What video games have had a story that have made you sad or actually feel for the characters?
Here's a few to start that I felt had an emotional impact:
Lufia II: You knew the ending if you played Lufia I, but it still didn't make it any less saddening.
Secret of Mana: Sprite's Sacrifice at the end seemed unnecessary…
Metal Gear Solid 3: The ending where Big Boss goes up to The Boss's grave and salutes it touched me, as did EVA's speech.
I'll have to think of some more.
Chrono trigger: Frog's flashback and that scene where Robo stopped Chrono and Lucca from hurting his friends despite they beating him after calling him a failure and what not.
For MGS3, I would say that the entire sequence with The End, from start to finish, was defenitely something that stuck with me. The Fury's death did get me feeling some pity, then he exploded.
Other than that, I got nothin'.
Edit: How did I forget that Robo scene?
MGS3 - what everyone else has said
CT - ditto
FFV - Galuf, nuff said
Sonic Adventure 2 battle when Shadow sacrificed himself…ah the good ol days that was the last good sonic game
Golden Sun.
My first true RPG ever, and that was special to me.
Sonic Adventure 2 battle when Shadow sacrificed himself…ah the good ol days that was the last good sonic game
Then he came back and gave the fanbase cancer.
Toni, no offense, but you must be the most plain user on the forum. Your posts, your avatar, everything. You're like the Ishamaru of Arlong Park.
That totally came out of nowhere.
Shadow dying is like someone in Transformers, Dragon Ball Z, or Megaman dying.
It doesn't fucking matter.
In Ico when you cross the bridge with Yorda and the Queen appears as Ico goes back for Yorda and she grabs your hand, but she's petrified as she does so. Leaving Ico to plunge to his apparent death and the ending to Shadow of the Colossus. I was in awe.
FF7- Aerith's death
FF6- When Ceil wanted to kill herself after Cid died<-Prob. the saddest FF moment ever.
Some games that made me feel something:
-Final Fantasy VI
-Chrono Trigger
-Gunstar Heroes (the ending actually made me sad when I first beat it)
-Guardian Heroes
Oh, and in Final Fantasy VII, I found the scene where Cait Sith sacrificed himself to be very sad. Although what happened right after made it less so. But I remember being moved the most in VII during that moment for some reason.
Now days it takes a lot more to make me feel something, but I guess that's just how it goes when you get older.
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I had fond memories of this scene in MM first time round. Kinda goofy looking back, but it's still a nice moment.
Devil May Cry 3
When Vergil decided to fall into hell despite Dante attempting to stop him
and in the following scene where Dante starts to cry.
Final Fantasy X
Phoenix Wright AA & JFA
Advance Wars Dual Strike
LOZ Twilight Princess
Final Fantasy X
Enough said.
The ending of Link's Awakening.
This probably sounds really stupid, but Super Mario Galaxy's ending.tugged on my heart-strings a little bit.
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@Earthworm:
This probably sounds really stupid, but Super Mario Galaxy's ending.tugged on my heart-strings a little bit.
I kinda felt that way through all of the chapters of the storybook.
I'm sitting there thinking "…....God dammit...."
Oh forgot another one, around the last 3/4 of Bioshock…
! Not so much emotional, but you find out that you were really born and raised in Rapture, the plane crash was a mind trick, and that you've been victim of SuChong and Fontaine's mind control its like, HOLY SHIT.
Final Fantasy VII made me cry in horrible ways that you can't even imagine.
But in all seriousness, I really liked the scene in SMG with Mario and Peach twirling through the cosmos together. It didn't make me cry or anything, but I thought it looked really majestic and impressive.
The ending of Link's Awakening.
Seconded. Poor Link's Awakening doesn't get much attention I've noticed, and it was a really fun game.
Final Fantasy VI comes to mind as being a pretty emotional game, although after that the series lost its emotion. I can't feel sad at anything involving blitzball sorry.
Biggs death hit me pretty hard in FFVII. Dude was a hero.
@Bad-Beat:
Biggs death hit me pretty hard in FFVII. Dude was a hero.
Yeah, the death of those AVALANCHE members hit me more than pretty much every other death in the game.
Yes, that includes Aeris.
Cried a river in FF8 and always shed a tear in FFX when Tidus fades.
- The final scene with her trying to hug Tidus. The closest I have come to crying in a decade.
Yeah that!
In the ending of MGS3 when EVE reveals the true past of The Boss that's always a tear-jerker…
The only game I can really think of is Earthbound.
FF8 might've made me feel something if the love story from Disc 3 onwards didn't feel so sudden and forced.
MGS3's ending gave me a lump in my throat
can't really think of anything else besides that.
