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like genuine crying, not "crying from rage" or "crying from laughter.

was a game ever so sad that it made you cry, or at least come very close to?

please also bring the details behind the reson, and not just slap a name of a game and a screenshot.

obviously this thread contains spoilers, so view at your own risk.

the game that made me cry – none other than Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past.

how? the story of the flute boy:

for any of you poor saps who never played the game:

in the beginning of the game, you come across this medow with a bunch of animals huddled togather around a boy playing the flute. but when you came close enough, he mysteriousy disapears.
fast forward to the second half of th game, in the dark world, -you find people twisted and mutated into this strange creatures.

one such creature tells you that he used to play a flute and attract animals to him, but he left the flute in the medow before he got stuck in the dark world. he asks you to take a shovel and find it.

so when you return to the medow in the light world, dig out that flute, you discover the truth about the place – that boy was never really in the medow, the flute just produced music magically while it was in the ground. and the real flute boy was stuck in the dark world for DECADES.
when you bring the flute back to him in the dark world, he says that he is getting to old to play it, says he feels hazy, and begs you to play the flute one last time to him…

and after he gets to hear the song for the last time after all these years of isolation, he dies. and his body turns into a tree.

it's still incredily sad for me even to this day.

so. what moment on gaming made YOU cry?

Big Boss saluting The Boss's grave, the whole ending was incredibly touching but this one moment broke me

I tried to do a Genocide run in Undertale. I cried at Papyrus's death and quit.

https://youtu.be/uuL3OvQwwvQ?t=7m37s

Honestly, a lot of Undertale made me sad, this just is the saddest in my opinion.

Both Big Boss's salute to The Boss's grave (as mentioned above), and Big Boss's last cigar with Solid did it for me. I have to admit that Sniper Wolf was close as well. Kojima knew how to make people feel.

"This is good, isn't it?"

Undertale Neutral and Pacifist ending
Mass Effect 3's ending (didn't do the very best I could, so I got a scene where some of my favorite characters died, was very sad at the time I played it.)
KOTOR 2, the scene in the temple combined with the music was incredibly depressing.

The ending of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots was very emotional for me, just like the final puzzle of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999) and the scenes that came after.

Also, The Walking Dead: Season 1 ending, all the way to the credits (the song hit me harder, I must say).

I can't specifically remember any moments that caused me to literally break ouy in tears, but I admit that it's very possible it could have happened once or more times in the past, and I've simply forgotten.
I can say, however, that I have distinct memories of feeling notably emotional even if it didn't lead to tears of sadness or shouts of rage or such. The three games that I can think of at the top of my head that induced those reactions were Pokemon Ruby/ Sapphire (at the moment in my childhood that I finally fully realized that it would incredibly unlikely that Pokemon would ever exist in "real life"), Harvest Moon: Animal Parade (getting a glimpse at what it's like to be at the receiving end of a healthy, fulfilling relationship with a guy when I was a teenager in a high school I didn't like and growing up in a Mormon household when that prop 8 stuff was going on and while I was slowly realizing I was gay) and Undertale (after finally managing to figure out how to deal with the first boss without resorting to a guide or resorting to overcome the altercation with the easier but less desirable method).

Bioshock 2 ending
MGS3 and MGS4 endings

The Final Boss of Okami.

Your companion is forced to be left behind, your guardian dies, you have to struggle to get your abilities back, and then instantly get all of your powers crushed because the entire time nobody really truly believed in you until the bitter end.

Then you are brought back when everyone realizes what Amaterasu was and returned compassion to her and are able to return to being the white light majesty.

"Thank You ~ Reset", "Okami White Light Majesty", and "The Sun Rises" just pushed the impact up and beyond anything I watched. I cried twice, once in sadness and once in happiness.

Bioshock Infinite

Ending of Telltale's Walking Dead season 1.
Season 2 was a bust for me in general, but damn that ending for season 1…

I've been on the brink multiple times, but the only time I had tears streaming down my face was when Jorge died in Halo Reach.

One time i played tetris on my grandma's PC.
When i reached game over, the game litterally laughed at me
So i ran away crying…

…What? I was like 5 years old, would you enjoy being laughed at by a computer.

Halo 4's ending almost had me in tears.
So did Mass Effect 3's ending.

Sad yet beautiful.

