How Can Videogames Make Us Cry?
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Video games should be, at their core, novels where you can control the main character.
Take for example, Final Fantasy VII (Because I just loved it that much), the game was so amazing, not because of the turn-based combat, but because of the story telling elements.
Final Fantasy successfully familiarized the player with all the characters well enough so that when one of them died, Aeris for example, the player felt as if someone that they had known for more than 10 minutes had died.
Furthermore, Aeris was an extremely amiable character.
Most of the Final Fantasies, Lost Oddysey, and etc. Are the most ready examples of good story telling and tear evoking games.
- In conclusion we don't need a game developer telling us how to make good games, but a good writer.
Take for example, Final Fantasy VII (Because I just loved it that much), the game was so amazing, not because of the turn-based combat, but because of the story telling elements.
Final Fantasy successfully familiarized the player with all the characters well enough so that when one of them died, Aeris for example, the player felt as if someone that they had known for more than 10 minutes had died.
Furthermore, Aeris was an extremely amiable character.
Most of the Final Fantasies, Lost Oddysey, and etc. Are the most ready examples of good story telling and tear evoking games.
- In conclusion we don't need a game developer telling us how to make good games, but a good writer.
The only things to make me almost cry are good TV shows, movies and books.
I am immune to video games because as soon as I hit reset, guess what? Everything is as it should be, no one has to die and everyone can hold hands and sing songs. Till I decide to watch said person die again and again, because clearly this person was a token thing meant to instill emotions into me.
Actually the only time I ever cared for a comrade in a video game was the dog in Fable 2, well played Peter Molyneux... well played.
I am immune to video games because as soon as I hit reset, guess what? Everything is as it should be, no one has to die and everyone can hold hands and sing songs. Till I decide to watch said person die again and again, because clearly this person was a token thing meant to instill emotions into me.
Actually the only time I ever cared for a comrade in a video game was the dog in Fable 2, well played Peter Molyneux... well played.
Reminiscence. The return to Shadow Moses in MGS4 made me cry after hearing all the flashbacks.
Something that makes me cry in games are when everybody seems to survive to the end, but then suddenly, right before making it out and saving the day, one or more of the characters are just ripped from the rest of the party. I just can't stand the thought that I made it out of there alive by only a few seconds and everyone behind me is dead.
Something that makes me cry in games are when everybody seems to survive to the end, but then suddenly, right before making it out and saving the day, one or more of the characters are just ripped from the rest of the party. I just can't stand the thought that I made it out of there alive by only a few seconds and everyone behind me is dead.
The same way movies can.
I've only had a few movies make me cry, but you become immersed and connected with the characters over the entire coarse of the game, so obviously, you will feel at least a bit saddened by whatever it is they go through.
I've only had a few movies make me cry, but you become immersed and connected with the characters over the entire coarse of the game, so obviously, you will feel at least a bit saddened by whatever it is they go through.
Video games don't really make me cry, they do make sad and somtimes angry, but no video game has made me shed a tear over it.
The entire time I was reading the article I was thinking why haven't they mentioned Aeris dying. That is the only time I ever cried playing a game. I also cried again when I reloaded my game to make sure she had to die. I guess their right when they say denial is the first sage of grief.Jangles said:
What can make me cry in a game? Moments like the final scene of Final Fantasy X, the end of Metal Gear Solid 4, A good ending for Ethan in Heavy Rain after you put him through every trial succesfuly.
I cry like a little girl who just saw her pet get killed every time I watch one of these from Lost Odyssey.
Fallout 3, Mr. Rouse? That game didn't make me cry. It made me angry. It made me think "this could've been game of the year, but the ending sucked so badly that I have to give this award to another game". It's the reason I wouldn't recommend anyone even consider the game without at least Broken Steel added on to it.
Bad example.
Bad example.
Cried?
No.
Shed a few tears? Yeah, happens sometimes. I only get that response from the same thing once, so I guess I must lack a soul.
So, instead of throwing tear jerkers at me, developers could try improving on gameplay. Possibly.
No.
Shed a few tears? Yeah, happens sometimes. I only get that response from the same thing once, so I guess I must lack a soul.
So, instead of throwing tear jerkers at me, developers could try improving on gameplay. Possibly.
I shed a few tears in Heavy Rain when you get to that really depressing second scene where it's just Ethan trying to make a connection with his kid and getting shut down essentially. Especially when he Ethan starts crying when he just wipes away the dust from his architecture plan. God that game is really sad at times.