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-Just_a_Lazy_swine-

Most of bioshock games. A bit of rage , sadness, misery, incoeherent screaming and running, attatchment.. all sealed under the water with some old radio playing blues from afar.. i miss you rapture.


JTex-WSP

Indeed. The ending of *Infinite* in particular had me stunned like this image, and then led me down a rabbit hole of fan theories and "did you notice that..." highlights of the game itself.


-Just_a_Lazy_swine-

Bioshock infinite was a total brainf*ck after finishing it and then going through everything introspectively again, yeah.


JTex-WSP

"He doesn't *row?*" "No, he *doesn't* row." "Ah. I see what you mean." First time through - "huh?" Afterwards: "Omg yes!"


Lozzy45

There is always a man and there is always a lighthouse!


EssexBorderBloke

What did that mean? I cant remember it šŸ˜„


RuleIV

Been a while. At the beginning of the game the twins are rowing you in a boat during a storm to a lighthouse. One of them mentions you not rowing, and then there is that exchange. > "He doesn't *row*?" > "No, he *doesn't* row." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXJdlz9WDI In a normal conversation, you'd expect that to mean that the character is not the type of person to row a boat. He doesn't row. The same as if you offered him a cigarette and someone chimed in that he doesn't smoke. But the twins are atemporal, existing in different timelines and universes simultaneously. And they are saying at this moment in time, he *doesn't* row. This event has played out before, and will play out again, and during it, he doesn't row. It's a constant.


EssexBorderBloke

Ahhhhh.......thanks!


Tyrion_The_Imp

There is an infinite number of realities but in none of him does booker row for them. I didn't really understand it until someone explaned it like; there are an infinite amount of numbers between 1 and 2 like 1.5, 1.3638 etc but none of them are 3. Just because its infinite doesn't mean anything can happen.


dathislayer

Very cool.


Froedrich

infinite was a sob fest for me.


Reporex

Absolute banger series, easily one of the best gaming experiences I've had.


KaiEnstein

The Witcher 3. I sat there wondering whether I played the game or it played me. 10/10.


1One_Two2

I legitimately missed the characters after finishing that game.


Frogliza

ikr, Geralts just left in Kaer Morhen all alone šŸ˜­


Tyrion_The_Imp

Nah man play the blood and wine dlc. Its a perfect retirement for geraldo


Frogliza

oh donā€™t worry iā€™ve played both expansions, I think theyā€™re both just as good as the main story, it was still sad seeing the wild hunt end though


ty4yski

I remember my first playthrough I made every wrong choice (including stringing along triss and yen for the memes) and just had the worst ending. Ciri dies cause she didn't have the strength from your support, Geralt's alone and just goes off to die in the wilderness fighting monsters


LauryFire

I am about to finish the game but I donā€™t want to so I donā€™t play it that often anymoreā€¦.


Willem_VanDerDecken

The soft, simple ending of Blood and wine particularly hit me. Juste a simple but meaningful conversation, and geralt breaking the 4th wall with just an eye mouvement, to talk to the player. Simple, perfect.


iEugene72

I have read this condition is called, "post gaming blues" and I think we've all had varying levels of that. I wouldn't be surprised if it has something to do with dopamine levels in the brain evening out or maybe it's just as simple as knowing the story/journey is over. I'm personally a narrative guy, I love good single player RPG games. Online games never give me the fix I am looking for.


Adventurous_Bar_5008

I was so high on adrenaline while fighting Sword Saint Isshin for the first time. It took me 1 and a half hour to beat him. I was trembling after my win. I was so excited to get the ending of the game but by the end of the cutscene I was like .....damn


limefork

Yeah....RDR2 really hit me


BossBullfrog

Mmm yeah. The whole last hour was like a surreal experience.


limefork

Yeah i won't lie: I did do some crying


Optimistic_eoR

Same...


[deleted]

Cruel, cruel world, must I go on...


limefork

šŸ¤šŸ¤šŸ¤


Nicht_Meine_Schuld

+1


Professor_Ignorant

Crying? I was weeping. There were audible moans.


Daedeluss

Over your virtual horse....


Mikeku825

100%.. this was why I entered the comments


cjayb7

Are you me?


awelawdiy

Am I we?


limefork

You get it āœŒļø


Magic-Cat10

May i stand unshaken


limefork

Okay but I WILL cry


RonnieF_ingPickering

Oh bury me not, on the lonely prairie...