Uff, I've got a lot of examples.
Most of the MOTHER 3
Endings of both Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4
The pacifist ending of Undertale and killing favourite characters on Genocide Run
The music in opera scene (Final Fantasy 6)
The ending of Super Mario Galaxy
Quarantine mission in Metal Gear Solid V.
AZ's backstory in Pokemony X/Y

that's it for the now because I don't remember that much

God of war: Ghost of Sparta. The ENTIRE FUCKING GAME the first time was when Kratos finds his mother in the city of Atlantis and she is very ill. She then reveals how Kratos' brother, Deimos, who he thought had died when they were children is in fact alive in the domain of death. When she reveals this, she turns into a. Monster due to a curse put on her by Zuse and Kratos kills her in self defense. The way he just cries out mother so quietly as she passes away….then the narrator, Gaia, says that Kratos is being pushed to the brink of madness. It's both sad and disturbing.

When he returns home to Sparta and relives his memories of him and Drinks, then sees their old empty house, it really hits. Close to home because of how I might end up doing the same when I'm older because of how my family has changed.

But the worst part which was really haunting was when you find Deimos and he tackles you out of the tower he's kept in with the domain of death and starts pummeling Kratos (and the fucking DINGING noises his guantlet makes when he hits you sounds PAINFUL) then he gets taken away by Thanatos and Kratos just starts limping barely able to walk. Just seeing his own family crumble apart around him with his own brother nearly crushing his skull was hard to watch.

Metroid fusion: when Samus was talking to her digital commanding officer about how Adam had sacfricied his life so Samus wouldn't have to it was so sad as if she was till grieving his loss. Even though I didn't know Adam, I still missed him.

The scene before you fight Big Boss in Snake Eater. The boss reminded me a lot of my mother and being forced to fight her was utterly horrific. What really got me was when she spoke about having no regrets or anger. It felt like loosing your own mother.

Undertale late in the game. I cried myself to sleep after the pacifist ending.

A couple visual novels have.

Yes. The first game that made me cry was actually Professor Layton and the Lost Future. Cried like a bitch to that ending.

Bad endings in katawa shojo

The end of Terranigma

I guess a recent example would be Mission 43 in MGSV. I came pretty close to crying, especially at the end of it.

And, as others have mentioned, Big Boss saluting The Boss's grave also made me come close to crying.

Also, I think when I was younger, the ending to Sonic Adventure 2 made me pretty sad.

The ending of the Walking Dead, and the Walking Dead season 2 ending where you choose Kenny.

The ending of Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons did it for me as well, and Big Boss saluting The Boss' grave, as mentioned before.

Of course. I've got a whole list of them.

did a video game ever make you cry?
Oh man, you don't have idea…
-The Ending song of SM64 and Mario Kart 64 (I was a kid, ok)
-Earthbound
-Mother 3
-Megaman Zero 4
-Metal Gear Solid 3 and 4 (Also the Mission 43 in MGSV)
-Undertale (The Pacifist ending and Toriel (and Papyrus) death)

Well, i don't remember any other ones…
…I'm a such a crybaby

Persona 3 and persona 4 (It doesn't help that I got the wrong ending the first time I completed Persona 4)

Oh just remembered another game that made me cry at the end.
Shadow Warrior (2013)
If you haven't played this game, give it a try, it is funny, fun, and gives you plenty of feels.

lol u pussies cri at vidya gams
The ending of pokemon dungeon mysteries of time.
It didn't help I was a Skitty (my fav pokemon) and my partner was a cyndaquill (first starter I ever had). Boy, I shed some tears. Add the fact I was 9 and it just makes it worse.

Walking dead(first game that made me legit burst into tears)
saints row 2(when carlos is rip)
and life is strange(episode 2-5)

Valkyria Chronicles, natch.

Other than that, I can't really think of any that brought me even close to crying.

I've actually never cried from a game until mgsv in episode 43. Like the entire episode was getting me emotional but at one point I broke and after a lifetime of never crying at games and barely feeling sad tbh even with all the other mgs games this one did it.

Also some honorable mentions where I didn't cry but got like legitimately depressed over for a day or more, some even for a week or two:

Episode 45 in mgsv, emma's death in mgs2, baby metroid in super metroid, and Rundas in metroid prime 3.

I've never cried, but I've gotten fairly close. I get a very "empty" feeling though.

Undertale – Asgore fight
MGS3 – Ending
Walking Dead – Season 1 Ending
MGSV – Mission 43
Red Orchestra 2 – Everytime someone dies and you hear a prolonged scream or a soldier crying for their mom

Underale : Heyyyy, helloooo final fight ;_;
Mystery dungeon : Explorers of time : TWICE. Grovyle and protagonist. saying details would be spoiling

All i remember for now.

Starcraft 2: I cried when it was announced, cried when it was sold out on gamestop, cried when I managed to buy it on Wal-mart 10 minutes later, and cried after playing it.

No, I just occasionally get something in my eye…

Mother 3. 'nuff said.