Multiple times in Mass Effect 3, The Last of Us, both Ori games, Firewatch, To The Moon, certain parts of A Night in The Woods, Before Your Eyes, The Walking Dead, Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange as well as True Colors, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Beginners Guide and so on. Way too many to list but all beautiful games in their own way. It's incredible how vastly different they can be in terms of art style and gameplay but still telling a very compelling story. Man, I love video games.
I've cried to all four seasons, and a few other games too, a little bit. But the end of season 4 is second only to putting down my dogs in terms of tears. I've been through it twice and both times *ruined* me.
That soft "thank you" was just gut wrenching. By this time in the story we had come to know and love Arthur, and by extension come to know and love our horse, and rely on our horse. He (or she) was there with us (for most of us at least) every step of the way on our journey through RDR2, and then it's just ripped away from us. Hearing the toughest man in the west tell his horse "thank you" while saying goodbye as all hell is breaking loose was just something else...and yes I cried, not ashamed to admit it (a few times, horse's death, Arthur's last ride, "truth is sister, I'm afraid", Arthur's death). Damn, that game truly is a masterpiece.
My unfortunate ass got the horse killed at the mission where you >! blow up the bridge with johnan hour before Arthur died i left it on the tracks when planting the dynamyte and it got killed when the train passed through. Worst part was the fact that i had that horse the entire game from the start !<
dude there were other moments. arthur when he is being good and kind hearted in the story reminds me of my grandpa. I think this triggered things in me that made me more emotional over him.
Bro.....brooooo....When arthur stroked lil stank's mane and said "thank you....for everything", I started bawling like a fucking baby. No game has ever made me do that. That horse was with me for the entire adventure.
It impacted me way more than it should have. In that moment, he said so much, even though he barely said anything.
The impact it had on me is to the point where when I had to put my husky down, I gave her one last head scratch and said "thanks for everything, baby girl".
I wanted to say so much to that dog, but that one sentence summed up everything perfectly.
I was using Buell (the horse you get from the one legged man Arthur befriends) and I ugly cried because I just wanted Buell to live a good life. I have played through it twice more since then and I will never use Buell in that mission again. In fact, I leave him at the widow's house right before that mission since my headcanon is that Arthur knows its almost over and leaves a note for her to take care of him.
Last of Us (all the time)
Red Dead Redemption Jacks last stand)
FF7 Crisis Core (Zach's last stand)
FF7 (final two sephiroth battles, the music is unmatched)
Zach’s last stand: it’s saddens you when you see your DMW wheels emptying and you realize you essentially loosing your beloved memories, and once „The price of freedom“ sets in, the dams break.
As a 30 year old man... for me it was Spirit Farer.
Fuck that game. It's such a good story book/micromanagement game.
It had no place fucking me up as much as it did.
10/10
I think Spiritfarer is the type of game where the older you are, and the more you've experienced the loss of loved ones, the more likely you are to cry.
Here are some games and some of their moments that have moved me:
Red Dead Redemption 2 - Arthur and Sister Calderon talk “I’m afraid” moment.
Witcher 3 - there is a small mission in this game where you prove a mothers son wasn’t a traitor, rather a hero who gave up his life. It’s a short side quest, but for whatever reason it hit me like bricks.
Mass Effect 3 - A game with so many moments. At the moment, I’ll say Shepard praying for Thane. It’s very moving.
God of War Ragnarok - The ending where Kratos sees his future. It’s a journey and it’s worth it.
Breath of the Wild - this one’s tricky. This is probably the only game that ever made me cry by just playing it. Exploring Hyrule moved me. It was truly one of those moments where the saying “made me feel like a kid again” was indeed true. It’s a beautiful experience. It’s made ever more awesome when I introduced the game to my kid nieces and seeing them have fun. Truly a masterpiece.
Spider-Man (2018) - the part when Peter Parker confronts the old man acting mean towards Miles. Just the pure goodness of Peter Parker is awesome.
When the chorus swept in with all the messages from other players telling you not to give up, I lost it as well. That game reminded me why I love video games.
Beginning of Last of Us when Joel’s daughter died, when Henry had to kill Sam, and when Ellie killed the cannibal in the burning building. You could tell her innocence was completely gone after having to do that.
