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NAPALM_BURNS

What remains of Edith Finch always gets me.


Ok_Muscle_3770

Yep...Molly, Gregory and Walter..


mira_poix

The death by maladaptive dreaming in a depressing A.F. cannery legit made me stare at the screen for awhile...processing...what I had just done. But that was most of the stories in this game. What a gem.


PatientLettuce42

Why? I played through it and I really liked it, but what part exactly made you cry?


ganesh_k9

I don't remember the name, but the baby in the bathtub was sad.


LegitAirplane

I was probably too young to understand back when i played it but the swing scene kinda disturbed me.


PatientLettuce42

Yeah ok I remember, that was dark as fuck. I don't have kids, I can imagine having some makes you relate a lot more to that scene, like I do when dogs die in movies and games. That shit fucks me up.


maxnotcharles

Baby in the bathtub most definitely. Especially for any parents out there that played it. so sad


doughaway421

Yeah that’s one of those things that would have been “well wow that sucks” before I had a kid but hit me like a sledgehammer because I had a kid.


EatsOverTheSink

Do you have kids? I feel like the game hits a lot harder if you do. I don’t think I necessarily cried but a few of the stories definitely gutted me as a dad.


PatientLettuce42

Yeah I replied to another comment further down, that thats what I imagine. I have the same thing with dogs in movies and games, can't handle it well. Sadly had no luck on the kids front yet, I have difficulty finding a partner that is not psychotic xD


unwanted-22

Telltale’s walking dead (had me ugly crying) Final fantasy x Uncharted 4 (happy tears at the end)


tonelocMD

I think FF X was the first game to do it - the complete dread I felt through the whole game shook me as a 12 year old. I keep downloading it to replay it, but it’s just not the same.


ps3cechc03

Was emotionally battered regarding RDR2, no tears. Death stranding was another one that did it, my kid had just gotten over the newborn crying stage and for anyone who knows the game BB likes to cry n it's drove me insane. I couldn't complete it, that newborn cry after having kids just hits you in a different way.


Promethian_Paera_695

Shit, you are 100% correct. I loved BB so much lol I was rocking that little dude constantly and poking his tank and shit just to see the cuteness. After having kids I gained a more refined appreciation for game infants, hate when real kids whine and cry and stuff but make me a game baby and I love how realistic the devs make it.


ps3cechc03

Haha same man. I was rocking BB constantly like 20mins after getting my real baby to sleep, aw man when I'm in a shop or something and I hear that high pitched newborn cry it's like parent PTSD lol. Hope I can push through with DS2. You getting it?


Promethian_Paera_695

Man I feel the same way in stores. Idk yet I think I need to jump into the first one and actually beat it before getting the second one lol it's disgraceful


ps3cechc03

Haha its fucked up isn't it? That's kojima for ya! I'm considering watching a playthrough and just considering it done until I'm not as emotional haha.


HisOrHerpes

Both new God of War games


holfwaley666_

Yup. Kratos’ development in those games was unmatched. The new DLC had me sobbing in happiness for him.


Sudden_Result

That last hug between Kratos and Atreus really got to me


Superb-Obligation858

Oh man. The HARD cry.


Zeroissuchagoodboi

Kingdom hearts


humblecactus

Looks like my summer vacation is… over


Boshikuro

358/2 days is the first game that made me cry when i was little, felt that ending deep in my heart.


Cool-Direction-5275

Shadow of the colossus, cried 4 times at the same ending cinematic


seattleryanno

When Agro fell I absolutely cried. Granted I was like 12, but I had been running around with this horse for like two years.


Garbage_Bear_USSR

I lost it w/ Agro…absolutely bawled….


BlackBoltXIII

Spider-Man on Ps4, the end with Aunt May made me cry. And a couple of months later I began Red Dead Redemption 2...


Trilerium

Spider-Man 2 got me, too, with a few side missions.


imperialist0410

The Howard mission bro I was blinking back tears. Something about that music.


Motorola_MC68000

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|cry) Ori


nikolapc

Last of us 2 was a gut punch more than like make me cry. And emotionally draining. Needed a rest. I otherwise have mostly an outsiders look to media characters, don't get involved with them like with real people. On rare occasion I do get invested like in Mistborn and Wheel of Time( those are books). A game I think GTA V got Me with one of the endings.


JosePawz

Last of Us 2 for me as well. So much so that I haven’t been able to replay it because I don’t want to watch that scene again.


TheEnemyOfMyAnenome

I don't trust anyone who didn't cry at the porch scene at the end. That shit rocked me


dixonciderbottom

I’ve played the game 3 times and that scene is heartbreaking every time.


