Unexpected Sad Moments in Games

[Cette]

Neverwinter Nights 2

Spoiler

The death of Shandra Jerro. She was just a pleasant normal person who gets pulled along and dies over a misunderstanding. Then having Ammon Jerro replace her was just kind of a kick in the teeth both for him having killed her and being a poor replacement for decent melee fighter.

Beyond Good and Evil

Spoiler

 

[Bucky01]

the ending of Half life 2 episode 2 where you know who gets an out of nowhere probing. especially after the feel good you get from just stopping the waves of incoming stryders and successfully negating the enemy portal.

 

[Lilani]

In ME3 when:

Spoiler

Mordin dies, even after you do everything right and cure the genophage. I learned later the only way you can get Mordin out of there alive is to not have Wrex and then convince Mordin to let the genophage cure go bad (which he is willing to do because the guy who took Wrex's place turns out to be a major douchebag). It's just not fair, I tell you!

Oh, and HL2 E2:

Spoiler

When Eli dies at the end. Honestly I should have been expecting it, but I loved Eli so much it was just a punch in the gut.

 

[Legion]

The very first that I can remember is the Xen world in the first Half Life game. Stumbling across the bodies of people in hazard suits, normally under some kind of shelter or in a cave. I found it sad because they weren't soldiers fighting in a war, and they didn't die fighting, rather they (presumably) bled out after finding somewhere to hide. It'd be a pretty lonely death bleeding out alone on an alien world, I'd have thought, knowing that the chances are nobody would ever know what happened to you.

 

[Zhukov]

Also, Exile3 if you join, and then leave the Anama.

Holy crap, someone else has played those games!

What actually happens if you do that? I never joined up because there's no way I was going without my firestorms and anti-magic fields.

 

[munx13]

The Ending from HL2 Episode 2.

I love how it makes you feel like everything is so good and then crashes it all into the ground.



Also, the ultra creepy ending in STALKER:CS

 

[thegamermn]

Batman:Arkham City, which surprised the crap out of me. There's an area in the game where you find a chalk outline pf Wayne's parents with flowers around it. And the interaction "Pay your respects" appears when you're close to it.

 

[Dragoon]

For me it was Saints Row 2

Spoiler: This came out of nowhere

 

[sextus the crazy]

The Submarine Ending in 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors. If you've played it, you know what I mean.

 

[Amaror]

I know that Bioware RPGs have a lot of sad moments in them, but this one in Dragon Age II really caught me off guard.

Spoiler

Finding Alistair as a drunken lout in a bar, drinking himself to death. He was an morally-guided idealist once, not a very bright one, but one nonetheless. How the mighty have fallen, so to speak.

Thats the only one that struck me hard and was unexpected. I can name plenty of ones that I saw coming, however.TT

I am sorry, but how was that unexpected, because ...

Spoiler

that only happens when you import a save file, were allister wasn't hardened and you let Loghain live. If you have that save file, it allready states that alistair is a drunken lout in the epiloque

Oh, my turn, the ending of metro 2033. It was sad, it was unexpected and it was genius. (That's how you do a sad ending, bioware). Although they kind of messed it up, by including a good ending. (sad ending is kanon, if you don't know)

 

[nexus]

I never really get "sad" in gaming. I don't know why... I think probably because the pacing is very off. Feels likely that I'm very emotionally conditioned by Hollywood films, and have been taught to respond emotionally only under a certain strict criteria ..

 

[Nazulu]

I'll avoid the big ones.

Spoiler: spoilers for Super Metroid

]I was more emotional as a kid and I remember the big Metroid sacrifice in really upset me.

Spoiler: spoilers for HL2: Episode 2

Seeing Alyx get stabbed in HL2: Episode 2 near the beginning caught me by surprise. I thought that person was actually going to die. The ending just made me go "you bastard". It was more anger.

Spoiler: spoilers for Bioshock

I reckon Bioshocks ending was very beautiful. Especially when it shows them aging in happiness.

