I just cried for the first time with a game.
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Good stuff dude, make a spoiler tag without actually telling people what game you're spoiling...
It's Gears of War 3 for anybody who was wondering.
travisbickle
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I cried when Horace had no money to go skiing, after paying for his medical bills.
dr3upmushroom
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I don't think I've had much of an emotional reaction to any game since I was 17, but in my angst-filled teen years I got choked up by MGS3 and FFX. I remember Lunar had a really said part too (I played the GBA version back when that came out, I barely remember anything about it now).
People who maintain that FF7 makes them cry sort of amaze me. If I had played it as a child then maybe it would have done something for me, but I played about half the game a few years ago out of curiosity and the awkward grammar and ridiculously melodramatic tone had me laughing at it more than anything. If that makes you cry I'm guessing you also shed tears each time Goku dies during your annual viewing of DBZ.
Edit: I will admit that I also got choked up during a specific part of Shadow of the Colossus, and that it would probably still do it today.
People who maintain that FF7 makes them cry sort of amaze me. If I had played it as a child then maybe it would have done something for me, but I played about half the game a few years ago out of curiosity and the awkward grammar and ridiculously melodramatic tone had me laughing at it more than anything. If that makes you cry I'm guessing you also shed tears each time Goku dies during your annual viewing of DBZ.
Edit: I will admit that I also got choked up during a specific part of Shadow of the Colossus, and that it would probably still do it today.
I didn't think the ending was too emotional until the very end where you can try to reach the girl but you're being sucked into that well or whatever it was at the other end of the temple. Seeing your weakened character flop around was pretty pathetic already, but when you get right up to the well the game lets you use the grab button to hold on to the steps to keep from getting sucked up. I felt sort of silly even as I was doing it, but I held on until my strength ran out.
IrishNinja
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best example this gen for me, hands-down.
and yeah, some of ya'll are dicks with the spoilers.
dinosaur_hunter2
Member
This.
My first time crying with a game was with Chrono Trigger. Then Xenogears, Xenosaga Episode III (dat ending), Metal Gear Solid 3, almost with Metal Gear Solid 4.
dinosaur_hunter2
Member
That scene was amazing indeed. I didn't cry, but had the feeling I was losing a dear friend. The best thing about Mass Effect 3 was realizing how much the bonds between the characters had evolved since the first game.+1 for the last chat with Garrus in ME3, man that scene was just amazing. Came so close, but no man-tears.
I WILL meet him at the bar in heaven
Angelus Errare
Banned
Never cried but I did come close in Yakuza 3
When Rikiya died, man the VO was soooo good. Poor Kazuma
Trancetronic
Member
Not crying, but reading Lisa Trevor's letter in Resident Evil remake gets to me. She just wanted to see her mom, but now she's the killing machine she never wanted to be
I was mentally counting, hit 200, told myself I had to get a couple more to be safe. Screwed up 201. Go back to the hut or whatever it was that told you how many...
...199.
I don't think I've touched FFX since.
RPG Wizard
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My solution is to never start counting until I've done at least 5, and to often not bother until I've hit 10. I did this for a friend in college, and he started freaking out as I listened to a George Carlin routine while dodging bolts.
Got nailed on 194, he was distraught, and then I revealed "I started counting after 11."
But really, 199? That sucks! 15 minutes you're never getting back.
mclaren777
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Which MGS game is this and can somebody please link me to a video of the cutscene?
Muffdraul
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This, when
Yuna tries to hug Tidus and goes through him and falls.
Gentleman Jack
Member
I was NOT PREPARED for this part of Disgaea 1. I felt pretty hollowed out by the end of those cutscenes.
TheExplodingHead
Banned
I came close every time I nearly nailed a sub 8-sec time on 5-13 in Super Meat Boy. And when I finally hit the perfect run my reaction was "FUCK YES!!!!".
toddhunter
Member
Which MGS game is this and can somebody please link me to a video of the cutscene?
It is 3.
Don't watch the cutscene, people are telling you how great it is because it means something. Play through the game instead.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Never cried playing a game before.
MGS3 ending was the closest I have ever got though. Greatest video game ending of all time in my opinion.
MGS3 ending was the closest I have ever got though. Greatest video game ending of all time in my opinion.
mclaren777
Member
I have no interest in the MGS series so I'd rather just watch a video. I know it won't have the same significance to me, but I'd still like to see what happened.
not psycho
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The end of Jet Grind Radio.
NO, Sega. Thank you for letting me play.
NO, Sega. Thank you for letting me play.
Linearskillz
Member
I've never actually cried because of the content of a story, but I've definitely felt pretty sad.