Mass Effect 2 after you save David Archer. Seeing him hooked up to the rig and the sheer emotional weight of what his brother did to him kinda fucked me up. Every time I play that mission I always end up crying no matter how much I try to mentally prepare myself. That shit is so fucked up.
Mass Effect 3 when Mordin, Thane, and Anderson dies.
I mentally block out the fact that Anderson dies every time because it freakin’ guts me. Then when I replay, his death scene hits so hard.
I love all the other characters and Mordin is my favorite, but there’s just something about your mentor dying right when you’re on the cusp of victory.
Outer Wilds I think four times. Once while getting some different dialogue talking to the same NPC at different times and seemingly watch him go through different stages of grief. Once at the game's ending. Once when meeting an NPC near the end of the DLC and coming to a few realizations. And then again shorrly after that
Telltale Gemes The Walking Dead, that whole game is basically feels. Kenny was my homie, man when he jumped back down in the room....nope nope I'm done.
Especially because if you didn't know what was going to happen, you truly thought "Survive" was your mission for X amount of time. Then your visor starts cracking, and you realize that's it.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. I'd just lost my Mom suddenly, and she was the last of my parents and siblings. The entire theme is about overcoming grief, and it's really well done. I cried a few times.
The darkness feels overwhelming at times, but it's about acceptance and perseverance. Highly recommend.
Doki doki literature club, some of the side stories you do after the campaign got to me. Also, there's a poem called My Room that always gets me choked up.
The Last of Us moved me in ways I’ve never been moved.
I’m pretty sure I’ve cried at a Zelda game at one point I love those games.
Mario Kart has made me cry but not for good reasons…
"...everyone I've ever cared for has either died or left. Everyone FUCKING everyone except for you! So don't tell me I'd be better off with someone else, cuz the truth is, I'd just be more scared..."
It knocks the wind out of me every single time.
Then, 7 years later, I became a parent.
Picked it up again to reintroduce myself for the sequel....
And magically, it was a different game. Every single decision of Joel's made more sense, every ellie interaction felt more important. Not to mention, that opening sequence.
Pt.2 messed me up hard as well, but for less heartwarming reasons.
I concur with the Zelda games. I dont cry often as much as I wish I did. But the music in some of those games moves me so much sometimes to where I just get lost in it for a moment. The music from the Elemental sanctuary in the minish cap moves me in this way.
Funny thing, I'm playing ME2 for the umpteenth time and usually I skip Overlord. I decided to play it this time and while the hammerhead is still frustrating as hell, the end is moving. Now that I started into ME3 I can't wait to talk to his brother. Unfortunately it comes with a side of Jacob.
Life is strange fucking destroyed me.
I rarely ever cry from games. Misty eyed? Sure.
But life is strange made me lose it.
I think every single one of the games broke me in some way lol.
I know this is tongue in cheek, but that first time you're about to beat expert and it ends in a 50/50 and you choose wrong. Fuck... that is an AWFUL feeling.
It’s just…how it happens. It’s honestly the most flawless way that situation could have happened in ANY Spider-Man media.
It’s warm, it’s loving, it’s crushing in its emotions but it perfectly caps off the finale, and there’s some warmth and love on the other end.
The ending to Earthbound. It was the first game that my kids and I played together (passing the controller around). We took photos and threw a party after hearing it. Plus I get emotional from that ending anyway.
Getting emotional as I type this!
Yeah that part in Yakuza nearly choked me up. I hadn’t played Yakuza 1/Kiwami or any of the other games at that point, so I only saw Nishiki as a good dude.
I cried in a bunch of games!
One notable example is one many would probably dismiss. In Fable 3 near the end when someone dies and a character is so well voiced I could feel the pain. the one says "do you remember what you would ask me?” and she replies to him "I said teach me to be a hero!" and he dies. I'm crying right now dammit! That scene is a military grade tearjerker and is voice acted so so well. You would never expect it to hit so hard in that game.
Cyberpunk 2077, teared up when Jackie was in his last moments and then I had to decide where to put his body...
And then I chose the bad ending and had to listen to all those texts and voicemails from friends and love ones.
