Rawest emotion you've felt during a game.

[Kyrian007]

For me it was betrayal, in Wing Commander 3. You find out who the traitor is, who was responsible for destroying your carrier after the 1st game. You spend all 2nd game and half of the 3rd looking for the bastard that killed most of your friends and ruined your life.

Spoiler

Hobbes, THE ONLY ONE I FREAKING TRUSTED. The only one I KNEW it COULD NOT BE.

I don't care how many crewmen you lose if you chose to go after him. I can't NOT follow him and burn him down.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I just slew my first colossus in Shadow of the Colossus (I'm late I know) and I'm still felling a sort of sinking in my chest...It was such a beautiful creature and it seemed so pathetic when it fell...I feel like a bastard right now which is a bit more than most other bosses have made me feel. Hell, I didn't feel this guilty when I killed Wolf in MGS1 (after listening to her final speech that is)

 

[ShaFe123]

The feeling of badassness when you take over the first tower with "Power" by Kanye West being played in the background in Saints Row the third.

Im not even a Kanye West fan, and i still felt badass.

 

[Tahaneira]

Loss. Anguish, I suppose you could say. And then the temptation to exact revenge on those who were responsible.

Like when I hit Virmire in Mass Effect. Or how I always bite my nails during the suicide mission in the second one, no matter how many times I've done it. Or Dragon Age 2, when Hawke's mother is taken.

Perhaps that's why I like the Gears of War games as much as I do. Because if there's one emotional button they punch as hard as they can, it's loss, and the despair and anger that comes of it.

 

[Dutchy115]

Prominent Supporting Characters die all the time in games these days, but the majority of the time I've had the shock mercilessly yanked from my moist, quivering receptor by internet spoilers.

So bizarrely, the moment in gaming that made me feel the rawest emotion ever was (Spoiler Warning if you haven't played AC: Revelations)
the death of Yusuf Tazim, it came out of nowhere and the shock was increased by the fact that you'd actually been aware of the corpse with the knife in its back for a few seconds prior to seeing the face of easily the most prominent supporting character in the game.
Then the very next mission was a merciless assault on the fortress of those that had killed him. I think what Ubisoft did with this section (although in my opinion the rest of the story was a steaming pile of horse ships) was very clever, they'd filled you with enormous sadness and then lit the fuse of your burning desire for revenge, then within moments allowed you to exercise that desire, i'd never felt more in synch with the character of Ezio in that moment.

That kind of raw emotion and oneness with your character is easy in games like Mass Effect, where the game is actually designed to reflect your personality onto your character. But with characters like Ezio, that have been characterised almost as thoroughly as God, its near impossible to mirror any aspect of your personality with theirs, which is what I think made Yusuf Tazim's death just that much more significant

 

[White_Lama]

Let me be the first to say that Katawa Shoujo has produced the strongest emotions in me of any game (if you can call it a game), and more than that, it's the only one to engender emotions more complicated than anger, joy, or boredom.

Seconded. Katawa Shoujo is probably the only game that has actually made me depressed for a few days (and other feelings too, but damn, Rin's storyarc, damn).

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Depression, but in a... I guess fun way? Heavy Rain.

Besides the unbelievably disappointing fact that the serial killer doesn't switch characters depending on how you play, and some of those voices, it was all in all a good game. They got the dark gloomy feel down.

But seriously, fuck the fact that the serial killer doesn't change. After all the characterization and basically the fucking superman shit that one person did. Gah!

 

[corvanjer]

Anger/rage/whateverthefeelingiswhensomeoneissobadthatyouwanttokillyourself

DotA/LoL/HoN/Starcraft :'(.

 

[putowtin]

Remorse
As some of you will know (as I've kinda posted this before) but both endings of inFAMOUS 2 made me cry, however the evil ending...
[spoiler|evil ending] where Cole kills his best friend Zeke, and you... YOU have to push the button three... THREE time to do it[/spoiler]

well I sat there and cried for an hour, I was inconsolable, thus I've only ever played the game once as evil (and about another 24 times as good)

 

[Gingerbeard]

Sadness, hapiness, anger, from Starcraft and Brood War. Pariticularly at the death of Tassadar (fuck SC2 for retconning that. Seriously), but also for Raszagal and Fenix. Dugalle's suicide.

The end of BW gave me a feeling of hopelessness; Kerrigan won, the UED and the Protoss were defeated, Mengsk stayed on his throne and Raynor disappeared, devoured by guilt.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

Bioware does it to me continuously.

Mass Effect

Spoiler

In ME 2 you track down this vigilante called "Archangel" when he took off his helmet you find out its Garrius. (I cheered) a few minutes later he's on the ground dying from an apparent fatal gunshot wound. (I screamed "Noooo!" and started to swell up in tears)

Old Republic

Spoiler

As the Sith Inquisitor when you first start out you are being pushed around by this evil drill sergent named Harkun. He's a total SOB and pretty much tries to get you killed throughout your training. Well when you pass you humiliate him and pretty much nearly get him killed for his actions. His final words are get out and never come back.

