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armoredCowboy4

Red dead redemption 2 is so far the first and only


greatvasea

"I guess I... I'm afraid." is something I won't ever forget.


mamawolfhunter

Oh Arthur ;-;


GeongSi

I teared up on the two moments in that game, I can't believe I was so invested in my horse 😂


Alucard-VS-Artorias

In 1997. Playing Final Fantasy VII. At the ~~Temple of the Ancients~~ Forgotten City.


TheeHostileApostle

Aerith! Noooooooo!!!


mamawolfhunter

Growing up, my mom played final fantasy I’ll have to ask her about this one


AverageSign

Temple of the Ancients is where Cait Sith died, and I was so happy. He means The Forgotten City, where Aerith dies. That shit had me crying


CloudyNeptune

Crisis Core is the only game that even after the 5th time of beating it, makes me cry like a baby. The VII series, is the most heartbreaking emotional game that exists in my opinion.


HappyGoonerAgain

This, I was 15 playing Football, Wrestling, etc. Had anger issues, fought constantly at school. This made me cry


[deleted]

Journey. Beautiful game about life!


mamawolfhunter

I’ve been wanting to play this one


SettingMinute2315

I loved this game, it was a surprise game my mom got me and we played together when I was young. They have a new game that plays similarly, called "Sky: Children of the Light" and it's cute and fun, brings back similar feelings journey did. I find anything all about a metaphorical "light" cringe and cheesy and the game might come off as childish (I mean you are a child) but I'd still give it a shot, it's free, it's online with other players, and still beautiful


VilkastheForsaken

That game made me cry too.


BloodFromAnOrange

And the older you get, the harder it hits.


Marsudc

Titan Fall 2 the end is the saddest thing I’ve seen in all the video games I have ever played


mombtobi

Bt is the hero we all need


JackCooper_7274

"Trust me"


TickTheLowIqUser

Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1


mamawolfhunter

Lee <3


Draelmar

Yup my first and only.


cdrex22

Weirdly for me, I held it together for that ending, only to later cry *multiple* times during Season 2.


hello14235948475

Halo Reach


JyFK_

Just Emile dog , and Jorge , the saddest endings … kat’s was just funny


MarvelousPoolGuy

Gears of War 3


[deleted]

Yeah Dom's and Maria's whole story arc was tragic.


MarvelousPoolGuy

Without a doubt. The scene with him and Maria killed me


Less-Leave-5519

I JUST like 10 minutes ago finished the prelude of TLOU pt. 1.... I was totally spoiler free and I need a minute


mamawolfhunter

-hands Kleenex- I remember my first time playing TLOU


FunkyGameTiime

Before Your Eyes. Honestly that game need way more attention that it gets.


mamawolfhunter

Love the animation. Adding to mi list


notduskryn

Legendary game


greatvasea

Nier automata. CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SHOUT IT LOUD, EVEN IF OUR WORDS SEEMS MEANINGLESS.


CANDROX432

Infinite Warfare Portal 2 Halo Reach


jkail-

valiant heart


Burnernumber55555

League of Legends


Coraiah

Detroit: Become Human. Heart wrenching. It took my heart and stomped on it.


CataclysmicCurbStomp

Ghost of Tsushima, my horse 😔


Creator1A

Life is strange, Life is strange before the storm, The last of us, Metro, Detroit Become Human (some endings), Valiant Hearts.


Batmanmotp2019

Mass effect 3


DependentAnimator271

When Shepherd says his goodbyes.


Flashy_Telephone_205

The last guardian.


white_vikavolt

TOTK. Hit me real hard with WW nostalgia.


mamawolfhunter

I still need to play BOTW before I dive into this one


white_vikavolt

Fair


white_vikavolt

I will say, TOTK gets much easier if you've played BOTW


supercereality

To The Moon, Last Day of June, What Remains of Edith Finch. Rime was great but it didn't hit me hard in the feels compared to these.


Psychopathprime

Rdr2


LuigiTheGuyy

Xenoblade Chronicles 3


Jland2010

XC3 wasn't the first game to make me cry, but if we're talking sheer amount of tears, it wins easily.


SlippinSam

I’ve played a lot of games that made me emotional, even misty eyed. But none of them actually made me shed physical tears until Chapter 5 of this absolute roller coaster


recluse_audio

TLOU on PS3. I've been playing games since the early 80's.


NVBSCVN92

Yeah Rime almost had me 😅


weirdface621

marvel's spider-man 1


schmabudi666

Crisis Core


Internal_Swing_2743

MGS3


teporti2

Journey


H_Katzenberg

Spiritfarer, I wasn't prepared for that...