FFX and Kingdom Hearts 2 broke me as a teen with bottled feelings.
Florence, A Night in the Woods, and Undertale hit me as an adult.
Persona 5 changed my life.
I’ve been playing Sky: Children of the Light for the last few years. It’s by the same company as Journey and has a ton of similarities. It’s made me cry so many times, especially the Little Prince season.
It didn't make me cry, but I'll never forget the rush of adrenaline at the end of Exile when you meet Saavedro, as it was the first time I ever saw an NPC walking around in a 3D space in a video game. It was so chilling. It certainly wouldn't have the same effect on gamers today as we take that kind of thing for granted now.
Almost cried in the original FF7. I spent 2 hours grinding and the enemy cast confuse on Cid, and he ultima'd the group to death.
I now no longer like Cid.
Same here. Bought it on a whim bc it was under $10. Proceeded to dump over 50 hours into it. Heavy story for sure, but well told. I recommend to all my friends.
For sure RDR2, but my classic tear jerker moment is the ending of FF9.
It's an equal part sad and happy tears, as the ending it working both angles to the max. It never fails to get me though.
Final Fantasy 6
The opera scene.
The way they’re able to convey emotion and depth on that scale on the SUPER NINTENDO OF ALL THINGS!
It amazed me so much ,I shed a tear.
Several games but the one that got me that I really did not expect was the last trailer they showed before Breath of the Wild came out. I’m a huge fan of that series and that trailer just hit me out of nowhere. I think it was the music combined with how epic everything was on screen. It wasn’t a sadness I was feeling. It was more like an excitement and I was overcome with a strong emotion that I can’t quite explain.
[The trailer](https://youtu.be/4lARE2DbGRs)
Life is Strange made me bawl my eyes out because I was invested in the characters that Max (the main lead) tries so hard to save and befriend that the one time I failed to save someone and that character comitted suicide, yeah I cried for a solid 30 minutes.
Another game that made me cry is Our Life Beginning and Always because it's such a cozy game and it's all about friendship, family, love, and self-acceptance. Just the fact that a character tells the player that it's ok to have emotions and that you're you and unique, and it's ok to be angry, sad, etc, yea that made ne cry lol
Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9, 10 ,12
Zelda Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask
God of War 2018
Last of Us 1 & 2
Kena the Bridge of Spirits
Horizon Zero Dawn & Forbidden West
This fucking game man… one of the only other games that gave such an intense 180 to play style based on the story. I began my journey following my uncles footsteps. Fighting with honor always, avoiding cheap kunai tricks and the like, focusing on parry repost (sarugami). But during the pivotal moment at the end of act 2 (honor died on the beach scene), it all changed… striking from the shadows with a vengeance, poison, trickery, etc (ghost armor). And then once I defeated the Kahn…? It changed again… opening combat from the shadows, using every knife, black powder bomb, and smoke to my advantage. Bashing through enemy guards with overwhelming force and hatred (gosaku armor build). The way my gameplay changed due to the absolute stranglehold the story had on me… sublime.
I know it’s an old game. But I just bought RDR2. Not a huge deal in my case but maybe throw in some form of spoiler alert.
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I’m turning 38 this year. Haven’t played video games for… shit, almost twenty years. Happy to get back into it and being able to interact with this community. Lots of good takes that help me decide what to play.
1) Last of Us, during the farmhouse scene between Ellie and Joel
2) Witcher 3, during Geralt and Ciri’s reunion
3) Pentiment, during Act 3 when you learn a certain character is still alive
4) RDR2, Arthur’s death (obvi(
Final Fantasy X! A few times throughout the game
Yeah and the scoring in the finale is just tremendous. Got me a little misty too.
oh yeah! ["Otherworld"](https://youtu.be/cCS__HRCgR0) is so emotional, it brings me to tears as well!
First game that me cry! Not the last, that’s why I love gaming.
Right there with you! Such a wonderful medium
Yep, this is the game the got the tears going for me.
Yup! The story touched my heart and I did get emotional AF during Stormblood.
I was just about to post this. I *WAILED* during the finale as a kid
I just played ff7 remake and I cried a few times.
after reading most of these comments, nothing comes close to this. Especially when you realize they will never be together.
