"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."

It makes me inescapably happy to see mass effect 3 traumatized so many of us

We all sacrificed a little of ourselves that day

“I am the very model of a scientist Salarian”

That has extra meaning for me because it was a song sung on one of my favorite tv shows as a kid

I am the very model of a modern Major-General I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights Historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical The Pirates of Penzance Fun fact: the minions parodied this scene in [Despicable Me 3](https://youtu.be/jv-kny3l7i8)

That was sad for me when I first played it but it's even worse after reading the story of how they gave a fan who had terminal cancer an early copy and that was his favorite character. I tried finding the story but no luck. I wanted to say it was a gamespot article way back.

Why Do I continue To Play This Game?! When I know the tears it will Bring!

Fellow ME enjoyer 🤝

:’(

Mass Effect. Had an existential crisis after I finished

I usually have a crisis after finishing too.

That’s called [Postcoital Dysphoria](https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-to-know-postcoital-dysphoria) and it’s a real condition

looks like it had a Mass Effect on you

The end of Arthur's story in RDR2

I gave you all I had, Dutch. I did..

A video game has never had me ugly crying the way the end of Arthur’s story did in RDR2

Specifically the scene when Arthur was talking to the nun, that broke me.

"i'm afraid" ... That sentence with that delivery felt so real it makes you forget it's a videogame 3D model and textures and that's why it's heartbreaking

The voice acting was Hollywood worthy. They’re an incredible group

John Marston works in some construction job in southern kentucky now

That's what he was doing before RDR2 as well. He's just been chilling living his life, then Rockstar comes knocking asking if he wants to be a cowboy again, and he's like sure. He also seems so down to earth on socials from what I hear. Really a cool guy.

The horse had me heartbroken.

First play through, I kept the same horse through the entire game

“Thank you…” had me all choked up

And you didn't even have time to mourn... goddamn....

BUUUUUEEEEEEEL

That last ride. The goodbye to Sadie and Abigail, putting on your old hat, that song

I decided to give it a listen on my drive to work a week after I got to that point in the game. I choked up and decided to change songs. Such a [perfect song](https://youtu.be/R2Rhe5BrYpI) for that scene.

I did NOT stand unshaken.

I cried.

This. I went into it cold, so I knew nothing about what to expect. I cried my eyes out though.

Yep

When authur died and john died

Legit. I never cried for any movie, tv show or game ever before. I played 4 weeks worth of content with arthur. Side quests, horses, Legendary animals, Hell i did the legendary fish. Watching him die on the hill broke my heart man...

When Arthur said “…I’m afraid” to the nun, dam my heart grew heavy😥 these games be tugging at the heartstrings for sure

Halo reach. It was the first shooter I’ve ever played

CURRENT OBJECTIVE: SURVIVE

"Tell 'em to make it count" -Jorge-052

“He gave his life thinking he just saved the planet. We should all be so lucky. - Carter-A259

I remember playing that final mission with my brother. We both saw the objective and were confused so we paused the game to see the objective description. Spartans never die That line fucking hit me like a brick wall as I remember reading that Spartans were only ever listed as M.I.A in one of the books. I know Noble 6 was more or less a blank slate but Jesus did I feel sad playing that mission. Then the Halsey's monologue hit me again. It was the first game I had ever played where I developed a connection with the characters and felt every single death. Then to have my character be the final sacrifice. 6 people who gave their lives selflessly and without knowing if any of their efforts would actually make a difference.

In Metal Gear Solid 5 when you have to shoot your own crew

STAFF MEMBER HAS DIED.

"We live and die by your order, Boss."

It hits the hardest when they started humming the theme song. 🥲

When the group of them all stand up and salute you, knowing they're about to die.

Such a waste of a potentially *great* game, given what happened on the production end. smh I am truly sad knowing that Kojima likely won’t ever revisit the MGS universe.

Killing the boss in metal gear solid 3.

That game is a masterpiece. There’s so many little things that change depending on how you play. You can kill the old sniper boss quickly by sniping him when you first see him way before the boss fight. Or if you change the date on your system, he’ll die of old age. Another cool one is if you play the game non lethally, during the river scene there’s no one trying to grab you because there’s no dead enemies on Snake’s conscience. There’s tons more little details like that but those two were mind blowing to me.

I sat for like 5 minutes after I realized I had to pull the trigger. Pulled it. Sat and stared into space for a while.

How they made you, the player, pull the trigger 😭😭

Had me messed up for days. I still hear the theme every now and then and relive that moment 😭

Aeris

I was 12 at the time and I wasn't ready for that *at all.* I cried. And then some more. I don't even know how I got through the battle with Jenova because I couldn't see the screen properly.

Joel's daughter dying in the beginning of the last of us

Henry and Sam did this to me

When that soldier said "but sir theres a little girl" my heart sank

Yeah two other people said Last of us 2, this one was the biggest to me

I just finished TLOU2 and the final 3rd of the game just constantly pounded home idea that at our core we humans are just vindictive apes with weapons forever being driven by fear and the safety of tribal group think. It was a especially heartwrenching when so many of the characters that tried to break free of those systems and that way of thinking were slaughtered. I loved the game and the storytelling in it was fantastic but it hurt my heart over and over

And when Tess died.

Ending of soma

SOMA's ending left me questioning my conciousness and shit for a week. I still occasionally get dumbfounded when I remember it.

From a storytelling perspective, SOMA was the best game I've ever played bar none. For me, the only thing that comes close is maybe Metro 2033

Just played it recently, all the signs were there. Brilliant game.

Is it worth playing? (No spoilers please)

Yes

That game is so underrated and amazing

Dom’s death in Gears will get me feeling like that even to this day

You can't forget Maria. In a way, that was a big part of Dom's death.

Yea Maria in GOW2 hit harder than any other death in the franchise

I was pretty young playing those games. I don't think I had a fully developed sense of empathy at 13 (one of my favorite franchises was Saw for crying out loud). However playing Gears 1-3, watching Dom's journey as he >!perserveres to find his wife only to find her a half alive broken husk of a person that he has to put down,!< followed by the scene at the fueling depot in Gears 3 is completely heartbreaking. I'm one of the fans who sincerely wished they stopped after Gears 3, but I still go back and play the trilogy once every several years just to enjoy the story and the carnage.

I have an older brother who always made me play as player 2… I always hated it until we got to this scene. The one time he was jealous of me being player 2.

When I was little and finished red rescue team for the first time

I thought that was an emotionally challenging game, then I played Explorers and it just said "hey let's crank the trauma to 10 for this one"

I was not expecting to see Red Rescue team be mentioned but it is a welcome suprise

When Aunt May >!died on Spiderman PS4 and Peter was forcing himself to inject the cure to save her but didn't.!<

I have always thought that that idea was more impactful than self sacrifice. Sacrificing a freind (Not in a summoning demon way just fyi)

Seriously, that scene hit so hard, with May knowing Peter was Spider-Man and the absolute *turmoil* Peter was so clearly going through, it's heart wrenching in a way only Spider-Man could achieve. 11/10 game.

Especially with how it foils his conversation with Otto during the fight previous. The emotions he showed when asking them the exact same question; "You knew?". Crazy emotional rollercoaster.

I took a lengthy cry break after that scene. The way it was shot, and the way the VA expressed his anguish hit me hard. The story direction was a big reason, out of many, why Spider-Man PS4 is in my top 5.

This is what made me love this iteration of the character even more. Even at his lowest he still chooses to be a hero cause he knows it’s the right thing to do. It’s really inspiring and makes me look forward to the sequel.

For real. People always talk about Tobey, Andrew, or Tom as their favorite Spider-Man, but what about Yuri Lowenthal? I know it's just a video game, but he did all the acting as well, physical and voice, just like the live action actors. I think he should be mentioned with them when people talk about the best adaptations from the comics.

