History TearJerker / Alundra

** And the death of the young girl Sybill is a massive PlayerPunch. Everyone has been tormented by their dreams or manipulated by Melzas, giving the player at least an anticipation of the grief the village will suffer. This time? Ronan, in a fit of mad, hateful spite for Alundra, and his [[MoreThanMindControl staunch belief in Melzas, ''snapped a child's neck in the middle of the night.'' And very shortly after she'd grown to trust Alundra on a personal level to boot.]] [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath You don't even find out until the following morning]], as it's the first time Jess is smithing without any pre-empted context.

* When the Murgg burn Inoa Village and kill several villagers in the process. Even worse: Some of the people that end up dead in the attack are ones who you rescued from their nightmares before.

VideoGame/{{Alundra}} is a game that repeatedly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.[[note]]He's not. But you'd be forgiven if you think that he wrote it.[[/note]]

* Every character death would qualify, but [[spoiler:Sybill and Jess most of all.]]
** The game's audio and the progression accentuate this. Each time a character dies, you'll either come back to Jess' house or wake up in it, and hear the distinctive clanging of another burst of imagination from the smith, which both grants you another weapon/item, and is his personal tribute to those who have passed. When [[spoiler: Sybill is murdered]], there's no music when you wake up to the clanging, and it's slower than usual implying no small amount of grief this time. [[spoiler: And when Jess finally passes as well, you'll never wake up to the sound of his work again.]]
** And the death of [[spoiler:the young girl Sybill]] is a massive PlayerPunch. Everyone has been tormented by their dreams or manipulated by Melzas, giving the player at least an anticipation of the grief the village will suffer. This time? [[spoiler:Ronan, in a fit of mad, hateful spite for Alundra, and his [[MoreThanMindControl staunch belief in Melzas]], ''snapped a child's neck in the middle of the night.'' And very shortly after she'd grown to trust Alundra on a personal level to boot.]] [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath You don't even find out until the following morning]], as it's the first time Jess is smithing without any pre-empted context.
** In particular, [[spoiler:Giles']] death has more TearJerker than just your typical RedemptionEqualsDeath. Basically, once he bites it, the mayor Beaumont barged in and asked what's going on and at this point, Meia finally blurted out that the whole village has been tricked into worshipping and empowering Melzas. Beaumont didn't believe it, until eventually he noted the possibility that maybe she's right and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone if that's the case, the whole village is screwed]]. It's not enough to tamper Meia's anguish, she ends up storming off to the night and lamenting that in the end, she and Alundra will always be untrusted outcasts that no one is going to believe.

* When the Murgg burn Inoa Village and kill several villagers in the process. Even worse: [[spoiler:Some of the people that end up dead in the attack are ones who you rescued from their nightmares before]].
* The ending: [[spoiler:[[BittersweetEnding Melzas is finally defeated, but Inoa Village remains devastated, and more than half of the inhabitants were killed during the story]]]].

* The ending: [[spoiler:Melzas is finally defeated, but Inoa Village remains devastated, and more than half of the inhabitants were killed during the story]].

** In particular, [[spoiler:Giles']] death has more TearJerker than just your typical RedemptionEqualsDeath. Basically, once he bite it, the mayor Beaumont barged in and asked what's going on and at this point, Meia finally blurted out that the whole village has been tricked into worshipping and empowering Melzas. Beaumont didn't believe it, until eventually he noted the possibility that maybe she's right and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone if that's the case, the whole village is screwed]]. It's not enough to tamper Meia's anguish, she ends up storming off to the night and lamenting that in the end, she and Alundra will always be untrusted outcasts that no one is going to believe.

** And the death of [[spoiler:the young girl Sybill]] is a massive PlayerPunch. Everyone has been tormented by their dreams or manipulated by Melzas, giving the player at least an anticipation of the grief the village will suffer. This time? [[spoiler:Ronan, in a fit of mad, hateful spite for Alundra, and his [[MoreThanMindControl staunch belief in Melzas]], ''snapped a child's neck in the middle of the night.'' And very shortly after she'd grown to trust Alundra on a personal level to boot.]] [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath You don't even find out until the following morning.]]