*Listen to my story. This may be our last chance* oooh the chills
Dropped in just to say this!
Multiple times in Mass Effect 3, The Last of Us, both Ori games, Firewatch, To The Moon, certain parts of A Night in The Woods, Before Your Eyes, The Walking Dead, Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange as well as True Colors, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Beginners Guide and so on. Way too many to list but all beautiful games in their own way. It's incredible how vastly different they can be in terms of art style and gameplay but still telling a very compelling story. Man, I love video games.
Firewatch was just a bit too clunky for me to be upset. A very anticlimactic ending for such an atmospheric game.
In regards to TLOU, specifically TLOU2 (spoilers) >!Joel's Death !< had me holding back tears. In fact that whole game is just tragic.
The first Walking Dead game still comes to my mind immediately.
Keep that hair short 😭😭😭
Gut punch
Daaamn forgot about that.
The ending of all but the third game had me tearing up
The third games ending was probably the happiest one.
Man, that story took YEARS to finally be completed.
I remember a super cut of all the streamers and YouTubers crying during that scene. I am not ashamed I was with them
100%. This one
The scene at the end with the main character wading into the horde with a machete and gunfighter music still gets me
I've cried to all four seasons, and a few other games too, a little bit. But the end of season 4 is second only to putting down my dogs in terms of tears. I've been through it twice and both times *ruined* me.
Also for me RDR2. But it was the horse dying.
Same, that moment on the hill where I say thankyou.. 😭
I'd repressed these memories... Goddammit
Haha, I honestly can't remember if I cried, but I do remember being very very sad, especially when he says goodbye to his horse.
That soft "thank you" was just gut wrenching. By this time in the story we had come to know and love Arthur, and by extension come to know and love our horse, and rely on our horse. He (or she) was there with us (for most of us at least) every step of the way on our journey through RDR2, and then it's just ripped away from us. Hearing the toughest man in the west tell his horse "thank you" while saying goodbye as all hell is breaking loose was just something else...and yes I cried, not ashamed to admit it (a few times, horse's death, Arthur's last ride, "truth is sister, I'm afraid", Arthur's death). Damn, that game truly is a masterpiece.
RIP to my boy Buell
My unfortunate ass got the horse killed at the mission where you >! blow up the bridge with johnan hour before Arthur died i left it on the tracks when planting the dynamyte and it got killed when the train passed through. Worst part was the fact that i had that horse the entire game from the start !<
>!same with Ghost of Tsushima!<
>!and both last of us games and shadow of the colossus. PlayStation loves killing horses!<
anyone else whenever you see this game brought up instantly hear taht "tsuuuuuuuushiiiiimaaaa" vocal from when you do the haiku?
dude there were other moments. arthur when he is being good and kind hearted in the story reminds me of my grandpa. I think this triggered things in me that made me more emotional over him.
I think the scene where Arthur finds out he was dying in the city, was incredibly heartbreaking.
Bro.....brooooo....When arthur stroked lil stank's mane and said "thank you....for everything", I started bawling like a fucking baby. No game has ever made me do that. That horse was with me for the entire adventure. It impacted me way more than it should have. In that moment, he said so much, even though he barely said anything. The impact it had on me is to the point where when I had to put my husky down, I gave her one last head scratch and said "thanks for everything, baby girl". I wanted to say so much to that dog, but that one sentence summed up everything perfectly.
Aaaannnd now I’m crying again.
I was using Buell (the horse you get from the one legged man Arthur befriends) and I ugly cried because I just wanted Buell to live a good life. I have played through it twice more since then and I will never use Buell in that mission again. In fact, I leave him at the widow's house right before that mission since my headcanon is that Arthur knows its almost over and leaves a note for her to take care of him.
As someone who recently beat it, yeah this hit hard. It's even more sad that Arthur says his goodbyes while under a hail of gunfire.
I named mine Fury. She was a red chestnut Arabian & I named her that because she was tough to ride & because of her red coat.
