Emotional Game Ranking

I cried over Dirge of Cerberus. Especially when they play this song:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/04749eda-3d23-4fa9-a291-0e60925dc97a/207---Splinter-of-Sadness

Final Fantasy X and Crisis Core were both awesome. （Ｔ＿Ｔ）
I wasn't too emotional with MGS3 （－＿－）

FF10 beat FF7? I guess Tidus' disappearance was more baww-inducing than Aerith's death. I don't really know why Tales of The Abyss is in that list, I only finished about half of the game before completely forgetting about it.

Emotional? I guess Metal Slug 1 & 2 for PS. They made me cry out loud! XDD

Haven't played enough games to find any which made me cry.
From those top 10 listed games, CLANNAD, AIR and Kanon which made it to anime. I loved those series, because it was quite emotional.

I think any game which leaves you feeling emotional are great. It's quite difficult to make somebody cry, it just goes to show how much the player loves the character(s) and/or plot.

Most video gamers are guys right? Aww... i can't imagine them crying.

Yes, I have cried/got emotional in several games (not just Final Fantasy). I won't spoil and in no order.

1.) Suikoden 2 and 5
2.) Xenosaga 3
3.) Final Fantasy VII
4.) Plantetarian
5.) Kana Little Sister (this one the most)
6.) Final Fantasy Crisis Core

I never actually had tears, with the exception of number 5, but these can/will make almost anyone emotional. ToT

PSP Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII is really good, i also cried

Well like necrophadian said "tears of joy when playing games that give that "epic" feeling" I would have to say I felt that way at the end of MGS4.

I cried during Clannad.

As I said over at Kotaku, it still amazes me that Key's visual novels took up almost half the list.

I remember crying for a game ending, but I don't remember the name...

That list is definitely backwards ^^;

Little Busters was much sadder than FFX. :P
I guess it's also a vote of popularity though - many more people would have voted for FFX as it is the only one they've played.

Hmm, that list neeeds some rearranging for me but, those are some sad titles indeed ;_;

I cried for Kanon, Clannad, and Air. They all hit the soft spots. ^_^
I really should play more Little Busters!, though. I haven't hit any sad parts yet. D:
Otherwise, very nice pic of Rin. :)

Aeries death in ff7. nothing has ever made me cry so much. well.. video game wise lol.

Hey look at that, FFX is number 1 on my list too :) Also Shadow Hearts Covenant and Xenosaga 2

Haven't really played any visual novels, and I game less and less these days so it's not likely I will. Haven't cried gaming, though I did get hit with waves of emotional when I finished Okami.

I cried when Sephiroth killed Aerith. Since I saw that the Aerith's music theme always make me cry.

I cried at final fantasy 7 and 8, also cried at mgs4 ^^;;; but I watch no play :P

My brother-in-law cries at the slightest emotional impact. I like to laugh at him.

Except 8 and 10, actually I already posted this on Sankaku, MGS:3 wasn't that good enough to make my tears fall, I don't know about DQ5 but I love DQ-VIII. Final Fantasy series are tear jerkers.

Crisis Core's ending was quite a sad one...together with the song.

& i'm playing tale of the abyss now O_O;

haven't really played any game which make me emotional and cry..

Don't think i ever got too emotional over any console game, but I did get pretty choked up over the erogame Kana Imouto when I first played it...

KimiNozo the anime was the first anime that actually drove me to tears, but I've never played the game. I wonder if it would do the same for me? lol

Final Fantasy VII was really good. The series in general usually have a good emotional ending.
As far as anime goes, Chobits really had me going at the end.

I cried over aeris...twice (they were perfect together! screw tifa!), but that's it. maybe FFX would've but i never finished it :

FF X is definitely an excellent love story. Not gotten emotional yet, but I've only played about 65% of the game.

Surprised to see an MGS title on the list...

Not so much cried, but definitely worth a mention: Homeworld really touched me more than once. Yes, Homeworld.

(spoilers)

It starts with the opening scene: The launching of the Mothership still moves me to near-tears every time I see it.
The destruction of Kharak and the desperation of the fleet commanders hit me hard, great voice acting. Then during the final mission (unless you cheat by stealing the entire fleet of Ion-Cannon Frigates 2 missions earlier) there's a point where the enemy sends wave after wave after wave of ships and you can hear Fleet Command go desperate in a "We went through all that, just to get stopped here?". Then all of a sudden, there's another wave... and in an act of absolutely great voice acting you hear "Oh no... We are being overwhelmed!" only to find out a couple of seconds later it's actually a reinforcement, causing everyone to suddenly go mad with relief and the whole tide of the battle turns =D

Man, the adrenaline rush I had when I first played that level nearly 10 years ago... I'll never forget it.

Ever17 hit me really hard too, especially Tsugumi's "good" end and her past.
Oh, and let's not forget Yume Miru Kusuri, although it pissed me off more than made me sad.

