Saddest gaming moments

[acatfrommars]

What are some of the saddest moments you've experienced in any game? Are there moments in games that made you mad. I know in Assassin's Creed 2 I got mad after Ezio's father and brother are killed in Assassin;s Creed 2. Also, the ending of Okamiden made me cry, such a great game!

I believe that if a game has a plot which has a great impact on the player, then the writers and the entire team has done a great job with the story. We often see amazing plots in games like The Last of Us, Uncharted, Kingdom Hearts while other games lack them but make up with other factors.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Final Fantasy Type Deuce - Ending, nuff said.

Danganronpa 2 - Class Trial 5... that selection... that was like the hardest thing I have ever had to do in a video game...

 

[machomuu]

Danganronpa 2 - Class Trial 5... that selection... that was like the hardest thing I have ever had to do in a video game...

I literally picked everyone else. Multiple times.

 

[Spinosaurus]

The only game that made me tear up in any way is a game about cheer leading agents.

No I'm serious

Mother 3 had its moments though.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

I literally picked everyone else. Multiple times.

Yea, I would also prefer bad ending to that :/

 

[Shhwonk]

There were maybe 15-20 moments in Life is Strange where I cried, and a few those where I didn't just cry, I bawled. I also cry whenever I listen to the soundtrack or think about the game at all. That game really gutted me.

I also cried at

Spoiler:

Joel's daughters death

in The Last of Us, and

Spoiler:

Agro's death

in Shadow of the Colossus.

Honestly, you gotta have a good cry every now and then.

 

[Kameken]

The end of Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep.

 

[Sir Codin]

Reading about Lord Gwyn's backstory and then discovering his fate.

Same with King Vendrick.

 

[Necrum]

This is an Undertale spoiler regarding Undyne, so beware!

Spoiler:

I just defeated Undyne, and it was THE LEAST SATISFYING WIN I HAVE EVER HAD IN A VIDEO GAME! I was so excited when I finally dropped her to 0 because I had to retry the fight several times. So my initial rush of adrenaline was instantly shattered by Undyne's determination, a trait my character has been shown to have several times, her absolute refusal to die turned my victory bitter. Not even bitter-sweet, literally bitter. I was so sad for my own victory. This may be the greatest game ever created from an artistic standpoint.

 

[Mawa]

Ori and the blind forest, after 5 minutes I was crying. I don't want to spoil. But it is only 5 minutes of gameplay, so take a look on youtube ;)

 

[Hero of Twilight]

the bad ending of Phoenix Wright: Justice for All Case 4 was downright depressing. If you don't care for spoilers, see below

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At the end of the game, a choice comes up in which you have to present the correct evidence and the correct person in order to convict your (guilty) client Matt Engarde. Maya's life is on the line, and if you choose wrong, Engarde will be declared not guilty. Phoenix is so distraught at the notion of letting a guilty party off free, that he flees the courtroom, never to return. He reads of the conviction and implied execution of Adrian Andrews, a witness that was framed for the crime. Phoenx never sees Maya again, but trusts that she was let go. The last shot of Phoenix is him wandering the streets in despair never to appear in a courtroom again

 

[pkmin3033]

The entirety of NieR. But especially the second ending. I don't think a game had actually moved me to tears before that piece of heartbreak. It wasn't enough for the game to kick me at the start of my second playthrough, it then made me sit through that when I finished it. I thought I'd seen the worst of it after I'd played through the game once...not even close.

Rin's story in Katawa Shoujo would win the runner-up prize. Unlike the other routes, that one was actually well-written.

 

[Legobricks]

Meeting Quelaag's sister in Dark Souls.

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On top of the pitiability of her circumstances, it makes for a bit of a "what have I done" moment since one can only find her after killing Quelaag. A further stab in the heart comes after successfully conversing with her, upon the realisation that since she is blind she can only assume that the player character is Quelaag. I didn't feel bad for killing Quelaag since she attacked me during my simple passage to the Bell of Awakening, but this does make one feel obliged to share quite a lot of their humanity with her sister as recompense, if not go on to serve her outright by nursing her to health.

Quelaag actually has unusued dialogue where she warns the player to leave her domain (and making a covenant with her may have made her non-hostile to the player's passage)... but I think the game's emotional impact is better off with the minimal interactions it was left with.

 

[Starry Windy]

One of the moments that I was in tears was... when in the end of Igglybuff's quest in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, and at the end of Gates To Infinity, so far. That's to be expected for games like this with many heavy plots and storyline :)

 

[JJ Styles]

Shadow of the Colossus itself was pretty much a tear jerker.

And then there's Roman or Kate in GTA IV.

Unexpectedly, i felt really sad watching Soap die in COD MW3. For some reason, i grew liking Soap as a character, especially since he was one of the playable characters in COD4's Single Player, and COD4 being one of my personal favorites as well, so it felt heart crushing seeing him die in MW3.

 

[Aether★]

The first endings in both Pokemon Mystery Dungeons Red and Explorers of Sky. I remember the depression I went after playing those, took couple of days to put myself together. Then years later, Undertale happened, enough said.

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

When it comes to sad moments in video games, one of the saddest moments is the death of Sargeant Johnson in Halo 3. Why is it sad, well Sargeant Johnson is one of the fan favorite characters in the Halo series. Plus when you add in the books, he was the only human to witness both the start and end of the Human-Covenant War.

Spoiler:

Plus he is also a SPARTAN-I

 

[JustJeff]

Life is Strange any 1? Come on~! Max & Chloe. Chloe & Max!?
You don't just play it, you experience it! All them Feels! from the 1st Episode to the Last! They get cha real good!

 

[Shhwonk]

Life is Strange any 1? Come on~! Max & Chloe. Chloe & Max!?
You don't just play it, you experience it! All them Feels! from the 1st Episode to the Last! They get cha real good!

YUP! That game hit me hard, and I still think about it all the time since I'd beaten it about a month ago.

 

[Professor_Jared]

Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Episode II

Spoiler:

Everything that leads up to Elizabeth's (Anna Dewitt's) death at the hands of Frank Fontaine, the original villain of Bioshock 1.

Half-Life 2 Episode 2

Spoiler:

Eli's death at the hands of the spiders towards the end of the game.