Biggest Tearjerkers in video games (Spoilers for any listed ones)

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Also from Mass Effect:

"It's okay, Commander. I don't regret anything"

From Batman Arkham Asylum: During one of the fear gas induced hallucinations you find Jim Gordon's body. Sure you find out it wasn't real pretty soon after but still.

edited 1st Oct '10 11:26:43 PM by Bowyn

There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Xion's death. Even worse by Roxas weeping over her fading body, and this series is usually upbeat, at least in the endings.

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Let's see...I cried Manly (and sometimes not-so-manly) Tears during...

1) The endings of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games.

2) The ending of Super Paper Mario.

3) During Final Fantasy X when Tidus fades away...

4) Two parts of Final Fantasy VI. The opera sequence was a "happy tears" moment, while the ending...

5) Various parts of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. Especially in the latter, when after defeating the Final Boss I discovered that one of my party members died while holding the line. That party member was Tali.

6) Though it is actually one of my least favorite games in the Zelda series, the ending of Phantom Hourglass is the only time I've been brought to tears by a Zelda game...

7) Various parts of Tales Of The Abyss, but especially when Jade confronts Luke about the fact that he's dying, and promises to keep it a secret.

8) The default (as in beat Lavos after reviving Crono ending of Chrono Trigger.

...wow, just realized I'm a real sucker for endings. Oh well!

Amazingly enough, I didn't cry during that part from, 358/2 Days that everyone keeps listing. Probably because I freaking hate Xion.

edited 2nd Oct '10 6:57:26 PM by deeman45

You could consider the entirety of Metal Gear Solid 4 one big Tear Jerker, with only brief reprieves so you don't get desensitized.

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Rosalina's storybook.

Goddammit, Nintendo, Disney's the ones who are supposed to have dead parent issues!

I haven't cried yet, but I've gotten halfway for a few, especially the end of Kingdom Hearts II and Sonic Battle. Also Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door, but only because I didn't want this amazing game to end.

Jason! Jason! Jason!

Your kid getting run over by a car because the driver was busy talking on her cell-phone, and there's nothing you can do about it. A parents worst nightmare.

Heavy Rain!

I just beat it, so I wanna list it.

Last Window: The Secret Of Cape West- The scene where Kyle and Frank talk about Chris Hyde's death and all the reasoning behind it and the one of the final scenes where Kyle looks out of the same window his father died in front of.

edited 3rd Oct '10 3:59:55 AM by biznizz

Sometimes life just sucks. You have to learn to take the good with the bad. Why should you expect anything different in the mediums?

I'm on my second playthrough of Nier right now. I DARE you not to have at least one Tear Jerker when they pull the I Am Legend twist on you, also known as "Oh, so I'M the bastard?" And all they have to do is actually translate the weird garbling that the Shades speak in, and give a couple extra scenes showing what they were doing when you weren't killing them.

I just killed the wolf Shade and now I feel like a monster.

edited 3rd Oct '10 7:26:12 AM by TobiasDrake

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Anne's Ending in Mitsumete Knight.

I spend half of today translating it so you can all fully enjoy it :

Part 2 here.

Talk about a Bittersweet Ending ! T_T

edited 3rd Oct '10 10:11:47 AM by AceNoctali

"Your kindness gives me the presentiment I can be reborn. Now, I want to believe at least in you." - Kaori Yae

When Kate is killed at Roman's Wedding in Grand Theft Auto IV.

"The world ends with you. If you want to enjoy life, expand your world. You gotta push your horizons out as far as they'll go."

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but this, so very much this...

Let's play a game about Pokémon...

Killer 7, the scene when we finally see what is inside the suitcase. Garcian's reaction brought me to tears.

The music did not help.

edited 4th Oct '10 10:28:44 PM by RagnaThePig

Nier

Any boss fight on the second playthrough.

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I found Roman's death much sadder, personally.

I know Mother 3's been brought up already, but I still have to say it. Biggest one was the final battle.

@scisless - I didn't, but I felt for the guy still. He was a douche, but a lovable one.

Oh, man. Here's one I totally forgot:

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

Scarlette's letter.

I was playing with my sister and reading it aloud in a Bobbery-type voice. I started out with a bit of a fake sob. That sob was nowhere near fake by the end.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

I killed a bunny in World Of Warcraft. It was just hopping around, so I targeted the critter, and killed it. And I did it with a Pain spell, so it was a slow death. It made an "EEEP!" when it died.

I screamed out, "What have I done! I killed the rabbit!", but no one cared. They all laughed at me for killing the cute little bunny.

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Emma's death, yeah. The line that put it over the top for me was, "Hal, I miss you." And, of course, the end of Snake Eater.

Mother 3's Final Boss is perhaps the first time I've shed tears over a video game for reasons that don't involve childhood ragequitting.

I was in a cafe when I did it. I was seriously holding back tears  ^*

and had to get a few tissues. (Had I been at home, in my bedroom with the door locked shut, I would've just bawled.)

edited 18th Oct '10 2:10:12 AM by TsundeRay

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- Pretty much anything to do with Xion and Roxas post-day 355 in the Kingdom Hearts series. And a good portion of things beforehand Birth by Sleep's ending (especially anything to do with Ven- his theme makes me tear up everytime. The secret ending to Birthby Sleep also made me tear up, though in a good way this time.
-Ending of MGS 4. It had both happy and sad elements, so it crosses with Heartwaming Moments as a result.
-Similarly, ending to MGS 3. Manly Tears...
-Leaving Kaidan behind on Virmire.
- The ending of Red Dead Redemption, doubly so that comes with the Fridge Horror of Jack becoming exactly what John didn't want him to be.
Crisis Core. Pretty much the entire game.\\

edited 18th Oct '10 1:37:54 AM by Legionnaire

Against all tyrants.

The ending of the Wii version of Punch-Out!!. I hope Next Level Games develops a sequel so they can fix that.

And as for tears of the happy variety, the reveal of Eggmanland was one for me. Dr. Eggman's my favorite character in the franchise and it was nice seeing him succeed so thoroughly for once (especially since it took him nine years to do it).

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Terranigma's ending. The Playing Epilogue

Zelda Majora's Mask. The butler's son at the end of the credits.Major Mood Whiplash

No More Heroes 2 The end of Captain Vladimir's fight

edited 19th Oct '10 7:50:49 AM by nohaynicklibre

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The crucifixion scene in Persona 3. Ikutsuki shoots Takeharu Kirijo, the former falls off a ledge in madness. That was a tearjerker for obvious reasons. Mitsuru didn't even get a chance to speak to her father as he died. Chidori's sacrifice is similarly tragic.

edited 19th Oct '10 7:58:18 AM by Shichibukai

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