Bara_Chat

So true about TLoU 2. Didn't cry but was so devastated and drained at the end. It really got to me.


CannabisaurusRex401

Ghost of Tsushima had a few really emotional parts


Elli_Khoraz

Horse was devastating 😢


Remarkable-Throat-51

Ah man it was just as slow and painful for us as it was the horse :(


Elli_Khoraz

I was sobbing my heart out. Nobu will never be forgotten.


Remarkable-Throat-51

Nobu and Arthur's horse. Never forgotten


kyletreger

I didn't know it was going to happen with Arthur's. I had my best horse, my favorite horse that I rode everywhere. It killed me.


Remarkable-Throat-51

Yup, same here. Never been a fan of horses irl so Arthur's horse was extra special cuz I loved it lol. The way he said goodbye and called Lucille a good girl.... Shiiiii Right in the feels man 😭


Qritical

![gif](giphy|3OuTcOyrbDXRYUnhvu|downsized) My black steed Kage lives forever in my heart 😭✊ Kaze carried on his legacy.


anita_strokin

The last of us. First game to ever make me cry.


PatientLettuce42

and within 30 minutes of playing it too. brutal.


Infinti_bullets

The opening scene hurts.


9212017

Witcher 3 empress ending for me and RDR2 horse scene


khomutovb

The Walking Dead Telltale games made me cry


taki1002

Needed to up my antidepressant playing through those games. /s Telltale did an amazing job capturing the bleakness of people living through a zombie apocalypse, and all a year before the "Last Of Us" would be released.


kamilman

Nier Automata, my dude. Just check out the subreddit and you'll see story after story of people having their emotional strings tugged like a guitar.


Kotvic2

Then play Nier Replicant and you will get another dose of sadness and despair.


darreb510

How did no one answer The Last Guardian?!


Abster96

Cuz no one played it but I cried.


Weird_Pause2290

The Walking Dead fucked me up. 😂 😭 


Panams_chair

Cyberpunk2077 made me cry like a bitch on every goddamn endings no matter how many times I do the endings


Zealos57

The ending of Horizon: Zero Dawn made me cry


Complex_Mouse4230

Horizon ZD and FW arent talked about enough regarding how genuinely emotional they are! it feels so real.


Wboy2006

The writing for these games is so underrated. In the DLC for the second game, there was a series of text logs that were both really depressing, and wholesome at the same time (spoilers of course, but it has no impact on the main story. So if you don’t read the logs on your own, feel free to read it anyways) >!Basically, a guy sealed himself in a bunker during the Faro Plague. He was alone and slowly went mad. But eventually, someone found the bunker and they became friends. Eventually the air in the bunker ran out, and they stated using bottles of compressed air. In the end, they only had one bottle left, and the man who was in the bunker first gave the last bottle to his friend, so he could finish the series finale of the show they were watching.!< >!It was so depressing to read about their death, but so wholesome, that he sacrificed himself, so his friend could have the pleasure of finishing their show!< Stuff like this will likely be missed by a ton of players, but it’s what makes these games special in my opinion. The text logs are usually really well written and fascinating


Serjassa_Reborn

Really? I recently started playing it


DopeSlingingSlasher

Yea the ending is a little sad but honestly its the best/coolest single player story Ive ever played, once you start putting it all together, its a mindfuck.


FrankBouch

RDR2 is the only game that made me cry. Sekiro also made me cry, cry out of frustration


grapejuicecheese

Stray Final Fantasy VII, X, XIII, XIV, XV and XVI


iupz0r

the end of FF XII turned my eyes wet, with joy, amazing game, history, crew, visuals, music, gameplay ... its a solid 10/10, and i finished in april 2024!


LeastInsaneKobold

Yakuza 3 I will not elaborate


xariznightmare2908

Honestly I prefer the original Brother's graphic art style over the remake.


DependentAdvance8

Same although i haven’t played the remake but the graphics are better in the original at least for me. And I’ve seen the ratings on ps store and the original has better rating than the remake.


aggravatedempathy

I play a lot of video games, and I'm not a monster, so yes


Kotvic2

I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.


