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MGS4 spoilers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IXTNfxgxEI

This is good, isn't it?

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Near the end of Papo & Yo. Most I've ever cried during a video game.

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My vote goes for Cutie the elephant.

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Beating the "final" boss in Ghosts 'n Goblins.

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Blinx: The Time Sweeper received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpy included the game in its "Most Overrated Games Ever" feature. Although the graphics were generally praised, the game's execution, notably the control method, was considered to have resulted in the game being too difficult. Saleswise, by 2003, 156,000 copies were sold.

In all seriousness the story of To The Moon

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Beefbud posted...

Near the end of Papo & Yo

dec 6th. 2017 i gotta vote for that.
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The OP is very fucking close to my actual saddest moment of all time

https://youtu.be/2zBfzJSyo6c

"Boy oh boy...the price of freedom is steep"

:_O

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I was gonna say something from MGS, too, but from MGS2 instead.

After Emma dies, and Otacon is walking with her parrot. And it's saying "Hal, I miss you." That shit fucked me up when I was younger. Like, to the point where I had to go upstairs, lock myself in the bathroom, hug myself and cry for about five minutes so my brother wouldn't know just how much it fucked me up.

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https://youtu.be/0wLe_RVCZ18

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probably when *Spider-Man PS4 spoilers* Peter had to choose between using the serum to save infected people in New York over Aunt May, because he lived by the "great power meaning you have great responsibility" philosophy, no matter how hard it was, and seeing her die and him breaking down.

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g0ldie posted...

probably when *Spider-Man PS4 spoilers* Peter had to choose between using the serum to save infected people in New York over Aunt May, because he lived by the "great power meaning you have great responsibility" philosophy, no matter how hard it was, and seeing her die and him breaking down.

Fuck, that game was so good. Best single-player game on the PS4, imo.

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I think Shadow of the Colossus the ending is most famous for this.

Flauros posted...

MGS4 spoilers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IXTNfxgxEI

This is good, isn't it?

You got the game right, but it's actually Snake... had a hard life.

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g0ldie posted...

probably when *Spider-Man PS4 spoilers* Peter had to choose between using the serum to save infected people in New York over Aunt May, because he lived by the "great power meaning you have great responsibility" philosophy, no matter how hard it was, and seeing her die and him breaking down.

damn I played this game and I dont even remember this happening

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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Fuck, that game was so good. Best single-player game on the PS4, imo.

might be my favorite Spider-Man story

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The ending of Telltale's The Walking Dead S1. I don't hate that we got more of it, but it was already a perfect ending.
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In The Darkness when the mob murders Jackie's girlfriend while The Darkness holds him back.

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AlCalavicci posted...

damn I played this game and I dont even remember this happening

here's a link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hAt1uWo8M


@AlCalavicci

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Lisa Garland / Silent Hill 1

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AlCalavicci posted...

damn I played this game and I dont even remember this happening

How the hell do you forget that scene?

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terranigma the goat scene

https://kotaku.com/a-goat-made-me-cry-in-terranigma-1820575518

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No one else played It Takes Two?

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Lisa's death

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The_Hat posted...

No one else played It Takes Two?

I haven't played it, but I watched a playthrough and I am mystified as to what you found sad in a video game where a magic sex offender book turns two soon-to-be-divorced people into puppets to force them to get back together.

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pegusus123456 posted...

I haven't played it, but I watched a playthrough and I am mystified as to what you found sad in a video game where a magic sex offender book turns two soon-to-be-divorced people into puppets to force them to get back together.

Cutie the elephant, that's what. Say what you will about the rest of the game, that part was heartbreaking and awful.

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The_Hat posted...

Cutie the elephant, that's what. Say what you will about the rest of the game, that part was heartbreaking and awful.

I say this to you with love in my heart, but that scene was fucking hilarious.

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You guys ever play Spiritfarer? You play as Death, and you help people move on to the next life by dealing with their unresolved problems. Some are about abuse, some are memory loss, cancer, unfulfilled dreams, etc.

