What is the saddest video game?

[IWontGetOverTheDam]

Emotion plays a very big part of all media, and saddness can be one of the most powerful. What do you think is the saddest video game ever made? I would have to say Mother 3.

 

[Ryudo_Sama]

No wait, forget that one. Better yet, Majora's Mask is absolutely sad and dark. Innocent children are playing, unaware that the moon will fall and kill them. Now the whole thing with Anju and Kafei really is emotional. They know they're going to die, but they will stay together anyways.

 

[~Krystal~]

Final Fantasy 7 was pretty sad. You start off in the slums of Midgar, a place that has no Sun and no hope. What a dump! Oh yeah and Aeris dying was pretty bad too.

 

[~rh]

The ending of MGS3 was pretty depressing.

 

[Goldberg]

Final Fantasy 7 was pretty sad. You start off in the slums of Midgar, a place that has no Sun and no hope. What a dump! Oh yeah and Aeris dying was pretty bad too.

That one is in fact the only sad game I can think of, not a single character goes without dark moments.

I think this was one of the first games to focus on the depressing backgrounds of the main characters for plot purposes.

 

[KosukeKGA]

Which pisses me off because that game is stereotyped to be a game with a cast of characters who are "emo." **** Tales fanboys etc.

Gawd, I hate it. "It's cool to hate Final Fantasy" right?!

Anyway, the ending of FF10 was kinda sad too.

 

[Hungryformore21]

Majora's Mask.... Nuff said....

 

[D13]

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. Yeah, I don't play very many sad games. At all. >_>

 

[Vicious Delicious]

MGS3. What a piece of work...
I'd really like to play Mother 3.

 

[Mini Mic]

Majora's Mask for me.

MGS 3 wasn't sad, it was just a twist (and a funny one at that).

And FF7 looked to silly to be depressing.

 

[Machspeed]

MGS3 has to be it for me.

My jaw dropped at the ending.
Hopefully MGS4 has some tearjerker cutscenes like in MGS3... Kojima's ability to write such enticing stories is amazing.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

No wait, forget that one. Better yet, Majora's Mask is absolutely sad and dark. Innocent children are playing, unaware that the moon will fall and kill them. Now the whole thing with Anju and Kafei really is emotional. They know they're going to die, but they will stay together anyways.

Hidden Fact: Finish

Spoiler

the Bomber's notebook and you get to see Anju and Kafei's wedding in the credits.

The ending of MGS3 was pretty depressing.

Yeah. That tear was justified. Anyone who laughs or feels nothing doesn't understand the true relationship and connection that Big Boss and The Boss share. I understand it.

 

[doom dragon 105]

meele who would know that the game would get that broken but i love it

 

[Pef7]

Well I never beat Majora's Mask...so I can't comment on that. Final Fantasy 7's story was bogged down with a lot of grinding for me. Never beat MGS3 either...don't even own a PS2.

I don't know which one but I'd say that probably a pretty sad game would be one of those semi-plentiful survival horror games. The bad ending of Silent Hill 4 was pretty bad...everyone dies to put it simply. Or Resident Evil...pretty much everyone that you could possibly know is now a zombie...have fun killing them to survive.

 

[M-80]

The saddest game i played was this game called kana's little sister for the pc and it has multiple endings depending on what u do in the game and most of them are sad

 

[Snake King 1]

i would say portal, when the companion cube is destroyed :'(

 

[Wander]

I still cry tears of manliness every time I reach the end of ICO or Shadow of the Colossus. You Were There is the greatest song at working tears out of a person.

 

[A_man13]

I really haven't played too many sad games. If I had to choose one, it would have to be Mother 3 as well. I haven't played the game (c'mon fan translators/ nintendo deciding to release it), but out of what I've observed its depressing (it's much darker than previous installments as with most series lately). Just a lot of unfortunate events happen rapidly.

 

[Deleted member]

New Super Mario Bros.

 

[Pef7]

Darfur is Dying is a pretty sad game...you ALWAYS die.

 

[motherfan]

I'd say MOTHER 3 is the saddest game I've ever played. I needed a tissue by the time the credits finished.




END?

 

[Eternal Smasher]

I only cried once playing a video game, but it was for a completely unrelated reason.

