Jaybell Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I recently beat Mother 3, and it was the first time a video game actually made me cry. The final battle is one of the most emotionally draining sequences in any video game I've ever played. I came incredibly close to crying during this fight, and again during the post-endgame sequence where you walk around and everyone talks to you. There was an image in the "cast of characters" sequence that sent me over the edge. How about you? Has a video game ever made you shed a tear? Or are you too manly for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuketheXjesse Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Nah.------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Or are you too manly for that? This.. .. But there have been times where I feel slight depression because of the love story in the game..... As stupid as it sounds, I might get jealous.. not cause hero gets girl... the idea of being the hero.. . . meh. but never cried, never will . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I cried when Snake died in MGS every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabeel Ansari Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I cried when Square Enix made me play through Zack's death. It's so sad he just holds onto Aeris's memory in the slot machine power up thingy (DMW or something) and then he forgets her and dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion5182 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 A few moments in video games when i was younger and one recent that really just turned on the waterworks Chrono Trigger: Losing Chrono, This should have been a precursor in my mind when i was playing FF7. They had killed off main characters before. While you could get Chrono back that entire incident was just epic. A real Tearjerker. Seph killing Aeris... I was just turning 13 at the time i believe i just lost it. My parents werent home at the time thank god but wow...just WOW. Crying. Then a stone cold rage like i'd never experienced before in my life...one i havent experienced since. I had the water ring which basically negated the attacks of the boss that spawns immediately there after..i just went to town. FF8 Once you go orbital that one really pulls at the heart strings up until the moment she's freed from the chamber. The most recent one that nearly made me go over was in Mass Effect believe it or not. Having to make that choice was horrible (players will know what i mean). Those who say they are too manly for such a thing don't leave themselves open for much. These stories are infinitely better than movies on par with the best of novels and withstand the test of time. To not admit to it in some form is lunacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salluz Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I almost never cry over stuff, but Zelda OoT, man... the end of OoT made me shed a few tears. After all of the harsh battling and the strong demands to use your brain, everything was so carefree and blissful. It was as if everything was peaceful and settled. One moment you're fighting the ultimate beast, the next moment you're overcome by the happiest joy of all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 FFIV, just before the last fight. And then getting beat... and then repeating it three more times.. and then going back and leveling up more... and then actually beating it. But I only got a little teary-eyed the first time. The ending was nothing either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I cried when Square Enix made me play through Zack's death.It's so sad he just holds onto Aeris's memory in the slot machine power up thingy (DMW or something) and then he forgets her and dies. holy shit this but also holy shit dude spoilers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Random Tiger Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I'm not sure I've cried, but I always feel a little emotional when I beat a game. There's just something about the finality of it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Can't say I ever have. I just play fighting games and side-scrolling beat-'em-ups. Too manly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Battousai Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I feel like we've had threads like this before? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicdecay Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Mother - the final battle. Giegue is possibly the only final boss I've ever felt a little bad for. Earthbound - "Pokey Means Business" is some serious music. You go in, thinking it's going to be all awesome and fucking metal, and then he turns off the Devil's Machine. When you see SPOILER "the darkness absorbed Paula's call", it makes you wonder if you're doing it right. Mother 3 - Events in the prologue and the final battle. I read somewhere that Itoi worked really hard to get the pacing of the lines in the final battle just right. I'd say it definitely worked. The 7th Guest - You go through ALL THAT for an ending like THIS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I don't think I've ever seriously cried per se, but I did get very teary eyed during the ending of Metal Gear Solid 4. I don't think it was necessarily the game's ending itself, though. I think it was the emotional experience of witnessing all the drama from the characters, all of which were staples in my life as I grew up over the last 10+ years, hell even further than that if you want to count earlier iterations of Metal Gear. The characters grew up too; they grew old, they changed too, a few died. It was almost like sharing an experience with a close friend. It was particularly moving because of the heavy investment I had in the characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Not a full out wailing, but teary, yes. And what game may you ask? Just about every single sitting of Lost Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I don't think I've ever cried at music, movies, television, or games before, but the closest I've ever come was the staff roll of MGS4. I dunno, going through that whole series in such a short period of time, and then having it all end with such a beautiful song was really powerful for me. In terms of moments that made me sad, but not cry, I think anything to do with Saria in Ocarina of Time really hits home for me. Between Link and Saria's final goodbye as he's leaving the Kokiri Forest, and the dialogue after you receive the Forest Medallion (especially "Saria will always be your friend...") is just painfully tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakatt Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I have. I don't recall every instance, but.. more than I'd care to admit to, I'm sure. XD It's funny people mention Mother 3's ending, because that was a tearjerker for me. I hadn't played the game, but simply read about it, and decided to watch the ending on YouTube (I knew I'd not be playing the actual game). Even without having played the game, that ending made me all kinds of sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trygon Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Lufia 2. Kinda surprised nobody's mentioned this yet. Of course, I was... What. 11 or 12 at the time. MGS3. The revelations about The Boss at the end, and then Way to Fall... I played that game for 17 hours solid, front to back, and the whole event hit me like a fucking hammer. Didn't make me cry, but sheer emotional impact was the fight with Ocelot at the end of MGS4. I never thought I'd actually LIKE the song 'Snake Eater', but when it came on during that sequence, I was deeply affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thylacine Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We have had threads like this before, but I don't mind mentioning it again. Majora's Mask, when you play the Song of Healing at the Goron warrior Darmani's grave. You see the townsfolk cheering for him, and he starts crying because he has to leave all these other Gorons who love him and depended on him. I think it's one of the few games that portrayed death and loss in a competent way (others being mentioned in this thread). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Secret of Mana ending sequence, '94. The tears were running and I had a total blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legendary Zoltan Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Like some others, I wasn't crying out loud but there were some tears. SPOILERS are plentiful in this post. The ending of Star Ocean 3. Despite having the best that cheese has to offer, the music really gets me at the end. Particularly at the moment where he Fate says, "I'm still alive!" I freaking love that part. I also cried at the end of Kingdom Hearts II, and it was basically all thanks to Kingdom Hearts I. Stories where people who were best friends become enemies at the end REALLY bother me. The whole time I played the first KH game, I just kept tellling myself that I'm gonna get Riku back, patch everything up, and go back to the island. I was so happy when he appeared at the end of KH2. The end of the final battle where you and Riku are working together throughout the fight is the greatest. At the very end, you are both surrounded by mist of lasers that shoot at you one-by-one very rapidly, and you and Riku are deflecting them all together. It's like a thousand lasers, so you have plenty of time to watch it and take it in. That scene combined with the dramatic music probably affected me more than any other in a game. In short, yes I have and the music was an important part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaki-LEGEND.sys Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 When I reach the end of the cave in Cosmo Canyon and watch the scene between Red XIII and his father, I always get choked up. Also you're not a man if you didn't cry during the ending of Crisis Core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Ocarina of Time's ending, and credit rolls. The music is what did it to me. Metal Gear Solid, the ending where you give in to torture. Shadow of the Colossus, when you think the horse bit the dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Lufia 2. Kinda surprised nobody's mentioned this yet. Of course, I was... What. 11 or 12 at the time. Yes this. The music and everything was the perfect storm. Tearjerker right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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