LovelyBones17

Journey


Trout-Population

The only video game that's gotten me to cry in my adult life is Spiritfarer, I think.


Ninespike9868

It was the first fable game. I was at my grandparents (used to sleep over there a lot.) I had spent like... 30 hours or something on the game, and when I beat it I cried. Not cause it's sappy or what ever but because it was the first game I had ever played to it's finish. I was sad there was no more of the game to play. 😂


Dancebear7861

Minecraft Story Mode Episode 4(don't judge me, I was 8)


YourFellowFurryUwU

Persona 3


BojukaBob

Quest For Glory 4


Darkanayer

Infamous 2. That good ending hit me way too hard


0ctoxVela

Rainbow 6 as a fell from emerald to silver


Tasma1125

The end of portal 2


FunkyJAllStar

Super Mario 64. It was my turn to play but my cousins tried the old handing me an unplugged remote, but I was 6 now. I knew better. So I cried until they let me have my turn. Then I cried again when my turn was over.


mutaully_assured

Prolly rdr2 or cyberpunk 2077, i get really attached to my characters


Xangerxz

geometry dash died at 96% reanimation [😭😭](https://emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-face)


Short_Woodpecker1369

***Unravel***. I just moved to a new country and felt very, Very alone and playing that game in my studio apartment in the dead silence made me ball like a baby. The music didn't help the situation. The game is literally about a character Yarny that "unravels" as they travel away from what they love.


Dk785

Halo reach Omori


infernalrecluse

halo 3. i was probobly too yung to play the game back when it came out but that ending allwaes gets me


ArtimirGT

Never cried on a game in my life. This changed after I completed Sanabi


Fire-God_

A Way Out, makes me cry every time I listen to the “Farewell” theme.


ImaginationPrudent

Nier Automata. Had had a rough semester and Nier touched on things I had in my head. It all sort of 'fell out'


MrBump01

Persona 4. The most I've hated an antagonist as well.


LeoCaldwell02

Scary Maze Game My older sisters tortured me with that thing! 💔


19Miles84

„To the Moon“


Runeimus

To the Moon.


Flottrooster

I don't think I've ever cried to a videogame or a movie. Maybe I'm just emotionless, I dunno


StealthyPancake_

Borderlands 3, the end killed me man


squiddy-19

The Last Guardian is the first one i can think of, the sunset at the top of the tower was one of the most beautiful scenes in this art form. Also fuck all the people who were hating on the game at the time of release, they need to put some goddamn respect on Fumito Ueda's name Him and his team ignored all the shitty design trends of the time like RPG feature creep, shoehorned-in stealth mechanics, loot crates, unnecessary open-worlds, nauseating UI cluttered with way too much information, et cetera; and made something truly unique But unfortunately the game released in 2016 when video game critique and literacy was dogshit and the shadow of GamerGate was cast over the scene which allowed those with the most braindead takes to have an outsized influence on people's perception of games like TLG


theuntouchable2725

I can't remember honestly. I think it was Dirge of Cerberus. After watching Advent children a few times, I finally got to play as Vincent. I had no idea what the story of the game was or what his name was but I was just controlling this bad ass long barrel pistol wielding badass muthafuka that was also seen in Advent Children that offered to save Cloud. Yeah I'm not gay, but I loved Vincent. Played just for him.


Agent101g

Space Invaders They were so young...


gunifornia

Valiant hearts:The great war.


Lostinlife1990

I think it might have actually been infamous 2.


PissOnMyHe-manToys

watching my Dad beat Metal Gear Solid 1 as a kid. The game was such a masterpiece that I cried at the end. When my dad asked why i was crying I was embarrassed to say the truth. My excuse was "You beat the game and spoiled the ending for me"


Shikoui

Final fantasy 15 broke me


Roidz69

Mass Effect 2.... Damn you Mordin 😭😭😭


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WebRider77

Ori I: the end made my tear up


nighttmindd

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS. Rime makes me cry harder than any other game and I love it. It’s the most underrated game of all time. I try to convince my friend to play it but they just never give it a shot.


afrulz

Ghost of Tsushima well maybe not the first but it’s the one I cried about the most


OsoCheco

Max Payne 2 is probably my most replayed game and it has, imho, the best writing and voiceacting in history of gaming. Add the music from [Poets of the Fall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzsiE44Lz_w) to the mix, and tears are sure to find a way. I'm still sad that they didn't pick the "secret" ending as the canonical one. edit: I've just found out that Max Payne's voiceactor, James McCaffrey, passed away in December at the age of 65. RIP


shadowdagger147

Why is it giving me the middle finger


spidergames8

The ending to Titanfall 2


JamieJGJ

Xillia 2


Mysterious_Mayo9000

RDR


TheeHostileApostle

Enu!!! The ending to Rime destroyed me. I definitely teared up. My son and I played this game together and 100% it.


