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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

An absolute emotional rollercoaster start to end.

33/33 would recommend

TF2, when I get repeatedly owned by the same enemy. Especially if they're a soldier with love heart cosmetics.

The Last Of Us Part II.

Revenge. Revenge never changes.

What's done is done and it can never be undone.

It is such a tear jerker. So good

Yeah, I once walked into a Gamestop and saw how expensive new games have gotten...

Joking aside:

• Journey

• To the Moon

• Spiritfarer

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps

All good games, I can't recommend them enough.

Journey's ending hit me pretty hard: the score's composer, Austin Wintory, did such a great job channeling emotions into the game narrative

RDR2, when Arthur stopped to thank his (dying) horse (near the final mission). I got a lil choked up.

Celeste is so. fucking. good.

absolutely amazing game in every way

Outer Wilds. Endings of both the main game and the DLC can still get me to tear up a bit. I saw a post somewhere, don't remember, that said something along the lines of "Listening to the Outer Wilds OST is the only way I feel my feelings any more." It's about like that.

Shadow of the Colossus. Hands down one of the saddest games I’ve ever played.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Darkness/Time/Sky

Brother's got me ugly crying

My partner is chronically ill and Karlach's ending in BG3 made me sob because I was romancing her and it hit very close to home

Skyward Sword… Zelda’s story was so moving.

Braid's ending.

Tim (the player) is likely the villain. His quest was never about saving the princess but about his own selfish desire to reclaim something/someone that no longer wants him. The game masterfully subverts expectations, making players reflect on perspective, responsibility, and consequences.

When I played Hell blade: Senua's Sacrifice.

The symbology and story made me understand the struggles of a close friend, who succumbed to her psychosis many years ago. Felt like more than just a game.

• The Walking Dead. Clementine, my girl, she needs a hug.

• Journey. I will cry every time.

• Lethal Company. Laughter and fear crying.

• Neon White had a moment or two I think

• BioShock Infinite

• Celeste

• Assassin's Creed Black Flag

• A Short Hike

• Spiritfarer

• probably more....

Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC. One last fun ride with a bunch of friends before the final reckoning.

For added gut punch: romance Thane.

RDR2. Miss you, Hamish, thanks for the good times.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, right near the end. I don't want to spoil too much, but I never thought a game mechanic would make me emotional.

Gris. For real, go play it if you havent. Worth the story.

Yes, many times, ff7 was the first

To The Moon, The Beginner's Guide, and Night in the Woods all made me cry like a lot. Probably have been a few others, but those were the big ones.

If a character dies and I liked them enough to feel sad then I usually just quit the game. Theres no point to play beyond that. Like cyberpunk 2077 I really liked Jackie and when he died I just quit half an hour later. I've picked up the game a few times since but its really not the same without my homie.

Arthur's journey teared me up a bit in RDR2.

Edit: I JUST REMEMBERED JACKIE MA FROM SLEEPING DOGS

To the Moon

• The last of Us 1 and 2
• Signalis
• Outer Wilds
• Nier: Automata

A few times.

Most notably, when playing Outer Wilds. I was playing it during the pandemic and had lost two friends, my grandfather and my cat within the span of around 3 months. I was struggling with depression and I got to one specific spot in the game and the revelation caused me to just sit there and cry for like 10 minutes, I was so emotionally shut down at the time that the tears felt like a life preserver. I had to stop playing for a bit, but it definitely helped me process my grief.

I also cried during a couple of quests in FFXIV. The post-Shadowbringers content especially, not because it was sad, just very poignant. And again in the last area of Endwalker, where Masayoshi Soken's incredible composition combined with some very emotional content just got to me (especially the Endwalk, jfc).

I think I cried a bit at the end of Journey just because it was a powerful experience, but I had an amazing partner in that game who stayed with me through the whole thing.

How comes no one mentioned plague tale (both games) ? I don't know how good the English voice acting is, but in French it was really poignant.

That Dragon Cancer made me fucking weep.

Clair Obscur, God of War 2018, What Remains of Edith Finch, The Last of Us, Bastion, Halo: Reach, Firewatch, Celeste, Telltale's The Walking Dead, FFXV, Baldur's Gate 3, Shadow of the Colossus, and more, all made me tear up.

Can you tell I'm quite emotional about video games?

Stray had some moments

Many times in many games.

Probably the most in Mass Effect series, so many emotional moments. ME2: Overlord's end hits the hardest.

Last of us part 2.

To the moon.

I may have teared up at the end of Half-Life 2.

Yeah ff10 when I was like 13 lol

Destiny when Cayde 6 died. There was a goodbye message Cayde left for his son saying something like "I'm coming home". Well it was right around when my father passed and I was a fucking wreck.

As someone who has had the chance to play through Xenoblade Chronicles 1 through 3, several times in 3 specifically I was very emotional.

3 is a game that's emotional on its own, and throughout its story there are several times where it hits like a truck.

But when you know about all three games, some things just hit a little harder, especially during that DLC.

There's definitely a reason I have Mio and Noah Amiibo on my desk right now.

Honestly, XC3 is probably the best RPG of that generation (of course that's on opinion. But it's a correct one 😄)

Yep. I play FFXIV and I'm on estrogen. I cry basically every major patch cycle.

"It had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong".

One I haven't seen in this thread yet: the last playable bit of Bastion, if you choose to take Zulf with you. An early example of Supergiant's mastery of interactive storytelling, coming to a head with a recognition of humanity in the midst of apocalyptic war.

I've only seen it in the s thread once, and just up voting it didn't seemed enough. I've played the majority of games people are mentioning here, some of them are quite sad and hit you like a punch in the stomach. Another one I also didn't cried but felt very strongly about it and I don't think I've seen it mentioned here was Life is Strange, there's one particular scene that got me very hard.

All of this is to say, I don't usually cry on movies, books or games, it's not a "boys don't cry" kind of thing, I don't have a problem with crying or with getting in touch with my feelings, I just don't cry very often or for any reason. However, I don't know if it was the story on its own or the blinking mechanic but Before your eyes had me crying, and wasn't just a couple tears either, I only held myself together because I couldn't leave the game until it finished. That game was an experience, I recommend going in blind and using the camera.

Malenia got me damn close to.