Topic: saddest video games moments (spoilers of course) (Read 39910 times)

Allybee · « **on:** 18 Jul 2009, 22:16 »

I cried when rosalina reveals that her mother is dead in super mario galaxy :[ I am such a girl. what about you?

sean · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 Jul 2009, 22:21 »

i deleted my mewtwo on accident once.

it was horrible.

Allybee · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 Jul 2009, 22:24 »

wait, how? did your release it? and you surely didn't save so it must've been okay...

Alex C · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 Jul 2009, 22:34 »

This is all relative, honestly, since video games rarely make me feel all that sad.

Super Metroid: That was just cruel. I helped hatch that li'l bugger.

Shadow of the Colossus: Entire fucking game.

MGS3: The moment I realized that people actually thought that the Boss's death was anything but hilariously melodramatic. The MGS series fills me with nerd rage in general.

PS:Torment: Honorable mention simply for being so damned atmospheric in general.

McTaggart · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 01:52 »

In Twilight Princess there's a part where you have to take an dying Midna back through the same route that she happily led you through with much joking and teasing earlier in the game.

0bsessions · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 06:52 »

The moment I realized I paid full retail price for Guitar Hero 3.

Surgoshan · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 07:17 »

The end of Half Life 2: Episode 2

Christophe · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 08:06 »

Cliche, yes, but it is a thing:

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 08:50 »

When you find out Vivi probably died at the end of FFIX.

When you have to protect Kratos' family in God of War.

When Mercedes and Ingway die in Odin Sphere.

Shadow dying in FFVI.

When Chidori, Shinjiro and the main character die in Persona 3. Also, finding out Ryoji is Death.

If you fail to save Lucca's mom in Chrono Trigger. Also, reviving Robo after 400 years at Fiona's Shrine.

Headwoünd · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 09:56 »

After my goody two shoes regulator character in Fallout 3 reestablished law and order again in the Vault in the nicest way possible, he was sent of regardless.

I felt sad because when he stepped back out, leaving behind his birthplace and only home he ever had for good for the second time, gazing on this godforsaken wasteland, he looked like the loneliest guy ever.

Boy were "his" decisions a bit more cynical from there on.

Captain Price's demise in CoD4 was also sad.

JD · « **Reply #10 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 10:03 »

Quote from: McTaggart on 19 Jul 2009, 01:52

In Twilight Princess there's a part where you have to take an dying Midna back through the same route that she happily led you through with much joking and teasing earlier in the game.

Quote from: Surgoshan on 19 Jul 2009, 07:17

The end of Half Life 2: Episode 2

Quote from: Headwoünd on 19 Jul 2009, 09:56

Captain Price's demise in CoD4 was also sad.

These

Also the story of Giga-Robo in Chibi-Robo

scarred · « **Reply #11 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 12:49 »

When I realized, 2 hours into FFX, the unskippable 20 minute cutscenes were never going to end.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #12 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 13:31 »

Quote from: Headwoünd on 19 Jul 2009, 09:56

Captain Price's demise in CoD4 was also sad.

Was I the only one that got creative after playing through that part once? The first time, I barely managed to kill Zakhaev and his guards, but the second time, I kneecapped him in both legs (one of the shots hit his right bodyguard in the head after leaving his knee), shot him in the shoulder, and then the last three went into his head. Sad moment, but much better when you get the chance to take it out on the villain directly afterwards.

KvP · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 13:55 »

Quote from: Headwoünd on 19 Jul 2009, 09:56

After my goody two shoes regulator character in Fallout 3 reestablished law and order again in the Vault in the nicest way possible, he was sent of regardless.

I felt sad because when he stepped back out, leaving behind his birthplace and only home he ever had for good for the second time, gazing on this godforsaken wasteland, he looked like the loneliest guy ever.

Boy were "his" decisions a bit more cynical from there on.

Man, so ironic.

The ending of Fallout 1 was pretty effective. As was the death of the talking deathclaws in F2, provided you even knew about it.