Spoiler: spoilers for Ocarina of Time

Ocarina of Time, when Saria first disappeared to protect the Forest Temple. I literally said out loud "why the hell do these temples need defending! Isn't there someone else more qualified to do this shit!?". I was sad for her for some reason, it just seems like such a boring life. Guess I'm not a fan of those types of endings.

 

[cerebreturns]

ME3 when

Spoiler: Spoiler

]Tali kills herself, wtf? Her own suicidal people wont repent and give into their own blood lust instead of saving the world, and then she kills herself...I was freaking stunned, I did not expect that at all, the whole part left me going...wait....what?

 

[Ickorus]

Spoiler: Dark Souls spoilers abound.

Playing through Dark Souls (Again) and going into the boss fight against Sif after you save him in the Artorias of the Abyss expansion the cutscene for the Sif fight changes and he recognises you as a friend then howls at the moon and reluctantly picks up his sword because despite being his friend he won't allow anyone, even you, to use the ring that allowed Artorias to traverse the Abyss and caused his eventual corruption.

In fact, especially you he can't willingly allow take the ring and risk eventual corruption.

 

[Raggedstar]

The ending to Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Spoiler

The entire game is so adorable and happy. How could the ending be so sad? Really powerful contrast. The entire climax is actually pretty depressing with a family member dying and such. But then the biggie happens when the final cutscene comes, revealing nothing Klonoa knows is real. All his memories were crafted from your so-called best friend so you can save his world. Once his world is saved, he admits all of this and Klonoa fights against a vortex that is sucking him into another world. *sniff*

...we need another Klonoa game.

 

[Fappy]

-Snip-

I think one of the saddest parts of the Blazblue story is Bang needing to come to terms about Litchi. It has been hinted that he is the only one who can cure Arakune, and he knows if he does it he will never have Litchi's love

Also...

Spoiler

Ragna finding out Saya's fate at the end of CS. He was totally floored.

OT: The saddest game moment I have encountered recently was the ending of Persona 3.

*sob*

 

[The Wykydtron]

The big reveal of Silent Hill 2. Those that have played it should know what I mean.

This. :'( also when Dom died in GoW3, I didn't see it coming.

Thanks for the spoilers there mate, was it too much to use spoiler tags? I haven't been able to play it yet...

OT: Persona 4, when...

Spoiler: Minor spoilers

November rolls around, crazy shit starts happening, including...

Spoiler: Major spoilers

Nanako's kidnapping!

that was intense, especially the big kicker when...

Spoiler: Super Major spoiler

Nanako dies!

Hit me like a ton of bricks!

So much for a happy game...

You do know that is literally the worst ending you could possiby get right? I get really weird when people imply they didn't reach the true ending in Persona 4

 

[A Red Robot]

I haven't finished Fire Emblem Awakening, but there 2 certain parts, one right after the other.

Spoiler: Chapter 9 spoilers

After you finish the chapter. You finally get the chance to save Emmryn, and Pegasus Guards show up to escort her back safely...Then a bunch of Risen archers pop up, and kill all of the Pegasus Guards. Then you have to chose between sacrificing Emmryn to keep the Fire Emblem, or giving the Fire Emblem over to save Emmryn.

Spoiler: But...

It doesn't matter what you chose because she sacrifices herself either way to try to rally the Plegians against their insane ass king.

Spoiler: Chapter 10 shit

Chapter 10 was just...D:
The enemy troops don't even believe in what their fighting for, and just are trying to stop you so they don't get them and their family kill-murdered by their crazy ass ruler. The General even doesn't support Gangrel, not wanting to fight Chrom and his army, and doesn't even blame the soldier for wanting to flee. He even asks you to spare the rest of his army...

Spoiler: But...

I killed them all before getting to him, and I felt like an ass D:

As I said before, still haven't finished the game. Should I expect more of stuff like this later on?