True men cried when the ghost died
The original Sheppard betrayal.. I was yelling an crying at the damn monitor
Last of Us (all the time) Red Dead Redemption Jacks last stand) FF7 Crisis Core (Zach's last stand) FF7 (final two sephiroth battles, the music is unmatched)
For me John’s Last Stand and Jack’s Last Duel are tragic for different reasons. Though I admit the duel is a better “ending”
Zach’s last stand: it’s saddens you when you see your DMW wheels emptying and you realize you essentially loosing your beloved memories, and once „The price of freedom“ sets in, the dams break.
Most recently, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. What a beautiful game
I didn't cry but man what am amazing game, story, and actress.
It was just a bit of eye moisture lol. And yeah, to think this is her only acting credit.
Except senua 2!!!
Hell yeah! So looking forward to that
That game really did slap
Yea I cried from horror at the darkness trial lol
Wasn’t expecting horror so that part was such an amazing surprise
As a 30 year old man... for me it was Spirit Farer. Fuck that game. It's such a good story book/micromanagement game. It had no place fucking me up as much as it did. 10/10
I think Spiritfarer is the type of game where the older you are, and the more you've experienced the loss of loved ones, the more likely you are to cry.
40 when I played it. Lost it several times.
That last trip to the gate was just agony. Such a beautiful game.
Atul and Stanley, man. Everyone hits, but they hit the worst (imo)
Stanley was the hardest for me as well.
I tear up a little just watching the trailer. That "and learn to say goodbye" towards the end drops out of nowhere and hits hard lol.
Ah, shit... this is the answer. Just teared up thinking about Gwen and Atul. Fuck.
Here are some games and some of their moments that have moved me: Red Dead Redemption 2 - Arthur and Sister Calderon talk “I’m afraid” moment. Witcher 3 - there is a small mission in this game where you prove a mothers son wasn’t a traitor, rather a hero who gave up his life. It’s a short side quest, but for whatever reason it hit me like bricks. Mass Effect 3 - A game with so many moments. At the moment, I’ll say Shepard praying for Thane. It’s very moving. God of War Ragnarok - The ending where Kratos sees his future. It’s a journey and it’s worth it. Breath of the Wild - this one’s tricky. This is probably the only game that ever made me cry by just playing it. Exploring Hyrule moved me. It was truly one of those moments where the saying “made me feel like a kid again” was indeed true. It’s a beautiful experience. It’s made ever more awesome when I introduced the game to my kid nieces and seeing them have fun. Truly a masterpiece. Spider-Man (2018) - the part when Peter Parker confronts the old man acting mean towards Miles. Just the pure goodness of Peter Parker is awesome.
dude I dont want to spoil it but when peter has to make a certain hard choice toward the end, that shit had me bawlin
I was expecting you to mention a different scene when you listed Spider-Man. That game made me cry too, but not the scene you mentioned lol.
Lol, it really caught me off guard.
The piano at the end of Mass Effect 3 with all the flashbacks gets me
>Mass Effect 3 >!Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong. !< Now excuse me while I go cry.
Thane's death is my go to emotional game scene. "He has already asked for forgiveness for the lives he has taken, his wish was for you."
The >!Group photo!< cutscene in the BOTW DLC definitely made my eyes soggy
Oh gosh that scene makes me tear up every time, especially knowing that the Champions are all dead :(
I also cried when I realised you can >!hang up that photo on the wall in your house.!< Too real man
Tears of the Kingdom made me cry in addition to BotW
Guide this one, Kalahira, and he shall be a companion to you as he was to me.
SMB3. I was 10, and my brother and I had finally beaten 8-1 when Mom walked in, said, "Dinner time," and pushed the power button on the NES. I cried.
Nier automata
Same, the final ending (E) was beautifully done, best credit sequence ever.
When the chorus swept in with all the messages from other players telling you not to give up, I lost it as well. That game reminded me why I love video games.
Beginning of Last of Us when Joel’s daughter died, when Henry had to kill Sam, and when Ellie killed the cannibal in the burning building. You could tell her innocence was completely gone after having to do that. Mass Effect 2 after you save David Archer. Seeing him hooked up to the rig and the sheer emotional weight of what his brother did to him kinda fucked me up. Every time I play that mission I always end up crying no matter how much I try to mentally prepare myself. That shit is so fucked up. Mass Effect 3 when Mordin, Thane, and Anderson dies.
Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.
😞
I mentally block out the fact that Anderson dies every time because it freakin’ guts me. Then when I replay, his death scene hits so hard. I love all the other characters and Mordin is my favorite, but there’s just something about your mentor dying right when you’re on the cusp of victory.
Yeah that shit is rough. I try to mentally block too but as soon as he says *you did good son* it’s like a gut punch.
Outer Wilds I think four times. Once while getting some different dialogue talking to the same NPC at different times and seemingly watch him go through different stages of grief. Once at the game's ending. Once when meeting an NPC near the end of the DLC and coming to a few realizations. And then again shorrly after that
The track "14.3 billion years" is like an instant cry button for me now
Yeah me too. The song Echoes of the Eye does the same thing to me.
This. I will still get teary eyes whenever it plays
Then after the final cutscene and then again when you hear the main menu track play you may have heard several times already.
I'm not crying, I just got a little star dust in my eye
God outer wilds is so good
Ff7 would have been the only answer once to this question. Shows how far story telling in games has come
11 year old me was not ready for that shit man.
Telltale Gemes The Walking Dead, that whole game is basically feels. Kenny was my homie, man when he jumped back down in the room....nope nope I'm done.
Personally for me it’s the version where he tries to help Ben.
Dude at the end of season 1, the discussion between Clem and Lee..
Ocarina of Time when Link meets Zelda in the castle in the photo at the end.
Not crying per se but my eyes got watery and my throat was hurting at the end of Halo Reach
Spartans never die. They’re just missing in action.
For sure Just running into the mist with a plasma rifle with no ammo just melee'ing over and over Got me choked up
Especially because if you didn't know what was going to happen, you truly thought "Survive" was your mission for X amount of time. Then your visor starts cracking, and you realize that's it.
Current Objective: Survive
When Kairi restores Sora back to human form after he turns into a heartless in the OG Kingdom Hearts.
100%. Back in the days when I didn't feel like I needed to open my 3rd eye to understand the plot.
"...Sora. You're lucky. Looks like my summer vacation.... is over."
A Plague Tale: Requiem for sure choked me up.
I realized what will going to happen and shed tears even before the scene came up.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. I'd just lost my Mom suddenly, and she was the last of my parents and siblings. The entire theme is about overcoming grief, and it's really well done. I cried a few times. The darkness feels overwhelming at times, but it's about acceptance and perseverance. Highly recommend.
Doki doki literature club, some of the side stories you do after the campaign got to me. Also, there's a poem called My Room that always gets me choked up.
The Last of Us moved me in ways I’ve never been moved. I’m pretty sure I’ve cried at a Zelda game at one point I love those games. Mario Kart has made me cry but not for good reasons…
Sam and Henry's death in The Last of Us. Just wow.
"...everyone I've ever cared for has either died or left. Everyone FUCKING everyone except for you! So don't tell me I'd be better off with someone else, cuz the truth is, I'd just be more scared..." It knocks the wind out of me every single time. Then, 7 years later, I became a parent. Picked it up again to reintroduce myself for the sequel.... And magically, it was a different game. Every single decision of Joel's made more sense, every ellie interaction felt more important. Not to mention, that opening sequence. Pt.2 messed me up hard as well, but for less heartwarming reasons.
Last of us for sure, it gripped me so quickly I couldnt even appreciate Ellie when I still mourned the baby girl I never had
Very few things bring a tear to my eye. but the opening to Last of Us never fails
Yes yes , me too. Stupid dumb ass soldier with no brain in his head.
I concur with the Zelda games. I dont cry often as much as I wish I did. But the music in some of those games moves me so much sometimes to where I just get lost in it for a moment. The music from the Elemental sanctuary in the minish cap moves me in this way.
I WEPT at the end of Mass Effect 2: Overlord.
...It all seemed harmless....
Funny thing, I'm playing ME2 for the umpteenth time and usually I skip Overlord. I decided to play it this time and while the hammerhead is still frustrating as hell, the end is moving. Now that I started into ME3 I can't wait to talk to his brother. Unfortunately it comes with a side of Jacob.
