Surggical_Scar:
Most emotional moment?

The Darkness, when Jenny takes a bullet right in front of you.

I practically dropped the controller, my hands were shaking so much, both out of sadness and sheer rage. That fat motherf*cker was gonna die.

Slow.

This. It was especially poignant for me because I did sit through the whole "on the couch" scene with Jenny earlier in the game too.

Thing is, I didn't cry. Games just have never quite managed to evoke that response in me - but I did feel a sense of numb shock. I was like "innocent people do not die in games" and then *BLAM!*.

Totally sympathized with Jackie's reaction. And when the Darkness hauled him back out of his own private hell, I was right there with him in swearing that those bastards would fucking pay.

About the only consolation is that you just know that she went to the Good Place.

Hmmmm... When I was 6 and got really frustrated with Quake II online so I cried? Or is this sadness only?

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, when Volke tells you about *HUGE SPOILER WARNING*

I felt so much genuine pity for both of them I cried over it.

the early parts of Lost Odyssey so far is the only game to acctually make me shead tears of sorrow because it was so sad. the first 'meomory' you have in the game... my god that story was so epicly depressing nearly put me to tears, that poor little girl. and then Lirum like at the end of the first disk i think... oh my god could you have any more of a depressing moment?

I must concur, the whole Lirum thing at the end of disc 1 of Lost Odyssey mae me tear up like mad, as did several of the Thousand Years of Dreams segments.

Other than that, Aeris death (cliche now, but when I first played that game, at age 13? That was pretty impacting) really got to me way back when. The ending to FFX makes me get all misty eyed.

Suikoden V had me sad for a good portion of the game but specifically at the ending, both the good and the bad one.

Shadow Hearts 2: Covenant, both the scene with Alice earlier in the game and the Ending made me quite teary eyed.

Suikoden 2: Made my cry at several points in the game.

Oh yes and most recently...

The major revelation at the begining of Persona 3: FES made me cry because I only beat the game the month before.

The ending scene in Ocarina of time.

I also cried when I opened up the Blizzard homepage about an year ago and saw the Starcraft 2 Logo. Tears of joy.

That'd be...never.

Killing the companion cube made me really sad, and the end of DMC3 when Vergil jumps off the cliff made me tear up a little. Same with MGS3 at the end. And this might not have happened to anyone but me, but in COD2, I was running for cover in one of the Normandy missions, and the soldier next to me fell dead. Then I took cover in a crater and looked at his body next to me, with his glassy eyes still open and his slack form draped over the edge. A tear rolled down my cheek because I thought about how often something like that happened in the real World War II. Then I wiped away the tear, and extracted my revenge on the Germans who shot him with my sniper rifle.

Oh, and I just remembered Jenny's death from The Darkness too. I made sure to put an entire magazine into Uncle Paulie for that!

hmmm last time i teared up was when i FINALLY beat Dr. Cid in FFXII. my many failures made me feel like i didnt deserve to play games at all...it was horrific! once i defeated that asshole, i tried to find a real person i could talk to about it....ok fine, BRAG..but no such luck. i had to keep my excitement to a minimum, in order to avoid awkward stares, and perhaps a trip to jail. Dr. Cid, u are one evil S.O.B

As many people have said, the ending of MGS3 was fucking beautiful. While I didn't quite cry, I was definitely tearing up by the time Snake was setting the flowers on The Boss' grave.

In Lost Odyssey, when your daughter dies, I was crying like a baby. Honestly, that moment in itself was on par with plenty of big emotional movies. Too bad they had to completely ruin the entire thing by making her funeral a giant minigame.

I'm a pretty emotional person and games often make me feel strong sadness or depression, but the only tears I've ever shed were actually tears of happiness at the end of Final Fantasy X-2. I know, it wasn't even that good of a game, but the good ending when Tidus and Yuna are finally reunited, I was so pumped I actually started crying.

But as for feeling choked up or maybe getting watering up a bit, here's some others:
- FF X's ending, powerful stuff.
- The Ocarina of Time opening. That song, and Link riding around Hyrule Field, brings back some serious nostalgia.
- The entire game of Silent Hill 2. It has the most depressing, hopeless feel that a game has ever had. It's really on a level of its own.
- KOTOR 2, when you learn that you have to leave behind all your friends and followers and go into the Unkown Regions by yourself. That game had an awesome cast of characters, the only thing that held it back was all the irritating glitches.
- The first KOTOR, killing Mission and Jolee if you go Dark Side. Don't get me wrong, I love DS, but those two characters rocked, I hated seeing them die.
- And of course, Shadow of the Colossus' ending. That was so masterfully done, and is probably the saddest ending ever to a game. The once bad*** horse Agro gets crippled, and the main character gets TURNED INTO A BABY, and even though he did save the girl, he never knows it. And then, though they were once lovers, she becomes like his mother at the end.

And to all of you who say that men don't cry and all that bull****, I think that crying is the ultimate form of human emotion, and to deny that is to deny your humanity. Just my two cents.

nilpferdkoenig:
Halo 3

hahahahahhahahahhaha

That being said, the only video game that ever emotionally hit me was HL2:E2 when Eli died. Really sucked. The Half-life series is like staring in your own action sci-fi adventure.

ResidentEman:
Oh, and I just remembered Jenny's death from The Darkness too. I made sure to put an entire magazine into Uncle Paulie for that!

I suggest you download the comics. It was really Frankie "Kill the children, too" Franchetti who killed Jenny (dont know why they changed all that crap for the video game but okay) and it was much more heart rending in that. Especially how Jackie got back at Frankie.

Only time ive cried is when Aeris died. Was soo angry because I had spent a lot of time levelling her ass up.

