The Things That Made You Emotional in Gaming... Surprisingly
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Playing "Cry Wolf! Meteorology and Parenting!" mission of Elite Beat Agents. For some reason, I always get a bit teary when I play.
When that bully kicked the dog in Fable 2
When Lucien shot my dog in Fable 2
The part where you must choose Bob's fate in Fable 2
When a Super Mutant Overlord ash'd Dogmeat in Fallout 3
Signal Oscar Zulu in Fallout 3 was....heartbreaking...in a way
"If anyone can hear this, this is Bob Anderstein . My family and I have taken refuge in a drainage chamber not too far from a radio relay tower outside of D.C. My boy is very sick, needs medical assistance. Please help if you can. We're listening for your response. 3950 kilohertz"
I was pretty sure I could help...all I found were bodies...
Rex in New Vegas....his brain is dying and the ending if you dont finish his quest:
If he never receives a replacement brain, Rex finally succumbs to old age, abruptly shutting down forever one quiet morning. After two centuries of life and decades of service to humanity, Rex collapses and dies.
Kick to the face..."he shuts down forever" how peaceful "collapses and dies" wait what!
When Lucien shot my dog in Fable 2
The part where you must choose Bob's fate in Fable 2
When a Super Mutant Overlord ash'd Dogmeat in Fallout 3
Signal Oscar Zulu in Fallout 3 was....heartbreaking...in a way
"If anyone can hear this, this is Bob Anderstein . My family and I have taken refuge in a drainage chamber not too far from a radio relay tower outside of D.C. My boy is very sick, needs medical assistance. Please help if you can. We're listening for your response. 3950 kilohertz"
I was pretty sure I could help...all I found were bodies...
Rex in New Vegas....his brain is dying and the ending if you dont finish his quest:
If he never receives a replacement brain, Rex finally succumbs to old age, abruptly shutting down forever one quiet morning. After two centuries of life and decades of service to humanity, Rex collapses and dies.
Kick to the face..."he shuts down forever" how peaceful "collapses and dies" wait what!
Borderlands... Yeah those of you who have beat the game know what's in the spoiler tag...
A little more seriously though, Dead Space...
Dead Space 2 also invoked an emotional reaction if you include how freaked out I got trying to beat the game on Hard Core difficulty. I went through the first 10 Chapters without saving, so anytime I died on the first disc (I was playing on 360) I'd have to start all over. You want to be legitimately scared? That mode is definitely for you.
Silent Hill 2 also invoked some tension.
I honestly don't think I've ever been at a loss for words with a video game until the end of this game. I still don't really know what to say about it even now... I just... It... Octopus!?... Satellite!?... Interplanetary... What!?
A little more seriously though, Dead Space...
I really liked Niccole, her character design was cute, I liked the voice they chose for her, so I really legitimately wanted to rescue her. I knew something was weird when she started saying "Make us whole" though... And when you figured out Niccole was dead, I had an authentic "WTF!?" moment. Boy that was a great game... Then they went and changed her design and voice actress in Dead Space 2 and now she reminds me of my mom... Smooth one Visceral...
Dead Space 2 also invoked an emotional reaction if you include how freaked out I got trying to beat the game on Hard Core difficulty. I went through the first 10 Chapters without saving, so anytime I died on the first disc (I was playing on 360) I'd have to start all over. You want to be legitimately scared? That mode is definitely for you.
Silent Hill 2 also invoked some tension.
When Nintendo of America denied Wii owners any of the three titles in Operation: Rainfall.
What? You said in gaming. You never said it had to be in a game.
What? You said in gaming. You never said it had to be in a game.
The Ultor Corp. Stronghold in Saints Row 2. Me and that ATV I stole went through hell together, being assaulted by numerous armed guys in massive armored cars. And I promised myself if the little ATV could get me out of here, I'd bring it home to the garage, repair it and be generally nice to it.
And we made it. We were both beaten and rugged, but we made it. My dear ATV took me past all their defenses, and at last we could both feel the fresh air in our faces. And so I fulfilled my promise, and we both lived happily ever after.
And we made it. We were both beaten and rugged, but we made it. My dear ATV took me past all their defenses, and at last we could both feel the fresh air in our faces. And so I fulfilled my promise, and we both lived happily ever after.
Fallout New Vegas for 2 things.
well, the first sorta emotional, more shocked and awed, was Vault 11: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_11
and the main one was In honest hearts, the story of Randall Clarke: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Randall_Clark_terminal_entries
That one is especially heartbreaking. I actually think I was on the border of tears.
well, the first sorta emotional, more shocked and awed, was Vault 11: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_11
and the main one was In honest hearts, the story of Randall Clarke: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Randall_Clark_terminal_entries
That one is especially heartbreaking. I actually think I was on the border of tears.