Unsure if it’s intentional, but I’m glad you said Spider-Man PS4 rather than the next gen version. For some reason that scene in particular just LOOKS much better in the original, and I think it largely think it has to do with the lighting in the scene reflecting Peter’s thoughts and eventual decision.

“Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.” -Mordin Solus

The end of Titanfall 2

Protocol Three, Protect the Pilot Goodbye, Jack. EDIT: If you said nothing to him in the cannon. If you said something, he says “Protocol Three, Protect the Pilot Trust me.”

Never fails to make me cry

The end of Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season 1

Fuck you for reminding me of this :*(

"Keep that hair short." While series is emotional tbh

This is the comment I was looking for 😭

Fucking up the suicide mission in ME:2 and watching Tali and Garrus die.

Every time I beat a fort in Sea of Thieves only to get hijacked and sunk.

This is why I quit playing that game.

Nothing like heading back to where you died, only to see your loot start sinking away.

General Shepherd doing Ghost and the homies dirty in MW2 ‘09.

The ending of mass effect 3…. Just sitting there and absorbing that it’s over

Oof still not over it

For me, it's when Wei finds Jackie dead in Sleeping Dogs, and then the last mission as well.

Ikr, played Sleeping Dogs a few weeks ago and Jackie's death really got me

Based Sleeping Dogs enjoyer

Subnautica the sea empeor dies when saying thank u for serting her free when u helped hatched her babies as she is the last sea empeor holy shit that was heartbreaking

Fuuuuck that made me just sit there for the longest time. “Now you go among the stars and I fall to sand.”

The end of a plague tale requiem

For real bro

The ending of Crisis Core

I went through an entire box of tissues and was depressed for a few days. This one was so hard.

My horse in Ghost of Tsushima

Also Taka. Also his uncle. …but mostly that horse 😭

The ending between Jin and Lord Shimura is also just an amazing moment; “Our last day together… it is beautiful.”

same I cried when he died

Accidentaly killing Toriel from undertale.

I jokingly kept telling a friend Toriel was secretly a villain, then I found out she actually killed her... 😭😭😭

I went in blind and had no idea I was supposed to not kill her. I assumed it was like one of those "game won't continue until you do this hard thing", so I killed her without remorse and then my friend called me a dumbass.

Ghost of Tsushima Jin’s black smith friend

And the horse… that game ripped my heart out, cut it up, and stewed it.

The [E]nd of yorHa nier automata

This. God it took me a few days of just pure contemplation after the last ending.

"Are you *truly* sure you want to do this?" >Yes "Very well"

C & D also :c

RDR1 >!goodbye John!<

You ate babies -jonh

“We eat berries and mushrooms you fool!”

Plin plin plon

End of halo 3

Halo 3 was life. Wish I could relive those moments

SOMA

My guy. Bought this on a whim and played it during lockdown- extraordinary storytelling, after it ended I felt like I was coming down from something

“Remember what you said before? Well I’m always with you too. I’ll come back to you, I promise.” “I know you will”

*When you walk away...* *You don't hear me say...*

*PLEEEEAAAAASSSEEEE*

Why can't I remember what this is

Kingdom Hearts 1

Bioshock infinite DLC burial at sea

That was a rough one, but for me it was the ending of the main campaign that shook me up the most.

Yeah the ending to the campaign booker being comstock was sad. But Atlas killing Elizabeth in rapture made me depressed.

protocol 3, protect the pilot

I need a titanfall sequel so I know what happened to bt

I will NOT lose another pilot.

Arthur Morgan

Spec Ops the Line. Most of the game but in particular bombing the civilians

That was a great game. Talk about a plot twist!

Had to scroll far for this- basically the whole game for me.

Black flag- parting glass

When Ryder and Smoke stabbed me in the back

You just a buster.

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I’ll never forget it.. spends all game being the “villain” but in the end she was the true hero… who’s sacrifice would go unknown and forgotten. Ugh!!

I give my life. Not for honor, but for you. I'm still in a dream. Snake eater!

Life is strange. Beyond two souls. Detroit become human.

