Did games ever made you feel...emotions ?

[NoNameMcgee]

I find that most games just aren't well-written and well-choreographed enough to make me feel emotions.

Two notable examples that have already been mentioned are The Darkness (the scene where your *blank* gets *blanked* genuinely shocked me in an emotional way) and Half-Life 2 Episode 2 (where *blank* gets *blanked* by the *blank* made me literally shed a tear, a first in all the games I've ever played)

 

[Ilja Lyubimov]

YEs, i felt warm and fuzzy inside when my character in Dragon Age told that swamp-twat Morrigan how much of a ***** she is really. Priceless.

And the endings of both Bioshock games kinda made me drop a tear or two...

 

[The Geek Lord]

Lost Odyssey made me feel... emotions. I like the dramatic pause. But only briefly. Games aren't even close to films on tapping into my emotions. ANd probably infinity years away from the written word.

Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but I've never seen a film that made me feel anything, and it's incredibly rare for me to find a book that even slightly interests me. Mostly because there's always some key word on the back of the book that makes me want to stab a puppy. OH HEY! Nevermind, you're right, books make me want to stab puppies more than video games ever have! (Buh-dum-psh)

Ahum. Mentlegen

So anyway, Tales of the Abyss. I remember one scene in particular that made me cry like a *****[footnote]GOD DAMMIT WHY DO I KEEP FUCKING RHYMING[/footnote]... And if you've ever listened to the protagonist of that game, you'll know how much of an incredible feat it is to make me feel anything more than spite for him. But in fact I never did feel spite for him, not once, in a 50+ hour long game.

(And I remember the ending of Gungrave made me feel happy that someone found a way to make a cutscene playable WITHOUT IT BEING A FUCKING QUICK TIME EVENT. Woo!)

 

[ipop@you]

The very end of Resistance 2 was pretty good in this respect.

When Capelli shoots Hale and he just says 'Forgive me Sir. It's been an honour.'. I just thought it was fantastically done and it really brought a lump to my throat just because the development between them up to this point was fantastic.

 

[Craorach]

Several games have scared the hell out of me.. Silent Hill, Amnesia (and I've never even played it) and Prenumbra stand out. The one that takes the cake for that however is Thief : Deadly Shadows... The Shalebridge Cradle is the worst level EVER and I really wish I had the patience to replay it to show my wife just how scary and unnerving it is.

A very few games have brought a tear to my eye... Dragon Age 2 when you find your mother, or what is left of her.. that's the only one that actually stands out at the moment.

For the most part the only emotions I feel from games are frustration or a mild sense of happyness when I complete a challenge.

Edit : Oh yes, Heavy Rain deserves a mention for the range of emotions it brought out in me.. however, I struggle to consider it a game.

 

[AlloAllo]

I burst into tears when I saw what Morte and Deionarra went through.

Many other games made me feel, but Planescape: Torment has a special place in my heart.

Oh, and special mention to this ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlEZjOWr63c

Holy shit, people, it's just two NPC talking and yet I feel dead inside.

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

Shadow of the Colossus made me cry at the ending of the game.

Also the game Braid was really emotional as well.

Almost any Final Fantasy game makes me feel emotional

And Shenmue made me feel emotional. That game was intense

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Shadow of the collosus: *SEE BELOW*

Bioshock: Made me feel helpless and furious when the big twist got delivered

Etrian Oddessey: Fear. When you go after a boss or powerful foe and you think you can take them on...only for them to rape half your party on the first turn...and you realize that somehow your back is to a wall, so escaping is impossible...Yeah, it's scary.

Any fighting game against one very good friend of mine: FRUSTRATION!!!! >: (

Plus, many games have made me feel kind of sad, or filled me with righteous fury. Too many to name.

EDIT: And I'm not even gonna TOUCH Infamous 2 hero ending. There are no words to describe my many emotions throughout that mission. It was beyond incredible.

Shadow of the Colossus is an obvious one I think. I couldn't help but feel rather guilty every time you kill a colossus

This.

Well...not quite THIS precisely, but...