Two, from the same game- Mother 3.
Tanetane Island in general, but the point where "Wess" apologizes to Duster always makes me sad.
And in New Pork, when you find out who Fassad was, it always depresses me, and then the mouse or whatever it was that says Fassad always gave him bananas. :[
Tanetane Island in general, but the point where "Wess" apologizes to Duster always makes me sad.
And in New Pork, when you find out who Fassad was, it always depresses me, and then the mouse or whatever it was that says Fassad always gave him bananas. :[
This. I did not expect a Pokemon spinoff game to make me feel such emotion.XIII said:Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1's storyline. I panicked/raged at the part where Gengar made the townsfolk try to kill you, and cried with my partner when you had to leave and turn back into a human. Never before has a game made me do that. I've replayed that game 80+ times just for the story
After that, I kept an eye out for other Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, and Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky was even more emotional. I cried a little when...
Grovyle sacrificed himself to push Dusknoir back into the future, knowing that timeline would be wiped out when the hero and partner reset the time spire thing; and especially when the hero said goodbye to the partner and faded away as well.
Same here. Had me in tears when I though Celes was going to die just like that.renegade7 said:
Also, the ending. I though Terra was going to die too, but instead she just becomes full-human. Nice ending, unlike other Final Fantasies (I'm looking at you two FF7 and 13). ¬_¬
Terra's Orphanage. Sweet.
Oh! The obvious one; The death of Aerith. Waaaah!! TToTT
I agree with you on all of those. I was legitimately surprised at what happened at the end of Dead Space 1, and I.... I was just ticked at the end of Borderlands because for some reason I just found myself hating it.MightyMole said:
I thought, although this one was really good, the whole part where you find Tai was the one to really pull the heartstrings. Poor guy...Lord Beautiful said:
OT: Aside from the aforementioned GoW2 stuff, probably the part in Fable 2 where the bad guy goes to shoot you and the Dog jumps in the way. I was so going to take the cash until Theresa said I could get my Dog back.
This reminds me of a discussion I had, where we concluded ME2 would be better if, instead of just some straight romance options, there was an option to have a lads night with Garrus, Thane or Legion to Omega, where they end up drunkenly wing manning you to a patron of your choosing. That might not have quite fitted in it's place, but would be awesome.Riobux said:
I am ashamed of myself for forgetting that part.Zantos said:
Jesus, that game really was well made.
Shadow of the Colossus. Two things. One. Killing the colossi that weren't trying to hurt me ie: the flying one in the desert. It's just peacefully flying around and I had to kill it. Two. The death of Agro(fuck I'm too tired for this to fully think but I think that's the horse's name). I got really attached to my horse. And after I lost my horse my first play through I wouldn't touch the game for a month. I still do that. I know its going to happen and I still can't help but not play the game for a month cause of the death of my horse.[sub]I've never felt more like a girl before in my entire life[/sub]
My gosh, that was tied for the second saddest part of that game. You're in for quite a treat. Final Fantasy VI is incredible.Shoggoth2588 said:
OT: Rogue Galaxy. A lot of people just found the entire game to be a cliche, and a lot of it was, but the tears flowed when...
...the cast was pursuing their drigellums (little balls of energy formed when someone finds peace with themselves in their hearts; I know, I know). The nice thing about this was that it allowed each character to have their own climax to their character arcs. When Jaster, the main character, went to get his, he talked to his younger self and the man who raised him. That man asked grown Jaster if he had realized his dream, and Jaster replied that he had indeed seen space, and it was incredible. He was fulfilled. To which his younger self replied, "Your dream is just to go into space? That's boring!" Jaster was taken aback as his younger self explained that he wanted to go into space so he could explore new places, discover new things, and help the galaxy with those discoveries. Jaster had been so caught up in his adventures that he had forgotten the true end goal of his dreams. That was good.
EDIT: Actually, I think finding Maria and finding Tai in Gears of War 2 are better examples of this, since I was not expecting great storytelling from that game. Gears of War had some great story concepts and hinted at a deeper backstory, but refused to actually go into any of it and, as a result, was a very shallow and forgettable story. The second one wasn't exactly Mass Effect, but they did a much, much better job.
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The first time I did the final mission. I lost miranda, grunt, and jacob. Just seeing the Cerberus coffins as I walked past was very powerful. In most games, they die, but just seeing the coffins and knowing it was because I let them down really hit me.