@Battle:
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I had fond memories of this scene in MM first time round. Kinda goofy looking back, but it's still a nice moment.
Man, just about any scene using the song of healing in MM was great.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile's ending.
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
Also, Mother 3.
@Mr.:
Seconded. Poor Link's Awakening doesn't get much attention I've noticed, and it was a really fun game.
Weird I thought Zelda II was the most underrated Zelda game out of the bunch, anyway Bioshock was another game that had an emotional impact on me particuarly if you got the good ending I guess it helped considering how messed up it was in some respects.
FF9's ending surprised me a good bit. Maybe it's because I was like 10, but seeing Zidane still alive and show up in that way really made that ending my favorite of the PS1 Final Fantasy games.
Brawl FC: 1848-1356-2850 
Indigo Prophecy is the only game I can think of that had any sort of impact on me. It really does stand out.
@Battle:
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I had fond memories of this scene in MM first time round. Kinda goofy looking back, but it's still a nice moment.
Oh fuck, that part was just to much for me when I was a runt. The piano piece was in my head the entire night.
That also reminds me of the Deku butler's sidestory. Piecing together that the pathetic looking stump at the beginning was his son and the original spirit of the Deku mask was just…so rich for the time.
Seriously, when you're dumb as rocks as I was, figuring that out felt as satisfying as digging out the symbolism of a great novel for the first time.
@Battle:
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I had fond memories of this scene in MM first time round. Kinda goofy looking back, but it's still a nice moment.
That scene had an impact on me, too. I thought it was very touching.
God, I love that game.
man i wish i could get past the fucking zora levels on MM
seems i missed out on a lot
oh, who am i kidding, i suck at every zelda game that isnt wind waker
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ending of links awakening with the Wind Fish song.
a few scenes from DW 5 were emotional, IMO. especailly when Zhuge Liang dies in a few of the Characters musou modes.
man i wish i could get past the fucking zora levels on MM
seems i missed out on a lot
oh, who am i kidding, i suck at every zelda game that isnt wind waker
Even Twilight Princess?
I would have to say the ending of Super Mario RPG, especially the parts with Johnathan Jones. I'm also really disappointed that the Mushroom Kingdom and Castle design were never used again.
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Other than that, Chrono Trigger, Golden Sun I, and Paper Mario II.
The ending of Link's Awakening.
It was a weird ending to a series that's usually get the Triforce, defeat Ganon, the world is saved. It was the only game that I actually felt guilty about beating and felt really bittersweet. It is the ending I remember best though.
"Yeah, I only wish Manny were here to see this."
"…Then why did you kill him?"
Vivi's dealing with death in FFIX.
Rose's 'duty' and lonlieness in Legend of Dragoon.
Kafei and Anju's side quest in Majora's Mask.
The Boss' epilogue in MGS3.
The scene where Squall rescues Rinoa in FFXIII. (the space part)
The death of Heather's father and her memories about him in Silent Hill 3.
However, I find that all these parts pale in comparison with the hotel level in Silent Hill 2, especially since In Water was the first ending I got. I really didn't think anything could be done for James.
@Cyringohn:
Final Fantasy VII made me cry in horrible ways that you can't even imagine.
But in all seriousness, I really liked the scene in SMG with Mario and Peach twirling through the cosmos together. It didn't make me cry or anything, but I thought it looked really majestic and impressive.
Agreed. With the orchestral music playing in the background, it felt some kind of epic.
@Earthworm:
This probably sounds really stupid, but Super Mario Galaxy's ending.tugged on my heart-strings a little bit.
First time I saw it, my mind flashed back to the ending of Ideon. God, that was a trip, but I can't say I didn't feel something still.
Anju and Kafei's sidequest in MM was not only nice, it was pretty tense. You're just waiting there in Anju's room as the clock's running down, thinking "OSHITOSHITOSHITOSHITOSHIT" and then when Kafei comes, you're like, "Awwww", right before getting back to the "OSHITOSHITI'MGETTINGTHEFUCKOUTOFHERE!"
The scene on the first disc of Tales of Symphonia where Collette's about to finish the ritual, and Lloyd tries to stop her. Every time I come across that scene, I always feel choked up. It just gives me more motivation to kick Remiel's ass.
The Paper Mario games definitely have their share of heart-warming moments. Especially in the final battles. For some reason, I'm reminded of the end of GaoGaiGar FINAL with the last battle in TYD.
@Kitsu:
Anju and Kafei's sidequest in MM was not only nice, it was pretty tense. You're just waiting there in Anju's room as the clock's running down, thinking "OSHITOSHITOSHITOSHITOSHIT" and then when Kafei comes, you're like, "Awwww", right before getting back to the "OSHITOSHITI'MGETTINGTHEFUCKOUTOFHERE!"
