What Games Made you Cry?

While my emotional moments haven't been induced by RPGs I have had some harsh emotional moments with sports games.

I was playing Madden 05 and took my team undefeated to the SuperBowl. And I mean it was a bad ass team. I only had two close calls, the rest were total blow outs during the season.

I get to the Bowl and I lose to the SeaHawks. The fucking SeaHawks. By a field goal. The devastation was immense.


Then a few weeks ago while playing MLB 2K5 I was closing out the Mariners in the 9th with a 4 run lead in Seattle.

Richie Sexson hits a fucking grand slam. It's cool. I'll win in extra innings.

Next guy up, Ichiro jacks one out. Back to back home runs.
Game Over.

I wanted to cry. It was just so bad I couldn't believe it. I sat there stunned for a good 5 minutes.

When I got to the end of the fucking hard ALIEN 3 on the Genesis only to find that the ending was a shitty silhoutte of Ripley with a scroll. What a fucking gyp.

Can't say it has happened lately but back in the day playing "Jordan Vs. Bird" was always a real tear jerker. I can still picture myself with the Kleenex by my side, "C'mon Bird, I know you can dunk it. Just once, show the world you have some ups in ya!"

People who cry when Aerith dies should be fucking sterilized.

Have to second ICO

ICO definitely got to me; I didn't actually cry at the end so much as sit without moving for several minutes, except for my jaw working, and I actually went and had a drink afterwards. For months afterwards I referred to the game as my last meaningful relationship.

I was briefly choked up when I had to assassinate my old Mafia boss in GTA3, too, though. I invest games with a lot of meaning. The only emotional response my roommates had playing ICO was yelling at Yorda for not being any help in fights. On the other hand, one of those same roomies got misty talking about the story in Homeworld.

It still has a lot more to do with the player than the game.

Watching the GTD Galatea go down in the original Freespace game. All those brave souls. My crew, my squadmates, my commander.... What a fucking waste.

And then, the sacrifice of the old GTD Bastion in Freespace II. So many memories of that ship, and then escorting it to be scuttled. I dunno, maybe for some people its' just a ship, but the GTD Bastion became more than that. It was our home, it was our history. OUR HISTORY!

I just love the two Freespace games. So powerful and and so mythic in perportions. Whenever one of the big capital ships goes down it's just tragic.

Can't say a game's ever made me cry. I've certainly felt emotionally drained by a game in the past. Killer 7 and MGS3 are recent ones that got to me a good bit. Link's Awakening is the game that's probably came the closest to ever making me cry at the ending.

I'm working on Shadow Of The Colossus currently, and from all reports I should at least feel emotionally drained by the end of the game.

I had more of a "Oh, you Shivan motherfucks are gonna PAY for that."

God, I wish I could find a copy of Freespace 2. I never got around to actually finishing it...

The closest I've ever come to crying from a videogame, and it wasn't even close mind you just a slight ball in the back of my throat, was while watching the end of Shadow of the Collosus the other day. It was just so damn beautiful.

You should be able to find a couple copies of FS 2 on ebay or Amazon. I'd highly suggest shelling out whatever is demanded for a copy, as it's the Best PC Game Ever Made, Ever. I'm thinking about buying a second copy of it to hang onto, since mine is so scratched from years of use.

My big RPG tearshed wasn't with Aeris in FFVII......it was Alys in Phantasy Star IV. Twice. Once when she actually died....the other about a month l;ater when I beat the game a second time, found the Anger Tower, and having to kill her for the Megid spell. It was a psych out, yeah, but it did the trick nonetheless.

Can't be said any better than that.

I got a little choked up in Shadow Hearts II when Karin was torn between Her love for Yuri and Yuri's love for Alice.. and the cutscene shows Karin crying as Yuri tries to resurrect Alice from beyond the grave.

Yeah.. soap opera shit.. but it still got to me.

Is this a joke thread?

Sadly, I doubt it.

I cry when I realize what a fearful, pointless existence Pac-Man has. Constantly consuming, always on the run from dark forces, and never reaching the end. His life is just one tortured maze after another until his inevitable demise. Yes, I weep for Pac-Man.
But perhaps I actually weep for humanity.

My question as well.

"Wakka wakka wakka" is the sound of his tears.

