad to me. It was sad when Auron had to be sent at the end but I thought stuff went unexplained...like how Auron didn't go evil like Seymore. Also, why Titus had to be sent. Haven't played X-2 so maybe it's answered there.

 

[RedDeadFred]

What are some of the most heart-wrenching moments you've experienced while playing a game. Moments that have made you feel connected to the game, made you feel an emotional response, maybe even made you shed some tears.

For me Journey was moving in its entirety. I can't really put it into words. Along with that:


When Anderson tells you that he's "proud of you son" just before he dies, I started to tear up.

The mission where you can choose to leave or rescue Zulf in Bastion got me as well, mainly because the gameplay and soundtrack blended so well to draw you in. "Mother, I'm Here" is a wonderful song.

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Fully agree with both of these. I wept during the end of Bastion after carrying Zulf away from his people. I don't know if they stop attacking you out of respect or just out of fear.

 

[starwarsgeek]

Act Raiser for the SNES:

Spoiler

In the third town, which is in a desert, a man goes for a walk. You cannot save him. In memory of their fallen kinsman, the town...INVENTS music.
Talk about a moving memorial.

 

[captaincabbage]

"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian . . . "

*snivelling* Buhguhbrlblbrbgbblhhbglhbbblgbhmordinbobrgoelgwgegeogllblllbl. . .

Spoiler

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Ezio/Altair's final scenes in AC: Revelations. Overall probably the poorest game of the series (although still really no worse than mediocre), but those last moments with Ezio. So sad.

If you thinks that's sad just watch Assassins Creed: Embers.

I did... and then I wept like a menstrual onion.

[sub](totally makes sense)[/sub]

 

[Hawkolf]

I don't have to think these ones for long:
Red Dead Redemption

Spoiler

Death of John Marston. Say what ever you want about mr. Marston but for me he is one of the best video game protagonists ever. I really felt sad after he died.

Kingdom Hearts

Spoiler

Sora and Kairi parting ways at the end when Simple and Clean started to play. Oh the sorrow when I realized that the great game was over...

They didn't "part ways". They were ripped apart at the last second when finally, finally they were together again. I have never cried as hard in my life as the moment Simple and Clean starts playing and their hands are pulled apart. I went on youtube a couple months ago, looking for the ending and i was all "nah, it's been, what, 8 years since I last played Kingdom Hearts? There's no way-Oh, god, the feels!!! D:".

Never in my 26 years has a work of fiction effected me like the first Kingdom Hearts did. And I've read and watched some pretty sad stuff before.

Yeah, I used a wrong term there I still fuck up english language like that ;D I started replaying it today. Still a damn good game. <3

 

[Motakikurushi]

Bastion. Saving Zulf. I wept, hard. That music, man.

 

[Imthatguy]

Spoiler: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Failing to protect Faridah when she gets shot down. Never even gives a hint shes about to blow the chopper-jetthing

Spoiler: RTSs with good soldier lines

For some reason when I was a kid a was really anal about protecting my army it gave me great micro but when a heavily armed convoy that you sent to rescue a few troopers on the other side of the map gets ambushed and destroyed it really hit me hard.

You know you can save her, right?

Yeah I didn't discover she could die until my second playthrough.

 

[KenuZ]

Lucy was a traitor. In "The Lost Archive" Dlc you read that she was a traitor, and she was with the templars. Also, it was Brotherhood ^^.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Metal Gear Solid 3's ending. I cried throughout the entire end sequence. I mean, seriously, they *made you press the button.* They did. And it was *so sad.* I get little shivers of despair just remembering it.

Nier's ending, holy cow. After the second-to-last boss fight, it was tears all the way through the end of the credits. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the screen.

 

[wintercoat]

I don't have to think these ones for long:
Red Dead Redemption

Spoiler

Death of John Marston. Say what ever you want about mr. Marston but for me he is one of the best video game protagonists ever. I really felt sad after he died.

Kingdom Hearts

Spoiler

Sora and Kairi parting ways at the end when Simple and Clean started to play. Oh the sorrow when I realized that the great game was over...

They didn't "part ways". They were ripped apart at the last second when finally, finally they were together again. I have never cried as hard in my life as the moment Simple and Clean starts playing and their hands are pulled apart. I went on youtube a couple months ago, looking for the ending and i was all "nah, it's been, what, 8 years since I last played Kingdom Hearts? There's no way-Oh, god, the feels!!! D:".

Never in my 26 years has a work of fiction effected me like the first Kingdom Hearts did. And I've read and watched some pretty sad stuff before.

Yeah, I used a wrong term there I still fuck up english language like that ;D I started replaying it today. Still a damn good game. <3

Fuck yes it is! Combat was so much better in the first one than the others. Blocking, dodging, countering, all were more intuitive. The worlds were more fleshed out and weren't just boxes you fought heartless in. That was my biggest gripe with 2. You can argue that the portable games were limited by the hardware they were on, but the smaller areas in 2 had no excuse. Damnit! Now you've got me wanting to play it too!

 

[Ghonzor]

Lucy was a traitor. In "The Lost Archive" Dlc you read that she was a traitor, and she was with the templars. Also, it was Brotherhood ^^.

Maybe I should have actually played Revelations and Brotherhood. These actually seem like semi important plot points

 

[White_Lama]

Can only remember one time where I've actually gotten tears in my eyes from a video game.

The last good COD game (Call of Duty: United Offensive) had a mission where you are a gunner in a bomber. I believe it was the first mission of the British/Resistance campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9JzT-66Yg

That's the one. Anyway, there's a point in there where another bomber gets shot down and you can hear the pilots scream over the radio before they explode.

I don't know why, but the first time I played that mission, that made me feel very sad.