0bsessions · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 16:49 »

In more serious matters, Gremio's death scene in the original Suikoden damn near tore my heart out at the time. Aeris' death can suck a long series of dicks, it was boring and anticlimactic. Wooo, big bad Sephi flies, out of nowhere I might add, and stabs her in the back. Not to mention she was the ultimate Mary Sue. Why should I give a fuck?

Meanwhile, Gremio was the video game equivalent of if Alfred Pennyworth died. Yeah, you can bring him back to life if you collect all the characters, but it was still absolutely devastating.

Honorable mention to Lulu's death in Suikoden 3.

Alex C · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 17:03 »

Yeah, I didn't care about her death either. Mostly because I never saw much point in using her due to the shoddy limit breaks and crappy attack power.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 17:33 »

If you know the things that you need to get the limit breaks (how many kills or how many times so-and-so limit break is performed), and have the patience to spend a little time working on it, you can get Aerith's final limit breaks well before she dies. They are extremely useful.

Alex C · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 18:04 »

Yes, but the better question is why the hell would you spend a little time working on it? The game is already easy enough to making grinding extremely unnecessary. The limit breaks that she's reasonably likely to acquire in normal play do little but provide extra healing, and lord knows you hardly need any of that with the metric ton of consumables available in any given FF game.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 18:37 »

When Jackie's girlfriend Jenny was murdered in the Darkness. I spent the time to get the achievement where you have to sit and watch TV with her.

Johnny C · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 21:23 »

saddest moment is in skate 2 when you realize that to start a new game you have to delete your old character. goodbye pimp jc

Johnny C · « **Reply #20 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 21:25 »

actually saddest moment is when you think agro is dead and also later when wander turns into the shadow monster and you realize this is what you've been doing the whole game and you inadvertently destined yourself for this monstrous fate

or maybe everything about lucca's mom in chrono trigger? especially if you fuck up your opportunity to change the past. that is literally the worst i've ever felt in a video game.

in fallout 3 there's a section where you can pick up a radio transmission where a dad says "please, we need medicine. i can't leave my son here." and then if you look around you can find a subway maintenance shaft or something and at the bottom is a big skeleton curled up and holding a little skeleton.

lotta sad moments in mother 3 and i ain't even finished it! the ending of the first chapter is basically a big punch to the gut.

psychonauts is goofy but it's full of a surprising amount of pathos, especially if you use the psychic power that lets you see through others' eyes - look through floyd's eyes at raz sometime and then feel your heart sink!

0bsessions · « **Reply #21 on:** 19 Jul 2009, 21:53 »

I just remembered the ending of Legacy of Kain: Defiance, when Raziel dies.

scarred · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 02:07 »

Kerrigan getting left by that double-crossing bastert, Mengsk, and Raynor crying out in anguish.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 04:55 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 19 Jul 2009, 18:37

When Jackie's girlfriend Jenny was murdered in the Darkness. I spent the time to get the achievement where you have to sit and watch TV with her.

Oh god, that. That was such a sad moment, and it pretty well cemented the Darkness as a villain, rather than a superpower that happens to be evil.

mberan42 · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 14:01 »

I put the over/under on Aeris at 5.5 posts and took the under. Looks like I lost.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 14:15 »

When I chose Greed at the ending of Fable 2 and remembered that my dog was dead right after I selected.

R.I.P. Dog

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 14:41 »

I don't know, I never really felt anything for my dog in that game. And I love animals and anything that allows you to have pets in a video game. I just don't think they did all that well at connecting you with your dog beyond the very first part of the game when you save him. Other than that he's just kind of annoying.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 15:32 »

i almost cried at the end of Final Fantasy X.

i am a big baby.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 16:29 »

I only noticed the dog when he was gone. T'was lonely.

MrBlu · « **Reply #29 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 17:10 »

Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 18 Jul 2009, 22:21

i deleted my mewtwo on accident once.

it was horrible.

