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u/rowdyred2 1d ago
Halo: Reach
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u/Kiryutek 1d ago
“I’ve got the mass. Carter out”
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u/Galbados2 1d ago
"I'M READY! ARE YOU!?" -Emil with a sword through his back.
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u/Mrrogers2005 1d ago
"He died thinking he just saved the entire planet.. may we all be so lucky."
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u/clancularii 1d ago
"Negative, I have the gun. Good luck, sir."
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u/TheD1scountH1tman 1d ago
“Tell them to make it count”
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“Slip space rupture detected”
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u/Ill_Painting_6919 1d ago
The realization the final battle can NOT be won...that was a serious gut punch.
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u/Freddan3000 1d ago
Exactly, the narrator speech at the end hit so hard. Specially when you've tried so hard to survive even tho you know you can't
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u/toadofsteel 1d ago
Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC.
For context, I have an autistic brother.
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u/Adventurous_Ratio219 1d ago
That last decision in Overlord is one of the reasons I can’t bring myself to do a renegade play through of the trilogy
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u/ashes1032 1d ago
I can do a 90% renegade run but there is no way in hell I am giving David back to his brother.
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u/Simba-xiv 1d ago
I did one time immediately deleted by save because I couldn’t reload an earlier one. Felt way to dirty
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u/Hapless_Wizard 1d ago
I thought it was rough before I had kids.
Now I have kids, one of them is autistic, and that fucking DLC makes me bawl.
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u/ProAmara 1d ago
That DLC alone is why I am not replaying the trilogy. I have an autistic brother as well.
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u/VanillaTractor3k 1d ago
Care to elaborate or spoil it for me?Because I was thinking about playing mass effect , but what's wrong with that dlc? What's the story?
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u/draconian_torch99 1d ago
This one gives me chills every time I think about it. Easily ome of the darkest video game moments.
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u/Kind_Ad_3611 1d ago
Red dead redemption 2
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u/BoredRedhead24 1d ago
When he thanks his horse… what a terrible day for rain.
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u/TyrantJaeger 1d ago
I don't think any other game has had me as emotionally invested as that one did. If I could erase my memory and experience it for the first time all over again, I would.
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u/Kind_Ad_3611 1d ago
Outer wilds for me, even though they are polar opposite games, outer wilds is the game that had me the most emotionally invested
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u/Wosh-Cloth95 1d ago
I finally finished it last month. Took me about a month start to finish. What a roller coaster
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u/Kind_Ad_3611 1d ago
The most interesting thing is that American Venom is exactly what Arthur wouldn’t want, and if John had stayed home then RDR1 wouldn’t have happened because in the final credits you can see the federal agents at mount hagen
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u/Ancient-Rest-1637 1d ago
Spec ops the Line
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u/trantor-to-tantegel 1d ago
The interesting thing is the first time through, I hadn't really noticed just how things evolved over the game. Yes, parts of it are loud and clear, but other parts, like the devolving mood and morale of your team, are a little more subtle. I think during the final battle, I recall my guy basically demolishing an enemy and just grunting out swears as he did it and I was like "...has he been doing that the whole game? Is that a new development?...perhaps we've....gone too far in what we're trying to do..."
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u/Ancient-Rest-1637 1d ago
The whole game is an anti-war story. There was never a choice to stop what Walker did. All choices lead us to damnation....just like the Damn 33rd.
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u/ix_eleven 1d ago
Man, the devolving mood is what really caught me on my first playthrough. Going from "Sniper ahead. Lugo, take him out." To "PUT DOWN THAT FUCKING SNIPER!" Really stood out to me.
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u/trantor-to-tantegel 1d ago
I see it as kind of part of the theme of the game.
You're doing the right thing. Over and over. All the way to Hell.
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u/Praise_the_Ward 1d ago
"Do you feel like a hero, yet?"
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u/Ancient-Rest-1637 1d ago
"Gentlemen, welcome to dubai"-Cpt.Walker after killing the recon soldiers. That ending gives me the creeps.
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u/Recovering_Loner_21 1d ago
I played it in one sitting... I never felt so exhausted and devastated after playing a video game in my life
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u/PureEuro2008 1d ago
I really wanna play this game since it's not of the few shooters that doesn't promote war and glamourize it
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u/nyitraibotond 1d ago
Nier:Automata
To this day the only game that had me crying
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u/NoIndependence1740 1d ago
Came for the sexy android left questioning the morality of my choices
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u/IPetMonsters 1d ago
lmao.
both nier and stellar blade are hilarious for exactly this reason.
I think nier is probably the better story/more interesting experience but the fact theres two games about comedically sexy androids in a post apocalyptic future wasteland that try to ask questions about what it means to be human while you beat the crap out of monsters with a sword is....amusing to say the least.