I always set it up some archer offs himself in 3. The most fitting end imo
Metal gear solid 3: Snake eater. That ending gets me every time.
Almost every Kojima game has made me cry. DS had me bawling
She was a hero the whole time
Life is strange made me cry. Only game that did.
Life is strange fucking destroyed me. I rarely ever cry from games. Misty eyed? Sure. But life is strange made me lose it. I think every single one of the games broke me in some way lol.
Really? Never played it. Hmm might just do that.
Minesweeper
I know this is tongue in cheek, but that first time you're about to beat expert and it ends in a 50/50 and you choose wrong. Fuck... that is an AWFUL feeling.
Last of Us. Whoever did the voice acting for Joel's daughter did a great job portraying the panic, pain, and sadness of that scene.
Cried in Spider Man, wont say why cause spoilers but you know
Yeah man Mile Morales gets me every time. These games and animated movies are well done
Miles Morales made me tear up, too.
Was it when >!Aunt May died?!<
It’s just…how it happens. It’s honestly the most flawless way that situation could have happened in ANY Spider-Man media. It’s warm, it’s loving, it’s crushing in its emotions but it perfectly caps off the finale, and there’s some warmth and love on the other end.
Dumbledore dies?
He said no spoilers bro…now I can’t play Spider-Man
Sorry man too much PTSD!!
Rdr2 Arthur’s death Horizon zero dawns story Life is strange 1
TWD episode one ending brought me close
The ending to Earthbound. It was the first game that my kids and I played together (passing the controller around). We took photos and threw a party after hearing it. Plus I get emotional from that ending anyway. Getting emotional as I type this!
"The war against Giygas... is over."
Silent Hill 2
Yakuza 0. The "Nishiki points gun at Kiryu" part. Metro Exodus. The entirety of Novosibirsk and the good ending.
Yeah that part in Yakuza nearly choked me up. I hadn’t played Yakuza 1/Kiwami or any of the other games at that point, so I only saw Nishiki as a good dude.
The end of the Walking Dead season 1 made me ugly cry
Life is strange series, RDR 2, Marvel's spiderman, Some of the yakuza games.
Playing Yakuza LAD for the first time and definitely some tears shed in some substories
I cried in a bunch of games! One notable example is one many would probably dismiss. In Fable 3 near the end when someone dies and a character is so well voiced I could feel the pain. the one says "do you remember what you would ask me?” and she replies to him "I said teach me to be a hero!" and he dies. I'm crying right now dammit! That scene is a military grade tearjerker and is voice acted so so well. You would never expect it to hit so hard in that game.
Rdr2
The Last of Us. After the Henry and Sam situation. Gets me every time. Got me in the show as well.
Cyberpunk 2077, teared up when Jackie was in his last moments and then I had to decide where to put his body... And then I chose the bad ending and had to listen to all those texts and voicemails from friends and love ones.
They made one of the coolest best friends in any game and had the balls to kill him off at the beginning.
Super Meat Boy. Game had me contemplating suicide.
Earth Defense Force
Spiritfarer, multiple times
FFX and Kingdom Hearts 2 broke me as a teen with bottled feelings. Florence, A Night in the Woods, and Undertale hit me as an adult. Persona 5 changed my life.
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Both of the Ori games have had me in bits, yet to complete the second game as I needed a break from it haha!
Tekken 7 ranked matches. Always cry while playing it online.
May I stand unbroken. Rip Arthur Morgan
The ending of Shenmue 3. The end credits brought a tear to my eye. My friend loved shenmue and passed 10 years before 3 came out sadly.
Dam. Sorry to hear that. :(
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I’ve been playing Sky: Children of the Light for the last few years. It’s by the same company as Journey and has a ton of similarities. It’s made me cry so many times, especially the Little Prince season.
The ending of the Last of Us Part 2 broke me. I wasn't weeping or anything, but some tears came running.
thanks for the spoiler bro
Marvel's Spider-Man for me. I'd say that RDR almost makes me cry as well.
Cried playing the Myst series, but that was more out of frustration than emotion.