I accidentally let one of the legendary Pokemon escape by using an Ultra ball without beating it down, solely because my cousin said it was possible if you did beat it down enough.

Sad.

Anyhoo.

Gears of War 2:
- When Tai killed himself.
- When Carmine died.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare:
When the nuke went off right after Jackson saves the chick in the Black Hawk, and Jackson gets up, falls out of the chopper, looks at the destruction and then dies.

Spluff · « **Reply #30 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 17:31 »

I thought the end of Fallout 1 was pretty sad.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #31 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 18:02 »

Quote from: NotAFanOfFenders on 20 Jul 2009, 14:15

When I chose Greed at the ending of Fable 2 and remembered that my dog was dead right after I selected.

R.I.P. Dog

I was depressed the whole day because I chose the Needs of the Many. I'm the good guy for gods sake, I deserve a happy ending!!! Knothole Island got rid of all that grief, but I don't think I remarried in that profile.

JD · « **Reply #32 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 20:39 »

Quote from: MrBlu on 20 Jul 2009, 17:10

Gears of War 2:
- When Tai killed himself.
- When Carmine died.

What about Dom's wife?

I was laughing when Carmine died.

sean · « **Reply #33 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 20:39 »

Quote from: Allybee on 18 Jul 2009, 22:24

wait, how? did your release it? and you surely didn't save so it must've been okay...

i don't remember many details but it was permanent

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #34 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 20:49 »

The whole time my friend and I were playing Gears of War 2 we knew Carmine was going to die. We never expected him to last as long as he did.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #35 on:** 20 Jul 2009, 23:41 »

It's times like these I really wish this board had spoiler tags. I was gonna get around to playing Shadow of the Colossus eventually, you fuckers.

Mother 3 has some of the saddest moments in a game for me. Johnny mentioned the end of Chapter 1, but Chapter 6 got me just as much, if not more. It's just a few minutes, and there's not even any dialogue, but it's so heartbreaking despite all that. The final boss, too, but I'm not going to even allude to that because everyone really should see it for themselves.

Also, Johnny I know you haven't finished Persona 3 yet, so don't read the rest of this post even though Cory's already ruined a lot of it.

Quote from: Cartilage Head on 19 Jul 2009, 08:50

When Chidori, Shinjiro and the main character die in Persona 3.

The last part is the absolute worst, because everyone suddenly remembers the promise they made and everything that happened, and they all go running up to the roof and he's sitting there with his head on Aigis's lap and he closes his eyes just before they get there to say goodbye and oh my god damn it was so depressing. The bad ending of Persona 4 is a pretty huge downer too, but it wasn't quite the same.

Alex C · « **Reply #36 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 00:04 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 20 Jul 2009, 23:41

It's times like these I really wish this board had spoiler tags. I was gonna get around to playing Shadow of the Colossus eventually, you fuckers.

Yeah, this is why I was about as vague as humanly possible when talking about that game. People should really play it.

MrBlu · « **Reply #37 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 01:49 »

Quote from: Zombiedude on 20 Jul 2009, 20:39

Quote from: MrBlu on 20 Jul 2009, 17:10

Gears of War 2:
- When Tai killed himself.
- When Carmine died.

What about Dom's wife?

I was laughing when Carmine died.

I didn't finish the game yet, thanks. (my fault, but damn)

scarred · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 02:29 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 20 Jul 2009, 23:41

It's times like these I really wish this board had spoiler tags. I was gonna get around to playing Shadow of the Colossus eventually, you fuckers.

Playing that game through the first boss I knew what the end was. Seriously, all that black stuff that shoots into Wander after every Colossus? Kind of fucking ominous.

Edit: And it's totally still worth playing through knowing this fact - there's so much other stuff that happens that is unexpected.

satsugaikaze · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 02:32 »

Quote from: scarred on 20 Jul 2009, 02:07

Kerrigan getting left by that double-crossing bastert, Mengsk, and Raynor crying out in anguish.

I remembered that there was some sort of moment in Starcraft where I got outraged. Seems that was it. Kerrigan got hers back, though. I hope Raynor does in Starcraft 2.