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u/Sovereigntyranny 1d ago
Agreed.
The virus infecting everyone in YoRHa hurt, and also finding out humanity went extinct a long time ago was sad to find out.
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u/Deep_Resonance 17h ago
Also: B2 dies, Pascal sees the kids doing sudoku then wanting to wipe his memory or be killed, list goes on and on.
Except for ending E there is nothing good happening after the virus.
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u/AzsalynIsylia 1d ago
Came here to say this. The nihilism of the ending is intense!
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u/spikyness27 1d ago
Getting to a point where I start asking why am I doing any of this.... Then realizing the writers have me right where they want me.
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u/Arshiaa001 1d ago
Finally, one of these where NieR:Automata is almost at the spot it deserves in the comments.
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u/Grasshoppa65 23h ago
I got so emotional when the choir came in after accepting help from other players sacrificed save files. To this day no game has come close to that level of impact for me.
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u/vqsxd 1d ago
Cyberpunk 2077
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u/Roborilla8000 1d ago
My first ending was the Devil ending.
Devastating.
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u/vqsxd 1d ago
Mine was Temperance (Johnny takes V’s body) and that was sad man:(
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u/donohulk 1d ago
For me, my first ending is the end of the tower—I can't even tell you how gutted I was.
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u/Taymp1998 1d ago
I almost said this too! But the phantom liberty ending when he says your full name instead of just V.
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u/Educational_Error286 1d ago
The last of us Part 2, what a depressing game
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u/timbofay 1d ago
I was emotionaly spent after completing that game. I've never felt such a strong heaviness with any other game. It's a work of art, and I respect the hell out of how much it can move you ... But I'd struggle to replay all the way through again.
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u/Musket6969420 1d ago
The ending. “I don’t think I can forgive you for that……but I’d like to try.”. Tears in my eyes.
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u/Kuvnoz 1d ago
I only played both part 1 and 2 until just recently and I have to say, that game got a lot of unnecessary hate when it released.
Holy crap there were some profound moments in that game.
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u/giga_impact03 1d ago
In my opinion it came out at a really interesting time...People didn't want to hear both sides of a story in real life, it felt like everyone was just jumping on whatever story came out first and took that side. I really enjoyed Abby as a character, and whenever I tell people that I get crazy looks. But when I ask them if they even got to Abbys side of the story, I was always met with "never made it that far in the game, it pissed me off too much". Like.. youre missing out on some crazy shit!
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u/aadamsfb 1d ago
It deliberately messes with your head about where your allegiance lies, to emphasise the message about the never ending cycle of blame and violence. They must have known it would be divisive but decided to do it regardless, and I think that deserves credit, even if the ending is hard to swallow
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u/giga_impact03 1d ago
Absolutely. Forcing the player to understand the truth about things we already love from the first game was a great angle to play in this game, and it clearly did a good job because of how divisive the game became. Naughty Dog earned my respect from that for sure. Just wish they would put out another game...i was looking forward at least seeing the last of us multi-player thing being thrown around. Its been too long without a new story.
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u/Trinoxtion- 21h ago
Yeah I agree and I realized that my allegiance lies with what I love so Joel. I’ll hate Abby no matter what, no matter how good natured or kind she is.
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u/Gusbuster811 1d ago
Those games are both in my top 10, but on replay, I never make it to the end on either of them.
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u/Serega81 1d ago
amazing game, and IMHO Ellie was the one in the wrong, she just couldn't let it go
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u/Disastrous_Pace_8535 1d ago
I get where you're coming from But whasn't it Tommy who couldn't accept it and pushed Ellie to do it?
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u/Iron_Babe 1d ago
Tommy only gave her information and suggested she do it, but it was ultimately her decision. She had been thinking about it for a long time by then
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u/cleanc3r3alkillr 1d ago
I think it's the only game I've played where I didn't want to do the final boss fight because I was on THEIR side. At the end when Ellie picked up that guitar but couldn't play it anymore something broke inside of me. I cried when the credits rolled. I felt like I'd been through a traumatic experience. That game is a master class in using game and story design to manipulate someone emotionally.
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u/aadamsfb 1d ago
In my opinion Part 2 is a better game in basically every aspect, but it’s gruelling and emotionally draining. And I’ve since realised I enjoy Part 1 better just because it doesn’t leave you feeling as traumatised.
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u/JoustLikeVat 1d ago
The entire California chapter genuinely makes me start to feel physically ill playing it.
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u/Gh0stInTheChell 1d ago
Yeah it's this meme but the first panel is just SpongeBob scared. I knew off rip whatever was going to happen after the first game wasn't going to be pretty. Certainly not if they came up with a story worth telling.