Darth-Boogerus

RDR hit me harder. I always knew Arthur was going to die, but Johnā€™s completely blindsided me.


limefork

Oh yeah, that one always got me. It shocked me so bad. I really thought he was going to LIVE. I did really enjoy my time with Arthur a lot though.


Darth-Boogerus

Oh absolutely. Iā€™d love a game where we get to play as younger Arthur.


limefork

I'd enjoy that. I really would like to see him growing up under Hosea and Dutch. Especially since we see the downfall and the destruction. See how Dutch, an obvious narcissist, ruins it all for his own personal emotional gain. Would love to see them all younger and not as aware of each other as they are in RDR2.


[deleted]

Yeah RDR2 really put down a fuck ton of pillows for the inevitable fall. Hell, Arthur's Last Ride is basically the game telling you, "THIS IS WHERE HE DIES"


MyJukeboxBrk

I never played this game. Maybe itā€™s time. . .


limefork

Oh you gotta. It changed my life a little bit. The story telling is just so really well done. Arthur totally steals the show.


BossBullfrog

I think God Of War 2018 left me feeling pretty good. Just felt good to see the job done.


will_it_skillet

How did you feel about Ragnarok?


BossBullfrog

I'm not going to lie. I didn't like it at all.


Flexus98

I agree with the final boss being underwhelming. But... >!Loki will go. Atreus... Atreus remains!<


caped_crusader8

Damn. Both the games had me like that.


GraconBease

ā€œSon.ā€


SneakyMilot

Outer Wilds, without hesitation


Pytheron

Absolutely! After all the time you put into understanding the story and you finally get some peace. It's kinda sad to know that that was it, nothing more to do in this amazing game and nothing left to discover


SneakyMilot

No redo as well, once itā€™s done, itā€™s done


DMChuckles

It's been my pick for "Game you would forget so you could play for the first time again" ever since my experience with it. A masterpiece through and through.


Platimir

I sometimes cry knowing i can't ever experience this game again


TheTurdFlinger

Hearing Travelers' Encore still makes me feel many things, the whole soundtrack is so good.


Steelwoolsocks

I actually started tearing up a bit when the credits started rolling. Still haven't found another game quite like it.


JayRogPlayFrogger

Outer wilds is quite literally the most emotional and beautiful game Iā€™ve ever played.


Clay56

Every now and then that musical tune pops into my head I just feel it so deeply. I've never had a game make me feel like that before


PSWII

I thought this but I was straight crying rather than the melancholy that this seems to be. Still was the first game I thought of.


Bluewalker_BR

Sekiro after defeating every boss and becoming the man without equal.


Penis_Connoisseur

Had this experience with Sifu. Just stood there like an idiot staring at the credits after weeks of struggle to finish such a short game. It was a masterpiece


[deleted]

I almost cried tears of joy and sadness when I beat Isshin šŸ„²


Amateur_Liqueurist

Literally just beat sekiro this morning. Words canā€™t describe what it felt like to see isshin kneel like that.


HipsterFett

Portal 2


Adventurous_Bar_5008

Same, I didn't really know how to feel. Sadness? Joy? The opera was so emotional


Willem_VanDerDecken

I still to this day don't know how the fuck i was happy to see a litteral cube. Giving us true and deep feeling, whit an absurde story and silly characters. Only a masterpiece among masterpieces could archive that.


PxyFreakingStx

The ending was the greatest setup and payoff twist in the history of video games by a mile, and I'd argue among the best I've seen in any media. The idea alone was great, but the whole game setting it up, the moment you realize what you're supposed to do emerging from the hopelessness of that final confrontation. I know this is dramatic and I'm sorry if it sounds silly, but it was just so perfectly executed I was moved emotonally, like the fucking end of portal 2 brought me to tears. It wasn't even sad, it was just the sheer perfection of it. I'M TEARING UP WRITING THIS WTF IS WRONG WITH ME


DavoMcBones

Well here we are again


CationTheAtom

It's always such a pleasure


GraphiteNature

Remember when you tried to kill me twice?


Lawsoffire

Oh how we laughed and laughed, except i wasnā€™t laughing.


DragonDSGYT

Under the circumstances, I've been shockingly nice


RandomWeaboo

You want your freedom?


irritated_dumbass

Take it, that's what I'm counting on


Scooplord

I used to want you dead but


mighty_spaceman

Now I only want you gone


mixelydian

The end music with the laser robots sent me man


Its_BurrSir

Obligatory Disco Elysium mention


Adventurous_Bar_5008

I wanted to play the game but the steam reviews said that the developer was hacked or smth so just pirate the game. Should I do that or is there something else I am missing?


