As in games that made you really sad and maybe even want to cry - possibly leading to tears.

Here's my list, in order of their ability to manipulate me:

  • The Walking Dead
  • To the Moon
  • Mother 3
  • Bioshock 2 (not 1) (Some support, in case you heard the ridiculous claim that Bioshock 1 has a better story.)
  • ICO
  • Chrono Trigger (Maybe. Can't remember how effective it was, really.)
  • Mirror's Edge

No spoilers, please!

A very spoilery article from John Walker on Rock, Paper, Shotgun about games that made him cry. He adds To the Moon to his list in another article. I haven't played the games he talks about.

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i like zelda n64

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Me too. No sadness though.

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my deku tree died... i was very sad when it happened (was very young back then).

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"No spoilers, please! "

i think you don't know how to read , or you are an idiot

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Majora's Mask is a pretty dark game.

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Journey

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Sadly, I'll probably never get a chance to play that. =/

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Yea me too :(

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me too

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THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Definitely Planescape: Torment and Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption.

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Huh. I didn't respond to either game emotionally. I was really invested in Planescape: Torment in other ways though...

12 years ago
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Planescape Torment had quite a few places tbh, tho i still think FF9 is the worst for me ^_^

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Man that feel when you learn what you were made for?
That feel when your friends are there for you anyway.

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I admit I choked up a bit.

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Definitely Planescape.

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Its a game,not very known I think,El Matador..

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The Walking Dead was moving, but I wasn't close to crying.

There haven't been many other games that have made me emotional.

12 years ago
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Yeah, they're very rare. The Walking Dead works for me because I let myself feel very paternal, which makes everything I do magnified by how it affects Clementine.

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To be honest, I didn't like the idea of looking after Clementine. It felt like more of a burden or a mistake waiting to happen. There have been several emotional parts that have genuinely affected my feelings though. What's even better is that the game surprised me, I wasn't expecting much from a TellTale game given my previous experiences with their titles.

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Yeah, I feel the same way about Telltale overall. Maybe it wasn't as strong for you because you weren't ready for your character to take on the parental role?

12 years ago
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SD Gundam: Emotional Jam

I don't even know what the heck this game is, but it makes me super emotional

12 years ago
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I just cried so hard that I gave up trying to drink water anymore because the tears would just get in the way, just from reading what you wrote.

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. I shed manly tears during the epilogue. Well basically, every MGS game has that effect on me. Possibly other games too, but this is the first that comes to mind.

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Especially the final boss scene.

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indeed, i hesitaded to pull the trigger on the boss

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Dat ladder scene.

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How about L.A Noire?

12 years ago
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Haven't beat it yet, so I don't know. What do you think?

12 years ago
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quite an emotional ending

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Agreed. I would say its bitter sweet but it's not. It is just pretty damn bitter and depressing. Specially with who is talking about Cole at the end (trying to give spoilers for those who haven't finished and may be reading.)

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To the Moon
Bioshock 2

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The emotions are usually fear, anger or joy, but I never found myself sad over a game.

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You should try To The Moon and maybe The Walking Dead, unless you want to just stick to those three. Or maybe something else someone mentioned.

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The Walking Dead? Turned that crap off when nigga twice fell on that stupid blood stain :)

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Hahahahaha

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To The Moon is on my list, im curious

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Fortix. The one single hero left, trys to safe the kingdom even if the chances are low for him to survive.

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I just finished To the Moon, so I have to include that one. Also, the Walking dead was pretty good. Other than that:
Legend of Grimrock,
Magical Diary (Can you believe it? :P),
Offspring fling,
CoD MWF3 (Whenever I think of the fact that so many like a shitty clone like this game, I get really sad),
Analogue: a Hate story.,
recetter: An item shop's tale.

And that is it, as long as I limit it to my steam library and do not include VNs.

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Magical Diary looks like an RPG VN, maybe...

Also, isn't Analogue a VN? I've been meaning to get to it and Digital: A Love Story. Also Legend of Grimrock, if the price drops. I'm surprised it even has a story, much less a heart-rending one.

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Yes, but Magical Diary and Analogue are VNs, but they are not defined like that. I was wondering if I should add them, but I ended up doing so. Legend of Grimrock is really good, so I recommend it. As for Digital, I have not played it yet, so I do not know.

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Modern Warfare 3

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Same reason as NoobsDeSroobs?

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I dont know what his reason was, but it soaps part

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Definitely NOT.
Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 were emotional because of the music.

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Hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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"Let's kill some fucking Arabs/ Russians/ another! Yeah! Also we must make more explosions! Yeah! Oh, my dog, we've killed 999999+ monkeys with a guns, but they've killed GHOOOOOOST!!!! Oh, no! WHYYYYYYYY?". It's so dramatic...

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Hey smartass try to read correctly instead demonstrating how smart you are.

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Hey smartass I read correctly instead demonstrating how smart you are.
Music of CoD... Hm... "They've killed GHOOOOOOOST!!!!! Oh, no! (*explosion, nuclear launch, violin)". Now it's really dramatic.