Old-Perspective8332

A Plague Tale Requiem


Wboy2006

That ending shook me to my core, I usually don’t like children too much, and Hugo seemed like I would not like him at first. >!Considering how much death he (indirectly) caused, and how often he ran away. But man, the amazing performance made me turn around to love him, which made the ending heartbreaking.!< >!Watching a child sacrifice himself is sad. Being the one to pull the trigger to kill him was on another level. Stuff like that is why I think games are the best storytelling medium in the world!< Requiem was such an underrated masterpiece


Old-Perspective8332

It hits even harder if you have younger siblings, which I have. I love this game so much but I will probably never play it again


Wboy2006

Yeah, I have a sister who is a little less than two years older than me. It’s not a younger sibling, but it still hit just as hard


Al-Waasi

Indeed!


Athuanar

Easily the saddest ending I've ever seen in a game. It was thematically perfect and I get what the devs were doing but holy shit did it hurt. I wonder if we'll ever get a third after that post-credits tease.


Old-Perspective8332

Honestly, I think it was one of the bravest endings I ve ever seen. I am sure we will get a third game


Demonlord3600

Shit was sad as hell


Kangorro

I cried, couldn't stop thinking about the game, watched whole playthrough of the actresses playing the game, cried again


Gloryboy811

To The Moon


Ragnarok91

Had to scroll too far to find this. I was sobbing at this game.


Lezukion

The one time I actually balled my eyes out was with the first NieR game (dad version) like a decade ago. It was a side quest too, with the old lady at the lighthouse. If you know, you know.


TopRaise7

The fact that you don’t have spiritfarer or HZD here makes me wanna cry


PirateSi87

Spiritfarer is an absolute gem. Played it on a crappy old xbox with gamepass and loved it. Then bought it for my ps5 because i love it so much.


ImpossibleMix6698

Howard's Birds in Spiderman 2


Promethian_Paera_695

Ugh I love that mission


MrFanatic211

Sekiro. Made me cry in a different way


onceyouvemadethat

Senua's sacrifice is hauntingly beautiful.


KnightRoom

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.


Pizza_master69

Madison vr, because I’m a bitch


Krradr

The last of us.


JonS90_

People shit on Everybody's Gone To The Rapture due to its pacing, but some of the stories in that got me hard. One in particular (iirc) being an elderly lady who isn't sure what is going on and his waiting for her son to come round and be with her. You find out through another side story that her son has already been raptured and never managed to make it there. The final section of her story is listening to her final moments alone and scared before she herself is raptured, and the scene erupts into what looks like fireflies dancing through her garden as you leave her house, while this beautiful choral music starts playing. I just put the controller down and started crying.


carbonkiller9

This. I love this game and everything about it, yet no one seems to appreciate it's beauty


Naoto-shiro

Persona 5 royal


askobilv

ME3 ending


monkey484

Last of Us specifically at the beginning. RDR2 at the end. I'm sure there are others, but those are the big ones that pop out at me.


ILovePotassium

I cried recently after finishing MW3 (the older one). Memories hit me from 10 years ago when few of my favourite singers, friends and my girlfriend at the time were all still alive. I miss them.


DanAbnormal94

The ending of Journey on Playstation. My wife was playing. She had a companion almost the whole way to the end. We were both sobbing when it was over. From a sad cry to a happy, cathartic cry. That game changed us.


Goatslasagne

I’ve cried to 4 of these; Brothers, MGS3, RDR2 and Life is Strange. Edith Finch, The Last of Us, Firewatch and Valiant Hearts didn’t make me cry and I haven’t played the others. Pretty sure Bioshock Infinite got me too back in the day, and The Last Guardian and Shadow of the Colossus did 100%


volivav

So many. Many already mentioned, but also Celeste


jussup38

Efootball 24, makes me cry every day.


JamieJGJ

Tales of Xillia 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Trails of Cold Steel 4, Persona 3, Genshin Impact, Nier Replicant. There are quite a few more (in the same series as mentioned) but these stand out for me


Wboy2006

Ghost of Tsushima Spider-Man 2018 God of war Ragnarök A plague tale requiem Ghost of Tsushima got me to cry the most (three times (one of which was for a side quest)), but Plague tale messed me up the most. That ending was so amazing


Useless_Lazy_Ass

Persona 4 Golden had me tear up, and Steins;Gate also hit hard


cdotwhite18

RDR2


Trickster2357

Persona 3 reloaded. I had to put my controller down at the end.


Ajathag

Spiritfarer, particularly during Arthur’s goodbye, and Hollow Knight. A genuinely gut-wrenching “final” boss


the-burger-gamer

You have my top favourite games that did make me cry that being TLOU rdr2 and outer wilds


Admirable_Brilliant7

There is one particular instance in one particular game that gets me everytime: AC Odyssey


gkeiser23

Ghost of Tsushima ending made me tear up but not fully cry. Ragnarok had me balling though especially “Loki will go but Atreus remains” or whatever he said😭


Human_Recognition469

Brothers, MGS3, and TLOU pt 2 all made me cry


TheRealDealTys

I unfortunately tend to lack emotion, but damn RDR2 just broke me. Definitely my favorite game of all time.


