Very recently DQXI
When you go back in time and saying goodbye to everyone, even though you know you're going to see them again. I got sad... :( The amazing music that plays (when you use the orchestral mod) also didn't help either. Great moment
Estelle: "Dad! Why are you home? I thought you were stuck at the base with Army business?!?"
Cassius: "My, you're up early today!"
*screen door creaks open*
Final Fantasy 6. Halfway trough. I have never seen a FF game get as dark in its story development as this.
Why everyone keeps talking about the opera sequence in this game is something I will never understand. It was just a foreshadowing of this event, and its here it reaches its climax.
Celes' attempted suicide.
Mother f'er I can cry during a Geico commercial. LolIt amazes me how you people can get so caught up in JRPGs. They all seem so cheesy and on the nose. More power to you, though.
I would say the main quest in Hearts of Stone in TW3 was pretty emotional for me. A surprisingly mature and touching story, considering the subject material.
I dunno, for some reason this tugged at my heartstrings when I was a kiddo and despite the fact that KH1 hasn't really aged well in my opinion, it still manages to do it. I love the song here too.
FFVII.
C'mon folks, if you played the game blind, this one hurts.
Hold up. I just finished DQXI last night. Literally 'The End' shows. I stopped reading almost immediately in your spoiler and I NEVER DID THAT WTF?!
Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Rex and Poppi
This scene guts me. Poppi's growth as a character and how heartbroken she is kills me. This sweet little robot girl! ; - ;
Honestly? The game has a lot of these moments, what a beautiful game and fantastic cast. There's so many kinds of feels this game gives you. Hype, anger, sadness-- it's fantastic.
The games writing is pretty great, and it's cast is amazingly lovable. The big thing is how sexualised the blades are, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Designs for non-blades are great though (except Rex). I guess it's a direct consequence of using guest designers exclusively for the blades.
Yup, the first game that ever made me cry. And this was when I was a teen, which is also pretty amazing, I don't think I was as emotionally developed as I am right now.I remember getting pretty emotional at the end of FF7 Crisis Core.
The last few minutes of the game and last CGI were really really good.
It amazes me how you people can get so caught up in JRPGs. They all seem so cheesy and on the nose. More power to you, though.
I would say the main quest in Hearts of Stone in TW3 was pretty emotional for me. A surprisingly mature and touching story, considering the subject material.
This.Witcher 3
Finding Ciri - after reading the whole saga, that scene was just too much for me.. at that time a 28-year old guy :D
I dunno, for some reason this tugged at my heartstrings when I was a kiddo and despite the fact that KH1 hasn't really aged well in my opinion, it still manages to do it. I love the song here too.
I'll throw my vote in to the ending of Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals:
https://youtu.be/ehJ7rf2tuQU
Your four heroes (Maxim, Selan, Guy, and Artea) finally confront and defeat the Sinistrals. By combining their energies, they blast the Sinistrals energy (seemingly) defeating them for good. This last blast takes Artea's sight, Guy is fine, Maxim is shook, but Selan...well, the resulting blast went right through her, and she gets to have one final moment with Maxim (her husband) before she dies. In a one final "Fuck you good guys" moment, the head honcho set a crashing path of the floating island they fought on straight towards Maxim and Selan's home where their baby son is being taken care of while Maxim and Selan were off saving the world. In a last ditch effort, Maxim uses the last of his own life energy to correct the course of the island to crash in the ocean, and succumbs to his injuries. Their son is left an orphan because his parents sacrificed themselves to save the world. The music is epic, somber, uplifting, and tear jerking all at once.
This hit me hard as a kid. It was the first time a video game made me cry. As a parent right now, it makes me weepy just thinking of it. I can't think of many (if any) other RPGs that have such a bitter-sweet ending such as Lufia 2. An incredible RPG through and through.
Yeah - great pick.