Moments in Games that Made you Cry

[Krantos]

Probably the first time was when I did a dark side run in Jedi Knight. That was more from shock and horror than sadness. And I never watched that cinematic again.

Dude, I know exactly what you mean. Quite possibly the best executed "WHAT HAVE I BECOME?!?!" moment in gaming. Especially if you'd played the Lightside already and got to see how that ended.

 

[Dreamfiller]

Ending of MGS4.

"..This is good....Isn't it?"

 

[RustlessPotato]

Call me cheezy but

Spoiler: Gears 3

[the scene where Dom Dies]

Red Dead Redemption must ofcourse be mentioned. Final Fantasy 9 was great too in that regard.

 

[RazielXT]

Ending of ICO, epic ending of hopeless struggle against seemingly inevitable fate. And the music just made it all perfect.
not to mention

Spoiler

even though it seems that girl went down with the island, in the gameplay after credits you find her lying on the shore

 

[Quazimofo]

Say what you will about the ending, but jesus christ ME3 loved making me almost cry.

I mean look at this shit.

Spoiler: Mordin

Spoiler: Thane

Spoiler: Grunt

Spoiler: EVERY GODDAM MOMENT FROM RANNOCH

And there's many more, but I mean....
Jesus bioware!


Also losing Lydia in Skyrim gets pretty sad, but I don't know if that counts...

yeah, i never quite cried at anything in ME3, BUT GODDAMN IT WAS SOO CLOSE
however, i have only played it once, and i made every choice i could to get as many people out alive as i could, so the real sad parts i managed to avoid.

i saw them later though, and HOLY SHIT! i mean, mordin! so dedicated, but for what? and then wrex.... then tali, legion, hell, even anderson. even the kid at the beginning made me frown and tear up a little.

also, tuchanka, that had its moments

and how could i forget Thessia? i was literally yelling at the people helping me to go and get the hell out while they could. i can handle 2 harvesters and some brutes, i have a black widow and plot armor, but if you stay you are dead, RUN!
....but they never listened.

 

[prophecy2514]

its gotta be metal gear solid 4 - big boss scene at the end - manly tears were shed

 

[Richardplex]

Fate/Stay Night, Fate ending. Mass Effect 3 brought me close, but F/SN is the only one to bring me to actual tears. And sobbing. On the second playthrough.

 

[deserteagleeye]

That one scene in Persona 4 and the ending. I wouldn't dare spoil it.

 

[Starik20X6]

I didn't cry over the ending of Red Dead Redemption, but it was quite a punch.

Spoiler: I welled up at the good ending of Infamous 2.

Cole comforting Kuo in their last moments before they sacrifice themselves to save mankind was just such a well done moment. And then the cutscene afterwards where everyone's praising your sacrifice...

Spoiler: I shed a tear or two at the end of Skyward Sword:

When it came time to say goodbye to Fi. Don't look at me like that, I happened to like having her around. Sure she was a little overbearing but she was always there for me.

 

[Leethe1Girl]

John Marsden's death. That was the only I time I cried actual sad tears for a game.

The ending of Final Fantasy 9 got me to tear up but those were happy.

[EDIT] OH! And the ending of Final Fantasy 8 but that was only because it took me 50 damn tries to beat the f@cking boss.

 

[Durgiun]

When I talked to Haas in Deus Ex Human Revolution. To see him break down and ask for forgiveness due to the massive guilt made me cry silently for a minute. Manly tears indeed.

 

[Pikey Mikey]

Manly tears were shed when Mordin died in ME3. And Grunt's scene got close.
Such a shame all that emotion turned to hate when I got to the ending. Oh well.

I shed a manly tears for Mordin and Legion in ME 3. Because I loved those characters.

 

[Pikey Mikey]

Sorry, double post

 

[maximalist566]

ME 3? How? The closest I had to tears in mentioned moments was facepalming myself to death. It was so obvious that they have to start killing your ex-teammates. It may be sudden only with first victim of Bioware writers, but later it seems more like a mania.

My choice - Portal 2 and Bastion endings. Mostly for music. And Super Meat Boy caused tears when i broke another keyboard trying to beat 7-20 and 5x-20

 

[Trifixion]

Never really got to that point, but I think the closest I ever got was Toby's self-sacrifice in Quest For Glory: Shadows Of Darkness. Of course that was 18 years ago and I've since become completely inured to such...

Spoiler: ...maudlin attempts at emotional manipulation...

...aah, damnit. *sniffles*

 

[BLAHwhatever]

ME3 (spoiler)

Thane's death
"He didn't pray for himself. He prayed for you...."

 

[Von Strimmer]

Call me cheezy but

Spoiler: Gears 3

[the scene where Dom Dies]

Red Dead Redemption must ofcourse be mentioned. Final Fantasy 9 was great too in that regard.

Good to see I'm not the only one! I kept hoping he might have survived :/

My answer is in Gears 2, when Dom finally finds his wife. That was a sad moment.

 

[Ironbat92]

Can't say that I cried, But I did get a little teary eyed when Dom died in Gears of War 3

 

[PrinceBuffoon]

Haven't cried at a game, but as a kid I did come close when Lavitz was killed in Legend of Dragoon. My favorite character, and they killed him.

Oh man, I know what you mean. And then they replaced him with Albert. Ugh lol. That one didn't make me cry though.

I cried during Final Fantasy VI when a couple characters die in the middle. Also in Final Fantasy VII when Aeris dies. Also Mass Effect 3 when a bunch of people die. And in Chrono Trigger when Crono dies. Basically I don't deal with death very well in video games lol.

 

[Boone]

In SotC when you're about to fight the final colossus and

Spoiler

Agro falls off the cliff saving you. I felt really sad, but didn't cry or anything. When he showed up later I was actually kind of disappointed because I felt that it lessened the affects of Wanderer's actions.

The good ending of Infamous 2 made me tear up.

And the ending of MGS3 also made me tear up.