I teared up a little at the end of Chrono Trigger.

Madden 95.

I lost the AFC Championship game on a last second Hail Mary, just after taking the lead on a Hail Mary.

I cried when I was 9 and Dragon Warrior 3 deleted the save file I'd spent months on.

I cried when my CJ got fat in GTA:SA. Luckily, them white boys put him on crystal meth.

I could see Earthbound (Mother 2). The ending is pretty hopeful and tear-jerking.

I cried in NHL 2004 when Martin Gelinas poked the puck in his own net in Game 7 of the Western Conference Final.

In before someone says they cried when Aeris died.

/Silent Hill 2

I cried at the end of Crysis... well I say cry, it was more of an exasperated "are you farking kidding me?".

This screen alone brings a tear to my eye.

Not that anyone DOESN'T know but still.


[Spoilers for FF7]



I cried when Aeris died. I admit it.

/Course... I was like... 12 when I played the game.


[/Spoilers for FF7]

I cried when my mom bought me ET for the Atari 2600

I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

Ant: I cried when my mom bought me ET for the Atari 2600

I was 5 years old for that game and knew it was really really bad.

When my roommate got the new Ghostbusters game. $55 for a game that took 7 hours to beat and had no reply value. He cried all the way back to Gamestop to return the thing to the same employee he bought it from that morning.

In before argument on how to thpell Aerith'th name.

I cried at the 100th wipe on Archimond.

I didn't cry but I did have some pangs of empathy when chickie-pie threw herself off a cliff after Dr Cid croaked in Final Fantasy (whichever) and when you lose your horse in Shadow of the Colossus.
Plus I felt a little wistfull during "The Boat Song" in Lunar.

Aeris' death was a surprise, but you know, she is just a collection of pixels and mediocre dialogue so I can't see why anyone would cry over her.

benlonghair: I cried at the 100th wipe on Archimond.

Too bad you didn't cry Elune's tears amirite?

stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

That still stands as my favorite FF title ever. XII was pretty effin' fantastic, but X is still my be-all, end-all favorite.

/X-2 was a godawful pile of dreck though

stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

I have to agree with this. The unskipable cutscenes kinda sucked, but other than that, it was an amazing game...

It was pretty damned sad in Starcon 2 when you realized that you were going to lose your ship at teh end of the story.

Ugly Baby Judges You: stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

That still stands as my favorite FF title ever. XII was pretty effin' fantastic, but X is still my be-all, end-all favorite.

/X-2 was a godawful pile of dreck though

I cried when I bought X-2 and realized, about an hour in, it was just awful.

benlonghair: I cried at the 100th wipe on Archimond.

Oh jesus don't remind me.

"Oh, you clicked your tears but they didn't go off. For the fourth time tonight."

TheRaven7: Too bad you didn't cry Elune's tears amirite?

No, it tended to be priests and mages that failed. I mean seriously. I never once died to anything in that fight but him gibbing me at the end because some tard couldn't click tears.

/BM hunter.

Mario Bros. 2 because of a mixture of anger and disapointment.

Shostie: I could see Earthbound (Mother 2). The ending is pretty hopeful and tear-jerking.
Earthbound is the Best Game.

Final Fantasy X ending (new window)

I got sappy at the end of Bionic Commando....ALL JOE WANTED WAS FOR EVERYONE TO REMEMBER HIS DEAR DEPARTED FRIEND!!!

The end of Fallout 1 was also quite sad....just you and dogmeat, walking off into the wastes...booted from your home after saving those ingrate bastards.

/oh how many times did a quickload so I could end the game with my doggy

unicron702: When my roommate got the new Ghostbusters game. $55 for a game that took 7 hours to beat and had no reply value. He cried all the way back to Gamestop to return the thing to the same employee he bought it from that morning.

Did he buy The Bouncer when it was new too?

/I did...

I think maybe when I was small the Duck Hunt dog made me cry :(

I cried when I broke a controller in my hands and got a shard of plastic through the web, or whatever, between my thumb and index finger...

/forgot the game.
//sucked at it anyway..
///have since learned lesson...
////slashies & dotties....

When Big Al cries, we all cry.

I cried when Ultima 9 ended half way through the game because of its bugginess.

I'm guessing subby didn't see the vid on YouTube of the kid trying to jam a tv remote up his arse because his mom canceled his WoW subscription.