MGS3, MGS4, Crisis Core, Lost Odyssey - A Thousand Years of Dreams all came pretty close. There are others I'm sure, I just have terrible memory for this kind of stuff.
MGS3, MGS4, Crisis Core, Lost Odyssey - A Thousand Years of Dreams all came pretty close. There are others I'm sure, I just have terrible memory for this kind of stuff.
Christopher
BDE (Big Dad Energy)
Man cried to kingdom hearts 2 and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete - not gonna hide it.
GhostWriter24
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The absurdity of this statement is staggering.
Meccanical
Member
I'm not gonna lie, for some reason in KH2 at the end of the Winnie the Pooh sidequest, when Pooh doesnt want Sora to go, I almost cried.
I don't even care, it was like saying goodbye to your childhood or something.
Whatever.
VillageNinja
Banned
Why is making someone cry such a coveted thing in this industry. It's not like it's a difficult thing to do. I've had Sarah McLaughlin singing over sad looking puppies bring my ass to tears in seconds.
RedNumberFive
Banned
I don't get it either. I guess people think that it somehow legitimizes their hobby as "art".
toddhunter
Member
If it is not a difficult thing to do, maybe you could offer up some games and moments and contribute to the discussion?
Games don't often evoke that much emotion because of the interactive component. The times that they do are generally considered special to each person.
Take that shit elsewhere.
Chinpoko_Master
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It doesn't help that a lot of the things people are posting are questionable on an emotional level.
For example, I've heard people say they cried when they brought down a colossus in Shadow of the Colossus... why? I'm seriously baffled.
I truly mean no offense to people in this thread, but I swear, some people play games looking for emotional experiences that aren't really there and make whatever excuse they can to find something to cry at.
toddhunter
Member
I don't want to be the emotion police in this thread
But different things have varying emotions for different people. Some examples:
Take in SotC the scene near the end where
your horse apparently 'dies'. If you own a horse, it might be quite different to somebody who has not. Seen the neverending story? If you had you might see why that might dig up some emotion. If you haven't seen that movie, don't show it to your kids...shit still hurts years later.
Heavy rain, it gets some hate, but if you are a father I bet you get a very different emotional response from the game. After one session of playing I went in and had to give my daughter a hug.
As an extreme example, say one of your family members died. Would mean nothing to me, no doubt quite emotional for you. Shouldn't really be baffling, just the way it is sometimes.
Also understand that it is very easy to not cry or get emotional at these moments in games. One days something that might make me cry another makes me feel nothing. But some times you just want to let some emotion out, which is something I enjoy doing. The mind might also be wandering to something that has happened or something you fear will happen, like losing a child when you see a colossus die in such a sad way.
Whatever it takes, it can happen and these moments often forge a strong connection with a game, and I enjoy hearing about people's experiences.
staticneuron
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I wouldn't say I cried, but I certainly felt like a bastard. If you just sit and watch some of them, it is like they are minding their own business, happy with life and you are the villian coming to kill them for selfish reasons. And on top of that imagine dying that way. Some small agile creature climbing your body and systematically stabbing vital parts of your body until you die.
Gentleman Jack
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Because good, engaging storytelling is rare in this medium and deserves recognition. So much the better if it can evoke a range of emotions including anguish. It's not cheap melancholy it's the fact that you felt enough of an attachment to a video game to care enough. Books, film, music have had such a head start that it may feel commonplace but get some perspective on how storytellers have had to kind of start over with interactive media.
Dwight Schrute
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NieR NG+
I like you.
Coppertracks
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I had tears in my eyes at the end of Professor Layton & the Lost Future.
When Layton says goodbye to Claire - knowing she's going back to her death, and his gentlemanly, British reserve cracks and silently he lets out a few tears. Had me welling up! :'(
Brainiac 8
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I had anger tears when I was trying to beat the hoverbike section of Battletoads for the first time.
I thank god for every time that game got translated to English. That entire final battle is orchestrated so freaking well. I can tell you the exact point I lost it:
****MASSIVE SPOILERS HOLY GOD DON'T HIGHLIGHT, JUST PLAY MOTHER 3 INSTEAD****
Claus
Come to your mother. You must be so exhausted. Come here, Claus.
The Masked Man removed his mask. His face looked just like Lucass. It was Claus.
Claus fired an intense bolt of lightning!
Lucass Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back!
Claus took mortal damage!
Claus staggered toward Lucas.
Claus ... embraced Lucas.
Lucas remembered Clauss smell.
*Claus dies*
The Masked Man removed his mask. His face looked just like Lucass. It was Claus.
Claus fired an intense bolt of lightning!
Lucass Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back!
Claus took mortal damage!
