Outer wilds for sure. Halo reach. Borderlands 2. Definitely others, I'm always wrecked by heroic sacrifice
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When Jackie Wells died I sobbed, well more of a break down. My dad had just passed and something about it hit fucking hard.
Kind of weep a bit of joy playing my favorite games at times and still feel the bit of sadness when they are over.
The final zones for FF14 Endwalker and the most recent one Dawntrail had me sobbing (endwalker more so, but both did it).
Baldur's Gate 3 had a few moments as well.
Dragon Age: the Veilguard did as well, as did parts of DA2 and DAI on my most recent playthroughs.
There's probably a couple more but I can't think of them right now!
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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.
Breath of Fire 3. Spoilers but you’ve had decades to play.
The first boss, the nue chimera, you’re supposed to kill it because it’s terrorizing the town. You then find out as it’s dying (because it uses its final breath to jump in front of a cave to block it) that it was just trying to find food for its cubs that have already been dead for a long time. It also played some somber music during this discovery.
My 8 year old self thought it was incredibly sad.
The ending of earthbound. I was playing it without a guide and hit "pray" in desperation, and what happened surprised me. It's a little melodramatic but any sort of 11th hour save by people who care usually gets me.
Twice. Once at the end of Final Fantasy IX, realising who was monologuing the ending at what that meant.
Second one was at the end of What Remains of Edith Finch, pretty much for exactly the same reasons.
FFX. When Titus and Luna were playing/swimming in the lagoon/lake/whatever and being happy. If memory serves correctly, at that point in the game, it was very clear that Luna was going to be sacrificed to keep Sin from destroying the world, and she had accepted that as her duty like the other summoners before her.
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Battletoads motorcycle level. Tears of rage at 10 years old.
Devil May Cry back in 2001, and hellblade in 2017. There weee probably others that I had a response to, but those both had tears falling.
Yes once, and it was at the ending of "Brothers: A tale of two sons".
I bawled my eyes out.
Small game, but absolutely recommend for anyone that wants to clear out their tear canals.
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I have sensitive eyes. Any modern AAA graphics makes them go red instantly and my eyes start leaking within 30 minutes.
Gears of War 3 - Dom
Only once, season 1, the last episode of telltales walking dead, lee and clems last time seeing each other. Brutal
And got me really fucking close: 'Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong'
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- NIER Replicant
- Red Dead Redemption 1
- Everhood 1
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 the intro already fucked me right up. Not done the game yet.
- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Planescape: Torment
Probably more but can't remember.
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A lot actually, I'm quite sensitive to emotional things. I've been playing Honkai Impact 3rd and it's made me tear up multiple times. I don't remember all of the games but some of the other games I remember are:
All of the Kingdom Hearts except "3D" and 3 because I haven't played them yet.
Metal Gear solid 1, 2, 3 and Peace Walker
Some of the Final Fantasy games
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia
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Detroit become human, that game is art.
The last encounter with Alexander the Warrior Jar in Elden Ring made me cry. What a brave jar and a good friend.
I think I might've cried for other reasons too when playing Elden Ring. :')
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in the early months of the pandemic, when the villagers threw me a surprise birthday party. I was living alone at the time and missed my real friends so much.
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