Unexpected Sad Moments in Games
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For some reason, that one scene in Arc Rise Fantasia when a certain town is destroyed just really hit me hard.
Of course the voice acting in the game is hilarious but overall the narrative was strong enough to really demonstrate the horror of war very effectively. Most disturbing is when you go through the town in the aftermath and speak to those affected along with that soundtrack. I can barely describe it, how raw the presentation was.
Of course the voice acting in the game is hilarious but overall the narrative was strong enough to really demonstrate the horror of war very effectively. Most disturbing is when you go through the town in the aftermath and speak to those affected along with that soundtrack. I can barely describe it, how raw the presentation was.
Well there's Valkyria Chronicles:
Also, most recently, Nino No Kuni:
At the end of Chapter 11 I believe it was. Right after Rosie finally got over her discrimination against darcsens and decided to be friends with Isara, the latter gets shot. It was almost like a kick to the gut it was so unexpected. It was even worse when Rosie sang at her funeral.
Needless to say, I was pretty depressed the rest of the day.
Needless to say, I was pretty depressed the rest of the day.
Also, most recently, Nino No Kuni:
When Shadar tells Oliver the truth about his mother. How the Great Sage Alicia, her supposed soul mate, was in fact, Oliver's mother. It was pretty unexpected and I kinda felt bad for Oliver.
Mind you, I haven't finished the game yet, so there might still be something else that happens involving this.
Mind you, I haven't finished the game yet, so there might still be something else that happens involving this.
Persona 4
I knew you had to leave Inaba, I knew you had to say your goodbyes, I knew Nanako would have to come back to life, but I didn't know leaving your friends would actually make you cry...
You know, I just got to that part about 2 minutes ago... Got an A rank for that chapter too. That was a kick in the guts, right there.scorptatious said:
That also got to me really bad.Chester Rabbit said:
Unexpected sad moments that got to me were:
Mass Effect 2-
[spoiler/] When you discover David hooked up to all these tubes in Project Overlord [/spoiler]
Mass Effect 3-
[spoiler/] Mordin's, Tali's, and Thane's death... Anderson's was sad but I was expecting it at this point [/spoiler]
The Walking Dead-
[spoiler/] Carley's death, when Lilly just shot her in the head without even hesitating. I was just silent all day after that. [/spoiler]
Guild Wars 2... yes, there was a sad point in an MMO for me :/
[spoiler/] In the Durmund Priory quest line, when you have to protect Lion's Arch from the Dragons and Undead, Sieran, that jumpy little Sylvari who's acted as the character's companion for hours now, sacrifices herself so that the player can escape. That really got to me, especially for a MMORPG. [/spoiler]
No one has mentioned Planescape: Torment yet? Just thinking about Nordom makes me tear up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JFnHFsBsjw
All your companions DIE for you, despite the fact that you (or your past incarnations) have treated them horribly over the course of the game.
All your companions DIE for you, despite the fact that you (or your past incarnations) have treated them horribly over the course of the game.
For me, it was Sleeping Dogs:
So soul crushing ;_;
How Winston and his wife die on their wedding day, and Winston begs you to take her body away
So soul crushing ;_;
Resident Evil 6 slapped me in the face with sad. And no, not because the game sucked. Though it kinda did.
Oh and also a few times in Persona 4. But with all the character development and emotional stuff going about in that, the sad moments weren't all that unexpected.
At the end of Chris' campaign, the most shooting based, actiony campaign no less. I wasn't expecting much of a story at all, but then the last boss rolls up and well.
Piers having to tear his arm off was more grim than I was expecting, but injecting himself with the virus thing just to save Chris. And then knowing he's gonna lose control of himself so he sends Chris off in the escape pod before he tries any heroics.
Oh I don't even wanna think about it.
That said, I kinda wish thunder-arm Piers was a character in Mercenaries. But then again I'd prefer anything over the two Ada Wongs they have now.
Piers having to tear his arm off was more grim than I was expecting, but injecting himself with the virus thing just to save Chris. And then knowing he's gonna lose control of himself so he sends Chris off in the escape pod before he tries any heroics.
Oh I don't even wanna think about it.
That said, I kinda wish thunder-arm Piers was a character in Mercenaries. But then again I'd prefer anything over the two Ada Wongs they have now.
Oh and also a few times in Persona 4. But with all the character development and emotional stuff going about in that, the sad moments weren't all that unexpected.
For me, it's from Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, now I pretty much sympathise with Ezio considering he became an Assassin to avenge his family, but there's one particular part in Brotherhood I didn't expect. There are missions called Cristina memories which are flashback missions about Ezio and his first love Cristina during untold parts of AC2, but the last Cristina mission really struck me and made me tear up a bit as she's killed during the events of the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, when after losing your limbs, your girlfriend and even your bathroom mirror, you find an email in which the neighbours tell you they euthanised your dog whilst you were comatose. Such a miserable little moment - a bit gratuitous, but it certainly got to me.
This scene so much. I was expecting Carlos to just jump up like it's nothing, have a burnt look on his face as we just destroy every gang in the city with miniguns. To have...that happen instead, I was stunned at how damn well they pulled off such a serious moment in a game that is the farthest thing from serious.Azure-Supernova said: