What game (if any) have you ever become emotionally invested in?

[ABLb0y]

Silent Hill 2, Heavy Rain, Both Dragon ages. For some reason, I didn't get emotionally invested in either mass effect, because the characters are either unlikable or bland (Apart from Kasumi.)

 

[Hauntghost20]

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men

STOP LOOKING AT ME STOP IT!!!

 

[shunga]

World of Warcraft, my Night Elf and Paladin but then again I cry at emotional tv ads. :/

 

[RADIALTHRONE1]

For me it was the Kingdom Hearts series. I actually (somehow) cared about what happened to the characters.

Well, since you took Kingdom Hearts, I'll say Assassin's Creed.

Well i didnt take it, there can be repeates.

 

[spartandude]

Mass Effect 1 and to a lesser extent number 2

Dragonage Origins

I'm also getting emotionally involved with The Witcher 2

 

[danirax]

Supreme Commander 2 felt sorry for the Illuminate girl after seeing the ending....
and the baby seals in overlord 2....
mass effect
and fallout

 

[Myrinerest]

I have to confess that when you finally discover who Tidus really is in Final Fantasy X I almost cried. And I wasn't that young at the time...

 

[shadow_Fox81]

Shogun 2 single player campaign (i was surprised too) realiseing I'd sent my men into a battle they wouldn't win was heart wrenching.
i felt so personally responsible for my clans ultimate destruction it was like being Hidetora in Ran.

 

[Sarcastic_Applause]

Persona 4. I really found myself growing attached to the cast of Persona 4.

But then I had to say goodbye to them... during that ending... with the music... and the train... and Nanako...

...excuse me while I go cry for awhile.

Oh thank god it's not just me... Next to Armoured core 4 and Mother 3, Persona 4 is a game where i became Really invested in the characters. It sounds unusual, but when the characters actually said 'i love you' to the protagonist, it really moved me. I can't even bring myself to accept the ending because i loved them all...

And here come the waterworks! DONT LOOK AT ME

 

[Kargathia]

Dragon Age: Origins - The first time I played through as a woman romancing Alistair, and I had to choose whether to die, let my lover die, or let my lover sleep with a *****. Grrrrrr...

Ahh yea, did the same thing, and still can honestly admit that a female me would've found him cute.
Happily let him sleep with her though. Genuinely liking a video game character is one thing, but getting jealous really takes it a bridge too far.

But that's the only game so far. There's been a few others where I liked characters (Marburg from Alpha Protocol, GLaDOS, and quite a few I apparently didn't like enough to remember) but in none of these cases I really felt any attachment to them.

 

[GamerKT]

Heavy Rain. I knew that any of the characters could die, so I just went through the game, letting whatever happens happen (even controller fuckups.) However, at one point, I didn't notice a prompt on time and one of them died. I was like "NO!" and restarted the PS3. I NEEDED a happy ending for that person... Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair.

 

[Viper1265]

Both Mass Effects and Ace Combat 5

Spoiler

I mean, I cried for a good 10 minutes after Chopper died, he meant that much to me.

I know that feel bro, I know that feel.

 

[Silenttalker22]

I have to confess that when you finally discover who Tidus really is in Final Fantasy X I almost cried. And I wasn't that young at the time...

Fear is the easy emotion to elicit from the player, so I don't count that one as it's the focus of so many good horror games. But this ^ without giving serious spoilers, they build up to the moment, and that final scene on the ship. One of the most heart-wrenching things I've ever seen.