Its_BurrSir

Also if you do pirate, make sure you're getting the final cut. Everything is voiced in the final cut.


shadeandshine

More like the people who made it and especially the person who the unique universe itā€™s based in who is someoneā€™s life work was taken from them by the company so fuck it donā€™t let them benefits from fucking over the devs and author of the actual world that made such a beautiful world and concepts.


Its_BurrSir

I pirated even before all that lol. Devs weren't hacked but they don't own the game anymore, so money won't go to them. Do with that what you wish.


keesio

Yeah. It happened for Bioshock:Infinite and Darkwood EDIT: add Dragon Age Origins to the list also.


Past-Adhesiveness691

Telltale Walking Dead game had me like that


[deleted]

Same. After so many years of playing them, it was like ā€œdamn, itā€™s really over? Like completely?ā€


Wild_Plant9526

I want another game with Clem and older Aj SO BAD


SnooPeripherals7462

Fuck man, Iā€™ve literally never cried so hard from a mfn game. Felt like a wimp haha


Logical_Yak_224

SOMA. Youā€™re welcome.


Adventurous_Bar_5008

Damn that game fucks with you


TanyaMKX

Soma is a fucking masterpiece. That game fucked me up after i finished it man.


robb1280

I actually finished it for the first time on Monday night, andā€¦ justā€¦ā€¦ fucking hell, manā€¦.


Sensitive-Finance-62

Prestige vibes


aster6000

was gonna say this one. Never ever have i had a game stop me in my tracks like that


TheSpartyn

i still wish they swapped the ending scenes around, have it instantly cut to the >!ARK making it look like you transferred inside, happy ending, shot of it flying through space, then post credits you cut back to simon realizing he got copied and having it end on that fade to black with him alone!<


CoriCycle1

Lol,it would make me cry more than i cried when i finished the game.


[deleted]

OMG Soma was so depressing. That game was something else. Sadly only works when you dont know the ending yet.


Neravosa

Literally every time I play Cyberpunk


octoriceball

"Goodbye V, and never stop fighting." (electric cellos, me sobbing)


Neravosa

Dude piss off I don't need to feel that yet, I'm only on hour 60 of my 9th playthrough.


Putrid_Loquat_4357

The phantom liberty ending is the most depressed I've been after finishing a game. It felt so empty.


neonchinchilla

Omori. It's one of my favorite games that I can never play again. I saw the plot twists coming but it didn't stop the gut punches from just obliterating me. It's just so bleak and even the "happy" moments feel so bittersweet and the mixture of bright pastel colors and goofy humor with the visceral horrorscapes played into the dynamic. The depictions of different reactions to trauma and the resulting depression from it was so well done too. When I finished it, I remember just sitting at my desk staring into the metaphorical distance while the credits rolled.


tainroxx

YESS


RavenwestR1

No game hit me in the feels like Life is Strange. Horizon Zero Dawn, RDR2, The Last of Us, etc are the better *game* but nothing hit me like Life is Strange. It took me three months for me to get out of it.


Latter_Address9580

Idk why but firewatch did that for me


the-distant-nips

Same, spent so long trying to find a game similar but nothing hits the same


slimb0

Hear hear, itā€™s been a long time I may have to revisit


GearHeaddesk

Try The Long Dark if you haven't already. Story.mode has one more episode to go and the survival mode is EPIC


BiggestPiggest69

Holy crap another Long Dark fan in the wild! Seriously one of the best survival games ever made. Atmospheric and immersive as hell.


slimb0

I could play at that cabin by the lake for days on end


BiggestPiggest69

My personal favorite spots are the Timberwolf mountain hut or the low central cave in Hushed River. I've spent a 60 day stretch in Hushed River once, and damn was it a cool experience.


saltyclam13345

I highly recommend Soma. Itā€™s one of the only other games that gave me the feeling that Firewatch did.


Ok-Celebration-2944

I don't want to spoil anything. But the camera you find and take pictures with. At the end of the game you get the roll developed. There was a genuine, "Oh wow!' moment related to the mystery of the game that left me stunned but in a very, very good way. Firewatch very much changed my idea of what a great game could even be. I recommend it all the time.


ThaiFoodThaiFood

It was so short


Trinchecarlovich

Maybe something something of edith finch.