Its really hard to cry from time to time. But FFX, Little Busters and Clannad was definetly touching.

I can totally understand Clannad, Air, Kanon and other visual novels being there

Now I wanna finish playing FFXII so I can see if I cry!!

MGS4 was the only game that ever made me cry.

How can MGS4 not be on that list. I bawled at that game. It was so nostalgic and... well, sad ;_;

I would probably cry in Crisis Core's ending (if it doesn't bore me to death before I reach the ending). I'm sure there were a number of emotional games for me but MGS4 is the most recent. FFVII wouldn't be on my list XD

I've never cried at games, really. But then again my favorite genres are FPSs and RTSs, games that don't really go for the sadness factor. Games that have given me an emotional impact such as genuine include System Shock 2, Clive Barker's Undying, and currently, Dead Space. Other games with emotional impact include BioShock, Deus Ex, and the Half-Life series. Especially the end of Half-Life 2 Episode 2. That did make me sad, although I didn't cry.

I don't really have alot of PC games, especially Japan-based eroges and visual novels. The only ones I have are Kanon, Clannad and Little Busters ~Ecstasy~, and I have to admit, I did shed a few tears over Clannad. As for Little Busters, there's no english translation, and my Japanese is not up to standard yet, so I'll just have to wait and see ^^

Making someone cry over something is easy. Making someone care for a character so that they feel happy or upset when something happens is something much harder in my opinion. Yume Miru Kusuri is the only game (eroge VN in this case) that has been able to make me actually boil with rage over some things happening to Aeka (one of the female leads).

i cried when nemesis died at resident evil... T.T
just kidding XD i really cried in ffvii dirge of cerberus.

Cried playing my first FF...FF9...Touching ending at my age that time...

FFVII, FFVIII and FFX sure makes people cry ;_; didnt really touch any visual novels yet

I have never cried from an anime NOR from a game yet. Will let you guys know if I do shed a tear or two x_x

I cried while playing Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. There was one scene in particular (especially if you played Lunar: Silver Star Story), that just made me cry like a little girl.

Well, I did feel like jumpig into the screen while playing Halo... whenever they started playing that awesome music of theirs.

An example would be as such. Even Darth Vader would cry manly tears at this: http://www.imeem.com/asesino509/music/hEVNVNwN/martin_odonnell_brothers_in_arms/

FF8, when eyes one me started playing and when squall smiled - that made me emotional, but not the crying type of emotional, rather the "Finally. I feel so happy for them" kind of emotional.

lol.
It's kind of interesting when you meet a person who can't cry BUT loves watching emotional stuff (like me). Sooner or later people start wondering if you're even alive. XD

No really, people sometimes wonder that.

Final Fantasy VII and X made me cry like a little girl. I haven't played the AIR game but I watched the anime and I cried during that one.

I've never cried over any game but Persona 3 got me depressed. One year of hard work and socializing to finally save the earth and the guy basically kills himself just as everyone recovered their memories of what happened. What a crock. Fes just made it worse by confirming it and the Persona Anime was barely connected to the game. Screw you, where's my happy ending? I had half a dozen chicks dangling by my hand!

No doubt FFX...the last scene broke my heart...and it's not Yuna and Tidus scene, where she runs and passes through a fading Tidus. It's when Auron goes...My favorite FFX character. T___T WHY?!!!

I cried over many games and really... I don't think I cried over any on that list.. FF9 the ending made me cry haha and ICO really made me cry =[.

I love emotional stories and I always get emotional when playing great games like Narcissu and Planetarian, but I've never actually cried for some reason.

We just talked about this in my Japanese Culture class yesterday!, the topic was romanticism (roman) in Japanese anime and video games. We specifically focused on final fantasy cut scenes. They are pretty dramatic, but I haven't cried yet.

Seriously... FFX? WTF? I hate that game with passion :/ I cant believe someone actually cried during it.

oh poo =p

Great games though! None that have made me cry, but some have made me seriously contemplate. I enjoyed MGS2 and MSG3.

Closest ive gotten to crying is when Sgt. Johnson died in Halo 3, although it was more like: 'WTF NOOOOOO'.
Other than that I've never cried playing a video game (got pretty emotional right at the end of mass effect though).

I'm definitely curious to see a guy crying over a game, especially an eroge. Although chances are I'd be crying along. :3

I had almost cried with FF7 during Aerith's death. She deserved better than to just be dumped in the lake.

hm.. FFX make me cry...
when yuna cannot hug tidus

I think anyone who played FF VII or X had an emotional moment. and the same for Crisis Core, Clannad, AIR...

FFX is one of the best... AIR is better in the KyoAni TV series version than the AVG version of it imo....

I have to say the game that really made me cry was playing Aeka's path on a drug that makes you dream... so sad ;_;