Has a game ever made you cry, either from a brilliantly done story, or just from fustration?

I've personally never cried playing a game. There have been plenty of books and movies that have made me cry, but never a game. There been a couple of times when I came close. The near end of Sands of Time nearly did. I almost lost it at the end of Half-Life 2 eps2, but I've never actually gone over the edge.

Maybe story telling in games hasn't reached that peak yet. Maybe I just can't feel that emotionly attached to characters that are basically a bunch of pixels. Maybe I'm just a hollow shell who laughed in Fable 2 when my family was viciously murdered (...oh yer, spoilers) I don't know. I just havn't.

Hmm...This is going well.

I have to say no. Because if I get that immersed into games to cry...I shouldn't be playing them. On the other hand, if a game is horribly made, I may cry. But not usually.

On the computer I am emotionless (do not be fooled) unless I am playing a prank on someone or am with my friends and playing a prank on someone

ChocoCake:
I have to say no. Because if I get that immersed into games to cry...I shouldn't be playing them. On the other hand, if a game is horribly made, I may cry. But not usually.

no fair i was almost the second one to reply

sorry that was stupid

Yep. I think one part of Mass Effect struck a chord with me, and all recent 3D Zelda games have been pretty emotionally involving for me, especially during the endings. The end of Half-Life 2: Episode Two left me stunned, both emotionally and at the incredibly professional and artistic way it was handled.

I'd have to say the D-day level of Call of Duty 2 is a heartstring, though this may have been because i've never played a D-day level in a game before. The seemingly random deaths of you and those around you was surprising when you realized. "hey, people went through something worse than this IN REAL LIFE!". In retrospect, i don't really think it was the game that made me cry, just the fact that it reminded me of a tragic even in a visual way, so maybe it doesn't get any points for that.

Films - a couple of times - books, games and any other form of media - no.

Hmm, I think the only two games and movies I can remember giving me a tear, was the lion king (I was a kid) and Lost odyssey. But other games that were really moving were PoP:tSoT, dreamfall, HL: episode 2, Beyond good and evil, and maybe even King Kong and Zelda Twilight princess. I dont think I should explain why in any of those because then I would give away spoilers.

Well except for King Kong, the orchestral score and great voice acting just makes the game dramatic, so you always gets stressed out, hysterical and desperate when you hear some of your friends screaming for help.

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - At the very end, when

No, and I probably never will. I will say this, though; Twilight Princess came the closest, due to sheer suspense.

Mass effect made it so I could no longer be a villian who ended up saving the world...I ended up with 100% paragon

not since i was a rather small child who decryed loudly "the game cheated"

The ending of MGS3, when Eva reveals the truth about The Boss.

I shed a tear or two at the end of Shadow of the Colossus.

Many a time. I can't think of a single time I've done it for the right reasons, but many many times for the wrong one. Or at least been on the brink of crying.

When a game is just supposed to, and should be so damn good, but the execution of it just throws everything apart. An excellent, amazing game that crashes every five minutes due to bugs, or is so stupidely balanced that it's impossible in places. Or has these stupids half-way to unsolvable puzzles.

Strangely, I have never cried from media, although I almost did at the end of Click... But back on topic, I have not cried from games, I tend to enjoy things as much as the antagonist, unless the protagonist is the antagonist in the case of choose your alignment games.

Actually, I almost cried when I killed the rachni queen in Mass Effect.

i shed a single tear during the scene after you beat Vamp in MGS 4. Felt so bad for Otacon, but the game had to go on.

ya the first Gears of War was so terrible and so many people liked it I cried

yes, trying to beat the apprentice on soulcaliber 4,i don't play fighting games alot but i like SC4 so i want to get the apprentice but i couldn't beat him because he is the cheapest fuckin' character ever! i finally dijd beat him with a diffrent controller cuz i broke the one i was using(first time i ever threw a controller)

No.

Baneat:
No.

Would it have killed you to say more?

When I was young I use to play Final Fantasy 6 I think it was? I got kinda emotional after most of the good main characters died.

Bratz for the DS made me cry when i found out there were no crocodile skin boots.

MGS 4. More than once.

I cried tears of manliness at the end of Metal Gear Solid 4.

And, as said before, I shed a tear at the end/during/gazing at the wonderous landscape of Shadow of the Collosus.

[Fallout 3 SPOILERS!!!]

well fallout 3 nearly brought me to tears when my father died and when i was kicked out of the vault. maybe it was because i was so drawn into to the game i started making emotional bonds with some of the characters, i have to keep loading back almost 15 mintues when ever my beloved dogmeat dies.

other then that or maybe half life 2 and its epiodes i have never cryed because of a game.

I haven't yet, but my eyes have watered a bit though.

KendayTheAbsolute:
yes, trying to beat the apprentice on soul caliber 4,i don't play fighting games a lot but i like SC4 so i want to get the apprentice but i couldn't beat him because he is the cheapest fuckin' character ever! i finally did beat him with a different controller cause i broke the one i was using(first time i ever threw a controller)

Yep, that sounds like the experience I had with that. My friend used Yahtzee's strategy and he did beat him.

I have never cried because of a sad game, I get angry though that is because most of the sad things in games are a charachter dying. Like HL2:EP2, I can't wait for EP 3 so I can have my revenge. I was literally screaming in rage when

Ghost Wolf:
The ending of MGS3, when Eva reveals the truth about The Boss.

That one got me chocked up too. It starts with the end of The Boss and then the Eva part at the end just brings out those few tears.

God what a great ending (MGS3 is the best in the series!)

I've also been known to cry while watching sad movies. I'm no stranger to tragedy and some of those films just hit way to close to home. Usually some of the best films are ones that can make you emotional. There are also those TV shows like ER that can get me chocked up.

I've also been known to cry after playing a shitty game, mostly because that I wasted my money on that shit.

I usually cry at the end of Cold Case episodes, but never when playing games.

I cried with laughter at Dom's dialogue in Gears Of War 2.

Don't think I've ever cried because I felt attached to a character or really empathised with them. It's always something that games as a form of media, I feel, on the whole are very poor at accomplishing.

Or I might just be emotionally dead inside.

A few of the little, emotional stories (A Thousand Years of Dreams) in Lost Odyssey made me tear up a little, and one made me actually cry a bit. Which seems kinda odd, 'cause the main story strikes me to be crap.

wewontdie11:
I cried with laughter at Dom's dialogue in Gears Of War 2.

Don't think I've ever cried because I felt attached to a character or really empathised with them. It's always something that games as a form of media, I feel, on the whole are very poor at accomplishing.

Or I might just be emotionally dead inside.

Just thinking of his dialog is making me tear up right now...