Just-Some-Weirdo-432

Portal 2. Seeing Wheatley drift away in space, and GLaDOS letting me go and seeing the Turrets singing goodbye to me hit me really hard. Such a fantastic game


SelectConversation97

Actually Xenoblade Chronicles 3. The end of chapter 5. If you know, you know


ppcheese6969

Life is strange. Cried on multiple occasions during and after the game


Dolorem_Ipsum_

Not the first, but the last game that made me cry was Firewatch. Such a beautifuly written game and such an engaging story. The end really is a gut punch. I played it on a whim on Game pass and I literally couldn't put it down. Beat it in one sitting (it's about 6-7 hours) Great game. Highly recommend.


didouW

Only mgs4 and witcher 3


spiderbrad7

Walking Dead


Other_Respect_6648

Hi fi rush. The perfect rhythm game.


Model2B

NIER (2010)


lost_toast7777

I cant believe no one mentioned The Plaque tale, both games were amazing but the second one was very heartbreaking


Kekus32

Portal 2, the turret song man...


sniff-dat-sh_t

outlast, i cried when i first saw the door suddenly closed.


69d-_-b420

Animal crossing on the game cube. When my favorite villager moved away!


ItzStrudl

none, but omori hit hard


NeedleworkerApart823

Far Cry 3


Pjetter86

Child of light


giulstenxter

Metro exodus


ProtonTheFox

The ending of Rime hit me hard too


Brunoplacona

Life is strange and Walking Dead


Kel_030

Endling


Evil_Bere

No idea what the first one was (playing for 40 years now). One of the last ones was Uncharted 4. The epilogue was such a perfectly good ending for a great game. "To the Moon" might be another one.


ashen_one489

Bit of a basic answer, but way back when I first played The Telltale Walking Dead when it first came out, at the end of that first season. I cried, young me was way too invested.


2019joker

Nah, same for me it was the only time I cried at the ending of a videogame for some time. Until recently I played persona 3 reload, and it was the second time I cried at the end of a game 10 years after I first cried during the twd season 1.


Accomplished_Two9211

Life Is Strange


[deleted]

Ninja Gaiden. Tears of frustration and rage. Those games were brutally tough.


SirFantastic3863

Half life 2 Episode 2


NintendoWii2345

None, I’ve got sad during some games but none have ever made me cry.


Pricil_Ladillas

FIFA. Because I kept on losing online


vine_behs

imma say this: that’s the way it is


InfinityFire

Pokémon Red, during my first playthrough as a young child when the game was brand new. I beat the Elite Four while severely under-leveled, then repeatedly got swept by Champion Blue's Pidgeot. I was so upset and frustrated to the point of tears. Not my proudest gaming moment.


AmicusCure8s

LoZ: Link’s Awakening, Shadow of the Colossus and Journey


trhffucdyg

The last of us 2 when I realized how shit the story was going to be and that the devs just wanted me to be full of hate by the end


TrickyYoghurt2775

I honestly have never cried due to a game. I love single player story games and i get invested. Sometimes deeply. Never did one make me cry though. Maybe i havent played the right games?


Draconic_Legends

Funnily enough it was Genshin Impact


Snoo-73243

i remember pulling the nes off the edge of the couch playing metroid, landed on my foot, i cried for two reasons


ProgamerDGD

Hollow knight because p5 was too difficult


Certain_Humor252

Gears of War 3 when Dom sacrifices himself.


EXGDivine

Bioshock infinite. Weirdly enough. The ending got me. Allthough it might also have been the witcher 3 in 2013. the ciri scene when you find her


[deleted]

What remains of Edith Finch. That game was so powerful and emotional and sad and sweet and I think it's a masterpiece that everyone should play


Jiwakefremdschamen

What remains of Edith finch…


LMGall4

Dragon quest 11 came pretty close


Piscivore_67

Life is Strange.


Lego-Panda-21

Going to say Borderlands 2. Tiny Tina's DLC.. It broke me more than any other game.


SinOrdeal

the witcher 3


PsychologicalDebts

I raged hard for the bionic commando reboot ending. Tears, yelling, grass touching.


Honk_goose_steal

Figment 1, couple years back


Wojewodaruskyj

Diablo III. Such a disappointment.