Spoiler

That one song in Marvel vs. Capcom...

But a genuinely sad game...I've never come across one, besides Majora's Mask, which I didn't get to finish. I can generate some somberness in the endings of some games when I put them into some sort of context, like F-Zero GX, Sonic Adventure 2 and even Viewtiful Joe 2.

For seriously.

 

[Virgilijus]

Majora's Mask wasn't a tear jerker for me.

However, I must admit the ending of MGS3 was sad

 

[ShaolinAce]

Majoras mask and FEAR.

 

[Viroxor]

It was depressing when

Spoiler

Zelos

died near the end of Tales of Symphonia. I was sad. Then I figured out on my second run that somehow you can make him not die instead and it was all good. Wish I knew how to do it, though.

MGS had many sad scenes.

 

[Johnthegalactic]

Metroid II:Return of Samus is sad, all those poor metroids, every last one dies, I still have sore tear ducts.

Majoras Mask was pretty sad actually, I never beat the game, but the Goron part was really sad, and so was the

Spoiler

zombie dad

part, overall, plenty of sadness, and without getting to the ending that probably had a emotional uplifting resolve, it will be sad in my mind forever(or until I youtube the ending).

 

[Bowser King]

Darfur is Dying is a pretty sad game...you ALWAYS die.

Isnt that a computer game. My teachers made us play to figure out what happens to people in africa.

 

[motsalogeL]

Brawl, the moment I realized what the smash bros series had become.

 

[victra♥]

Brawl, the moment I realized what the smash bros series had become.

That is amazing.

 

[MattC13]

I dunno as in heartbreaking, but as an attempt for a video game sad, I'd say Manhunt (Don't go all flammy on me MH fans >_<)

 

[Chief Mendez]

Shadow of the Colossus, hands down.

Spoiler

Poor Agro...

I think Portal's up there too, as is Indigo Prophecy. Final Fantasy VII, however, can go take it up the bum--FFIV and FFVI did "touching" first, and did it way better (without all the metaphysical bull****).

 

[motsalogeL]

I dunno as in heartbreaking, but as an attempt for a video game sad, I'd say Manhunt (Don't go all flammy on me MH fans >_<)

Your either 9 years old or your names Jack Thomphson.

 

[MattC13]

Your either 9 years old or your names Jack Thomphson.

Or just hate the Manhunt series.

I mean, come on. GTA's fine, and Rockstar was doing great with that. But Manhunt is sickining and useless.

If you're going to judge me of what video games I like, or of anybody, then stfu and gtfo.

Oh yeah, and BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[motsalogeL]

*Facepalm* I had the game and it wasnt actually that bad.

It just seemed as if you were judging the quality of the game based on the violence in it. Also if you think people are not going to judge you based on facts you have given then I suggest you GTFO the internets.

 

[Warriors]

the saddest game is any zelda game in which link and zelda do not get together

 

[MattC13]

Also if you think people are not going to judge you based on facts you have given then I suggest you GTFO the internets.

I've been through many a******(mainly Halo fanboys), who've written posts that have taken them 20 minutes, only to get flattened by a post that took 2 seconds.

Anyways, since I think this is done, we can resume with the regular topic.

 

[m0rdin]

Star Wars Republic Commando. Yes, I'm serious. I was really into the game and that ending really did me. Frustrating and since there was no sequel I still did not compensate that finish.

 

[Spin-Dash]

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

It's definitely up there. For those that played through it and what kind of fight awaited you at the end, then you'd understand.

 

[Yuna-Maria]

Let's see...sad games....
Final Fantasy X comes to mind. That was certainly a sad ending. I cried at a lot of moments in video games, though. The ending of MegaMan Battle Network 3 had me bawling like a toddler with an ice cream cone covered in sand. Let's see, what else...ah, hell with it, I'll just list them.
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts II
MegaMan Battle Network 3
Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival (story mode)
Metroid Fusion

Those are my biggies.
What's funny is that Final Fantasy VII didn't make me cry or even make me sad, despite all the fanboys telling me that it's the most deep, emotionally driven, beautiful masterpiece in history.
Could someone tell me what's good about that game? I honestly can't find anything.

 

[Weed]

metal gear solid 3.. the ending was just.. man..