Claus staggered toward Lucas.
Claus ... embraced Lucas.
Lucas remembered Clauss smell.
*Claus dies*
God, just reading it makes me tear up a little! Now I'm going to break out my Mother 3 handbook and play it again. Everyone should play that game. It's so good!
This is going to sound silly, but
Fable
I remember picking the game up on a crisp clear beautiful fall evening and getting back to my dorm room. I had my bed raised so it was almost even with a window so I cracked that thing open, had a great breeze coming in at my back and that mischievous music sparked up and I was just engulfed. Guess the outside environment had just as much to do with it as the game, but, something about that world and that music and the fall's air that get me.
To this day I listen to the OST and play the game every fall.
Fable
I remember picking the game up on a crisp clear beautiful fall evening and getting back to my dorm room. I had my bed raised so it was almost even with a window so I cracked that thing open, had a great breeze coming in at my back and that mischievous music sparked up and I was just engulfed. Guess the outside environment had just as much to do with it as the game, but, something about that world and that music and the fall's air that get me.
To this day I listen to the OST and play the game every fall.
Razgriz-Specter
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MGS3
MGS4 "This is good isn't it" & "..... had a hard life. He needs time to rest."
MGS
W
SPOILERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_iDF60Kho&feature=related
MGS4 "This is good isn't it" & "..... had a hard life. He needs time to rest."
MGS
WSPOILERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_iDF60Kho&feature=related
Blake'sGrave
Member
I was going through a horrible break up when I was playing Lost Odyssey, and the Thousand Years of Dreams stories just got me constantly.
I shed tears of happy joy at the ending to Journey recently too.
I shed tears of happy joy at the ending to Journey recently too.
Shockamoto
Neo Member
When I played Journey for the first time I played a good portion of it with another person. They were more experienced than me and showed me where to go, all sorts of hidden places, etc. I followed their lead as we jumped and danced around, chasing one another in the sand. It was the most profound, multiplayer gaming experience I've ever had. Then in one of the later levels we somehow got separated. I couldn't believe it. I sat there just staring at the screen, sending out shouts hoping they would respond but they did not. The sense loss and abandonment I felt reminded me of a painful situation from my past. As a tear rolled down my face I recalled how I once scoffed at the idea that a game could make someone cry. It took a special game like Journey, a game that managed to touch a deep, personal part of me, to humble me and prove me wrong.
Trancetronic
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For some reason the ending of the first Klonoa made me tear up as a kid. I think it's when that spirit in the ring has to go back to it's world or something? It was so heartbreaking.
anotherVegan
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I cried buckets.
KingOfReading
Banned
Chrono Trigger and Lost Odyssey (dat ending!) got me at a bunch of different times. Some games can get you just with their music alone. When Kingdom Hearts' story makes any bit of sense it can tug at your heart strings. Also, it was mentioned a few pages back, but Ninja Gaiden (NES) has a really excellent intro that hooked me when I was a kid. I didn't cry when I was a kid, but for some reason I think grown up me would lose it if I were to play again.
Also, someone please PM me about Nier. I'm thinking about playing the game in Japanese and I don't know if I should play the game first, read the book first, or what.
Also, someone please PM me about Nier. I'm thinking about playing the game in Japanese and I don't know if I should play the game first, read the book first, or what.
TheJollyCorner
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would need a new piece of music or just use silence. Surprised with all of the emotional scenes in FFVI, Uematsu decided on the Theme of Narshe to play during what should have been a completely gut-wretching moment.
Not tear inducing, but some scenes from various games that had profound effects on me (going to spoiler just in case):
-FFII/IV, Edge having to
kill his own parents who had been mutated by a mad scientist. Their final moment of clarity to say 'goodbye' was pretty damn heavy... and I was only 12 at the time.
that just had fantastic editing the way it transitioned between present and past. Very bittersweet. The credit roll/video-camera moment just made me really happy. Wonderful creative idea by Kitase and Co.
scene at Mary's bedside was pretty heartbreaking. Lovely ambient music by Yamaoka for that scene.
a simple scene: Tidus and the 'low five' that he gives to Jecht. Made me think of my dad.
-SOTC, a popular choice, but
AGRO!!!!
I think the thought of my little girl growing up without me, using the image of me to survive/work through her deep psychological issues, shit, this one actually did make me weep after it was all over and I had some time alone to think about it.
windy, snowy mountain where you (and your partner, if you have one) end up collapsing after a struggling ascent was pretty heavy. The 'final walk' into the light is a moment I won't soon forget. The credits and end song really hammered the whole thing home.
keltickennedy
Member
Agreed. You will understand nothing and feel nothing if you haven't played through the entire game.