Fictional deaths that hit you the hardest

[WhyBotherToTry]

Wow, nobody's mentioned this yet? I must admit I'm a bit surprised.

Spoiler

Cole's death in Infamous 2's good ending

And I know this kinda doesn't count but if any fictional event has ever come close to actually making me cry instead of just being a huge impact it's this one.

Spoiler

The bit near the end of Journey where your character collapses in the snow

 

[Fasckira]

Spoiler: Vampire the Masquerade

Officer Chunk, when you have to kill him to go after Lacroix.

He's just doing his job, and he's been funny in previous conversations, and he repeatedly asks you not to make him fight you, but you have to

Poor guy... how he managed to get a job there is beyond me. His presence did kind of make LaCroix look slightly foolish tbh. In fact how he even became Prince is a fucking mystery.

For me its gotta be this:

Spoiler: Suikoden

Gremio's sacrafice. The guy literally locks himself in a room filled with man-eating spores that eat him alive while hes talking to you through the door. I mean its cool you can resurect him towards the end of the game but at the time its pretty upsetting!

 

[trollnystan]

If I have to choose right this minute, then the ones that I always think about when people bring this subject up is actually the deaths in Goodnight Mister Tom.

Spoiler

The deaths of Will's little sister and his best friend Zach to be exact.

I STILL cry rivers when I read that book.

Something more recent would be... Nope, can't think of anything. There was that film I saw a about 7-8 years ago, where a mother of 8 (I think) finds out she has cancer and, knowing her husband wouldn't be able to take care of the kids, she sets out to get them good families before she dies. My mother died of cancer very suddenly when I was 7 so it hit close to home. Dunno if that one counts though.

 

[scarecrow350]

Mine would be deus ex when
[i'm not too sure how to do spoilers as i am a nub so instead]
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I didn't kill the technician (i did find the body of the real one but figured it was a bug)
so therefore on the final mission the pilot blew up
it just came out of nowhere, and knowing that i could have prevented it made it even worse
godammit I miss him

 

[GonvilleBromhead]

In HMS Ulysses

Spoiler

Well, the entire ship, but especially Captain Valery

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Xenoblade chronicles, and what happens when you meet/fight Metal Face for the first time. Sadness so severe, I had to stop playing, and take a day of mourning.

 

[Greni]

Spoiler: Mass Effect 3 - Tali'Zorah

Damn, I liked Tali, I didn't really know what I was doing, thought it meant that it would eliminate a small squad of the quarian fleet that was too close, not the lot. Then she threw herself off that cliff. I tried to grab her but I was too late.
I thought about downloading a save or savegame editor or something but I thought that it was too powerful to simply edit out. Mordin's also hit really hard but not in the same way, he died a fucking hero. And that's saying something coming from me.

 

[DEAD34345]

I'd have to agree with people on the Code Geass and Mass Effect choices, though I believe...

Spoiler

... killing Mordin is a great scene for the extreme renegade Shephard. Kind of a moral event horizon, and really cements their willingness to do anything to complete their mission. Those people who refuse to do it even on alternate renegade saves are missing out on a lot, in my opinion.

Spoiler: As for my choice, I'll go with Arkham City.

I've heard a lot of criticism of the story in this game for some reason, but I really enjoyed it. Joker's entirely avoidable and self-wrought demise managed to seriously affect me, which is strange considering how clearly evil he is.

A certain scene in Muv Luv Alternative.....

Its so disturbing and I felt so violated from it....

Oh god, what? I've just started these games, and now I'm going to be worried that something horrible is about to happen in every scene. I'd assumed it was pretty light-hearted, prior to reading this.

 

[Lrbearclaw]

Firefly/Serenity

Spoiler

I would have to say Wash's death in Serenity. I loved Wash's character and when he had just "landed" Serenity and everyone was alive and well when they all should have died... to just so suddenly be killed. Well... here:

 

[Gameslayer_93]

cannot believe no-ones has mentioned MGS3 yet

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{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDDM9jF9U78}

 

[Dirty Apple]

From the Song of Ice and Fire series

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The entire Red Wedding.

If you read the books, you know what I mean

oh, and the

Spoiler

beheading of Ned Stark. It sets itself up like so many other fantasy executions that I was sure a last minute rescue was imminent and he would survive. Seconds later...