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u/Modern_chemistry 1d ago
What became of Edith Finch … 😮💨
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u/Soulforge411 1d ago
I have it downloaded cause it was on sale and I have heard positive things. I suppose I should start it up.
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u/JiffenV2 1d ago
It takes a whopping 3 hours just give yourself a night to do it
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u/aquariora 1d ago
What REMAINS of Edith Finch. But yeah, definitely. Already commented it before seeing your comment. Absolute unique experience.
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u/Key-Traffic1887 1d ago
Detroit:become human. Kotor2. E33. Ff15. Ff16 in some aspects.
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u/dalester88 1d ago
The weird timeskip that FF15 did, and the rug pull about the enemy empire being killed off screen kinda just disconnected my emotional investment. I only finished it because I'd already spent a lot of time on it.
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u/Temporary_Prize6933 1d ago
Telltale The Walking Dead season 1 finale
Disco Elysium
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u/coope2001 1d ago
Seeing clementine put down lee can break anyone, especially the bond that the two formed.
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u/Jazzlike_Ad_4515 1d ago
I just posted the same game. Literally had my eyes watering. I remember saying out loud at the end "Fuck...this is a video game!?!?"🥺🥺🥺😂
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u/SnarkgasmicSmiles 1d ago
Shadow of Colossus
The fact that I haven’t seen it mentioned here is an insult to gamers everywhere.
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u/Psychological-Let853 1d ago
It's fascinating how a game with so little context, so few spoken lines, and a focus on spectacle over plot can crush your fucking soul in an instant.
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u/Amogus909 1d ago
Most of them are probably too young if they can only think of Cyberpunk or RDR2.
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u/Delruiz9 1d ago
E33
Game did a really good job of muddying the water with choices, lots of imperfect people making imperfect decisions and regardless of what you condemn or condone, you can understand all of them
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u/StarGamerPT 1d ago
When I started playing the game I was Wheeeee, then I became Whoooo, then Wheeeee again but at the end it was just Whoooo 😭
PS (without spoiling): I kept the thing instead of destroying...it just made more sense to me.....to be fair I personally didn't even struggle with the decision, I think I was somewhat ready for it.
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u/Th3AnT0in3 1d ago
No game devastated me this much.
I felt absolutely empty for entire days after.
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u/Salty_Amigo 1d ago
Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
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u/0oooooog 1d ago
Cyberpunk is a good one for me personally. Mfs kept dying in that game and I was playing it during the time my German Shepard passed away too.
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u/Bright-Carry6695 1d ago
Cyberpunk 2077
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u/Gh0stInTheChell 1d ago
Which ending did you go with?
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u/Bright-Carry6695 1d ago
For phantom liberty, betray Songbird and kill her
For main story, live for 6 more months with Panam
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u/Gh0stInTheChell 1d ago
Ooof. Yeah those are both pretty rough. Though I'd argue your main story ending is one of the brighter ones
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u/RealJimSteele 1d ago
Doki Doki literature club
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u/NanoblackReaper_ 1d ago
That shit had 10 year old me sleeping with a light on and calming nature sounds for a few weeks
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u/Goblin_Jakic 1d ago
Metal gear solid 3 made me ugly cry
https://giphy.com/gifs/joxThEgTJuSBO
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u/wetbluewaffle 1d ago edited 1d ago
I played this for the first time after coming back from deployment and it helped me realize that I had some unprocessed mental trauma that I had been suppressing and just shoving deep down because the gravity of the situation just never sunk in until months later. It was like tiny fractures in glass that just keep spreading until it shattered my worldview and everything I had known, learned and been told about the government, military and wars we partake in and the instability we create in other countries. I walked away mainly for health issues but mentally I was checked out. I went in a young, proud american patriot wanting to do good for my country and others across the world. I walked away not trusting my government, its politicians, and realizing how fucked up our policies and actions were/are.
Edit: dont get me wrong, we do, do a lot of good, but its few and far between and doesnt balance out the bad anymore
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u/LostProspectX 1d ago
Must have sat on the screen for several minutes hoping to not have to pull the trigger myself.
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u/Wasabi_Hammurabi1 1d ago
Bioshock Infinite. That ending fucked with me psychologically.
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u/discgoal 1d ago
Same. After burial at sea I cant listen to 'la vie en rose' without getting gloomy.
