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The bit where the two kids mother dies, I swear i remember hearing them cry for like a ten minute cutscene
Single most depressing moment in a game
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Also, I'd say the entire Shadow of the Colossus experience. The lonely atmosphere, the deaths of the colossi, the ending, everything feels kind of depressing, but in a good way.
i remember that homeless guy outside of megaton or whatever its called...he wanted fresh water and everytime i had some i'd give it to him. at one point in the game i wanted to make the homeless guy live with me in the house i got for free but i couldnt =(
The whole problem with HER is...screw it, spoiler text:Manji187 said:
...that Aerith's death has become *the* landmark sad event in RPGs, if not in all of videogaming; her martyrdom and the attendant mourning has elevated her so that she's an icon; she's and not a *person* anymore. Therefore, it's in the end actually harder to relate to her; it's more tragic to see a human murdered who never meant anyone harm and was cut down with their life in front of them than to see the inevitable sacrifice of some holy thing born to die.
Final Fantasy X. I didn't like Tidus at all, but I did like Auron and Yuna, and to see the final outcomes for these three characters and the effect that it had on the others was very sad to see. I didn't play X-2 in order to maintain in my mind what I consider to still be one of the saddest yet best game endings I have ever seen.
Eliam_Dar said:
All of the above.sageoftruth said:
My experience with Shadow of the Colossus makes me fear (but also anticipate) The Last Guardian. You know they're gonna pull some sad shit with the big creature in that. Get you all emotionally attached and involved, then WHAM...something sad.
My wife is named Jenny and I looked like the protagonist when I played that game. It affected me more than it should have.MMSouthpawVIII said:
I felt depressed doing Mordin's loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2. The weight of that decision is something my husband and I even debated on. I kept the data but am against using it while he supports using it. It really felt like a lose-lose situation, especially when you heard the krogan talking about the kid he thought could be his son and the other one singing poetry and the fact that Wrex was one of the few characters that actually seem pleased to see Shepard. I felt like a backstabbing *****.
Gears of war 2 had a few depresssing moments, when carmine died that was sad but not as bad as when you find Tai all messed up and its like its ok Tai we're gonna get you outta here and he shoots himself 
and if it ends out the cowboy Izzy died while he gets in that fight with scourge offscreen that would be super depressing (he was like the coolest character)
and if it ends out the cowboy Izzy died while he gets in that fight with scourge offscreen that would be super depressing (he was like the coolest character)I'm not sure if accidentally kicking Horned Girl to death in the never heard of Baroque counts.
Seriously though, I can't think of a game I've played where they had a depressing moment which I thought of as depressing because whenever that happens the game is inadvertently goofy. Like the second Trauma Center game. You can't take any of the death and destruction seriously because it's about melodramatic doctors fighting terrorist Catholic viruses.
Seriously though, I can't think of a game I've played where they had a depressing moment which I thought of as depressing because whenever that happens the game is inadvertently goofy. Like the second Trauma Center game. You can't take any of the death and destruction seriously because it's about melodramatic doctors fighting terrorist Catholic viruses.
This absolutely. Well, actually it's second in my mind to this:MMSouthpawVIII said:
The scene in Resident Evil: Code Veronica where Steve dies. He was obnoxious, yes, but he was also one of the most real and sympathetic characters to have appeared in a Resident Evil game. In fact, he's one of the most real and sympathetic characters I've yet experienced in any game. Don't go by the Darkside Chronicles bullshit; play the original game through to the end and tell me that when Steve, whose mother was killed in front of him, was transported to a prison island at age seventeen, was forced to kill his father as a zombie, and fell in love for the first time only to die painfully hours later dies in Claire's arms, you yourself didn't die a little inside.
Also, this:
The "In Water" ending to Silent Hill 2. It was the most unequivocally tragic, poetic, and disturbing moment in gaming history.