Emotional Gaming

These are games that made me sad or cry for whatever reason. I'll be sure to include just enough context in the notes to avoid spoilers if it involves spoiler-y things.

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
I probably wouldn't have gotten sad seeing Astro Bot walk away after the final boss if the game wasn't in VR. Things just kind of feel more real when it doesn't feel like a screen is between you and the main character (I mean technically there still is one but you know what I mean). Astro Bot is such a good friend I don't wanna say goodbye :(
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance
Hearing someone speak during the final ending caught me off guard. Didn't cry, but felt myself getting tense.
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Seeing Lief's arc conclude made me happy-sad.
Call of Duty: WWII
Call of Duty: WWII
Everything to do with the final mission just got me. Probably the only time a Call of Duty game will ever make me cry.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - Reunion
Embrace your dreams
EarthBound
EarthBound
Honestly there aren't really any scenes that get me, but listening to the song "Because I Love You" gets me emotional. Heck, even just reading the song name kind of gets me a bit
(´。_。`)
Elite Beat Agents
Elite Beat Agents
YOU'RE THE MEANING IN MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION
YOU BRING FEELING TO MY LIFE
YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION


Buckets of tears. Dunno how I passed.
God of War Ragnarök
God of War Ragnarök
The intro 😢
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3: ODST
Listening to Deference for Darkness never fails to make me sad. What a beautiful song.
Kind Words
Kind Words
Here read this
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III
The only time the Hundred Acre Wood content in a Kingdom Hearts game got me sad. Pooh...
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
No matter how many times I see it, the ending of this game will never fail to make me burst into tears.
Live A Live
Live A Live
The Imperial China storyline ending got me good. Also the track Warm-A-Live makes me think of the day I proposed to my wife.
Marvel's Spider-Man
Marvel's Spider-Man
The ending tho 😭
Moon
Moon
I want a shirt that says "That is love. This is love" so badly it hurts.
Mother 3
Mother 3
The ending is so perfect and so sad. From the music, to the dialogue, to the final boss itself, there's just so much weight to the situation and everything that's happening. Easily one of my favorite ending sequences I've experienced in a game.
Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers
Felt for Sage in that one cutscene.
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes
STORY TIME
So, when I was a kid this game was fresh out and there were trailers and stuff and I thought it looked like the coolest game ever. One day, the folks take me to GameStop to snag a copy. The dude behind the counter tells us they're out of copies, and 7-year-old me immediately burst into tears (the natural response to being denied Sonic Heroes). Eventually we found a copy, though, and my life was changed forever (a good thing, I hope!)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
The track that plays during the credits makes me sad.
To the Moon
To the Moon
When this world is no more
The moon is all we'll see
I'll ask you to fly away with me
Until the stars all fall down
They empty from the sky
But I don't mind
If you're with me, then everything's alright


I'll be honest my only exposure to this game was a Let's Play from over a decade ago but just thinking of these lyrics still hits. Needless to say I cried like a baby when this song played lmao.
Undertale
Undertale
"I don't want to let go..."
Wii Sports
Wii Sports
Hearing the main theme music of this game fills me with so many happy memories that it makes me tear up.

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11 days ago

yo, no joke Liefs story arc made me tear up too. goated

11 days ago

I probably beat Yoshi's Island's final boss thousands of times, and that credits sequence still absolutely demolishes me.

10 days ago

Crisis Core & Spider-man & Mother 3 - 100% blaming the onions


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