The one that gets me is the snake lady she used to work in a major gardening company, using chemicals to make some amazing products. She got cancer from exposure to the chemicals. She was a total hippie, and looked at her cancer as something to love, and nurture, so it wouldnt overtake her like her angry father had happen to him. She eventually ran away and bought some land, and fell in love with someone. They learned to grow gardens naturally, and they were better than any she ever grew with chemicals. Her partner died, and she was left alone with her cancer. In the game, you constantly need to save a suffering water serpent with tumors made of gems, representing her cancer. When she is ready to move on, she gives you a final mindfulness lesson, tells you that she tried to love her dragon and care for it to help it stop suffering, but that she was too tired and would let it finally consume her. She asks you if her partner would be proud, or disappointed. She hugs you, and she moves through the gate into the afterlife. I felt sad for days after that. Something about her story hit me hard. Especially how she was so empathetic, that she actually felt that her cancer needed to be gently nurtured as well.

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For me, it was the end of the BioShock Infinite DLC. La Vie En Rose just kills it.

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FFXIV:

Ardbert meeting Seto again.

Hauchefaunt and Ysayle appearing as you and Alphinaud try to save Estinien.

Graha Tia reappearing as a Scion (after everything he had been through). (This one felt good but still tugs your heartstrings)

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The end of Lufia 2: Selan is gravely hurt and can't go on, Maxim uses the last of his energy to destroy the floating island, and their spirits circle the world, finally watching over their son.
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For me, it was Metal Gear Solid 2. The fact that Emma just spent her last moments alive in Hal's arms, telling him that she always wanted him to see her as a woman - as Emma, not E.E. - and the fact that Hal's last words to her are "What's wrong with E.E.?", only for her arm to fall to the side as she dies. Literally the last thing she experienced in her life was Hal essentially rejecting her as a woman.

And then the fucking backstory where it's revealed that he was basically molested by Emma's mother, and that when his father drowned himself by piloting his wheelchair into their pool with Emma getting caught up in it, that was Huey trying to take Emma down with him because he knew his wife was having an affair with his son and he wanted her to suffer as much as possible in his act of suicide.

Like Jesus fucking Christ dude.

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SpiritSephiroth posted...

FFXIV:

Ardbert meeting Seto again.

Hauchefaunt and Ysayle appearing as you and Alphinaud try to save Estinien.

Graha Tia reappearing as a Scion (after everything he had been through). (This one felt good but still tugs your heartstrings)

i dont remember any of those names except for the first one, and i dont even remember that happening. Was it dlc?

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_____Cait posted...

i dont remember any of those names except for the first one, and i dont even remember that happening. Was it dlc?

Heavensward and Shadowbringers.

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The ending of Hyper Light Drifter. Bittersweet perfected. Even more so if you parse together a shit ton of the games context clues.

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I think the one that got me the worst in terms of like... bittersweet tears would be To The Moon.

I won't even hazard a spoiler here. Just play it.

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pegusus123456 posted...

I say this to you with love in my heart, but that scene was fucking hilarious.

It made my wife cry :(


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Another great one was the end of Minerva Den from Bioshock 2.

What a twist!

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Double Dragon

yo! you really gotta catch fades with your brother over some coochie!? man, just leave Marian with Abobo's Deebo looking ass. smh.
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The_Hat posted...

It made my wife cry :(

I googled and apparently it upset a lot of other people too. Maybe I'm in the minority? It was just so over the top that I (and the LPers I was watching) found it hilarious.

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the end of RDR2 for me. a big reason being older games can't really get me too emotional because they're so basic, simple etc (story wise, not gameplay)

RDR2's final few chapters cutscenes felt movie calibre to me and Arthur Morgan is a sympathetic and likeable character

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haloiscoolisbak posted...

the end of RDR2 for me. a big reason being older games can't really get me too emotional because they're so basic and ancient.

RDR2's final few chapters cutscenes felt movie calibre to me and Arthur Morgan is a sympathetic and likeable character

oh, you played a good Arthur?
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Chapter 10 & 11 Lana in Guardian Tales.

Or maybe just the ending to chapter 11.

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Aeris flies

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No but srs? FFVII, like 4 ppl died in that game.

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pegusus123456 posted...

The ending of Telltale's The Walking Dead S1. I don't hate that we got more of it, but it was already a perfect ending.

I was gonna say this. Clem's "But I'm little..." line is gutwrenching.

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most of spiritfarer. in a bittersweet way. what a fantastic game.

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