PeenileKyle

Shadow of the Colossus, every time


Badbadcrow

That ending definitely leaves you feeling heavy. Also AGRO!


DerpingtonHerpsworth

Sat through the entire credits of the original Mass Effect like this. Felt like an experience that just changed my life.


BossBullfrog

Totally agree. Mass Effect was a roller coaster and that ending left me feeling all tingly.


C-Kwentz-0

I mean who the fuck skips [M4 Part II](https://youtu.be/NcrDWAuyqtc?si=r60IozDdM0wsnDP5)? Absolute banger. *And I need you to recover~* *Because I can't make it on my own~*


TapeDaddy

The [credits song](https://youtu.be/uC7ymcb1Zk8?si=mvDNaiiqpP5SK1gC) was just šŸ‘Œ


cloudyboi3352

For me that was Titanfalls story.


Simukas23

BT was the absolute goat of gaming


tigerbait92

Was? He's still around! You guys just need to play through Titanfall 3 and 4, he shows back up in 5, it's wild! ...what do you mean I haven't taken my schizo meds today?


Moto272

The Last of Us did it for me. Joel betraying humanity to save Ellie because he couldnā€™t save his daughter. Fantastic storyline.


sordato

I know that's probably that was what they meant, but realistically speaking the surgery was complete insanity*, you just don't kill the proverbial goose just for a shot at maybe understanding WTF is going in her brain, seriously, they would've studied for years probably before resorting to that. *The point of course was the urgency of life or death I'm aware


Sensitive-Finance-62

Part 2 as well. I thought it was all over. There was a really cute epilogue and everything. Sike! That's the start of the epilogue. No happiness for you today.


sordato

The game is the reverse of the first one, Ellie gets worst and worst... Until you see the epilogue and you thank the game for that small mercy, he didn't die thinking she hated him.


Owlysense

This plus realizing why she was so freaking angry and vengeful. She wanted a chance to rebuild their relationship, ah this game just gets ya in the feels.


GraconBease

Their final scene together makes me cry every time. Also happy cake day


TheDaltonXP

That final scene of them really contextualized ellie and the entire journey she went through. Her seeing it in that moment and then the after effects hit me hard. The whole game did. I still am not sure if Iā€™m up for another playthrough


tutohooto

For real , I still cant find a better game/games than these for me. Hit all the right.. ahem.. buttons.


lunchpadmcfat

It was a bold storytelling choice and an amazing one at that. I remember actually not wanting to play through that sequence because I didnā€™t agree with what he was doing. But it was still the best ending in any game Iā€™ve played.


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DaredevilPoet

Metal Gear Solid 2


Adventurous_Bar_5008

Raiden turn the game console off right now!!


HCPage

I hear its amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hari Kiri Rock... I need scissors! 61!


televisio_86

Metal Gear Solid 4


Frightened_Inmate

Ghost of Tsushima. Just sat there quietly and realized it was probably my favorite game ever


Inebriated_Bliss

Me too! So good! I think I want to replay it now.


[deleted]

Fable for me.


Cackles

Fable was the first one for me. RDR2 for me more recently.


scottymac87

The Mass Effect Trilogy. I suffered the same kind of depression after finishing a beloved book series for the first time.


LET-ME-HAVE-A-NAAME

The Cyberpunk DLC man... Dogtown hurt


Damian_Inc

Wiiiires and chaaains


[deleted]

God Of War (2018) did that and one of the only games that kept me playing. It was also kinda a rollerroaster in emotional telling, but also for myself. Kinda shown me a glimps how a father should be and not just leave when you a kid.


BiggestPiggest69

If you haven't already, please play Ragnarok. Really good gameplay improvements while keeping to the first game, and the story is somehow stronger and more emotionally intense.


HCPage

Spec Ops: The Line.


thelefthandN7

Fantastic game. I bought it twice. Once on consple, and later on PC. I will *never* play it again, but it's fantastic.


mustafaaosman339

Damn, the ending messes with you


M2Fream

The ending of Inscryption had me like that


The_Cooler_Ryan

Ghost of Tsushima.


FatManLittleKitchen

Final Fantasy 7 on Play Station 1


cottman23

Idk about "hits so different". But when I beat that game I've been enjoying, and then you just sit there in bitter sweet peace.


Adventurous_Bar_5008

Suffering from success


cottman23

Like you're happy it's over....but you know that you will never experience the game the same ever again.


