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People really downplay the actual saddest moment in PS1 History (Hint: it isn't from FF7) [Open Spoilers]
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Yeah, that got me good. A certain scene earlier in the game was also a moment when I realized this game was doing something very different from most games with its story.
Aerith's death is a good scene, but not even the most emotional in FFVII. Red XIII finding out the truth about his father was probably at the top.
I love MGS, but I don't think I ever had a strong emotional response to anything in the series before MGS3.
FFIX is a masterpiece of earnest emotional vulnerability for that era. Multiple scenes relating to Vivi, Garnet, and Freya are powerful and heartbreaking.
I also find the tragedy angle common in Matsuno's works to be effective at pulling at the heartstrings as well. The ending of FFT and especially the fate of Lanselot Hamilton in Tactics Ogre (if that counts for PS1) are quite good.
I really need to play Suikoden at some point. I recently played through Chrono Cross for the first time and can't say that it made me feel much of anything, however. The music is obviously superb and does what it can to carry the emotions of certain scenes, but I found much of the writing to be honestly dreadful.
I love MGS, but I don't think I ever had a strong emotional response to anything in the series before MGS3.
FFIX is a masterpiece of earnest emotional vulnerability for that era. Multiple scenes relating to Vivi, Garnet, and Freya are powerful and heartbreaking.
I also find the tragedy angle common in Matsuno's works to be effective at pulling at the heartstrings as well. The ending of FFT and especially the fate of Lanselot Hamilton in Tactics Ogre (if that counts for PS1) are quite good.
I really need to play Suikoden at some point. I recently played through Chrono Cross for the first time and can't say that it made me feel much of anything, however. The music is obviously superb and does what it can to carry the emotions of certain scenes, but I found much of the writing to be honestly dreadful.
Grey Fox and Sniper Wolf were better done scenes. But with Aeris you lose a party member you've spent time with. You don't really experience loss with Grey Fox or Sniper Wolf. And since Aeris's death was a big deal, I'm guessing it was one of the first video game deaths people were exposed to.
[Open spoilers from an unknown game you won't learn of until clicking] is kinda silly. On topic、I didn't feel that moved from that moment.
I think anyone who watches anime or reads comics/manga, or plays JRPGs, is probably used to this tho. For me, it hardly registers anymore.
Metal Gear Solid is a little too silly for any of the tragedies to have any impact. It is fun, ridiculous, pastiche that feels infatuated with american action films (and spy novels). It never really feels rooted enough to have any kind of emotional import.
The comparison of these two games is also another excellent example of how no voice acting is more powerful than bad voice acting. Even with a poorly translated script, Final Fantasy 7 is able to hit harder as it isn't undone by its hokey dub.
I still really enjoy the original Metal Gear Solid. I think it is a great game. However, it has almost no impact, on an emotional level, for me. It never has.
Suikoden 2 definitely hits harder than either Final Fantasy 7 or Metal Gear Solid. Absolutely.
The comparison of these two games is also another excellent example of how no voice acting is more powerful than bad voice acting. Even with a poorly translated script, Final Fantasy 7 is able to hit harder as it isn't undone by its hokey dub.
I still really enjoy the original Metal Gear Solid. I think it is a great game. However, it has almost no impact, on an emotional level, for me. It never has.
Suikoden 2 definitely hits harder than either Final Fantasy 7 or Metal Gear Solid. Absolutely.
I wish to this day I could let Tifa take that sword to the gut instead of Aerith. Real talk.
The BoF4 scene was pretty fucked up, as was the orphanage scene in Chrono Cross.
Konami was great at telling stories during that period. Metal Gear, Silent Hill, Suikoden, and even the Vandal Hearts games were pretty good.
OP, you got the right game but the wrong scene. It's obviously
The ff7 scene didn't hit very hard for me, but maybe because I liked Tifa better, and some little shit spoiled it for me at lunch in middle school anyway.
Sniper Wolf.
The ff7 scene didn't hit very hard for me, but maybe because I liked Tifa better, and some little shit spoiled it for me at lunch in middle school anyway.
Yeah same here, the song playing is quite beautiful. The scene in the OP didn't get to me at all, but teared up with Wolf.
The saddest moment of MGS1 was Meryl riding off into the sunset set with Snake, wearing Dave's vest.
Hence Solid Snake's real name, "David."
Hence Solid Snake's real name, "David."
Klonoa's ending gets me every time, but my heart breaks every time Vivi has to see all those Black Mages fall overboard in FF9 too. The poor little man was going through some serious identity issues already, and seeing his people just drop like lifeless cargo is rough.
Good shout on the Suikoden mentions too.
Good shout on the Suikoden mentions too.
I think Aerith's death is more impactful because the game is melodramatic (not a dirty word) and that builds up your connection with the characters more.
In terms of the death scene itself I think sniper wolf's is better in terms of plot and dialogue, but Aeriths is better in terms of direction.
In terms of the death scene itself I think sniper wolf's is better in terms of plot and dialogue, but Aeriths is better in terms of direction.
I wouldn't necessarily argue that Aerith's death is the absolute saddest moment of all time or anything but the way the OP is downplaying its impact and the character herself is just asinine. Calling her a shy healer character makes me wonder if they've even actually played the game or just watched the death cutscene on youtube.
What about the meeting with Elina? That was the scene holy fuck!
Tho i guess sad wasn't the word? That terrified my 10yo self
Tho i guess sad wasn't the word? That terrified my 10yo self
I thought this was going to be a thread about Klonoa's ending, but it turns out that the OP dropped the ball massively.
Gray Fox's death isn't even in the top 10 all-time saddest PS1 moments m8, get with it.
Gray Fox's death isn't even in the top 10 all-time saddest PS1 moments m8, get with it.
my bro. that was the first horrible death scene i've witnessed for that generation and it had the biggest impact on me. we had many more after that, but the first is the most brutal.
Bubsy 3D is one of the first games I ever played, and it did elicit strong feelings of frustration and perhaps even sadness from me. How did I end up liking games, anyway?
The saddest thing for me with the PS1 is that we lost the fantastic booting sound with the PS2 and onwards.
I never gave a fuck about Aerith and all deaths in MGS made me laugh (especially Sniper Wolf, the "iraqi/kurdish" pale blond woman that tell you her story for what felt like an hour while slowly dying... yeah, totally not boring).
Frankly, the only reason i'd have been sad for Aerith death would have if she had important materias equipped. So i would have been sad for the death of the materias, not the character.
I never gave a fuck about Aerith and all deaths in MGS made me laugh (especially Sniper Wolf, the "iraqi/kurdish" pale blond woman that tell you her story for what felt like an hour while slowly dying... yeah, totally not boring).
Frankly, the only reason i'd have been sad for Aerith death would have if she had important materias equipped. So i would have been sad for the death of the materias, not the character.
I can't tell you how much I didn't care about Gray Fox
I just remember being annoyed that they had Greg Eagles voice him, and then it turns out that he's some white blonde guy. Darth Vader all over again.
I just remember being annoyed that they had Greg Eagles voice him, and then it turns out that he's some white blonde guy. Darth Vader all over again.