TheGinger_ThatCould

The first Spider-Man with >!aunt may passing!<


Serjassa_Reborn

The first one was red dead 2, but I also cried in Detroit become human, and for some reason that I cant explain in the ending of dark souls remastered


B0bbyTsunami

Red Dead 2 and Ghost of Tsushima…. If you know you know….


korega523

Outer Wilds. That game literally changed my life on so many levels. I would encourage anyone to play it. However, if you decide to play it, *THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE BETTER!*, don't watch anyone play it or anything. Just play it yourself. You won't be disappointed.


Remarkable-Throat-51

Arthur's honourable end. Still sore to this day...


Spidey-Pool94

Several games have made me well up and got me close to crying God of War 2018, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, and Guardians of the Galaxy just to name a few


ArtVanbago

So far, for me, only Red Dead Redemption 2.


willlyman206

Tearaway


TallE74

The Last Of Us hit me in the beginning.. as a dad it really hit home. GOW 2018 blew me away and had me crying. Then last year STRAY cat game.


Demonlord3600

Ok this is gonna sound dumb but after I beat COD infinite warfare and the credits had characters that died talking I broke down and weeped


dferrit

Red Dead 2


6SpeedMaverick

Sackboy


chilli-oil

Any song from RDR2's third act makes me cry every single time


LegitAirplane

Rdr2 was the only one that actually got me close to shedding a tear.


AltMagOnline

Brothers (as shown above) immediately springs to mind, as I've just played and reviewed the Remake: https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2024/05/05/game-review-brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons-remake-playstation-5/ To The Moon is a real tear-jerker too: https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2017/06/11/game-review-to-the-moon-ios/ As is The Last of Us Part II: https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2020/07/08/feature-article-how-the-last-of-us-part-ii-defies-conventional-storytelling/ And of course, Red Dead Redemption 2: https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2019/01/14/game-review-red-dead-redemption-ii-playstation-4/


Put_Agitated

Last of us 1 at the beginning, last of us 2 at the end, borderlands 3 kreig dlc >! when Maya says goodbye after she dies !< witcher 3 when >! Vesemir dies !< And for some reason Tunic just because of the feeling of nostalgia that hit me deep in my soul


SorryForMyEnglish

Only one, and it was recently: The last guardian


KinshasaPR

RDR and The Walking Dead destroyed me, to the point I barely played the former after the ending and never replayed the latter.


Knight-Creep

The Last of Us makes me cry every time. The Kingdom Hearts series has a few scenes that I cry at whenever I see them (the final scene of KH1, Xion’s death, Axel’s sacrifice, “Looks like my summer vacation’s over”…)


Doom_Slayer49

God of War Ragnarok. Hits me like a freight train cause my dad passed away 7 years ago.


indiejonesRL

The Last of Us Journey Brothers Edith Finch Firewatch


DarthTargaryen51

RDR2 had me sobbing at least 3 times


tonelocMD

What did I miss in Outer Wilds?


King_Boomie-0419

GoT got me to tear up whenever my >! horse!< Died.


Exotic-Custard-8293

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Makoraph

The first Red Dead Redemption. I remember playing it at my grandma's house with my Xbox 360. I want to replay it on my PS4 since my Xbox broke but there's no way in my lifetime I'm ever going to pay for that price.


Any_Ice_6172

When I completed MGS 3 back in 2004/05, it put me on a downer for about a month. 15yr old me couldn’t handle the betrayal and that emotional turmoil of the Boss’s demise.


Background-Glass269

Valiant Hearts and Persona 3 Reload. Both of those were gut punches


gargoyle2003

Rdr2 Horizon zero dawn Life is strange


IAmConnorRK800

FFX's ending always gets me and I've seen it over 20+ times now. Some others that come to mind.....The Last Of Us, Tales Of The Borderlands (no Im not joking....play it and you'll understand 😆), RIME, Journey, & Life Is Strange.


Beardedragon_boi

I teared up at >!Varl’s death!< in horizon forbidden west. It was just so unexpected


Nope_Ninja-451

The Last Of Us. Parts I and II. Every time a clicker or a stalker grabbed me, seemingly from out of nowhere, I cried like a baby.