GTA IV. The church, Kate. 'Nuff said.

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nilpferdkoenig:
Halo 3

hahahahahhahahahhaha

That being said, the only video game that ever emotionally hit me was HL2:E2 when Eli died. Really sucked. The Half-life series is like staring in your own action sci-fi adventure.

That was pretty sad, But theres only 2 things that ACTUALY made me feel pity for the people who die in games (because most of them are just smug asshats who SHOULD die) 1. Eli, liek you said. 2. That bit in final fantasy when that guy got all killed with the whole emoltional thing.

I actually just came across something that made me tear up again. The first two dreams in Lost Odyssey.

I don't remember when it was, but to what it was.

Xenosaga Anime last episode.
Rurouni Kenshin Seisōhen was also emotional.

Not cried, just teary eyes.

Someone mentioned already:

Silent Hill 2, if you get deep into the story it's a game that stirs up emotions. It can mess up your mind for a while. No other game has that range of emotions.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for sure! That opening sequence, simple yet so compeling and nostalgic. As a matter of fact, when you finish the game it's sad to know you just played one of the best videogames ever, and it's over.

Grandia2 on Dreamcast. I just loved the whole gameplay and story.

There were several situations were you could get caugth in tears.

That game was just so freaking awesome and i never played an actual RPG with such an genious realtime battle system and a so damn emotional story.

I just wished my Dreamcast would not have gone broken.

Halo 3 ending was kind of emotional i suppose, its the music that gets me.

But yeh, apart from that the ending to oblivion is teary and HOW COULD YOU forget the ending to COD4? :o

Never ever dude.

Man, my topic's like a cat. It dies, then comes back to life repeatedly.

cant say iv ever cried
but watching my teammates die around me at the end of COD4... upsetting nonthless
curse you Zakahev you sneaky russian bastard! CUUURSE YOOOU!

Heart of the Alien. The obvious part which made Eric Chahi consider the game non-canon.
It wasn't really a cry but Lester was such a great character despite not having spoken a word and the love put into Another World by just one man made you love the game even more. I got teary for the first time in 11 years (the ending to Secret of Mana when I was 7), but I guess it doesn't count, because it was more Interplay's game than anything else.

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As a matter of fact, I felt so strongly about this that I uploaded the scene to my youtube page. If you're interested, check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n50iKNjwU4A

Is this post for real?

I ain't no beefy brick shithouse, fourarmed, massive slong'd sted-head with no emotions but, this is majorly femanine and homosexual.

Really disaspointed in you guys
*secretly goes in corner and cries*

I'M NOT CRYING....i just got somthing in my eye is all *sniff*

I found Eternal Sonata to be rather depressing, I don't think I cried but it kind of put me in a mood for a while. I don't think I've ever actually cried because of a game, though.

ZwitterZwitter:
The last time I remember outright *crying* at a video game was the first time I finished Grim Fandango. When Glottis finally said goodbye to Manny on the Number Nine platform I was a mess. :( Granted, I was about 12 y/o at the time but to this day I can never watch that cutscene without feeling a little sad.

Someone beat me to it. For me, it was the last meeting with Chepito at the railway station and what Manny says if you try and follow him. If you have Somethingawful forum access, there's a no-commentary playthrough of it that shows the whole storyline: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?postid=340545803#post340545803

And getting REALLY old-school, in Wing Commander II,

Crap_haT:
Also the end of Max Payne 2 depressed me.

If you complete the game on the hardest difficulty, there's an alternative ending.

Lost Odyseey.
The memories are so sad, seriously. I weep everytime a read one.

Mass Effect's ending made me cry too. If you've played it and seen the ending, you'll know the part I mean. Just Wrex shaking his head like that when...man, that game was epic.

Lost Odyseey.
The memories are so sad, seriously. I weep everytime a read one.

Mass Effect's ending made me cry too. If you've played it and seen the ending, you'll know the part I mean. Just Wrex shaking his head like that when...man, that game was epic.

I've cried twice at video games, but both were when I was younger.

The first was at the death of Nanami in Suikoden II, it was terrible, I was like 11 and I remember crying for hours and being completely depressed for weeks, it wasn't till years later that I found out that there is a way to bring her back.

The second, now don't laugh, most of you have probably never played the game, and the only reason I did because I was stuck at my Grandmother's house for a few days, I was bored as can be, and there rental store in that small town had nothing good, and I just decided to wing it and pick a random game. The ending to Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure, I was like 10 I think, and even though I had no real intentions on liking the game, I did, I got really wrapped in the story, the characters were lovable, the music was catchy, and Im a fan of Anime, so it all went together very well.

But more recently I haven't cried on any games, there are a few out there that tug on heartstrings, but none yet that have made me cry as much as these two.

Sorry but I can't think of any time I've cried during a video game.
The only ones I've played with good enough plots and characters are too badass.

Never, sorry, I might the emotionally lacking.

Been playing videogames quite steadily, casually, for the last 9-10 years, but I've never wept at all due to any of them, and no - I don't 'just' play FPS' with no story what-so-ever.

I admit to that there is some touching moments, but tear-worthy? Hell no.

The only scene from any videogame or movie that I've watched that has been so, was when Bruce Willis said bye to his daughter in Armageddon. That is so fucking sad. Epic movie.

KOTOR 1, darkside ending on top of the temple and when you return to the ship, I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it, everyone who has knows what I mean.

Also Oblivion, Dark Brotherhood, The Purification. I didn't cry but it was definitely tough.

For those of you mentioning KOTOR 2, the cut content is even more powerful (party members killing each other based on your actions), if Team Gizka ever finishes we'll see it in all its glory.