"Amy, tend to the widow Pac-Man."

http://www.toonswithguts.com/pacman.asp

That guy's a big Kirkfalusi fan.

I think Shadowgate made me cry when I realized I'd been stuck for two weeks in the game, wandering in circles, because the programmers never drew a lid on a bucket you are SUPPOSED TO OPEN! (the one and only time I ever called a videogame hint-line). Of course, I was seven or eight.

It's hard to imagine crying at a videogame, but when several wingmen/characters died in Wing Commander 2 and 3, Baldur's Gate I, and during certain portions of KOTOR (don't want to spoil for those who haven't played) actually manged to conjure up movie-style emotional responses.

For real angst, however, nothing compares to your on-line MUD or D&D (waaaaay back when I used pen and paper) character dying.

Okay, well I've never cried because of a game, but at least I felt pretty bad.

He´s numbing his pain by constantly popping pills.
Even Ms.Pac-Man has the same addiction.
What a fucked up family.

Would you ask that if it was a movie thread?

Says the person who posts porn starlet memorials.

pwn3ed.

If it was a thread about Metal Gear : The Movie, then sure.

I cried while playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, but that was because while crossing my legs I accidentally kicked myself in the balls.

Sigh.

I can't recall flat-out crying at a video game, but I have had some very strong emotional reactions to stuff that happens during the storyline of certain games:

A couple different moments in Warcraft III
Something Important that happens near the end of Shadow of the Colossus
Stuff that happens during Final Fantasy VII (no, not the Aerith scene)
One scene in Final Fantasy X
The final moments of Grim Fandango

Here's a big block of Spoiler describing the scenes.
SPOILERS:
Warcraft III- Two moments. The death and redemption of Grom. The ascension of Arthas at the very end of the the expansion.
Shadow of the Colossus- Agro falling into the ravine. Of course.
FFVII- The slow revelation that Cloud was never who he claims to be, that Tifa has just been playing along to either keep him as part of the group or out of pity, that he's remembering someone else's life. It's the loss of identity- learning that your whole life is a lie, and the people you trust around you have been participating in the lie- that gets me.
FFX- An early cutscene of Yuna performing a spirit burial. It epitomizes the melancholic tone of the game.
Grim Fandango- The very closing scene, when Manny finally gets his trainride to heaven. You never learn what sins he committed in life, but by that point you want to believe he's been a victim of circumstances. He deserves to be on that train.
END SPOILERS

Yeah, most of that is pulpy, blatantly manipulative stuff. I'm willing to be manipulated a bit, to put up with a certain amount of pulpiness, when I can find other redeeming qualities in a game. I guess I just find it difficult to enjoy something when I'm sneering and groaning at the storyline. And if I can't avoid sneering I stop playing.

"This thread is a joke"? That's horseshit. Modern games can tell stories, and I can't see any reason the story in a game must be less moving than stories in books or film, just because it's in a game. Reminds me of the people who won't even consider the possibility that a comic book can be serious adult literature, because they can't disassociate "comic book" from "Superman fighting space robots".

In fact I would say games are a VERY promising new story-telling medium and we've only begun to explore the possibilities of interactive art.

Completly off topic: You just don't see enough incredibly obscure references to "Johnny Quick" in peoples signatures now a days. Brought a smile to my face.

Thank you for making me laugh out loud today. It's not always hard to do, as I am easy to please, but from my end it's always worthwhile. Thanks!

edit: And just to stay on topic, I've never cried while playing a game but there are some out there where it's not unreasonable to do so or at the very least feel some emotional response towards. They've definitely gotten more cinematic over time.

I don't believe a game has moved me to tears, but as someone who gets all sniffly when the Iron Giant takes one for the team, I'm not gonna sit in judgement of someone making an emotional connection to FF7.

But if you got weepy during Solar Jetman, I'd sit by idly while Patrick Bateman showed you his apartment.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time probably got my waterworks actin' up.

Bullseye.

And about that Final Fantasy X thing....I'll admit: SPOILER The sending cutscene is damn effective, but nevertheless, Yuna reaching out to Tidus as he vanishes for good at the end still manages to pull at the heartstrings a bit. It's also one of a scant few moments I give a crap about that whiny little bastard END SPOILER