I know this seems like an awfully girly topic, but please bear with me. Have any of you guys ever cried in a video game? As we all know, some video games, though often video games are labeled as electronic toys with no emotional and moral value, contain very emotional moments that wring at the hearstrings. For some people, these kinds of games are Final Fantasy, for some, Zelda and Fire Emblem trigger the waterworks, but for some it's something entirely different. If you ask me, a video game is like a book... An interactive novel, if you will. Not only does the player see everything through the heroes eyes more in-depth than in a book if the game has solid character development, so that only enhances the experience. But I digress; the main question is, have you ever cried due to an emotional moment in a video game? What was the game that trigged your first such reaction, and when was the latest time it happened? Feel free to expand no the topic, as well.
For me personally, I distinctly remember crying near the end of Ocarina of Time, but not for the usual reasons. It wasn't because of the melancholic and bitter-sweet ending, but it was because of Ganondorf. I adored him as a character back in the day, and I still consider him to be the best Nintendo character ever, so when I witnessed him being sent to the Sacred Realm like that... Just tugged at my hearstrings for some reason. He seemed deranged, but at the same time, an added depth was implied... A sort of melancholic depth. Ganondorf seemed to be depressed and sad, but that topic was only explored more fully in Wind Waker.
As for when this sort of incident happened a short time ago, it was a moment in Twilight Princess... If you guys remember, there was a part in the game where, right after Link frees Hyrule from the Twilight, Link is in his wolf form and has to walk across Hyrule Town, and all of the people are scared of the wolf... The music during that segment was just so emotional, I couldn't help but let it all go. That was my favorite part in Twilight Princess... It truly showcased the mood of game like no other moment, and if not for that sequence, I would probably not like Twilight Princess as much as I do. The game created a feeling of... loneliness... A feeling that nobody gave a damn about you. It was just so sad...
In any case, that's about it for me. What about you guys?
For me personally, I distinctly remember crying near the end of Ocarina of Time, but not for the usual reasons. It wasn't because of the melancholic and bitter-sweet ending, but it was because of Ganondorf. I adored him as a character back in the day, and I still consider him to be the best Nintendo character ever, so when I witnessed him being sent to the Sacred Realm like that... Just tugged at my hearstrings for some reason. He seemed deranged, but at the same time, an added depth was implied... A sort of melancholic depth. Ganondorf seemed to be depressed and sad, but that topic was only explored more fully in Wind Waker.
As for when this sort of incident happened a short time ago, it was a moment in Twilight Princess... If you guys remember, there was a part in the game where, right after Link frees Hyrule from the Twilight, Link is in his wolf form and has to walk across Hyrule Town, and all of the people are scared of the wolf... The music during that segment was just so emotional, I couldn't help but let it all go. That was my favorite part in Twilight Princess... It truly showcased the mood of game like no other moment, and if not for that sequence, I would probably not like Twilight Princess as much as I do. The game created a feeling of... loneliness... A feeling that nobody gave a damn about you. It was just so sad...
In any case, that's about it for me. What about you guys?