Ditto. Liked XIII more than XIII-2. We'll see about Lightning Returns - sounds like they've made it into a Kingdom Hearts-like action-combat RPG. Hmm.

Yeah, XII was pretty good. Part of the key is realizing that Vaan isn't the main character, he's just the one that you see the narrative through.

Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII's ending was definitely something that I would cry over. I'm not saying it bad, far from it as I loved that ending.

Planescape Torments.. for such an old game, it really did provoke some powerful emotions at times, even I have to admit that, I first played it four years ago; and even then it was dated....... but the storytelling shined through the poor graphics and gameplay mechanics.

Duke Nukem made us all gay, we just never realized it at the time.

It's really a rare thing when a game makes you so angry about something, or despise an enemy so much, that you fight them with real emotion behind it. Those are great moments.

Oh and the spoilers for Gears 3, they were not shielded and now I know. A sad day.

And the Halo 4, with Cortana, that's a real bummer.

Whenever someone's cutting onions nearby, those moments always make me cry.

Some emotional feeling of sadness might strike me from time to time, but never all the way to tears. Such a moment was in last of us.

"I always pictured you more in a supporting role."

"... Fran, please."

Incidentally, the main character of FFXII was not supposed to be Balthier or Ashe, but Basch. He was set up to be the main character during the development process, but the Japanese audience complained that they wanted a character they would "identify with", in other words, yet another effeminate teenage bishounen - and thus, Vaan was born. It happened in other jRPGs too, like The Last Remnant (The Conqueror's design was supposed to be the main character, not Rush), and Nier (the Japanese version lets you play as Yonah's brother instead of her father).

Anyway, back to sad video game scenes. One game that definitely comes to mind is the afore-mentioned Nier. It's sometimes a bit over-eager in its attempts to tug at the player's heart strings, and it could benefit from some more "show, don't tell", but some scenes did strike home very hard. For instance:

Halfway through first playthrough spoiler:

Act II spoiler:

Then of course, the main theme running through the entire game, is the question of, "how much is the love between two people worth?". Nier loves his daughter more than anything, and he'll go to any length to get her back, but in the end, does saving one life justify destroying so many others that are also simply fighting for their loved ones?

Endgame spoiler:

Ending A spoiler:

Ending B spoiler:

Mass Effect 3:

Red Dead Redemption:

Two very good games, especially the latter. Katawa Shoujo made me feel empty for days after finishing some of the routes.

KS will probably be regarded as one of my favorite visual novels, not only because it was like the first one I ever played, but because the story, music, and characters are so beautifully made. It will always have a special little place in my heart, I think. I can't believe how 4 Leaf Studios managed to create such a great game, haha.

I'm scared to play Katawa Shoujo just because I don't want anyone walking in and asking why I am crying. I get irritated when people ask things about my emotions, mainly if it is sadness or signs of it.

Saving the suicidal guy was possibly the best moment in a video game at the time I played it and got to that guy. I'm also happy Yakuza 4 has this as an optional mission, but wish I didn't have to punch them...

Never cried but gotta say Walking Dead got me kind of emotional. Saw your own hand was quite epic.

A few moments in The Walking Dead came close and To The Moon managed it twice.