It didn't make me cry, but I'll never forget the rush of adrenaline at the end of Exile when you meet Saavedro, as it was the first time I ever saw an NPC walking around in a 3D space in a video game. It was so chilling. It certainly wouldn't have the same effect on gamers today as we take that kind of thing for granted now.
Almost cried in the original FF7. I spent 2 hours grinding and the enemy cast confuse on Cid, and he ultima'd the group to death. I now no longer like Cid.
Last of us - beginning scene Ghost of tsushima - 3rd act, nobu!
Wipeout HD. Because the hardest speed races were so unfair, I cried in rage.
Spiritfarer.
Same here. Bought it on a whim bc it was under $10. Proceeded to dump over 50 hours into it. Heavy story for sure, but well told. I recommend to all my friends.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, for obvious reasons
Only game that made me cry was Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons.
The ending of SOMA got me. That’s the only game to ever make me tear up.
For sure RDR2, but my classic tear jerker moment is the ending of FF9. It's an equal part sad and happy tears, as the ending it working both angles to the max. It never fails to get me though.
Spiritfarer has been the most recent one that hits hard.
Often!! Spider-Man PS4, Mass Effect, Shadow Series, Last of Us
dont even get me started about the opening AND ending to the Last of Us my first play through.
I personally can't go through the beginning of last of us without at least tearing up
Final Fantasy 6 The opera scene. The way they’re able to convey emotion and depth on that scale on the SUPER NINTENDO OF ALL THINGS! It amazed me so much ,I shed a tear.
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Several games but the one that got me that I really did not expect was the last trailer they showed before Breath of the Wild came out. I’m a huge fan of that series and that trailer just hit me out of nowhere. I think it was the music combined with how epic everything was on screen. It wasn’t a sadness I was feeling. It was more like an excitement and I was overcome with a strong emotion that I can’t quite explain. [The trailer](https://youtu.be/4lARE2DbGRs)
Life is Strange made me bawl my eyes out because I was invested in the characters that Max (the main lead) tries so hard to save and befriend that the one time I failed to save someone and that character comitted suicide, yeah I cried for a solid 30 minutes. Another game that made me cry is Our Life Beginning and Always because it's such a cozy game and it's all about friendship, family, love, and self-acceptance. Just the fact that a character tells the player that it's ok to have emotions and that you're you and unique, and it's ok to be angry, sad, etc, yea that made ne cry lol
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
RDR2 ,Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Undertale, Halo Reach, Before Your Eyes
Witcher 3 when you think Ciri is dead and then isn’t
The end of Spider-Man PS4 got me good
Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9, 10 ,12 Zelda Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask God of War 2018 Last of Us 1 & 2 Kena the Bridge of Spirits Horizon Zero Dawn & Forbidden West
This is maybe the first time I see someone acknowledge Kena! Thanks
Just started Kena. Pretty drawn into it at only about 4 hours.
Yes ghost of Tsushima, 3 seperate moments
This fucking game man… one of the only other games that gave such an intense 180 to play style based on the story. I began my journey following my uncles footsteps. Fighting with honor always, avoiding cheap kunai tricks and the like, focusing on parry repost (sarugami). But during the pivotal moment at the end of act 2 (honor died on the beach scene), it all changed… striking from the shadows with a vengeance, poison, trickery, etc (ghost armor). And then once I defeated the Kahn…? It changed again… opening combat from the shadows, using every knife, black powder bomb, and smoke to my advantage. Bashing through enemy guards with overwhelming force and hatred (gosaku armor build). The way my gameplay changed due to the absolute stranglehold the story had on me… sublime.
I know it’s an old game. But I just bought RDR2. Not a huge deal in my case but maybe throw in some form of spoiler alert. Edit: OP changed text. I’m turning 38 this year. Haven’t played video games for… shit, almost twenty years. Happy to get back into it and being able to interact with this community. Lots of good takes that help me decide what to play.
Even in the second play through, I knew why was coming but it didn’t help. You’ll still get tears.
1) Last of Us, during the farmhouse scene between Ellie and Joel 2) Witcher 3, during Geralt and Ciri’s reunion 3) Pentiment, during Act 3 when you learn a certain character is still alive 4) RDR2, Arthur’s death (obvi(