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Last of us part 2.

To the moon.

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

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.

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.

Ending of the Transistor, I did not seet that coming. I just sat there in stunned silence for a few minutes.

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

Nier and Signalis are the first two that come to mind

Honestly also Minecraft but that was mostly because I was playing during a bad time and the ost kicked in

Oh my, yes:

Red Dead Redemption 2

Final Fantasy 7 (original and Rebirth)

Silent Hill 2

Undertale

Starbound (because of the soundtrack)

Stardew Valley (because of the soundtrack)

Okami (because of the soundtrack)

Two that I can remember.

• To The Moon
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Excellent storytelling transcends the medium, but it’s a shame that there are so few games that have managed to tug at my heartstrings.

Edit: I am reading the comments and making a list. Sometimes a good cry is the catharsis an aching soul needs.

• Literally yesterday I started playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and just the prologue hit me.

• The end of Karlach's story in Baldurs Gate 3

As annoying as she was, Fi from Skyward Sword almost made me cry at the end of the game. Well, a couple of tears.

the one time I was totally not expecting was Ghost of Tsushima

the whole plot around samurai, „honor” and stuff felt a bit over dramatic, but the gameplay was great so I didn’t mind

right until the end. the honorable ending is heartbreaking

I can't believe no one is mentioning Chrono Triger few days after it was named as one of best video games. Geez I cried a lot with 2 finals.

FF7. Loved Aerith's character, lots of time learning the background, near endless fights to save her, then cutscene. 45 hours went to 70 pretty fast after that. I wanted revenge on that fucker, and I had Holy.

• Ending of Link's Awakening
• Ending of Rain World
• Various incidents of save files becoming permanently corrupted halfway through the game and similar

Final Fantasy VII, the original one. Stopped playing it for a couple months.

Outer Wilds, both at the end and when I found the DLC spoiler character. Good tears, though. It's beautiful

A couple of times, yes. I think the one I cried the most was the opera scene in Final Fantasy VI, it was just one of the most magnificent scenes in gaming.

I don't think I've ever had a "sad emotion" at all playing a game... I rarely have any emotion besides happy or angry playing games lol.

Does anyone else remember this ad from back when EA didn't suck/wasn't actually evil?

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Yes, lots of them and for varying reasons.

Dead Island's cinematic trailer will tug at the heart strings. Wanted to mention this since many may have missed it now that it's aged a bit.

Just rewatched it, still hits me. The footage at the end is what really knocks the wind out.

Nier Automata. 2 Times, first at ending A (2B's voice actress performance was making me feel the griefing), and then again at the true ending because of the implied message.

I said yes.

I'm late but here's an oddball.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time

If you've never played the mystery dungeon games, you never really see your character actually speak to anyone. You have internal thoughts you can read but when you talk to others you just kinda wiggle around.

After you beat the final boss, you finally see your character speak with your partner and god damn it hit hard when I was a lad.

The end of Mass Effect 3 had me crying

Have never cried because of a video game,

I was absolutely stunned and amazed when Ted Faro revealed what Zero Dawn really was in Horizon Zero Dawn.

Nier ending e

Disco Elysium the phone call and the dream

• RDR2 of course: I had tears streaming down my face when Arthur said "I guess, I guess I'm afraid." Such an incredible performance from Roger Clark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRHOt4EAoY

• Titanfall 2: "Protocol 3: Protect the pilot"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Rdx1g_4bo

• The Witcher 3: A few times, it's just a really good set of storytelling and cinematics all around, and I absolutely love games where your choices determine the outcomes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ZH2qqlOqs

• Cyberpunk 2077: When a close friend died, when V had to make a major decision at the end of the game, and when V has to make a decision to choose an ending in Phantom Liberty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF68EpmCxBI

There are certainly more games I probably have shed a tear or two or many playing, but those are the ones that immediately fill me with emotion looking back

Also all of these are spoilers lol, so don't watch them if you haven't played the games, but thankfully, none of them are recent releases

I've got a weird one. Saints Row 4, near the end. Such a strange, unexpectedly emotional experience.

When it’s the 8th anti boss blind, you have 11 aces, and you go through all your discards and hands without a 4 of a kind

Absolutely not! I’ve never played The Last Guardian. (Yes)

There was this challenge in VVVVVV that left me with tears of rage in my fro

Almost when playing KOTOR 2. The song "The Rebuild of the Jedi Enclave" when it plays on a specific part of the game makes you "look back" to the height of the Old Republic while being an Exile. There are other messages in the scene specifically, along with plot twists, but the general feeling after that is sadness and melancholy. Perfect game

Many times.
Nier Automata
RDR2
Danganronpa 2
Just to name a few where I really ugly cried.

The metroidvania, Ori series.

Ori and the blind forest & Ori and the will of the wisps

Outer wilds for sure. Halo reach. Borderlands 2. Definitely others, I'm always wrecked by heroic sacrifice

I dont know why, but i cried in some wierd situations. Like at the endboss fight of ori 2 and the endboss of the pacifist ending of undertale. And not after the fight, during! I think it's some kind of being overstimulated and way to much things are happening, but in a nice way with the exact amount of difficulty.