** And the death of [[spoiler:the young girl Sybill]] is a massive PlayerPunch. Everyone has been tormented by their dreams or manipulated by Melzas, giving the player at least an anticipation of the grief the village will suffer. This time? [[spoiler: Ronan, in a fit of insanity, hateful spite for Alundra, and his [[MoreThanMindControl staunch belief in Melzas]], ''snapped a child's neck in the middle of the night.'' And very shortly after she'd grown to trust Alundra on a personal level to boot.]] [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath You don't even find out until the following morning.]]

** And the death of [[spoiler: the young girl Sybill]] is a massive kick to boot. Everyone has been tormented by their dreams or manipulated by Melzas, giving the player at least an anticipation of the grief the village will suffer. This time? [[spoiler: Ronan, in a fit of insanity, hateful spite for Alundra, and his [[MoreThanMindControl staunch belief in Melzas]], ''snapped a child's neck in the middle of the night.'' And very shortly after she'd grown to trust Alundra on a personal level to boot.]] [[SurprisinglySuddenDeath You don't even find out until the following morning.]]
* In particular, Giles' death has more TearJerker than just your typical RedemptionEqualsDeath and AlasPoorScrappy (if you hated him). Basically, once Giles bite it, the mayor Beaumont barged in and asked what's going on and at this point, Meia finally blurted out that the whole village has been tricked into worshipping and empowering Melzas. Beaumont didn't believe it, until eventually he noted the possibility that maybe she's right and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone if that's the case, the whole village is screwed]]. It's not enough to tamper Meia's anguish, she ends up storming off to the night and lamenting that in the end, she and Alundra will always be untrusted outcasts that no one is going to believe.

* [[PlayingWithFire When the Murgg burn Inoa Village]] and kill several villagers in the process. Even worse: [[spoiler:Some of the people that end up dead in the attack are ones who you rescued from their nightmares before]].
* The ending: [[spoiler:Melzas is finally defeated, but Inoa Village remains devastated, and more than half of the inhabitants were killed during the story]].

VideoGame/{{Alundra}} is a game that repeatedly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.[[npte]]He's not. But you'd be forgiven if you think that he wrote it.[[/note]]

VideoGame/{{Alundra}} is a game that repeatedly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.

** The game's audio and the progression accentuate this. Each time a character dies, you'll either come back to Jess' house or wake up in it, and hear the distinctive clanging of another burst of imagination from the smith, which both grants you another weapon/item, and is his personal tribute to those who have passed. When [[spoiler: Sybill is [[MoralEventHorizon murdered by Ronan,]]]] there's no music when you wake up to the clanging, and it's slower than usual implying no small amount of grief this time. [[spoiler: And when Jess finally passes as well, you'll never wake up to the sound of his work again.]]

** The game's audio and the progression accentuate this. Each time a character dies, you'll either come back to Jess' house or wake up in it, and hear the distinctive clanging of another burst of imagination which both grants you another weapon/item, and is a tribute to those who have passed. When [[spoiler: Sybill is [[MoralEventHorizon murdered by Ronan,]]]] there's no music when you wake up to the clanging, and it's slower than usual implying no small amount of grief this time. [[spoiler: And when Jess finally passes as well, you'll never wake up to the sound of his work again.]]

** The game's audio and the progression accentuate this. Each time a character dies, you'll either come back to Jess' house or wake up in it, and hear the distinctive clanging of another burst of imagination which both grants you another weapon/item, and is a tribute to those who have passed. When [[spoiler: Sybil is murdered by Ronan,]] there's no music when you wake up to the clanging, and it's slower than usual implying no small amount of grief this time. [[spoiler: And when Jess finally passes as well, you'll never wake up to the sound of his work again.]]

* [[PlayingWithFire When the Murgg burn Inoa Village]] and kill several villagers in the process.

VideoGame/{{Alundra}} is a game who repeatidly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.

VideoGame/{{Alundra}} is a game who repeatidly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Litterature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.

VideoGame/Alundra is a game who repeatidly punches the player in the gut, so much that one wouldn't be surprised to discover that [[Litterature/ASongOfIceAndFire G.R.R Martin]] wrote the script.