History TearJerker / MetalGearSolid

* During Snake's HeroicBSOD over Meryl getting shot and captured, Master Miller tells him during a Codec call, "Stop attacking yourself for things that happened in the past! That road leads to madness. Believe me." Given that Miller [[spoiler: is really Liquid]], it sounds as though [[spoiler: Liquid]] is perfectly aware that what he's doing is wrong, and is voluntarily looking for someone else to blame.

** The remake manages to make it ''just a little worse.'' In the original game, it was just Snake and Otacon keeping Wolf company in her final moments. In the remake, half a dozen Wolf-Dogs, the closest thing Wolf has to family, come and surround her, keeping her company. When Snake fires the finishing shot, they all give mournful howls. And the icing on the cake? If you read Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFOXHOUND, it's likely that one of those wolves was [[TeamPet Berthold]].

* While many of the '"Snake! SNAAAAKE!"' screams you get from the cast when you die border on [[{{Narm}} narm]] and have since almost become [[MemeticMutation a joke unto themselves]], Meryl's screams are gut-wrenching to say the least. They're the kind of helpless, anguished and heartbroken howls you'd expect from a woman who just watched her husband or child get shot dead.

* Those who entered the game with little idea that [[spoiler:there was a bad scenario, when you fail to restrain yourself from the torture, you realize you just killed Meryl. I played the rest of the game in a depression that I just killed Snake's love interest. Perhaps the most immersive moment in any game I played.]]

* While many of the '"Snake! SNAAAAKE!"' screams you get from the cast when you die border on [[{{Narm}} narm]] and have since almost become [[MemeticMutation a joke unto themselves]], just listening to Meryl's scream is gut-wrenching to say the least. It's the kind of helpless, anguished and heartbroken howl you'd expect from a woman who just watched her husband or child get shot dead.

* While many of the '"Snake! SNAAAAKE!"' screams you get from the cast when you die border on [[{{Narm}} narm]] and have since almost become [[MemeticMutation a joke unto themselves]], just listening to Naomi's scream is gut-wrenching to say the least. It's the kind of helpless, anguished and heartbroken howl you'd expect from a woman who just watched her husband or child get shot dead.

* While many of the '"Snake! SNAAAAKE!"' screams you get from the cast when you die border on [[{Narm} narm]] and have since almost become [[MemeticMutation a joke unto themselves]], just listening to Naomi's scream is gut-wrenching to say the least. It's the kind of helpless, anguished and heartbroken howl you'd expect from a woman who just watched her husband or child get shot dead.

* While many of the '"Snake! SNAAAAKE!"' screams you get from the cast when you die border on [[Narm]] and have since almost become [[MemeticMutation a joke unto themselves]], just listening to Naomi's scream is gut-wrenching to say the least. It's the kind of helpless, anguished and heartbroken howl you'd expect from a woman who just watched her husband or child get shot dead.

-->Psycho Mantis: This is the first time I've ever used my power to help someone. It's strange... it feels... kind of... nice...

** You know how well done Sniper Wolf's death is? In that scene, Otacon yells "What am I fighting for?"[[note]]a line [[MemeticMutation better known]] for being also used verbatim in ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'' in a particularly [[Narm Narmy]] way [[/note]] without sounding cheesy.

** You know how well done Sniper Wolf's death is? In that scene, Otacon yells "[[MemeticMutation What am I fighting for?]]" without creating any {{narm}}.

*** Right before said scene, Snake sees [[spoiler: Fox trapped on the wall by Metal Gear]] and he cries out Fox's name. But the way Snake cries out his name, it sounds like he can barely hold himself together and he is ''holding back tears'' at this point, realizing his best friend is about [[spoiler: to be killed for real]].

*** Right before said scene, Snake sees [[spoiler: Fox trapped on the wall by Metal Gear]] and [[he cries out Fox's name]]. But the way Snake cries out his name, it sounds like he can barely hold himself together and he sounds like he is ''holding back tears''.

** And Otacon consoles him by saying that [[spoiler: he and Sniper Wolf will meet up again in Heaven, so Dave and Meryl will, too.]] Such simple faith, after all the crap that Hal's been through. Such simple faith that people do go on to a better place, and that Snake is good enough to have a happily ever after.

* [[ControllableHelplessness "It's no good! I can't do it!"]]
** The original PSX version of this line is performed better. The way Snake says it is out of sheer exasperation and defeat. He wants to end it, but can't bring himself to fire and kill his friend too.
* Gray Fox's [[spoiler:death under the foot of Metal Gear]].
** Made even moreso by the fact that this is a combination of [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice and RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]
* The final scene of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' when Snake [[spoiler:tells Naomi that her brother told her to move on and doesn't tell her that Frank killed her parents]].

* There have been many sad moments in video games before and after. And sometimes there have been vilains that got a bit of sympathy. But how often do you stay with an enemy you just shot, as she bleeds to death in the snow, in a dark and cold winter night. That day, Snake was the only one who was not crying, and only because he had no tears left. But we all knew that he also did inside.

'''Snake:''' (''turns to face Otacon'') If we make it through this, I'll tell you!

---> '''Otacon:''' What was she fighting for? (''Snake rises to his feet'') What are ''you'' fighting for? (''Snake starts walking away from Sniper Wolf's body'') What am '''''I''''' fighting for!?\\

* The bad ending has Snake, in sheer badassery and manliness [[spoiler: breaking down in tears and punching the floor over the fact that he can't protect anyone, and wherever he goes, people around him die.]]

The original PSX version of this line is performed better. The way Snake says it is out of sheer exasperation and defeat. He wants to end it, but can't bring himself to fire and kill his friend too.

* [[ControllableHelplessness It's no good! I can't do it!]] The original PSX version of this line is performed better. The way Snake says it is out of sheer exasperation and defeat. He wants to end it, but can't bring himself to fire and kill his friend too.

* "It's no good! I can't do it!" The original PSX version of this line is performed better. The way Snake says it is out of sheer exasperation and defeat. He wants to end it, but can't bring himself to fire and kill his friend too.

** Made even moreso by the fact that this is a combination [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice and RedemptionEqualsDeath.]]

*** To make things worse, try playing the game and [[spoiler:attempting to resist the torture, but having to surrender because you haven't saved for half of the game, and death there brings instant game over.]]
*** It gets sadder. You know how Campbell tells [[spoiler:Meryl]] for most of the game that [[spoiler:she's his niece?]] If you get the bad ending, he actually reveals that [[spoiler:she's his ''daughter'']].

** I tried to play the game after that, but I... [[VideoGameCaringPotential just... couldn't... do it...]]