These were my reactions:

Spoiler: Ending included

First victory: "Whoooooo...I can't believe I just killed that thing.....this...this is wrong, isn't it?"
Several victories later: "YEAH! I got him...I freakin got him. I. will. not. stop. until she opens her eyes again!"
MANY victories later: "Oh gosh...what have I done...what am I doing....this...this is clearly not right..."
During final boss: *repeatedly does the whistle move* "Hey. You missed. I'm still here. I'm still alive. I'm still coming for you! I know what I'm doing isn't right...but I've come this far. I'm finishing this!"
Ending: *clutches head in hands* "No way....All this effort, all this blood spilled....and it's all for nothing? No...how could-...wait...is..is she moving? ..... ...Ok, so I'm pretty much dead, but my mission is a success......I'll live with that.

 

[Wereduck]

E
- How many times didn't a game force you to choose between "your" girl and the greater good ? (Alpha Protocol, The Witcher 2 and Mass Effect to name a few)

When does Mass Effect make you choose between "your girl" and the greater good? Sure, you have to make a choice regarding what might be "your girl", but the alternative isn't the greater good, just a whiny man who I was always happy to be rid of.

I liked Kaiden well enough but still, fundamentally +1 to this.

In another Bioware game: I have never felt such frustration as I did in Neverwinter 2 with Bishop. Even the first time through, whenever he'd start insulting someone for opposing the destruction of human civilization I just wanted to tell him "How about I stick your worthless head on a pike so then you won't have to put up with us anymore?"
As you can probably tell, I still feel strongly about it.

 

[latiasracer]

Fear : S.T.A.L.K.E.R COP - When your minding your own buisness in the dark, And you hear a bloodsucker breathing D:

Close to tears :HL2 E2 Ending

The Shivers : Final level of Homeworld

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW! - Pulling up in H.A.W.X Microseconds from crashing into the floor

Anger : In world in conflict - Every damn time Bannon speaks.

 

[Amgeo]

Robo's scene in Chrono Trigger, with those other robots just beating the crap out of him.

 

[Leftyrem]

Anger at the last boss in gears of war 3 on insane that parts just unfair. I also was sad at all the parts in Area 51 where you think you will have a team and then nope.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Recently , Bastion stirred some real emotion in me. Won't spoil it, but my Squirt and Pecker will be avenged!

You too, eh?

At least Mr Rumbles and Snappy got through okay.

Count me in as well. >: ( When I saw what had happenned, I actually said out loud "...You're gonna get it you sons of !@#$es. You're not leaving here without a few broken limbs and lifelong scars!" And then I waded right in with my upgraded hammer and made them regret ever crossing my path.

 

[Panorama]

If games didn't invoke emotions in me, I wouldn't be playing them.

you make a very good point, if they weren't fun/enjoyment (being an emotion i guess) then no we wouldn't play them.

 

[sozettaslow1]

Every other scene in 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors. Especially the endings. True ending, sub ending, safe ending, and ax ending in particular.

 

[orangeban]

Well in Twilight Princess I was surprised to be affected by the

Spoiler

death of Midna

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and then pleased to find she survived

 

[Dfskelleton]

Sadness: The ending of Silent Hill 2 and MGS3.
Confusion: The plot twist in Condemned 2 or the new Bionic Commando.
Terror: Everything in Amnesia TDD.
That "HELL YES!" feeling: In the most recent example, Deadly Premonition, when:

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You get to play as the raincoat killer back in the 50's (complete with grainy filter and sepia tint to the screen), and you can exact revenge on all those shadows that have frustrated you for the past however many hours of play time with your mighty axe of carnage, all while "Amazing Grace" plays in the background.

 

[Moka Lamme]

Man, everyone's examples are so modern...

The one that'll make you rage:
I got sad, almost cried, when aerith died in Final Fantasy VII.
The one you've prolly never heard of:

Spoiler

I teared up when Alice died in the real ending at the end of Shadow Hearts.

The one you can probably relate to:
Saint's Row 2, the secret mission where

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you finally find out who set you up and you end up killing Julius

Packed such an emotional puch and I don't even know how to properly explain how it made me feel. Just awesome.

 

[kenu12345]

Infamous 2 made me really sad at the end

 

[Substitute Troll]

The Witcher 2, when you find out they've turned Triss into a figurine.
OH. NO. YOU. DIDN'T.

Also, every moment in majoras mask.