Never. Not so much as a sniff. But not because I claim I'm overly manly, they just haven't really gotten to me.
I mean, I've wanted to have one of those experiences where a game's plot, characters, or story makes me shed at least a single tear, but it's never happened.
I played To the Moon, and sure, it was pretty sad and stuff, but I was never near crying.
Played The Walking Dead, and at the end the only thing I could think about was how much bullshit it was that I went through all of that crap only for Lee to become a zombie anyway, which wasn't surprising, considering how grimdark the story was to most of the characters.
Actually, most of my experiences with games that people claim make them weep as though they have looked upon the glory of heaven have mostly just been, "Well...that's pretty sad."
Woe is me who has a heart made of the blackest tar, frozen in ice and trapped within a block of stone.
Clive Howlitzer said:
Not really. Video game writers really aren't even remotely good enough at their jobs to bring a lot of emotion to the writing. Legit emotion anyway. More often than not, it is such a blatant tug at my emotions that it just annoys me because they are trying to manipulate me into feeling a particular thing, instead of it happening naturally.
That's...actually it right there.
I can't just have an emotional response dragged out of me like that, unless it's one of rage. If you want your characters to make me cry, I need to grow to love them over hours of gameplay and story that makes me feel as though they are my bestest friend...which so far has never truly happened.