Your second spoiler surprised me, but also let me know that I was reading something very new and different. Your second spoiler? Well, it is hands down one of the most gutting moments I've ever experienced in all my years of reading. I've never really forgiven Martin for it.

Captcha: Which one is red? (sigh) They both were, Captcha, they both were.

 

[Bagged Milk]

Spoiler: Of Mice and Men

Lenny. This was the first time that I had actually cried from a book or any form of media

 

[Marik2]

I'd have to agree with people on the Code Geass and Mass Effect choices, though I believe...

Spoiler

... killing Mordin is a great scene for the extreme renegade Shephard. Kind of a moral event horizon, and really cements their willingness to do anything to complete their mission. Those people who refuse to do it even on alternate renegade saves are missing out on a lot, in my opinion.

Spoiler: As for my choice, I'll go with Arkham City.

I've heard a lot of criticism of the story in this game for some reason, but I really enjoyed it. Joker's entirely avoidable and self-wrought demise managed to seriously affect me, which is strange considering how clearly evil he is.

A certain scene in Muv Luv Alternative.....

Its so disturbing and I felt so violated from it....

Oh god, what? I've just started these games, and now I'm going to be worried that something horrible is about to happen in every scene. I'd assumed it was pretty light-hearted, prior to reading this.

Yeah it happens in Alternative when you least expected and its the turning point of the game.

Everything was light hearted fluffy goodness till that happened

 

[Rangerboy87]

The ultimate renegade interrupt.

Spoiler: Why?

I didn't renegade and it was still sad. All of my mates deaths left me sad. It was/is the hardest game I've ever played on a mental/emotional standpoint. It really drains.

Another really stands out for me. And as they say: you never forget your first, which for me was:

Spoiler: Legend of Dragoon

 

[Bvenged]

I don't recall TV or Film, I'll edit post if I do, but for games it would have to be:

Spoiler: RDR

John Marston. I did not see it coming. That game was untarnished by the internet for me so it was 100% fresh, especially since I had played its spiritual ancestor back on PS2 I had actively avoided reading anything about Redemption.

When Marston died, I nearly shed a tear.

 

[VeryOddGamer]

Yeah, the one from Mass Effect 3 mentioned multiple times here is my choice.
Others that come to mind are:

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Vinnie Gognitti

from Max Payne 2
and

Spoiler

Yusuf

from Assassin's Creed Revelations.

 

[teh_Canape]

The ultimate renegade interrupt.

Spoiler: Why?

desperate times, mostly
at least that's how ME3's renegade shepard comes across to me, as if he/she was desperate to stop the reapers that he/she would do anything
granted, killing mordin and preventing him of getting his redemption is the videogame equivalent of drowning kittens with your own hands, but still =P

 

[Donnie Restad]

Mine would be deus ex when
[i'm not too sure how to do spoilers as i am a nub so instead]
***********************************
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS
***********************************
I didn't kill the technician (i did find the body of the real one but figured it was a bug)
so therefore on the final mission the pilot blew up
it just came out of nowhere, and knowing that i could have prevented it made it even worse
godammit I miss him

What you do is type in

Spoiler

to begin the spoily part, and type in the same thing with a / before "spoilers" (I can't demonstrate it without it becoming a spoiler itself).
Also, if you want to make it say something other than "Spoiler: Click to View"
you simply write

Spoiler: Whatever you want it to say

at the beginning.

 

[Donnie Restad]

OT: Mine would probably be in Watchmen when

Spoiler: Does this really need to be hidden? The comic's been out for decades

Hollis Mason was killed by the Knot-Top gang. It was so tragic, but you really couldn't help feeling happy for him, in a weird way, it seems the best way someone like that could have died

 

[Xaio30]

The Last Remnant

Spoiler: Spoilers

Emma Honeywell, a general of the city Athlum tells the rest of the guard to retreat with the citizens while she buys them time by fighting the Conqueror, a man with superhuman strength and reflexes so that they can escape. She does this even though it is obvious that she will die in the end. As the viewer, you get to see the whole fight, and it was really sad and amazing at the same time.

Here's the fight for those interested: