[Golden Legacy]

Any scenes strike you, or you'll hardly forget soon? I've got plenty of them from my time playing video games.

(Note: There is an older [read: ancient] topic on this, but it's hardly worth reviving... besides, I couldn't find it)

At any rate, one of my most recent favorite scenes comes from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. The excellent CG video when Reyson and Leanne sing the Galdr of Revival and bring the forest back to life. Really moving, and soothing.

[Eugine]

Every FMV in FFX/X-2. FFX - Especially the one where Yuna renounced the Yevon faith, so emotional... O.o

FFX-2 - zOMG, the real emotion performance ^^

[Split Infinity]

Final Fantasy X: The FMV featuring the Crusaders going to town with Sin. I wouldn't call it emotional, but it certainly rocked my socks off.

[My Best Wishes]

I'm also going to say the FFX/X-2 cut scenes. But also the FMV's from KH 1, and the opening in KH2.

[TheEnglishman]

*Spoiler, though pretty much everyone knows anyway*
Aeris dying in FF7. Seemed like an obvious one to me. Still, I can't find scenes in games emotional.

[Nosferatu]

Gasp. A non-FF scene.

I know this might seem strange, but when FLUDD "died" in Super Mario Sunshine. Really the only time I've ever been sad about death.

And why is the Ferris wheel red in cut-scenes? That's strange.

[Aquamarine]

There were quite a lot of emotional parts in Majora's Mask. For instance, Kafei and Anju finaly getting married, but knowing the world will end in a few hours time. Also, when the Deku buttler finaly finds his long-lost son, who has somehow been turned into a normal tree, probably by Skull Kid. I also often get emotional when I finish a game I really enjoyed.

[TheEnglishman]

*Another spoiler that everyone knows about*
I think Greils death in Path of Radiance would count as fairly emotional. Its also good as its the only scene that shows the kick ass Black Knight. <_<

[Somia]

Eugine, on Aug 25 2006, 11:53 PM, said:

FFX-2 - zOMG, the real emotion performance ^^

1000 words would be the more emotional one if you ask me. But meh.

I have a scene from a game which most of you never played before. It's from the first Lufia game, Lufia: and the Fortress of Doom.

Spoiler Alert
When Hero was forced to kill Lufia with the Dual Blade.

[Blink]

Majora's Mask was a winner in so many categories. Story telling was by far, the best in that game of any Zelda game.

*Resident Evil 4 Spoilers*

Also, props to Leon's death, that was out of the blue and really sad when it happened, and then it was like his spirit was still there in the notes he left behind.

[Toasty]

I havn't ever gotten really emotional in a game, but the mini movies/cutscenes/whatever in FE9 are really good. The one where Greil dies is pretty good, mainly because the black night is in it. I also liked the one where Reyson and Leanne revived the forest. Though if there was a slightly emotional mini movie/cutscene/whatever thatI've seen, it was in Wind Waker where link plays the wind god's Aeria in front of the bird girl person for the first time. It was more of the song than the scene though.

[Golden Legacy]

That was beautiful, I remember that. The Earth God's lyric, very beautiful indeed.

And how about Final Fantasy VII, eh? Sephiroth coming out of the flames? Aeris' death? Cloud handing over the Black Materia? Sweet.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 29 2006, 02:57 AM, said:

And how about Final Fantasy VII, eh? Sephiroth coming out of the flames? Aeris' death? Cloud handing over the Black Materia? Sweet.

I'd forgotten about Sephiroth and the flames. That scene is probably the main reason why you see so many Sephiroth usernames on just about anything on the web. Very memorable.

[Sea of Time]

I've played very few games with emotional endings (2, in fact), but my all-time favorite so far is the ending of GS2. I had spent so much time in that game and it was just such a relief to finish. I loved the ending.

[FlamingDuck]

I don't think a game has ever brought me to tears, but I do remember that Sword of Mana had a kinda sad influence on me. Especially after you kill Duke Devion. Or someone.

[Golden Legacy]

Amazing how many spoilers there are in this topic. There are now at least three games I can't play anymore because of that.

Hmm, well, at any rate...


SPOILER FOR TALES OF SYMPHONIA (get my hint? :blink:)



When you find out that Mithos is actually Lord Yggdrasil.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 31 2006, 05:16 AM, said:

Amazing how many spoilers there are in this topic. There are now at least three games I can't play anymore because of that.

Hmm, well, at any rate...
SPOILER FOR TALES OF SYMPHONIA (get my hint? :blink:)
When you find out that Mithos is actually Lord Yggdrasil.

I ended up accidently finding that out before I saw it, so the effect was lost on me.
*Spoiler madness!*
I think when Kratos turns traitor, that is a pretty surprising, though not emotional, scene.

[Caael]

Tales of Symphonia is hard to be emotional. I'd call it quite emotional bit where Zelos dies, but then again, not many people care about Zelos XD I didnt like the bit where you first enter the tower of Salvation and you see the coffins of dead chosens kinda shook me.

In FE 7, the music when somebody dies is just so heart tearing! I would reset if somebody died, to avoid the horrible music.

[Someone Else]

I have no emotions. When I play games I focus directly on my objective, and I feel nothing. Well, okay that's not entirely true, but:

"On the battlefield there is no room for emotions. There is no time for crying, or for lonliness, or any other kind of emotion."

This is what marines do.

Actually, this is a rather interesting subject about video games. Very few cry during video games, yet it's common to feel anger, sadness, fear, and other emotions in video games. I remember reading something about research on what your brain does during video games.

It was something along the lines of that when you play video games, particularily action-based ones, you access a certain part of your brain that basically "has no time for crying!!". I read an article about it in some magazine. I might dig it out and put it here. If I feel like it. Maybe.

[Golden Legacy]

But the point is, video games are no longer about mindless violence (or not all of them are). Now, video games have engaging, epic plotlines, characters you associate with and love, soundtracks that stir and rivet your emotions.

[Someone Else]

Well, yeah, in RPGs I feel much more emotion than in an action game that's supposed to have emotion (to an extent) like Halo. Halo is much more intelligent than most shooters.

In some RPGs I'll even have a sense of guilt or regret for assassinating a major person or making a mistake plot-wise, which I loved because I felt really connected to a game but also made me feel ashamed because I was getting worked up over a frikkin' video game. :D

But for some reason, I never actually get connected with characters in games. The person I've connected most with was actually Ivan from GS. I've never engaged in romances with characters in an RPG, either.

What am I doing here anyway? I'm not supposed to be here, I'm supposed to be gone! This topic's worth posting in, at least.

[Aquamarine]

The games where I most got connected with the character was the Golden Sun series. I often felt really sorry for them, for instance when Piers finds out his mother died.
A sad part in Metroid Prime 2 is when you scan all the Marine Trooper Logs at the begining of the game and read through 'em. You really see their personality, and it's sad how they all got killed.

[TheEnglishman]

I don't really feel emotion in games as I know it's not real. That's basically it.
And I found reading the Marine Logs kinda creepy rather than sad. The way they died sounds all... *shivers*

[Split Infinity]

The only real emotions I feel in video games are sadness and fear. Fear when I'm up against an insanely hard boss, and sadness when the in-game violence has just gone too far. Also when I realise I just wasted $40 on a really bad game. :D

[Venus dude 21]

I can't belive no one said the ending scene in wind waker,

SPOILER BIG TIME!!!

The king wishes for hope, then condems himself and Gannon to be trapped underneath the ocean, that was pretty emotionall... and when the boat stops talking... i liked the boat... -_-

[Mars Djinni]

^ One of the most emotional, how could it cross my mind?

Ker-Spoilers!

Ocarina of Time's ending gave me an accomplished feeling. Ganon vowed vengance as he's sucked into the Sacred Realm as the celebrating begins for all the races of Hyrule now united because of the sages' and Link's work...