When my daughter died of dysentery on the Oregon Trail.

Well of course they cry.

"OMG I paid $60 for this game and I can't even understand the shiatty storyline WHAT'S LEFT, POINT AND CLICK SPREADSHEET "GAMEPLAY" SQUARE YOU SUCK!"

It's only a matter of time before your innocent Japanese man loses track of the 500 plot twists and realizes he could have bought a whole carton of panties.

/why yes, I do hate these games

I don't think I've ever cried playing a video game, but I have gotten teared up a few times.

Not Aeris, though. That was more shocking than anything. (WHAT!?! They can't permanently kill a party member!)

Cid's death and Celes' subsequent suicide attempt though...

I cried when my Dad sacrificed himself in the radiation chamber. It was shortly forgotten though when I was allowed to train to wear power armor, so bitter sweet.

/not really

stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

The sequel, on the other hand...

/on the plus side, 1000 Words is a great song to annoy people with

Confabulat: I teared up a little at the end of Chrono Trigger.

Which one?

FarkinPcola: I cried when Ultima 9 ended half way through the game because of its bugginess.

Ultima IX isn't sad, per se, but it does have a sort of introspective, melancholic forlorn-ness to it. The panflute melody that plays when you visit the ruins of New Magincia for the first time is simultaneously the most beautiful and the most haunting scene in all of video games. On top of that, just the nature of the quest itself, combined with the fact that you KNEW it was going to be the last Ultima game, makes the whole adventure bittersweet. It's like going to your own funeral. It makes for a very reflective and contemplative video game experience. But not directly sad.

Anyways, my vote goes for Final Fantasy VI -- When Celes is alone on the island after Kefka literally destroys the world, and it forces you to play the mini-game to prolong the loneliness.... and if you fail (which is a better storyline than if she succeeds), she goes to the top of the cliff and commits suicide my hurling herself off the edge.

That. Was. Shocking.

If the game had ended right there, it would have been the best ending ever just for Squaresoft having the big brass ones to do that.

Didn't cry but I did scream like a little girl many many times playing FEAR with the lights off and the sound up


/There's one point in the game were you reach the end of a gantry with a ladder leading down. As the mount the ladder and the camera spins 180 degrees so you can climb down, all of the suddenly you're face to face with Alma for a split second before she vanishes. I physically shoved myself so hard backwards I knocked my monitor off my desk. And screamed. That to.

Ugly Baby Judges You: stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

That still stands as my favorite FF title ever. XII was pretty effin' fantastic, but X is still my be-all, end-all favorite.

/X-2 was a godawful pile of dreck though

yes.

My first month of wow was spent googling all the names people were calling me, it was rough.

I dont think ive ever cried during a game, but the closest ive ever come was probably during brothers in arms and mostly cuz im a sucker for some good WW II hero stories.

I cried at the end of Goldeneye.

Mostly because I sunk into the couch and the rumble controller wound up wedged against my balls, but still.....

/I'm stuck to my chair controller. I'm so very scared. Help.

There are five people who cried because of video games?

Glenn Beck, sure, but four others?

stuhayes2010: Ugly Baby Judges You: stuhayes2010: I didn't cry but never played a game with a better story and hated to see the game end.

That still stands as my favorite FF title ever. XII was pretty effin' fantastic, but X is still my be-all, end-all favorite.

/X-2 was a godawful pile of dreck though

I cried when I bought X-2 and realized, about an hour in, it was just awful.

I cried after tanking 160 hours* into FFX-2 for the perfect ending only to be sorely disappointed by how underwhelming the perfect ending was. Just a 1 minute cutscene with Yuna and Tidus sitting on the rocks at the Zanarkand ruins. Gay.

/* turns out 100% completion doesn't count unless you achieve it in a single play-through - took me 3 playthroughs
//I heard the Japanese perfect ending for X-2 had a FMV where Jecht becomes Sin and returning to Spira

Telos: Not Aeris, though. That was more shocking than anything. (WHAT!?! They can't permanently kill a party member!)

This one cheesed me off too - you have Phoenix Down as a major gameplay element. If they had made it clear that phoenix down fixed "knocked out" characters or something, it would make sense, but it's pretty reasonable for players to assume that it's *dead* people. So having a party member get killed was kind of a WTF.

also:



/hotlinked.

i came across this the other day. made me think about how far games have come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-2L4PTV14A (new window)