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This reminds me of how much I need to replay Majora's Mask
So far I find the storybook in Mario Galaxy to be pretty depressing (I still haven't gotten around to beating it).
@Battle:
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I had fond memories of this scene in MM first time round. Kinda goofy looking back, but it's still a nice moment.
Ah, I loved that scene. It kills me everytime. I'm such a freaking daddy's girl. But really, any of the scenes with the song of healing were really touching. And then at the very end, where you think most everyone is going to be happy in some way…and then you see the butler crying over his son. :<
And I agree. Anju and Kafei's sidequest was amazing. I remember running around Anju's room all crazy and impatient waiting for Kafei to get there.
The Phoenix Wright games always had some case that got to me.
-Ace Attorney: Case 2, 4 and 5
-Justice for All: Case 4
-Trials and Tribulations: Case 1, 4 and 5
And Eternal Darkness always got me with Karim's story. I mean, save for Dr. Lindsey and the journalist Peter...everyone got the short end of the stick. But Karim got the shortest. Wanders through the desert for goodness knows how long for the love of his life, gets trapped in a freaky temple filled with zombies, finds out the love of his life got what she deserved was tragically murdered by another woman when said woman found out Chandra had been sleeping with her man. So much for loving Karim eternally eh? Oh goodie. He gets to guard an item for hundreds of years with the ghost of the woman who scorned him.
In Tales of Symphonia, when Kratos kills Kvar. In your first playthrough, it's kinda bad ass but you don't really get it. But after certain spoilers are revealed, you play through it again and it's suddenly so satisfying to see Kratos kill the douche.
Tales of the Abyss had A LOT of moments for me. There's a lot, so I'll be nice and put them under a spoiler xD.
! -When game!Ion died. I cried. I admit it. I freaking cried. He was only two years old when you think about it. And he willingly sacrificed himself not only to protect Anise's parents, but to also remove the miasma from Tear's body. And just to watch the only other replica he knew hold him as he died. Gah.
! -When Ingobert re-accepts Natalia as his daughter. Again with the "I'm a daddy's girl" thing. And then when Largo calls her Meryl before he dies. It was so sweet, it took me a minute to ask: DID NATALIA JUST KILL HER DAD?! Holy shit.
! -Asch dying. He may have been a bit of a douche, but damn. How many swords got stuck in him before he died? And he still kept going, all to help Luke's group.
! -The final battle with Van, before and after Tear sings the Grand Fonic Hymn. The things he says to his sister really showed that, for all his twisted insanity, he still deeply loved his little sister.
! -When Luke stays behind on Eldrant to free Lorelei. That whole scene always gets me. From everyone telling Luke he has to come back, to Tear finally saying "I love you" (which I have yet to see in any other Tales game. It's implied in other games, but never said), to Luke catching Asch's body as he floats down into the core. And then that mindfuck of an ending where you have no solid clue as to who the hell comes out in the field. Is it Luke? Is it Asch? Did they do a fusion dance? Who the fuck knows?
Since we're on the topic of The Song Of Healing…
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I totally freaked out when I heard this song in Twilight Princess.
Oh, and that clip from Majora's Mask is at the end.
Damn, I forgot that scene of FF6 where Cyan's family parts away on the Ghost Train and then the little kid says he's going to keep training to protect his mom.
Oh, and as ridiculous as it sounds, Paper Mario: The Thousand's years door made me to feel sad for that computer that befriended Peach. He was far better than that stupid star kid from the last game, and I think that's like the first time an important character of the Mario Universe died….
Someone's post reminded me of just how much I love FF8.
FF8: The part where you have to "square-triangle-circle-X" fight that one soldier while you're both dangling from his jetpack meanwhile, in the background, you fly over a battle field with a whole shit load of people killing each other. That was probably the first time I looked at a video game and just thought, "Wow…" It's that scene that made me want to actually go out and buy a PS1 and FF8.
Evo Search of Eden was kinda sad, specially the ending of the Dinosaur Era where you see all the dinosaurs getting smashed by meteors.
Beyond Good and Evil
Spoilers
When Jade makes that speach to her dog and you know full well that she is talking about herself+ the ending
Beyond Good and Evil
SpoilersWhen Jade makes that speach to her dog and you know full well that she is talking about herself+ the ending
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In mother 1 and 2, the part at the end where they would sing a song to defeat giegue (or however it's spelled) always felt really sad, and the end of mother 3 was so sad it really did make me cry a little. Link's awakening was the first game to make me cry, back when I was about 8, and the ending taught me a valuable but depressing lesson about the world: sometimes things die, and you can't stop them.
 