Zelda and Link say goodbye as Link is thrown back 7 years permanently and Navi, Link's destiny fulfulled, leaves him. The last shot is almost perfect, when Child Link comes running in to see Zelda. also, it's good to hear my Scarecrow Song orchestrated.

[Caael]

Heh, my scarecrows song was just <,<,<,<,<,<
Spoiler-ish


Golden sun is such an emotional ending. When you see vale is not there, and then they turn around, and everybody is there. Its worth just buying the game to see that part

[TheEnglishman]

Caael, on Sep 7 2006, 07:16 PM, said:

Spoiler-ish
Golden sun is such an emotional ending. When you see vale is not there, and then they turn around, and everybody is there. Its worth just buying the game to see that part

I dunno. It wasn't that great for me. It always seemed to be a case of:
"Oh no. Everyone's gone!"
...
...
...
"Wait... there they are. Yay."

[Dasius]

Doom 3 is the best for those log things, you go thriugh a big bloody battle against hordes of zombie things, then find one of thier logs saying about how they were finally going back home to see thier two year old son or something.

spoilerish, not so much FF9- when Blank gets turned to stone alomg with the forest near the begining, then comes to save your but later I thought that was quite meaningful

and GS1 when Felix jumps of the lighthouse after Sheba

[Aquamarine]

Me111, on Sep 7 2006, 09:23 PM, said:

I dunno. It wasn't that great for me. It always seemed to be a case of:
"Oh no. Everyone's gone!"
...
...
...
"Wait... there they are. Yay."

:angry: I totaly agree with that. I loved the ending, it was quite touching for me too and watching Alex getting the Golden Sun was really interesting, but I was dissapointed that nothing really sad happened in the end. IE that nobody died. I'm sure I'm not the only person that noticed only the bad guys(and all of them) got killed.

[Caael]

Bad guys always die, unless its kids games where the bad guys ' Join the good guys' Or ' Say sorry'

Yes, i've had my share of kids games. Look, i've just come out of being a kid, alright?!

I find the ' Worms' Series quite emotional when my favourite worm dies, and the commentator makes a nasty comment about it.
Man, I hate it when Winry the worm dies. Not often though. =D

[TheEnglishman]

Caael, on Sep 8 2006, 09:30 PM, said:

I find the ' Worms' Series quite emotional when my favourite worm dies, and the commentator makes a nasty comment about it.
Man, I hate it when Winry the worm dies. Not often though. =D

Really? It's never bothered me at all. I guess I can't feel too attached to a worm.
*Spoilerish*
I remember at the end of Paper Mario 2, when it looks like you're going to lose to the Shadow Queen, everyone suddenly gives you these words of encouragement and all the speech bubbles fill the screen. Not emotional, but pretty cool anyway.

[Caael]

You dont understand, me111. It was a Winry worm!
...
...
Ah never mind

Online games are the least emotional. They suck most of the time. I dont waste my time on them. This might sound wierd, but I found it emotional in NSMB ( new spuer mario bros) Where mario defeated bowser in world 1, and bowser turns into dry bones. Shocked me Slightly.

[TheEnglishman]

Caael, on Sep 8 2006, 09:50 PM, said:

You dont understand, me111. It was a Winry worm!
...
...
Ah never mind

Online games are the least emotional. They suck most of the time. I dont waste my time on them. This might sound wierd, but I found it emotional in NSMB ( new spuer mario bros) Where mario defeated bowser in world 1, and bowser turns into dry bones. Shocked me Slightly.

Again it's not the sort of situation that I find shocking. Surprising but not shocking.
*Spoils*
Anyway it's not too important. He gets turned back by Baby Bowser anyway.

[Caael]

I know that, but I was just a bit " Aye?" When bowser fell in the lava. I wasnt suffering from shock trauma afterwards or anything.

Age of mythology can be quite emotional at points.
Spoilery

When Chiron died, it was more emotional then all of the Age of Empires scenes pup together. The little scenes at the beggining of the campaign level