Has a game ever caused you emotional grief?

[TwilightVestige]

While I haven't physically played it, the ending to Bad Fur Day/Live and Reloaded left me with this weird empty feeling.

Probably because I had no idea that sort of ending could come from that type of game, let alone Rare.

[Super_Nintendo6]

Originally Posted by Avarice

I couldn't believe that Alan Wake was dead the whole time myself.

Originally Posted by 3V1L L33T

Fake Spoiler. He's actually a space alien.

Originally Posted by Avarice

Actually he's asleep the whole time. That's why it is called Alan Wake. The dude is having terrible nightmares and simply must wake up and get out of bed...

Originally Posted by 3V1L L33T

Also, it's revealed he's a sandwich owned by Gary Busey.

Don't forget that he is also a sandwich who is a porn star and dressed as a penguin the entire time.

[booZee]

I nearly cried at the ending to Mother 3. I don't know if this counts, but the night I beat Mother 2 I could hardly sleep, I felt disturbed by the last battle. I felt mentally "off" for the next couple of days after that. Shigesato Itoi is a master of evoking emotion from the player.

[Avarice]

Oh I disagree. I felt nothing about anything of the characters, so I quit playing once I got to Fourside in Earthbound.

[Jigsaw Master]

Frogger for GBA. Final boss. Got him eventually.

[NeoGC]

No game or anything really has ever made my cry...


But the endings of Persona 3 and 4 came damn near close. O_o

[Dylan Yoshi]

Originally Posted by Avarice

Oh I disagree. I felt nothing about anything of the characters, so I quit playing once I got to Fourside in Earthbound.

Except Earthbound was pretty much a joke at the beginning and only gradually get more serious. If you stopped at Fourside, you haven't gotten anywhere.

Furthermore, you've continuously ignored the fact that Mother 3 is serious from beginning to end and is a lot less frustrating early on than Earthbound.

[Tooie]

The Great Deku Tree's death in OoT.

... Laugh all you want, he was awesome from the little I knew of him, I was 6, and I thought I had actually saved him by killing Queen Gohma.

[Avarice]

Originally Posted by Dylan Yoshi

Except Earthbound was pretty much a joke at the beginning and only gradually get more serious. If you stopped at Fourside, you haven't gotten anywhere.

So when's the game get serious? When do the characters become interesting?

The lame humor was one of the major turn-offs to me. If they actually drop the suicide inducing humor after a while and actually get a story going I might try the game again.

Furthermore, you've continuously ignored the fact that Mother 3 is serious from beginning to end and is a lot less frustrating early on than Earthbound.

Two things.

1) Earthbound wasn't exactly difficult from what I played.

2) I barely talk about Mother 3 because I'm less familiar with it than Earthbound. Not that Mother 3 had anything to do with what I'm talking about.

[Dylan Yoshi]

I'll be honest, you probably won't feel that much about Ness/Paula/Jeff until the end. Poo, on the other hand, is an interesting character to begin with. He appears around the time when the plot starts to pick up, which as I recall is shortly after you finish with Fourside. The totally awesome humor is never dropped though.

I thought you were referring to the series as a whole since Mother 3 was in the above comment. It's always felt your hatred is for the series as a whole, with a "Mother 3 can't possibly be better" vibe. My apologies.

[Ravenholm]

I cried at the end of God of War 3