Jackson's death (and almost right after he does a heroic thing and saves that nice Cobra helicopter pilot lady too) was also pretty depressing, although I was too caught up in the awe of watching the mushroom cloud and watching tall buildings disintegrate and crumble into ash. Call of Duty 4's strengths were that the Hollywood-type scenes were quite easily immersive, and the fact that you could actually control Jackson while he crawled around in futility with his last breaths gives the scene a lot more empathy than it actually needed.
I was also sad at Captain Price's death, but I was more sad at how Gaz and Griggs got so easily cut down (Zakhaev pretty much kills Gaz as if he's putting down a dog, which would make my blood boil). I thought of Price's death as bittersweet because of his redemption in actually having his sort-of-nemesis finally killed after failing the first time.

I was also sad that I would not be able to see his amusing facial hair in Modern Warfare 2.

Aerith's death was more of a shock than a tearjerker. The first time I saw it, I said "what the fuck? How?" rather than "WHYYYYYYY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Oh, and Max Payne 2. MONA SAX DIES, YALL. (Max isn't really that great at keeping his loved ones alive. In fact, I'd say he downright sucks.)

scarred · « **Reply #40 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 02:33 »

Quote from: satsugaikaze on 21 Jul 2009, 02:32

Quote from: scarred on 20 Jul 2009, 02:07
Kerrigan getting left by that double-crossing bastert, Mengsk, and Raynor crying out in anguish.

I remembered that there was some sort of moment in Starcraft where I got outraged. Seems that was it. Kerrigan got hers back, though. I hope Raynor does in Starcraft 2.

Yeah, and we got a super badass villain from Infested Kerrigan.

Infested Raynor would probably whine a lot.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #41 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 03:36 »

Dude Shadow of the Colossus was fucking heartbreaking.

Inlander · « **Reply #42 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 04:39 »

Especially moments like when you get to that eel colossus or catfish colossus or whatever it was and you see it swimming through the lake and it's so beautiful and peaceful and awe-inspiring and it's not hurting anyone or bothering anyone and it's probably hundreds if not thousands of years old and you have to jump onto its back and fucking murder it.

axerton · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Jul 2009, 04:58 »

Agreeing with Half Life 2 ep 2's ending.

In Fire Emblem if your units died they all had a unique death line - none of them spring to mind, but I remember being moved by some of them.

clockworkjames · « **Reply #44 on:** 22 Jul 2009, 10:11 »

I was happy when Aeris died, she sucked.

BARRETT
CLOUD/TIFA
REDXII

/END

Surgoshan · « **Reply #45 on:** 22 Jul 2009, 13:32 »

Quote from: Cartilage Head on 21 Jul 2009, 03:36

Dude Shadow of the Colossus was fucking heartbreaking.

Just getting to number 16. Before you even see it.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #46 on:** 22 Jul 2009, 16:39 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 20 Jul 2009, 20:49

The whole time my friend and I were playing Gears of War 2 we knew Carmine was going to die. We never expected him to last as long as he did.

The fact that he never took his helmet off and was officially "the rookie" meant he might as well have been wearing a red shirt and standing next to William Shatner. His death was absolutely hilarious though, even funnier than Tai's.

JD · « **Reply #47 on:** 22 Jul 2009, 22:36 »

After the factory part in Beyond Good and Evil, if you go to the lighthouse home.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #48 on:** 23 Jul 2009, 08:44 »

The entire goddamn ending to Lufia II.

Jace · « **Reply #49 on:** 23 Jul 2009, 09:04 »

There's a story arc in City of Villains where you go uncover the history of Ghost Widow (one of the higher up villains) and you go find the mission contact's brother who is supposed to be dead. Turns out he is now "The Wretch" and when you tell her this, she is like "oh, he's alive?" and then you tell her what he is. And then you have to fight him later on and its really sad because you are like "no, dude, your sister misses you, but you can't go out in public because you are a monstrosity and people would kill you, that sucks."

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