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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Mafia 1 and Max Payne 1 made me sad

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I can't belive nobody mentioned Mafia before this post!
Definitely the best story in any games I've played, and that sad, realistic (different from the usual stupid heroic bozo stuff), masterpiece of an ending... well... let's just say I'll never forget that.

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Played Mafia,very very good story!!I was more sad at the end of the mission with Frank...

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Dead Island ... poor Jin ;_;

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Yep, what a shame :C
Why her? WHYYY?? She carried all my stuff!

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ever17 - the out of infinity

it's visual novel but not bad, really not bad

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The list would go on and on and on if I added all the VNs that made me cry. Ever17 did not really make me cry all that much, but I did cry a few times. Also, you have to play the game 5 times to get the entire story. That was a little tiring, but it was worth it.

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Half Life 2 Ep. 2, Bastion, Limbo <3

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Mafia 1

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This

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As I mentioned above, +1 for the best story of a game. :)

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The gameplay was too frustrating for me, so I didn't get far, even though the story looked like it was going to be good. Maybe I'll have to try it again.

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If you guys get sad over a game, I sincerely feel bad for you and then you would be the only game I feel sad for. Because your life is a game if you cry over one.

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lol faggot

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You call me a faggot, yet you get sad over "JASON....JASOOOOOON!".

Ok. That makes sense.

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First off, calling someone a faggot is ignorant. Second off Midnight I feel bad for you if you're unable to enjoy something emotionally enough to cry over it, that just shows you're missing out! Sorry for you mate!

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Yep, those two seem to have separated themselves from reality a bit.

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The same logic also apply for someone who cried when watching a movie, then?

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I never cried at any movie even at "Green mile"... these weren't tears, only sweat snif

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Yeah, movies don't get me emotional too.

If it isn't a real event, then wtf makes it sad?

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Hmm. Lack of empathy for fictional characters = sociopathy symptom. It's also how they determined whether or not a person was human in Blade Runner.

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Heavy Rain. Totally.

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Team Fortress 2.

The struggle for the intelligence made me cry for hours.

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Clannad and then HoMM 5: Forge of Destiny when (spoiler alert) Godric died, it was really epic scene

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Call of duty world at war and Portal

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Max Payne 2, from what i can recall at the moment.

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Cybernator, Starwing (Starfox for the USA), mostly because the kick-ass musics.

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The bad ending of Mass Effect 2

Some scenes from Mafia 2

The ending of Portal 2

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Kingdom Hearts series, Bastion, Okami

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Rome: Total War
I still don't forgive those damn macedonians...
I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!!!

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honestly... none. and i'm disappointed about that.

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A few years ago, I would have agreed with you.

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Amnesia:The Dark Descent, f...ing scary game.

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Red Dead Redemption...

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i dont cry because im manly and butch, you lot are a bunch of girlies. next we'll be seeing threads about periods and colour schemes for curtains n shit. man the fuck up people.

:p

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I cried at this comment.

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I cried of laughter with this comment x'D

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I hope you realize that "butch" means a woman who is masculine.

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Ye that's what I am.

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Yay! I'm a man, but I find high heels difficult to wear, so I guess I lost some masculinity wussing out on that.

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High heels take practice >.<

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Final Fantasy X

Chrono Trigger

Mass Effect 3

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One finger up for FF X .

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There are very few games that ever resonated with me emotionally, the ending to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 probably ranks at the top of the list.

Other than that I suppose Braid, Portal 2, Majora's Mask, and perhaps the Bioshock series.

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Total War Shogun 2. My son died... :'(

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Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Odyssey, Curse of Monkey Island and Portal 2. Not sad, just emotional.

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So many games...

Halo titles (pretty much the storyline, when you see friendly units getting killed, i consider Srgt Jonhson's death crappy but it made me drop a tear seeing an old buddy getting killed in such a weak way...), despite people saying these games are awfull just like COD, there's a huge difference in each of the games, COD is a simple copy paste of the previous title, halo isn't. Storyline progresses way better aswell. Every single one of them had a sad moment (Halo 1 is captain keye's death, Halo 2 my friendly units being massacred by the hoards of enemies/flood, Halo 3 the friendly npc deaths..., Halo ODST - the random storyline conclusion plus the ambient around the game is pretty cool imo, Halo Reach - damn epic game, it's a sad conclusion of the game, every single spartan dies or goes MIA...)

Gears of war franchise (sad moments even though moral is a huge price in this game)

COD MW2 (only COD i dared to beat SP wise after COD 3, and man i was impressed with it to the point of doing the campaign 3 times in a row...)

Metal Gear Solid titles (perfect games, perfect everything)

Final Fantasy titles (everything in general)

Half life 2 (everything, and the fact gaben is putting a hold on hl3 is making me sad, i want to see the conclusion of the game)

Portal 1/2 (storyline, epic music, just perfect...)

Resident evil (Mostly those moments when you see someone friendly die or turn into a freak ass abomination)

GTA IV (randomness like killing your lady because she keeps giving you the rings 24/7)

Mass Effect (played the first 2, sometimes there were choices that made me feel sad as i would end up loosing someone)

Bioshock 1/2 (storyline is epic, amazing games...)

Warhammer Dawn of war Retribution (final mission as the blood ravens)

PS: I could keep on going with the list, i just can't be bothered with it... And no, my emotions towards the games are mostly sadness followed by silence, respect and a bit of rage. I'm the type of person who doesn't like to cry, so i avoid it at all costs.

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