Hall of shame: games that have made you cry

[Terrible Opinions]

Remember Sturgeon's Law, Zhukov: 90% of everything is crap. It's just a bit more prominent with games. And speaking of games...

Man, fuck your New Game+, NieR. I didn't need those tears anyway.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Persona 4 gives me tears of joy.

Persona 3 gives me tears of sadness.

The good ending of InFamous 2 just gave me tears. The song fit the ending perfectly. It gives a kind of 'It's over. You did well' fell.

 

[Gennadios]

Well, I can say that Mass Effect 3 nearly brought me to tears, but for a very different years.

The only game that made it cry at the end was Grandia II, but that was so long ago I don't really remember the ending.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Well Rockstar games have got a habit of making me all teary eyes (see; RDR, GTAIV and L.A. Noire) but the only game that has ever made me weep uncontrollably is Gears of War 2. The part where Carmine dies was so sad I had to stop playing for 10 minutes to calm myself down...

 

[Blade_125]

I came pretty close when Moridin went up the tower in ME3.

I wish he could have collected sea shells.

 

[razor343]

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned...I've probably mentioned this about 10 times on this forum but yeah. The ending of that DLC was just too depressing.

 

[anaphysik]

Persona 4 definitely. At least 3 times, IIRC.

Anyone who recognizes "Alone" from the soundtrack knows the source of those first two waterspouts.

 

[The]

The only game to make me cry (from happiness, not sadness) is GTA: San Andreas. I had spent a month or so playing it, and it felt like one long journey, specifically the part where you go back to Grove Street after picking up CJ's brother out of prison. It was as if my journey had come full circle, and that it was time to finish my quest.

 

[Ryotknife]

only three games have made me full blown cry (a bit more that made me shed a single tear that i fought against).

1. halflife 2 episode 2 -set tear ducts to open, captain.

2. Xenosaga 3

3. Valkyrie Chronicles

I dont cry that much. Not because "yar manly men stuff" but because i do not see the point in actively seeking media that makes you sad or scared. As such i tend to stay away from them if their sole purpose is to make you sad or scared.

 

[Kentr_Wrolfsong]

Mass Effect 3. You know the part.

(No, I don't mean the ending.)

 

[Jynthor]

Mass Effect 3, Mordin and Thane death scenes. Almost at Grunt's "death" scene but he survived.
Gears of War 3, Dom's death.

 

[major_chaos]

I have never actually openly wept because of a video game, but a few have come close:

Persona 3 (dat ending)

Megaman Zero 4 (partly just because it represented the end of a series I love)

Mass Effect 3 (at several points)

Gears of war (a couple points in both 2 & 3)

Katawa Shoujo (this one came the closest to actual honest crying. this is now the standard by which all videogame romances will be measured. and will be found lacking in my book)

Megaman legends 2 (mostly becuse I know there will never be a MML3, damn you crapcom ;_

 

[TrevHead]

While i'm usually deeply touched when a loved character in a game dies like Aerith in FF7 the only game to actually make me shed a tear is Homeworld which is odd because it's just spaceships and no character involvement like the rest, though the sadness felt through character death often stays with me for much longer, were as The Return to Kharack segment was just a deeply touching moment and I quickly moved on.

Hmm pondering on it more it must be the music Homeworld used married with the voice acting, music has always had that effect on me.

Oh and I cried when I gave myself carpel tunnel playing an old 80s shmup because I was using my finger and thumb as an autofire lol (took months to heal)

 

[natster43]

Only one game that I can think of.
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future made me tear up at the end. It is a really depressing game in the series.

 

[lRookiel]

When one of my "Dream team" members on XCOM dies, I actually feel sad. Then proceed to rename the next grunt as the same name.

 

[Naranja797]

Far Cry 2. Kinda.
When Warren Clyde, my best bud ever, who I thought was dead, turned on me in one of the very last scenes, I left him for last. I deliberately wounded him so I would be able to look him in the eyes. With everyone I had ever trusted except him lying in their own blood around me I quietly approached him. He was just kinda limping along with that piece of crap pistol he liked to carry around in his hand. I stepped right into his path. He looked straight at me and leveled his gun with mine. I could see the anger in his eyes. He thought I betrayed him, left him for dead while we were defending that bar. I wanted to reach out to him and tell him that he wasn't supposed to go down in that tavern. That I had tried as hard as I could to keep him alive, and that I would've stayed there in that bar shooting Africans all night if I had to, but I couldn't. I went down with him in that bar, and now he thought that I was exactly the kind of person we'd been gunning down since I first arrived and pulled him out of APR custody. I closed my eyes and heard the hammer slam that bullet straight into Warren. I was teary eyed but I didn't have a choice. That was the most upsetting part, and the part that makes me love FC2 even more.

 

[Blue Jay]

I think I had something in my eye at the end episode 4 of The Walking Dead Game. I don't know man, I never cry anymore but I was so close.

 

[Bobic]

To be honest, no game has even come close to making me cry, which is a shame really. In all fairness, I'm a manly man who hasn't cried at any fictional experience (i.e. I have massively repressed emotions), but a few books and films have gotten me extremely close. But nothing in gaming has. C'mon gaming, get your head together and get back in the. . . er . . . game. Make me Sad!

 

[axlryder]

For some reason, Skies of Arcadia made me cry when it was over. The ending wasn't sad or anything, I just remember being incredibly depressed once it ended. I wanted to see more of the characters and their stories, but I couldn't and I knew I never would. I'm not sure why it happened for that game in particular, as it isn't even my favorite game or anything, but there you go.

The other one I remember was Yoshi's Story. The death screen made me tear up pretty badly. I just remember how horrible it was seeing those little Yoshi's get carried away. Seriously, just watch.


creepy stuff.

Nothing else off the top of my head.

 

[GildaTheGriffin]

Borderlands 2, when Bloodwing died. It was heart breaking to see her go in such a way. I made Handsome Jack pay after that. God, I got so angry, I had legit nightmares of seeing her die over and over in my mind. It's psychotic of me, but after a few days, it receded into the void of my memories.

I will forever miss you Bloodwing :'(