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Recently.

The "Unlost World" storyline in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail is rough if you have lost a loved one recently.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

An absolute emotional rollercoaster start to end.

33/33 would recommend

Shadow of the Colossus. Hands down one of the saddest games I’ve ever played.

FF7. Loved Aerith's character, lots of time learning the background, near endless fights to save her, then cutscene. 45 hours went to 70 pretty fast after that. I wanted revenge on that fucker, and I had Holy.

I dont know why, but i cried in some wierd situations. Like at the endboss fight of ori 2 and the endboss of the pacifist ending of undertale. And not after the fight, during! I think it's some kind of being overstimulated and way to much things are happening, but in a nice way with the exact amount of difficulty.

I don't think I've ever cried because of a game in the sense that the game itself made me cry, but the memories attached to some have.

Braid's ending.

Tim (the player) is likely the villain. His quest was never about saving the princess but about his own selfish desire to reclaim something/someone that no longer wants him. The game masterfully subverts expectations, making players reflect on perspective, responsibility, and consequences.

Many times in many games.

Probably the most in Mass Effect series, so many emotional moments. ME2: Overlord's end hits the hardest.

RDR2. Miss you, Hamish, thanks for the good times.

I'm late but here's an oddball.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time

If you've never played the mystery dungeon games, you never really see your character actually speak to anyone. You have internal thoughts you can read but when you talk to others you just kinda wiggle around.

After you beat the final boss, you finally see your character speak with your partner and god damn it hit hard when I was a lad.

I've only seen it in the s thread once, and just up voting it didn't seemed enough. I've played the majority of games people are mentioning here, some of them are quite sad and hit you like a punch in the stomach. Another one I also didn't cried but felt very strongly about it and I don't think I've seen it mentioned here was Life is Strange, there's one particular scene that got me very hard.

All of this is to say, I don't usually cry on movies, books or games, it's not a "boys don't cry" kind of thing, I don't have a problem with crying or with getting in touch with my feelings, I just don't cry very often or for any reason. However, I don't know if it was the story on its own or the blinking mechanic but Before your eyes had me crying, and wasn't just a couple tears either, I only held myself together because I couldn't leave the game until it finished. That game was an experience, I recommend going in blind and using the camera.

lol no.

Ending of the Transistor, I did not seet that coming. I just sat there in stunned silence for a few minutes.

To The Moon, The Beginner's Guide, and Night in the Woods all made me cry like a lot. Probably have been a few others, but those were the big ones.

When I played Hell blade: Senua's Sacrifice.

The symbology and story made me understand the struggles of a close friend, who succumbed to her psychosis many years ago. Felt like more than just a game.

Celeste is so. fucking. good.

absolutely amazing game in every way

I can't believe no one is mentioning Chrono Triger few days after it was named as one of best video games. Geez I cried a lot with 2 finals.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, right near the end. I don't want to spoil too much, but I never thought a game mechanic would make me emotional.

I cried when I wasn't able to play League of Legends anymore because of Vanguard.

Other than that, I think I cried a little with Life is Strange.

The end of Mass Effect 3 had me crying

There was this challenge in VVVVVV that left me with tears of rage in my fro

I've got a weird one. Saints Row 4, near the end. Such a strange, unexpectedly emotional experience.

I think Yakuza/Like a Dragon wins the crown for game series that's made me emotional the most times. Majima seeing Makoto in the ending of 0 and in 2, Kiryu seeing the message the orphanage kids left him in The Man Who Erased His Name, Kiryu going on a tour of his old haunts in Infinite Wealth, Majima visiting Kiryu in the hospital at the end of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii...there are plenty more, but those all came to mind. They really use the fact that we've been following these characters for decades to the fullest extent.

One I haven't seen in this thread yet: the last playable bit of Bastion, if you choose to take Zulf with you. An early example of Supergiant's mastery of interactive storytelling, coming to a head with a recognition of humanity in the midst of apocalyptic war.

A few times.

Most notably, when playing Outer Wilds. I was playing it during the pandemic and had lost two friends, my grandfather and my cat within the span of around 3 months. I was struggling with depression and I got to one specific spot in the game and the revelation caused me to just sit there and cry for like 10 minutes, I was so emotionally shut down at the time that the tears felt like a life preserver. I had to stop playing for a bit, but it definitely helped me process my grief.

I also cried during a couple of quests in FFXIV. The post-Shadowbringers content especially, not because it was sad, just very poignant. And again in the last area of Endwalker, where Masayoshi Soken's incredible composition combined with some very emotional content just got to me (especially the Endwalk, jfc).

I think I cried a bit at the end of Journey just because it was a powerful experience, but I had an amazing partner in that game who stayed with me through the whole thing.

the one time I was totally not expecting was Ghost of Tsushima

the whole plot around samurai, „honor” and stuff felt a bit over dramatic, but the gameplay was great so I didn’t mind

right until the end. the honorable ending is heartbreaking

Oh my, yes:

Red Dead Redemption 2

Final Fantasy 7 (original and Rebirth)

Silent Hill 2

Undertale

Starbound (because of the soundtrack)

Stardew Valley (because of the soundtrack)

Okami (because of the soundtrack)