Games that FUCKED ME UP
I was gonna call it "games that made me cry", but then I thought of some games that elicited a huge emotional response out of me but no tears. Did not feel fair to leave them out so here we are. Descriptions mostly include spoilers
19 Games
After I finished the game I listened to Weight of the World and sobbed while sitting on my bedroom floor. Must've been processing all of it...
Hitomi's grief-stricken monologue when she loses Iris in Annihilation Route. I'm super close to my mom and saw both of us in it...
All of it. Insanely heavy game. Couldn't play it for too long at a time because it made me feel awful. It's awesome!
I didn't have the heart to kill Undyne so I watched other people do No Mercy run instead. It was every bit as heartbreaking as I knew it would be. I also cried during Asriel's final goodbye, as I imagine anyone with a soul did.
Agnea's finale had me crying and I couldn't even understand why... it was so simple, but so moving!
Castti Chapter 3 was another good one. Just complete shell shock on my end. My best friend, who introduced me to Octopath, made a bookmark of my reaction — which includes the phrase "I need to kill you. Why did you make me play this."
Castti Chapter 3 was another good one. Just complete shell shock on my end. My best friend, who introduced me to Octopath, made a bookmark of my reaction — which includes the phrase "I need to kill you. Why did you make me play this."
Matsugane's death and Hamura's subsequent breakdown. I had to stop playing the game for a week after that point (life stuff) and it just kept rotating in my mind nonstop for the duration. Goated character writing.
Peko and Gundham's executions had me sobbing like a goddamn baby. Teruteru's backstory with his mom also majorly upset me (see the Somnium Files entry).
The Reality fragment sent me into an anxiety spiral. It's the reason why I defend this game so passionately online. "Funniest comedy of all time" my ass.
The Four Hounds storyline. Absolute gold in the midst of an otherwise just adequate plot. No tears, but still had me in a state. Lumera's deaths were both soul-crushing too (me and my motherhood plotlines...)
Killing Edelgard in Verdant Wind. Didn't help that I did Crimson Flower right before that, so she was an established favourite by then. I'll always love that flawed woman.
The ending sequence. I could not fucking believe a game about hosing down dirty houses made me cry, and yet there I was.
I still think so much about "What's the point of being so scared of dying that you don't ever live?!". May not have cried over it, but it was something really important for me to hear mid-pandemic.
Seeing Anemone's character arc play out just hurt, man. That could've been me, y'know?
Hanging out with Yuri's corpse at the ripe young age of 14 snapped something inside of me.
I've always loved Hau, so hearing he was the champion here made me super happy. Defeating him was a stake through the heart.
IT'S ALWAYS THE GODDAMN MOTHERHOOD THEMES!!!!!!
Leaving with Lem and Mina... man...
THE BABY BATHTUB. THE FUCKING BABY BATHTUB.
The self-harm sequence still gets me. Had to look away.