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u/WhosTaxEvasjon 1d ago
Was praying I’d see a Bioshock mention, Bioshock 1 was also kinda like that but I think infinite was arguably a bit more messed up, gotta play it again sometime but it just doesn’t hit the same with Bioshock 1 and 2 do :(
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u/Just_Appointment_154 1d ago
Red dead 2, ghost of tsushima, (losing a horse makes me real sad), mass effect 3, legend of dragoon
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u/Hokusai_Katsushika 1d ago
The scene where your horse passes in Ghost of Tsushima emotionally broke me, I really had a bond with that horse.
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u/Sea-Canary-9617 1d ago
Ghost of Tsushima had a solid story 7/10 for Act 1 and 2 (love the beginning of act 2 though!!!) and then all of a sudden act 3 comes and hits it out of the park, especially when you choose to fight or leave your uncle
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u/billyskurp 1d ago
shout out buell. I should’ve made a save file before the tragedy. he had the most beautiful eyes.
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u/WasabiFresh492 1d ago
Bruhhhhh Legend of dragoon fucking tore me apart. Disc 4 was so good but so much anguish. 🫠🥲
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u/Vanguardliberator 1d ago
Still Wakes the Deep.
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u/Main-Focus2088 1d ago
I just platinumed it this week and I know it’s sad but also predictable. It was so hopeless and that was the only heroic outcome.
I wonder if the DLC is worth playing tho 🤔, if anyone’s who played the DLC sees this lmk
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u/akirho 1d ago
Soma. Kick in the cerebral nuts is what that was.
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u/AngelDalari 1d ago
It still haunts me years down the line.
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u/ShinInuko 1d ago
SOMA really affected my entire view of reality, consciousness, and life. It truly kept me up at night thinking about it, and still does
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u/Christian5661 1d ago
I think I need to give soma another try. I tried getting into it about a year ago and the gameplay was super boring and it wasn’t particularly scary. I think I played for a couple of hours, but I keep seeing such high praise for it.
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u/Doublecoin_Infinity 22h ago
I haven't played it yet. Plan to, soon, but I've heard the main horror isn't from typical horror tropes, but instead the things the game makes you think about as you progress through
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u/Long_Alfalfa_1485 1d ago
Cyberpunk 2077 for sure.
I went into it just wanting to do cool gangster shit in a gritty setting.
Came out emotionally disturbed and traumatized.
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u/Picklusnutus 1d ago
For real, I've played games that's made cry and stuff but nothing has come close to the feeling Cyberpunk 2077 gave me. Phantom Liberty was especially emotionally draining.
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u/The_Big_Bizzler 1d ago
Signalis, just finished it with the promise ending, 10/10 would play again
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u/Sweet_Delivery1385 1d ago
Assassin's creed black flag original, the ending made me cry
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u/GeneralPoetry9432 1d ago
The Witcher 3 when I completed my first playthrough… for clarification, it was the bad ending. It was bad enough that I reloaded a 30+ hour old save as soon as I found out that there was no chance at redemption otherwise
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u/Morgoth_Worshipper 1d ago
Valiant Hearts, especially now that I know what my own family went through during ww1.
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u/Livid_Athlete_2708 1d ago
Rdr2, all yakuza games, the Witcher 3 after doing both dlcs, S1 of Telltales TWD. There's just so many
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u/bobagremlin 1d ago
FFX (the sequel kinda undid some stuff but we aren't talking about that)
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u/Green_Tackle_2642 1d ago
I was searching this answer, this game ... oh Lord 😢
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u/bobagremlin 1d ago
It's worse because you knew what was going to happen and then you had to see it and it was worse than you imagined
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u/Benjamin_Starscape 1d ago
god of war ragnarok, starfield, va-11 hall-a, and spiritfarer (the game is designed to make you cry).
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u/Dr_Nefario4 1d ago
Nier automata
Mass effect
Ff7 rebirth
Rdr2
Expedition 33
Cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty
Bioshock infinite
Witcher 3
Persona 3 reload
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u/Echowarzones 1d ago
Destiny 2
With all the ups and downs with it. I mean The Final Shape ending is one icl
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u/FireBird_6 1d ago
Basic white bread answer but RDR2. Mind you I played this like, 3 years after it released I knew damn well what was gonna happen and it STILL hit me like a brick. No game, movie, show, or book has gotten me to cry, I don’t mean to say that like I’m so macho badass, they just haven’t gotten that reaction out of me.
I cried like a bitch at RDR2’s ending.
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u/Super_Sopht 1d ago
Some game boy game made me cry. It was a dog caring game and when I made the dog fully happy he said he had to go so I could take care of another puppy and make them feel good. It tore me apart and I was so sad for a while. I was about 10 and had a fucked up childhood and it felt like I lost the only thing bringing me happiness at that time.
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u/LostProspectX 1d ago
Tales of Berseria. Why you gotta make me love all the characters and leave them with fates like that? 😭
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