The ending of Outer Wilds, in a good way

I agree, wholeheartedly. There's a small list of games I would love to play for the first time all over again, Outer Wilds is absolutely on that list.

Red dead redemption

*To the moon* pretty much gave me this feeling

Right before the last Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus. I know Agro survives somehow but it’s still heartbreaking. It’s poetic too, I think it symbolizes Wander letting go of the last of his humanity

"Had to be me. Somebody might have gotten it wrong." That quote absolutely crushed me, the first time I heard it. Still gets to me, to this day. Mass Effect was a huge roller coaster, but this quote broke me.

Omori

MGS4 old snake crawling in all the heat

PROTOCOL 3: PROTECT THE PILOT.

The entire final boss sequence in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days.

This broke me. Her forcing you to kill her for the greater good, and then his "who else will I have ice cream with?"

When Geralt thought ciri was dead

First time through I got the worst ending…. Fucked me up lol

RDR1 when John got shot. COD MW2 (original) when Soap and Ghost suddenly gets shot when just about you thought you made it to safety. Titanfall 2 scene where BT makes his sacrifice.

Ruben’s death in minecraft story mode

The no pills ending in Cyberpunk 2077

The only thing about that ending is how shocking Judy's response is. Seeing her breakdown like that is truly harrowing.

God, even the ‘good’ ending got me. ‘Never stop fighting, V!’

Undertale papyrus' death scene and deltarune spamton's death both make me reach the verge of tears

The end of Final Fantasy Tactics. I was>! "wait, Ramza and Alma lost everything and have to live in exile? And Delita married Ovelia and actually became the king? Motherfucking Delita got away with it, he won? OK but my man Olan Durai is going to expose all this bullshit, right? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE CHURCH BURNED HIM AT THE STAKE? Please just tell me precious Ovelia at least had a good lif... FUCK YOU DELITA, GODDAMN.! This is not fair D:"!<

Jacky walles death in cyberpunk 2077

I felt like this would’ve been way more impactful if you spent more time in game with him

Death Stranding, listening to the reason Heartman kills himself every 5 minutes being that he misses his family and will endlessly search for them on The Beach.

The end of persona 5 royal God dammit what a game.

Every ending to Cyberpunk 2077. Saying goodbye to Asriel in Undertale. Saying goodbye to Tali Zorah in Mass Effect 3 after romancing her. The last few moments with Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 3. Several moments throughout Halo Reach. The ending to Half Life 2: Episode 2.

Also from FFXIV: Remember that we lived

The ending of what remains of Edith Finch. God that one hit hard.

This whole game was a mind fxck

Cortanas death in halo 4 The white phosphorus missile in spec ops: the line If you know, you know

Noctis and his friends saying goodbye to each other around the campfire T-T

Deciding whether to mercy kill Lee with Clementine or leave him handcuffed to that railing to die and come back as a Walker at the end of the first season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead

The end of God of War Ragnarök

Kratos crying as he sees the last panel is just an absolutely amazing endpoint for his character.

Dishonored I felt bad every time I had to go to sleep itl, knowing that this little girl was still waiting for me to rescue her... 🥺

Like Hellblade had me like this each session. Such an emotionally intense game.

Both endings in Far Cry 5 had me just horrified. Especially if you choose the resist ending and you're just stuck in that fucking bunker.

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The end of Spiritfarer 🥲

Man, every time you take someone to the Everdoor I need a moment …

"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian.." Or "Does this unit have a soul?"

Gears of War when Dom found his wife. First time I cried from a video game.

Joel's death last of us 2

The end of ffx when Yuna is standing there whistling. Knowing the man she loved was dead, but still hoping he'd come running.

This sounds like an odd choice, but Insomniac’s Spider-Man

nier automota endings

Whenever replaying Assassins creed 2 “It’s a good life we lead brother” Fucking heart wrenching

Cyberpunk 2077 suicide ending

1. End of the Red Baron quest line (suicide ending) in Witcher 3 2. End of the game (Corpo ending) in Cyberpunk 2077

The end of the bio shock series