Can Videogames Make You Cry?

[jamesworkshop]

No i can't say I've ever found a game good enought to do that

 

[AWAR]

I almost cried at Syberia's 2 ending, it was the only game that truly touched me....
I still have it but i wont play because ill grow soft >:O

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

I cried tears of happiness at the end of Kingdom Hearts.

Thank you for that. Now I know I'm not the only one who did.

The ending of Baten Kaitos made me very emotional, almost tear-filled. Also, the ending of Silent Hill Shattered Memories made me and a friend of mine have that "oh my gosh" reaction. Other than that, a few games have made me feel a little bit emotional but not too much.

Wow, you played Baten Kaitos! I loved that game, and its prequel, but I've never been able to find anyone else who has!

Being released at the end of the Gamecube's life cycle didn't do much to help it either.

Spoiler

So was it the bit about Xelha dying that really touched you? If so, same for me.

 

[SageRuffin]

The only game that I can recall that truly made me cry was...

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...the end of E-102y("Gamma")'s story in the first Sonic Adventure. It was kinda like when Cell killed android 16, but deeper since Gamma actually reprogrammed himself to hate Dr. Robotnik

.

 

[AWAR]

I can't watch this without crying. Fuck you, Lost Odyssey. And yes, I have been posting that like crazy, why do you ask?

Good for you i never understood that game...

 

[Ciler]

A couple of the Trials HD "Extreme" tracks made me shed tears of frustration at first, and then tears of joy once I finally passed them...

 

[SantoUno]

Only one game ending in my whole life has made me leak tears.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Aeris dies, man!
Snif!!!

 

[Icehearted]

Terranigma got me a little choked up at the end.

 

[Ragsnstitches]

The most poignant, emotion filled moment in any game I've ever seen was when the dastardly right paddle bested the left paddle, leaving him in a state of utter paralysis and defeat. Pong had the best writing out of any game I've ever seen.

Poor left paddle. I still weep when I think of your loss.

I thought the plot was too cliched... good vs evil with predictable plot twists. It was so incredibly black and white, and the characters were so flat they were 2-dimensional. Don't get me started on the acting... for all the good it did they might as well went beep beep boop.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Let's list them all, shall we? Particularly strong ones asterisked.

Spoiler: Tsukihime

Arcueid's True Ending
Ciel's "why do you not hate me" scene*
The Satsuki resolution during Akiha's route
Akiha's confession
Akiha's True Ending
Hisui's True Ending
Kohaku's "you don't have to smile any more" scene
Kohaku's True Ending*

Spoiler: Fate/Stay Night

The aftermath of Shirou and Saber's date
"What I've Gained/Temporary Dream"
Fate True Ending
Archer's backstory in Unlimited Blade Works
"Rain"*
"I'll Forget About You"*
Heaven's Feel Normal Ending

Spoiler: A Drug That Makes You Dream

"Aeka: Cry From the Heart"*
Aeka's Happy Ending
Mizuki's Happy Ending*
Hiroko's confession

Spoiler: Kanon

Ayu's reveal
Ayu's Ending
Shiori's last week
Shiori's Ending
Makoto's Ending
Makoto's Ending
Makoto's Ending!**
Nayuki's Ending

Well...okay, that's not nearly all of them (there were a couple of times in Heart de Roommate, once in Kagetsu Tohya, and I'm gonna preempt myself and call Kana: Little Sister devastating). I just happen to play a genre that loves tearjerking plots.

Other than that...actually yes. The Tales series has managed a couple of times. Granted, one of those was crying in sheer horror (Tales of the Abyss).

On topic...I agree with the article quite strongly. If the game affects you well enough to start the waterworks, the game has definitely succeeded.

 

[JDviewer]

I don't a game has ever made me cry, though I admit that that scene in Persona 4 (if you've played it you know the one) did get to me. The endings of MGS4 was pretty emotional too.

 

[hermes]

At the ending of FF X.

However, I think it would be more interesting to know if someone has cried at a gameplay moment, not a cutscene. Crying because of a cutscene or crying on a movie are not that different.

 

[223]

Cried at FFX and Kingdom Hearts. Oh, and recently about one third through Crisis Core. So yes, I do cry at games

Crisis Core has a very intense ending cinematic, I guess I`ll admit shedding a few tears :-S\
But yes, I believe games can make you cry, and quite easily at that.

 

[Con Carne]

Just about everyone I know (including myself) that has played Final Fantasy 7 has shed a tear or two when Aeris died.
I hope that answers your question.

 

[asteroth21nox]

lol when I was little I played origon trail, all the people in it where family and freinds....everyone died.

 

[ninjapenguin981]

Can't remember the last time I cried, so maybe it's just me. I think if I were more of a crying person, games would make me cry.

 

[Olikunmissile]

End of MGS4, during the first set of credits. Before the massive cutscene which follows them. DAMN YOU HIDEO PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS. I'll admit it. There was a tear down my cheek.

 

[NeutralDrow]

However, I think it would be more interesting to know if someone has cried at a gameplay moment, not a cutscene. Crying because of a cutscene or crying on a movie are not that different.

I was quite upset during a boss battle in Tales of Symphonia, but it stopped just short of making me cry.

Depending on whether you count visual novel gameplay, the choice you have to make in Fate/Stay Night to

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kill Dark Saber

was unbelievably difficult. It took me a full two minutes to convince myself to "bring the knife down." Though admittedly, the flashback montage immediately afterward exacerbated it.

 

[The_Graff]

Thus far only once, FF7 (if you have to ask when then go play it).