History TearJerker / Drakengard

** He had to raise his younger brothers after his parents died, and lost those brothers to the Empire while he was in the forest doing something very [[ADateWithRosiePalms personal.]]

* Most of the characters have at least some tragic angle to them, but one who sticks out in particular is Leonard. Jesus Christ on a bicycle, Leonard. HHis entire life is one bad stroke of luck after another. How so? Well.

* The very first ending you get in the first Drakengard game is truly a tearjerker. [[spoiler:Not only does Angelus show her change in opinion of humans but also Caim finally shows compassion for the first time (we are talking about a guy who killed thousands of people in cold blood and didn't cry when he lost all his soldiers, his sister, and even his best friend). The sequel only pushes it further although it can be actually comforting in that they do not have to suffer anymore]].

* Manah's [[spoiler: BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in the sequel.]] Nowe finds [[spoiler: copies of her younger self from Drakengard in the throne room she stayed in as the Watchers' puppet. When you strike the copies, you get a very good idea of the TraumaCongaLine Manah went through as a child, with gems like this voice clip that plays on landing a hit:]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Manah (screaming, terrified):''' Don't hit me, Mommy!]]

* How Ending E ends. After defeating the Queen, Caim and Angelus are suddenly shot down by two missiles and we're silently treated to the sight of their incinerated corpses falling to the ground, with the final shot of the ending being Angelus impaled on Tokyo Tower.

** And in the sequel? [[spoiler:As the two burn to ash, sharing one last moment together in life as Growing Wings, the series Leitmotif, plays, the following exchange occurs between the two pact partners:]]

* The entire game is designed to make you feel horrible, whether by virtue of the horrid game design, or the horrible stuff that keeps happening to the protagonists. However, the very last ending takes the cake for making you rage and tear up at the same time. After going through all the GuideDangIt challenges to unlock the final mission, [[spoiler: Angelus and Caim fly into the Mother Watcher, and for reasons unexplained, the three of them are warped to modern Tokyo. There, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange you are forced to do a bizarre and ridiculously challenging rhythm game against her.]] Upon defeat, she dissipates into ashes, and Angelus tells Caim it's finally over.]] After going through all the torment the game has to offer them and you, [[spoiler: [[DiabolusExMachina two missiles come out of nowhere and shoot our heroes down.]] A fighter jet flies past as the pilot radios in his success in downing the unidentified bogey. After the credits run, the final shot of the game is Angelus' body, skewered on the TokyoTower.]] [[MoodWhiplash And then the game has the audacity to thank you for playing.]]

* In ''Drakengard 3'', [[spoiler:Mikhael's deaths in the first three endings, as well as Zero's [[DespairEventHorizon reactions to them]]. Especially Route C's]]

** [[FromBadToWorse And then]] ''VideoGame/NieR'' [[{{Utsuge}} happens]].
* In Drakengard 3, [[spoiler: Mikhael's deaths in the first three endings, as well as Zero's [[DespairEventHorizon reactions to them]]. '''''ESPECIALLY''''' Route C's]]

* In Drakengard 3, [[spoiler: Mikhael's deaths in the first three endings, as well as Zero's [[DespairEventHorizon reactions to them]]. '''''ESPECIALLY''''' Route C's

* The entire game is designed to make you feel horrible, whether by virtue of the horrid game design, or the horrible stuff that keeps happening to the protagonists. However, the very last ending takes the cake for making you rage and tear up at the same time. After going through all the GuideDangIt challenges to unlock the final mission, [[spoiler: Angelus and Caim fly into the Mother Watcher, and for reasons unexplained, the three of them are warped to modern Tokyo. There, [[UnexpectedGameplayChange you are forced to do a bizarre and ridiculously challenging rhythm game against her.]] Upon defeat, she dissipates into ashes, and Angelus tells Caim it's finally over.]] After going through all the torment the game has to offer them and you, [[spoiler: [[DiabolusExMachina two missiles come out of nowhere and shoot our heroes down.]] A fighter jet flies past as the pilot radios in his success in downing the unidentified bogey. After the credits run, the final shot of the game is Angelus' body, skewered on the aerial of a skyscraper.]] [[MoodWhiplash And then the game has the audacity to thank you for playing.]]

---> [['''Angelus:''' Is it over, Caim?...]]
---> [['''Caim:''' It's over. We're together now.]]

** And in the sequel? [[spoiler:As the two burn to ash, sharing one last moment together in life as Growing Wings, the series Leitmotif, plays, the following exchange occurs between the two pact partners:
---> '''Angelus:''' Is it over, Caim?...
---> '''Caim:''' It's over. We're together now.]]

** And in the sequel? [[spoiler:"Is it over, Caim?" "It's over. We're together now." As the two burn to ash, sharing one last moment together in life as Growing Wings, the series Leitmotif, plays.]]

* The very first ending you get in the first Drakengard game is truly a tearjerker. [[spoiler:Not only does Angelus show her change in opinion of humans but also Caim finally shows compassion for the first time (we are talking about a guy who killed thousands of people in cold blood and didn't cry when he lost all his soldiers, his sister, and even his best friend). The sequel only pushes it further although it can be actually comforting in that they do not have to suffer anymore]].

* The first ending to {{Drakengard}}. The ''only'' living creature Caim gives a ''shit'' about, [[spoiler:his Pact-Partner, Angelus,]] becomes the new seal, dying painfully in the process. Just to twist the knife a bit further, [[spoiler:she tells Caim her name, as he holds her head, while the magic of the seal is ''branded'' into her skin.]] [[DownerEnding The other four endings are even worse.]]