Guardian's Light
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Also, the most recent one, the Tlou2 one
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What are the most saddest moments in games you played? *spoilers obviously*
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DrCheese
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Been posted earlier in the thread but To the Moon had me in puddles of tears for most of the back half - I didn't expect something so simple to hit me so hard & I don't know of any other film/game that has. Just a fantastic piece of story telling, even if the game itself isn't much of a "game"
TheGrat1
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God of War: Chains of Olympus
It pretty much says it all. The only thing in Kratos' life that is any good, the only thing he cares about: his daughter. He is finally reunited with her but has to part again in order to save her. I did not cry but I got a little choked up. No game has ever brought me that close to tears. The thing that gives this real impact is that unlike a lot of these scenes that are posted is that you actually have to PLAY this part. Pushing Calliope away for the last time requires action on the part of that player, it does not simply play out in a cutscene. I remember thinking "Are they really going to make me do this?" and not wanting to press the button. Anyone who is invested in the character of Kratos can actually feel a degree of the regret that he does in this scene. The perfect blend of gameplay and story.
Contrary opinion: I could not care less about Dom's wife. She is never seen in the original or 2 until just before she dies and yet Dom can not shut up about her. The whole world is coming to an end and yet he acts like the world revolves around his problems. I do not hate him for caring but I hate the game for making it such a big focus considering how strange it was juxtaposed against the rest of the story/universe. Gears of War. The most Dudebro of all the Dudebro shooters trying to shoehorn in this sob story. It is like having Michael Bay write and direct Schindler's List.
It pretty much says it all. The only thing in Kratos' life that is any good, the only thing he cares about: his daughter. He is finally reunited with her but has to part again in order to save her. I did not cry but I got a little choked up. No game has ever brought me that close to tears. The thing that gives this real impact is that unlike a lot of these scenes that are posted is that you actually have to PLAY this part. Pushing Calliope away for the last time requires action on the part of that player, it does not simply play out in a cutscene. I remember thinking "Are they really going to make me do this?" and not wanting to press the button. Anyone who is invested in the character of Kratos can actually feel a degree of the regret that he does in this scene. The perfect blend of gameplay and story.
Contrary opinion: I could not care less about Dom's wife. She is never seen in the original or 2 until just before she dies and yet Dom can not shut up about her. The whole world is coming to an end and yet he acts like the world revolves around his problems. I do not hate him for caring but I hate the game for making it such a big focus considering how strange it was juxtaposed against the rest of the story/universe. Gears of War. The most Dudebro of all the Dudebro shooters trying to shoehorn in this sob story. It is like having Michael Bay write and direct Schindler's List.
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Hobbygaming
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Aunt May's death in Spider-man PS4
Ori's beginning
Seeing Abby near the end of TLOU Part II
Ori's beginning
Seeing Abby near the end of TLOU Part II
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xellos2099alpha
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Not THAT bad. Han and Garya still hang around the same planet. Chaz also got Nei as a hot cargirl girlfriend/wife.
xellos2099alpha
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Not entirely fair, Farcade is "not" responible for turning the land into desert given their simple life style.
A Rifter in Space
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Oshtor sacrificing himself and Haku having to lie to his best friends about what happened. Kuon's reaction was also heartbreaking.
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Holy shit that scene broke my heart. Was interesting commentary on the burden someone carries when they don't have anyone to open up to while still carrying the world on their shoulders.
Utawarerumono was just plain heartbreaking and bittersweet in general. Some of the best storytelling in games if you ask me.
xellos2099alpha
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This hurt me more than Aerith death. The music when she was dying have me depressed. And the worst part is, they were clinging onto the hope Rune/Lutz can do something. They had to beat Zios fast but no way to do that without finding Rune first but then it was too late.Phantasy Star IV
What made it even more difficult is the fact that Alys suffers for quite long before her death. Kid me had a hard time understanding all of this, but when it eventually clicked, it hurt.
Danjin44
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But they were killing bunch wolf packs even before the wedding.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
DanielMann861
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The Last Guardian -- Sending Trico Away...
Metal Gear Solid 3 -- Final Salute.
Shadow of the Colossus -- The ending in general is a hell of a tidal wave of emotions.
Persona 4 -- I didn't cry, but I really didn't want to leave Inaba...I just had that sad empty feeling when it was all over...I loved those characters so much and didn't want it to end.
Metal Gear Solid 3 -- Final Salute.
Shadow of the Colossus -- The ending in general is a hell of a tidal wave of emotions.
Persona 4 -- I didn't cry, but I really didn't want to leave Inaba...I just had that sad empty feeling when it was all over...I loved those characters so much and didn't want it to end.
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xellos2099alpha
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Like Kaine said, what exactly do the wolf eat in the desert. Human kill wolf and wolf kill human.
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Danjin44
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The sad thing about NieR is no one fully at fault here.
JoshuaThomas
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The saddest moment I've had playing WoW was when, not long after Cataclysm dropped, I returned to Dalaran in Northrend and found it empty. It made me feel empty.
Gameplaylover
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Ori 1 opening.
Gankthenew
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“”the city was survived but was it worth it"
Altares13th
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Every Uera-san game. Multiple times in each game.
Silent Hill 2's ending.
FF7's thing (obviously).
TLOU1 intro.
TLOU2's last meeting with you know who.
FFX's ending.
Life is strange and before the storm.
I probably forgot many, drama is what makes stories have meaning.
Silent Hill 2's ending.
FF7's thing (obviously).
TLOU1 intro.
TLOU2's last meeting with you know who.
FFX's ending.
Life is strange and before the storm.
I probably forgot many, drama is what makes stories have meaning.
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kanjobazooie
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Call me a baby, but I felt VERY SAD when I finished Mega Man 3 for the first time. That slideshow of Dr Light's creations, which are essentially Mega Man's siblings who had to be destroyed in the first game, all accompanied by that bittersweet music..
I'm sure most people who played the game felt emotional to some extent during that ending.
I'm sure most people who played the game felt emotional to some extent during that ending.
Death Stranding was something else.
The entire last scene with Sam and Cliff was mind blowing and poignant.
DeadMan's appology - impossible to describe, it really has to be experienced first hand. It is by far the best acting in any game ever, and having an experienced theater actor put his heart and soul into that scene, as he himself admits, sure went a long way.
The entire last scene with Sam and Cliff was mind blowing and poignant.
DeadMan's appology - impossible to describe, it really has to be experienced first hand. It is by far the best acting in any game ever, and having an experienced theater actor put his heart and soul into that scene, as he himself admits, sure went a long way.
existensmaximum
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The ending of Red dead Redemption 1
I felt empty and slightly depressed for like a week or two after that.
The obvious stuff in TLOU/TLOU2 as well, of course.
When John Marston dies
I felt empty and slightly depressed for like a week or two after that.
The obvious stuff in TLOU/TLOU2 as well, of course.
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FromDuskTillGameOver
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SH2 Water-Ending
The vanishing of Ethan Carter
What remains of Edith Finch
Death Stranding
Dear Esther
The vanishing of Ethan Carter
What remains of Edith Finch
Death Stranding
Dear Esther
fran.fernandez
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Klonoa door to the phantomile (play 1)
when the blue blob is suck into the 🌪 … if I remember well lol.
when the blue blob is suck into the 🌪 … if I remember well lol.
Team Andromeda
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The baby section in what Remains Of Edith Finch
