Saddest Gaming Moment
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Now thats bugging me, i know i know it, but cant for the life of me remember from where, can ya spoiler tag tell me please? *Edit* Nevermind, just remembered.MiracleOfSound said:
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Half life 2, but thats too obvious.
The bit in kingdom hearts 2, you know the part,
and the ending to red dead.
Heavy Rain.
The new house, Shaun in the playground, the suicide, the last trial, the endings. A lot of parts where I felt really sad.
MGS4 aswell. That one night where they went to the top of the Empire State Building.
The new house, Shaun in the playground, the suicide, the last trial, the endings. A lot of parts where I felt really sad.
MGS4 aswell. That one night where they went to the top of the Empire State Building.
The one scene in SH2 where James
Watches the tape of himself mercy killing his wife
Its a crushing moment of despair and regret, not that he committed the deed, but that he could rationalize such a thing to himself. He always said, "she was suffering, better to die quick than waste away slowly" but he soon realized he rationalized it because he was tired of her emotional abuse and his irrational sexual rage was being focused on her. And the worst part is that he never received any justice for it. No poetic irony, no charges, he got off scott-free, and he couldn't understand why a monster like himself could live in a world without receiving his rightful punishment and an innocent like Mary could get such a raw deal. He had to materialize his own punishment by himself in the form of the Silent Hill monsters and Pyramid Head in particular just to get some closure. Its an incredibly sad moment of crushing shame and the thought of really being an irredeemable monster.
Its a crushing moment of despair and regret, not that he committed the deed, but that he could rationalize such a thing to himself. He always said, "she was suffering, better to die quick than waste away slowly" but he soon realized he rationalized it because he was tired of her emotional abuse and his irrational sexual rage was being focused on her. And the worst part is that he never received any justice for it. No poetic irony, no charges, he got off scott-free, and he couldn't understand why a monster like himself could live in a world without receiving his rightful punishment and an innocent like Mary could get such a raw deal. He had to materialize his own punishment by himself in the form of the Silent Hill monsters and Pyramid Head in particular just to get some closure. Its an incredibly sad moment of crushing shame and the thought of really being an irredeemable monster.
While I feel it's too early to dicuss the ending to L.A. Noire I was impressed of the degree to which it came from nowhere and for me at least it cemented Cole as character, though I would argue that Red Dead's ending had a great deal more weight to it.
Overall for me though I'd have to say the last hour or so of MGS4 were the most touching moments I've ever seen in a game, clambering down that corridor as the war raged on around Snake will stick with me forever.
Overall for me though I'd have to say the last hour or so of MGS4 were the most touching moments I've ever seen in a game, clambering down that corridor as the war raged on around Snake will stick with me forever.
Can't believe nobody mentioned these yet!
Leaving Saria was one of the saddest things I've done.
Garrus' calibrations have become sad addictions. Wanna play ball, Garrus? Wanna go get some pizza?
Not today, guys. Not today... I'm in the middle of some calibrations... we'll get some pizza tomorrow, man. Yeah, tomorrow.
Leaving Saria was one of the saddest things I've done.
Garrus' calibrations have become sad addictions. Wanna play ball, Garrus? Wanna go get some pizza?
Not today, guys. Not today... I'm in the middle of some calibrations... we'll get some pizza tomorrow, man. Yeah, tomorrow.
MGS4
The Witcher 2
The Witcher
Big Boss´ death, Raiden´s reunion with Rosemary and his son, the microwave tunnel, EVA´s death. that game made me weep like a child.
The Witcher 2
when you kill Letho. he never really meant harm, he just wanted to rebuild The School of the Viper and the only way he could do this was to earn money by killing Kings (most of the Northern Kings are massive assholes, so i really didn´t mind). he looked like a complete oaf, but he was clever as hell and really had a good cause behind his actions.
The Witcher
the ending... just WOW. that twist is something i have never seen another developer do.
First Place: Ending of Half Life 2: Episode 2
Second Place: Ending of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Third Place: My PC dying on me.
Second Place: Ending of Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Third Place: My PC dying on me.
Links' Awakening on GBC has a pretty sad ending, in a way. You play through entire game to try and get off of this island, and then when you kill the final boss... The entire island fades away. It's a weird one. You spend the whole game interacting with these individuals and then when you achieve your own goal, the island just stops existing. I wouldn't say it made me sad, but it wasn't exactly the most uplifting ending to a game.
I should point out it turns out that
The island is actually a manifestation of a giant technicolour flying whale called The Wind Fish that sleeps in an egg.
In case you didn't know =)
I should point out it turns out that
The island is actually a manifestation of a giant technicolour flying whale called The Wind Fish that sleeps in an egg.
In case you didn't know =)
*sniff*Christemo said:
ah reckon MW2 would have been a lot more poignant if Price n' Soap just died right there, at the end, just a sort of feeling of ''we're done here, now we can rest''.
Also, as ridiculed as it is, I found Black Ops to be a little saddening, because I'm a sucker for continuity, and became really attached to Reznov...
The Longest Journey, in places, as well.
Gosh... So many sad games...
Of the ones I've played I'll have to say: (and yes I know they've been done to death)
1st: Ending of Shadow of the Collosus, the way you can't get to her when you're getting pulled back really struck a chord with me...
2nd: Epic disk swapping time between Disc 1 and 2 in FF7, it was during then that I had to dwell on Aeris' Death. (and a special mention to the first time I went into a shop after her death and saw that you could still buy her weapons...)
3rd: When you think Cid dies in FF4... And when you think Palom and Porom get turned to stone... AND when Tellah dies... Hell FF4 is just overall quite sad...
4th: A few times in Dirge of Cerberus actually...
5th: I may as well mention a scene or two from every other Final Fantasy game shouldn't I
Of the ones I've played I'll have to say: (and yes I know they've been done to death)
1st: Ending of Shadow of the Collosus, the way you can't get to her when you're getting pulled back really struck a chord with me...
2nd: Epic disk swapping time between Disc 1 and 2 in FF7, it was during then that I had to dwell on Aeris' Death. (and a special mention to the first time I went into a shop after her death and saw that you could still buy her weapons...)
3rd: When you think Cid dies in FF4... And when you think Palom and Porom get turned to stone... AND when Tellah dies... Hell FF4 is just overall quite sad...
4th: A few times in Dirge of Cerberus actually...
5th: I may as well mention a scene or two from every other Final Fantasy game shouldn't I
Silent hill 2
And obviously the letter}[/spoiler]
Never has imagery been used so effectively in a game
{I always found the bit after you watched the tape and you walk out of the only brightly lit room in the game into the hallway where all the walls are leaking and damp (representing james saddness at finding the truth)and you realise the main reason for coming to silent hill was really to help James confront his demons.}
And obviously the letter}[/spoiler]
Never has imagery been used so effectively in a game
Sniper Wolf's back story pulled at my heartstrings.
Rockstar seem to liking killing off their protagonists in painful ways. In LA Noire it was justified, as it was a noir game, but it still made me feel like crap when all the bad guys won and then proceeded to rub it in Cole's dead face by proceeding over his funeral.