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Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 were emotional because of the music.
With the size of a brain (probably a size of a bean) you don't know what it means "accepting an opinion". I am referring to the soundtracks prick. And thanks for showing again how smart you are . Let me quote that
"Let's kill some fucking Arabs/ Russians/ another! Yeah! Also we must make more explosions! Yeah! Oh, my dog, we've killed 999999+ monkeys with a guns, but they've killed GHOOOOOOST!!!! Oh, no! WHYYYYYYYY?".
Really smart expressed.

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With the size of a brain (probably a size of a bean) you don't know what it means "accepting an opinion". Of course, when you listen the soundtrck, you accept a very many oppinions. And... it's so dramatic. And thanks for showing again how smart you are. Let me quote that "Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 were emotional because of the music".
Really smart expressed.

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Hey :) did you know that you answer doesn't make any sense? "Of course, when you listen the soundtrck, you accept a very many oppinions."
Copying some of my sentences shows that you can't think and express for yourself.

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You copying my sentence too. And... May be I copying your sentences... because I love you...

12 years ago
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Awwww ;P actually it is calling quoting ("bla bla")

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yeah, I cried on both games MW2 & MW3.

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i cried about the money wasted on mw3...oh wait i didnt buy it! now it makes me happy!!

yes mw3 is very emotional!

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Zelda - Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, To The Moon, Bastion and Metal Gear Solid 4

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Snake. :'(

12 years ago
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Spoilerzz. :'(

12 years ago
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I could almost include FF VII on my list, but it didn't quite elicit a single tear. It almost did though.

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Y U PEOPLE NO SAY DEUS EX

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BECAUSE NO SAD TEARS

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+1 to Deus Ex

12 years ago
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Do you mean Deus Ex or Human Revolution?

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BOTH

12 years ago
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MY TEAR CANALS ARE AUGMENTED

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Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. Make me cry a lot, and even the next day when i listened to the OST... noting to dow with the others laytons.

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Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, MGS3

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Ooh, had to add ICO to my list. It's amazing how quickly you feel protective of that blue girl.

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did you play Shadow of the Collosus as well?

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Yeah, but never got around to finishing it. Didn't affect me yet, but I only beat two bosses.

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Give it a shot man, the end is really, really sad.

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Shadow of the Colossus is the only game that made me cry like a bitch.

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shadow of the colossus deffo

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Shadow of the Colossus! one of the best games i've ever played!

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  • Bastion
  • Aquaria
  • Braid
  • Blueberry Garden
  • Machinarium

and now To the Moon

from flash games it's Company of Myself and Music Catch 2 because of great music .. piano music makes me cry, that's why.

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yes, Bastion

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+1 for Bastion

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Bastion for sure. The ending was quite moving IMO :P

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omg blueberry garden! :'(

12 years ago
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Bastion, and Braid a little.

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I won't lie, Katawa Shoujo.
I also felt Bioshock 2 was more emotional, but the critics seem to disagree.
Also, bastion.

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A couple of critics agree, at least. Most don't though, you're right.

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Good reads, thanks! Got me thinking more than I thought I would about a game I already like a lot.

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Well, I only got to read them myself because you made me interested in seeing if any critics agreed with us. So thank you too. =)

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I guess it was about Hanako ending, Rin got pretty phylosopical one while Shizune route got potential but it was hmm nothing special

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Free flash game and only game that has made me cry all that matters really really sad flash game ;(

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Just played it, based on your recommendation. It's good, but not the crying sort of sad for me. Quite sad though. I see how it could work.

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Thanks too for the recommendation. I enjoy it :)

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Thanks! I didn't get saddened by it but i did enjoy it =) all hearts woot.

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I don't recall crying over a video game in anyway, but GTA4, Mass Effects, Limbo, Bastion and L.A. Noire have had an emotional impact in one way or the other.

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I haven't beat LA Noire, but none of those compare to the games I mentioned, in terms of sadness. Maybe try one of them, if you'd like to broaden your game experiences (unless you already have and were just unaffected.)

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No, I haven't tried the games you mentioned. Maybe I'll give them a go some day. Thanks for the advice!

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+1 GTA 4.
Poor Kate T_T

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No mentions about the Mass Effect Trilogy? My fav moment was in ME3 uniting the Geth-Quarian mission right before the sacrifice. That was a good scene.

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Enjoyable series, but not heartrending in the slightest - for me.

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I'd like to add the ending scene, excluding the weird starchild appearance was good too imo. If they ended when Shepard and Anderson was looking at the earth, that would've been good. Instead they had to fix the deus ex machina plot they made in the first place with an ending DLC.

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This one but even more with Thane, it truy did hit me.

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ME3 has as lot of emotional moments, Mordin! dear Mordin! =(
"There is no Shepard without Vakarian"

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True that.

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Borderlands, I cried because there was not enough loot at the end...

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:D same here

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I fell in love with Morrigan in DA:O, also the ending (sacrificed myself) made me feel really touched (not to the tears though).

Also lots and lots of fear in Amnesia: The dark descend and Call of Cthulhu the Dark corners of the Earth.

And ye, I almost shed a tear for my faction leader fighting a hopeless fight all alone, encircled by enemies, finally dying, but also taking almost 20 enemy knights with himself in Rome: Total War.

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RIP faction leader.

Rome: Total War is definitely an emotionaly engaging game.

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+1

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I find myself deeply wishing Dwarf Fortress told stories that made me sad. Nope, they just make me want to start over.

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