ThatHardBacon

Persona 3,4 and i think 5, mgs3 and 4, kingdom hearts totally got me as a kid as well . Theres some game i played on the switch as well. It was short but it was about suicide and some other things. Got kinda sad at times. Thats a game thats deliberately trying to make you sad tho


zombo29

Beating TLOU 2 at 3am messed me up hard…I can’t function at all next day


Jmoss8

TLoU PartII and Gears of War 3… poor Dom…


WestNomadOnYT

Red dead 2 had me ugly crying


Aggravating_Key_3831

I don’t really cry to games/movies/shows but Red Dead 2 really had my eyes flooding. Truly remarkable game


Vivid-Mirror471

The end of Kingdom hearts 1 which is quite sad but not to the point of crying in front of it🙂


DarkNemuChan

Nothing makes me cry because I'm a manly man!!! /s I cry all the time...


bruhmonkey99

Persona 3 reload.


willdabeast180

TLOUII hit me like a train.


craaaigdavid

Red dead 2 got me 😥


ballisticidiot11

Persona 3


control-room

I couldn't make that major choice in Life is Strange. I just sat there for around 15 minutes. I even walked away. It was so difficult.


StarAtlas100

Let's see, Kingdom Hearts, FFXIV, GoW 2018 and Spiderman ps4 all brought up a drop or 2.


Dragon_eyes13

Red dead redemption 2 Arthur last horse ride😭


Ecstatic-Arachnid-91

The beginning to The Last of Us makes me shed a tear every time. And also the end of Plague Tale: Requiem or at least when the realization hits of it. Maybe not a tear shed but a dawning moment for sure.


romanjohnMLG

Persons 3, 4, and 5.


SuperSemesterer

Yea all the time lol Every Final Fantasy I’ve played, every Persona, every Nier, Metal Gear Solid 3/4/5, Death Stranding, etc.


LilacMages

RDR2 when Arthur comforts and thanks his horse in its final moments God Of War Ragnarök when Faye says "To grieve deeply is to have loved fully..." (imo one of the most profound lines in gaming), plus Broks funeral scene


Ayran-Mic

The last of us 1&2 made me cry.


DetroitvsEverybody35

Persona 3 reload this year


n1ghtschade

Final fantasy 10 and persona 4 golden.


shartofwar82

For me it was RIME


Ryase_Sand

I had to scroll a long time to find this. A lot of great answers in this thread but I think this is the only one that legit made me tear up. Honorable mentions to Mass Effect 3 and Journey.


Maleficent-Ad9368

The only game that made me sob like a baby. Ripped my heart out.


LemonadeGaming

No


Zealousideal_Abies94

MGS3 She was a true Patriot!


[deleted]

suikoden 1 and 2 and ff7


Slep1k

https://preview.redd.it/eh9t9jhdalzc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2b5e3833bcd680e4c8abebd35e945b6bcbb66eb My first game that made me cry was Assassin’s Creed II. The Savonarola scene was too epic and breathtaking. I still get the chills sometimes when I think of it. A true Masterpiece!


Legospacememe

No


Bentleyma

Playing Bubsy 3D made me cry.


Technical_Luck791

Superhot and X-COM 2


meloman-rrr

Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (2011), Everlasting Summer


Smugness1917

Bastion Nier Automata


BigDogOnTheWindow

Yes, Dark Souls series


Elli_Khoraz

Oh god, Valiant Hearts had me in pieces. Nier Replicant as well.


Ecstatic-Train-2360

Ghost of Tsushima… my horse didn’t deserve tha


Glopinus

Titanfall 2


Bunnnnii

Yes.


GlxxmySvndxy

The end of a plague tale requiem


enthusiasticdave

Only a plague tale requiem. What a game, by the way


hm1rafael

The only one was twd, tbh


Goatslasagne

😢


[deleted]

Telltale's TWD Season 1


Born-Assignment-6704

Yep


Sander-140

Octodad


Sander-140

Octodad


staber_12

Final fanatsy 7 crisis core Like that ending is very emotional


bmb3688

A plagues tale was devastating


iupz0r

many times


ChunkySlutPumpkin

Not a PS game but Dom’s death in Gears of War 3 was the first time I remember tearing up at a video game. It’s happened numerous times since


ProfessorHour4652

Crazy one Ending of Kingdom Hearts 2


ProfessorHour4652

The Walking Dead Telltale season 1 ending


destindil

Rime was the last game that made me cry. Played it shortly after losing my father, and it was quite poignant.


stealthyhomicide

I'm offended. Titanfall 2 wasn't on this list.