40 levels later you go back to him to seek out some new apprentices. My character goes "It will be nice to see good old Harkun again." in a sinister voice. (I laughed my ass off and couldn't wait for the joy and raising hell.)

 

[hanzkidz]

When I finish the final quest in Skyrim and defeated Alduin, I felt like such a badass that I think I should receive a certificate of badassery.

 

[hanzkidz]

When I finish the final quest in Skyrim and defeated Alduin, I felt like such a badass that I think I should receive a certificate of badassery.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

The ending to a certain Wild West Rockstar game.

I felt really sad, even though I knew it was going to happen.

When I finally got to exact my revenge, I kept failing to kill Ross though haha

 

[Amarok]

The

Spoiler

turret aria "Cara Mia Addio"

from the ending of Portal 2 has made me cry more than once and can still affect me quite a bit. It's not even particularly good compared to

Spoiler

real arias

but I suspect that concurrent real life issues at the time were a contributing factor.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Some spoilers below. Games are a few years old now but just in case.

Fear: Silent Hill 2. I have never before or since been scared enough to stop, actually stop my game avatar, rather than move him around the next corner and see what was making that horrible noise. Dead Space and Doom are good at jump scares and all but the ridiculous arsenal takes away a lot of fear. I only stop for weapons checks. To date, only Silent Hill has instilled true primordial dread in me.

Admiration: BioShock, when you finally meet Andrew Ryan. He knows what is coming, suspects he is very probably about to die, and spends his last few moments trying to help you while you beat him to death. Society would judge him amoral but he is a man of great achievements and ironclad principles who would rather die than compromise either.

Revulsion/Contempt: The very same scene in BioShock. Scumbags just don't get any lower than Fontaine. What he makes you do, and laughs about it.....man. Just man. I was probably supposed to be scared going into the final battle. Honestly, I hated Fontaine so much at that point it never even occurred to me that I could lose. He was just a roach, and I was wearing the heaviest boots ever made. Fortunately the fight actually was easy or I probably would have been very upset.

Triumph: Beating Left 4 Dead on Expert for the first time. My brothers and I completed Dead Air after several attempts. Our final victory included an epic last-second rescue of a downed teammate, three of us running back out of the plane to save him. First Expert campaign any of us had ever beaten, and all four of us survived it. We still talk about it.

Awe: God of War. Sometimes bigger really is better. That game (series) redefined the term "epic." No matter how badass other game companies think their combat is, God of War proved there is ALWAYS room for bigger and better.

Rage: The only game ever to instill pure, volcanic, controller-smashing rage was an old Genesis title, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle or somesuch. I...let's just say I felt the game wasn't made very well, and, ah....punished the cartridge for its many failings.

 

[Johnny Impact]

I just slew my first colossus in Shadow of the Colossus (I'm late I know) and I'm still felling a sort of sinking in my chest...It was such a beautiful creature and it seemed so pathetic when it fell...I feel like a bastard right now which is a bit more than most other bosses have made me feel. Hell, I didn't feel this guilty when I killed Wolf in MGS1 (after listening to her final speech that is)

It's rare for a game to introduce such elements of moral ambiguity without lampshading them. We're never exactly certain the prince is doing the right thing in SotC -- in fact, I was pretty sure he was opening the way for something much worse than a few stone giants. Realizing you may not be the good guy is part of what makes the game interesting.

 

[The journey man]

*Spoiler for Ace Comabt 5* The moment when Chopper dies in Ace Combat 5 really put me into rollercoaster of emotions (sadness, anger, revenge and remorse). It was such a well done moment that every time I hear Blurry by Puddle of Mudd I think of it.

 

[Hyper-space]

Oceanside Mansion in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

I ended up crouching the entire level, hesitating at every corner which made the entire thing last MUCH longer than it should.

 

[CleverCover]

Fear: Walking in a broken hospital in Bioshock 1, waiting for something to jump out at me, but nothing comes. I end up scaring myself on a frozen body that looks like it's going to reach out at me but never does. Dropped the controller like a hot potato./Hearing Sonic drown. I couldn't play again for a while.

Rage:When Quentin had my mother in DA2/Losing again to Eugene in Evolution

Bloodlust: Fighting Gary in the last chapter of Bully/Killing Howe in DA:O as a Human Noble

Excited:Watching Shepard walk away from the Council and the credits roll in at end of ME1/Watching Reapers roll out at end of ME2

Tears of Joy: Watching the Normandy be reborn for the first time/Good Ending of Bioshock 1

Accomplishment: Beating Super Magnetic Neo/Getting Insanity Achievement at end of ME1/ME2