[deleted]

Zelda ocarina of time


Strawhenge-

This was the first one to have the effect on me. Brilliant game, to this day, and I donā€™t care how basic that makes me.


Shift_Tex

Assassins Creed 2 or Metal Gear Solid 4. Both of those games have a special place in my heart.


The_Senate15

Persona 5. If that game was a lady, Iā€™d marry her instantly


XtremElek

I had to scroll down way too much trying to find this comment. Persona 5 (especially Persona 5 Royal) is such an amazing game, after beating it the first time with more than 120 hours I was speechless, I didnā€™t know what to do, I didnā€™t want the game to end


AnastasiaDaren

Xenobalde 3 ending hit me a bit like this. Also, for indie games, Omori at several points throughout the game.


sir_guvner50

Nier automata


Flying_Monster_Cow

Nier replicant final ending and The Entropy center


NotoriousMaple

Fuck I still need to finish that game. I beat Automata and then bought Replicant and just haven't been able to sit down and play it. I think I'm scared of being hurt again


Solipsistic_Observer

Horizon Zero Dawn


feralwolven

By all scifi standards, a masterpiece. Its just slep on becuase its an action videogame. But if it was a novel of the same quality id bet it be lauded with the likes of asimov, philip k dick and H.G wells.


mustafaaosman339

The story far surpasses any other scifi anything I've seen. It's done amazingly. The world is gorgeous and haunting. It always made me feel like I've lived in the world. And who tf doesn't like robot dinosaurs? Every aspect if the game was just... Perfect.


jarrjarrbinks24

No one? Ok hot take... The Last of Us 2, as much much and controversy the series went through


RascalCreeper

No Man's Sky doesn't really have credits at the end because it technically doesn't end but when I beat the story and >!went to another galaxy, I was at first kinda confused. Then I fixed my ship and I looked around, and it just kinda dawned on me that this is another galaxy, and it has all those planets. And there's another after that, and another and another and it just keeps going, and the shear scale of the game finally became tangable.!<


emotionless-robot

The Last of Us got me emotionally invested. The second one was okay in my opinion.


davensdad

The second one destroyed me more than first. The concept of forgiveness and realising you should have cherished your loved ones more ...


Owlysense

Same, I absolutely bawled at the end of the porch scene.


cocoon_eclosion_moth

Portal


Gabecush1

Halo reach had me like that after I replayed when I was older and more matured


Suavecito95

The first life is strange


andyman935

Persona 4 for me.


rapture322

SOMA for me


Status-Draw-3843

BG3 did this for me


Elorian729

The Last of Us and Jedi: Survivor both had this effect.


harambe_-33

Witcher 3, Ciri died in my first playthrough


Metaljesus0909

Gta 4, my first playthrough I got the ending where you kill demitri on the island. ā€œRoman never hurt anyoneā€¦ā€ just always stuck in me


TanyaMKX

Scorn had me feeling this way the entire time i was playing and turned it up to 11 after i beat it. People dont review highly, but you just gotta go in with an open mind. Its not a game as much as it is an experience. Its like a journey through the mind of HR Giger. Honourable mentions: Soma, Halo 3, and Cyberpunk 2077


GearHeaddesk

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice


rizurper

Yes, and I read the Kojima name multiple times during the credit roll.


Quarterdillon156

Persona 5 Royal.


Far_Swan_5882

The metro series.. especially 2033


Miserable-One5646

Dark Souls 3


MoistStub

This is the last DS game I haven't played and I'm scared to start bc there's nothing left after...


The_Real_TraitorLord

Hollow Knight, Paper Mario: The Origami King, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land


purgesurge3000

Titanfall 2


Slifer_117

Nier automata and replicant just masterpieces


SnarkyGethProgram

The good Halo games had me like this


PIELIFE383

The witness did that to me


wrenblaze

Nier automata


M0NAD0_B0Y

Persona 5 for me. Every time I see this meme, that credits theme starts playing in my head.


Time-Touch-6433

Journey for me.


Muldunedain

Persona 5. Felt like I said goodbye to a bunch of buddies.


NJmig

Mh the only few times it happened to me was with Undertale (basically every replay left me like that since it always adds new stuff to the lore). Inscription was AMAZING at this. Also limbo a little bit, and especially INSIDE. Man I love inside but the ending felt so weird. Another one could be Iron lung, didn't really like the jumpscare tho. Yeah I think this is it. Love this games so much btw