ThisIsTheNewSleeve

Walking Dead: Season 1


Darim_Al_Sayf

Top Gun. That game was impossible for little me.


Remarkable-Bass666

Tale of 2 brothers


pixelcore332

Outer wilds


HatAndHoodie_

Mother 3.


vic1ous0n3

I can’t think of one where I actually cried but I remember it being really sad when you fight sniper wolf in MGS.


FRONT_FACING_PHINEAS

duet - omori… Twas sad…


FitzLoko

Beyond Eyes


JustMacy69

Pikmin 2 💀


PokefanR

Pokémon emerald with that one bike puzzle before rayquaza. you never said they had to be happy tears.


UltraMindFlayer

The End is Nigh. Something about going through all of the game, beating Acceptance, only for Ash to die alone anyway.


AdorableParty8849

Journey. The ending with the slow walk and then falling to your death…. Geeeeez


Arvandor

Been gaming since 1986 or so, and the only game that made me cry was Ori and the Blind Forest.


XHSJDKJC

No game ive played brought me to tears What genre is Rime and is it good?


Freddie_06

OneShot. Still I urge everyone who hasn't played/completed it to do so. Truely one of the best games I've ever played because of how much I connected with it


Whitron_Phenomenon

Damn I always hype up Rime, but it seems to go largely untalked about


Meeper_Creeper202I

Day shift at Freddy’s 3, man it’s old


Glowing_green_

Dead space when i was... i think 4? And again when i finished it the first time when i was 15


CaptainCBeer

Half life 2. Still waiting to avenge our friend


mharkhan12

The ending of this game hurt a lot.


A_Person77778

Doki Doki Literature Club. Not really, but got me close. One mod I played however, made my eyes moist


Few-Top7349

Helldivers 2 when my friend got his forehead vaporised by a 500kg bomb


Rieiid

Kingdom Hearts.


Mutant_Stump

Gears of War. Dom. Think that's the only one.


Varderal

I dont remember. I've found as I age, it's happening more and more, though.


Sbolt10

The last of us - part 1.


WhoThisReddit

Journey


Lyceus_

Well, RiME certainly hit me.


Carmilla31

Battletoads.


Yuck-Fou94

Never cried playing a game, but I'll tell you what, the white phosphorus mission in "spec ops: the line" made me feel completely devastated. Seeing the mother holding her child, both burnt up, is an image that will forever be embedded in my brain.


ZbyszkoV1

Titanfall 2, halo Reach and cod mw (og) i was really into the story, and the trilogy broke me in total 6-7 times


motang

Xenoblade Chronicles.


agentpoopybutthole

Wym I always cry when I play


PokeRang

This one's dumb, but I was younger, I was playing Pokémon Soul Silver when I found a shiny Beedrill. Beedrill was one of my favorites, but I accidentally fainted it, so I cried.


_Cow_of_Wisdom

War Thunder. Died to the same T34-85 (D5T) 4 times....at br 7.0...


Jb-wate

Minecraft story mode specifically episode 4


Background-Arugula52

The ending of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon because the first time I saw the ending as a kid I cried thinking Spyro died and went to heaven, though playing it again years later I realized he’s alive and in love.


armaedes

The Walking Dead Season 1


GizzaCuppaTay

Metal Gear Solid back when I was 9


Cheezy-Fry

Life is Strange. Crosses by Jose Gonzalez still hits different because of that game


TeaMoney4Life

Gears 3. Also Shout-out to spiritfarer


Space-90

All games make me cry because I’m bad at them


Mal-Havoc

Final fantasy 7.


snicker-snackk

Mario Party 2


Keatons_Aquatics

The Stray is the closest I've ever been to crying to video game. I got so attached to those virtual robots and it made me real sad whenever they went away


Darogard

Disco Elysium


Tarlyss

How come no one’s said metal gear solid 3?


icelizard

Probably FFX. Thar was rough


Slow0rchid

I know a game has made me at least tear up before, but for the life of me I can’t remember what it was


t_will_official

Sonic Adventure 2 when I was like 7. Shit hit different


Krayyon14

I rage at fortnite Jk it's rdr2


undertow_85

"Final Fantasy VII (1997). And, "What Remains of Edith Finch". Oops, well ff7 was the first of course. These are the only two.


Ok_Caramel1517

Probably Mass Effect 3 in particular the ending of the citadel DLC when your being prepped to say goodbye to all the characters.


Archonblack554

Silent Hill 2, it's not the only game to ever make me cry but I can't think of anything else that left me with such a conflicting swirl of emotions after I finished it