Hardcore Gamer: As gamers, we’re all familiar with emotional moments in our games. Developers are no stranger to putting traces of emotion in them and some have even pioneered new ways to tug at our heartstrings. But some games do that without any warning. If you’re happily jumping around in a platformer or tackling a goofy-looking boss creature in an adventure game, you would never expect someone to unload some really heavy subject material in between the cheers of joy or colorful scenery. They catch you off guard in every manner of the sense. Here are five emotional moments from games that you would never expect to be shedding tears while playing.
Gears of War spoiler warning
I don't agree with the choice of the Dom and Maria moment.
Dom sacrificing himself in the third game was far more of a tearjerker.
The Dom Maria moment was a killer. Great twist.
I feel like the author missed the actual sad parts of Portal 2.
In hindsight, this scene doesn't surprise me. But at the time I wasn't expecting a scene of such power: The Sniper Wolf death scene in MGS. That shook me up. I mean, the game was obviously emotional, and there were scenes before that with significant emotional content (e.g. Meryl being shot, the torture sequence, etc). But they didn't really impact me too much. But when Sniper Wolf told her story and Snake did his thing, I almost cried.
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Chokey moment with giraffe scene in tlou after winter scene