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The many miles we walked…
The many things we learned…
The building of a shrine…
Only just to burn…

I try not to make pointless threads like these, but I just finished a second, more thorough playthrough and I just want to hug something. :broken_heart: This game touched my very soul.

What’s a game that’s stuck with you? Made you cry? Made you feel a deep, personal connection with a character, or something just as powerful? Have you tried to incorporate that into a character or IC plot line before?

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Beyond Good & Evil. One of the most criminally underrated things ever made.

That and Wildstar.

I’m gonna carry those for a long time.

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Weirdly the game that hit me the most emotionally… was Warcraft 3.

To be fair on me, it was the first fantasy game I’d ever played (I was banned from fictional/non-educational computer games as a kid - long story). But the story was just so compelling to me. The Arthas story was utterly heart-wrenching to me, and I suspect it’ll stay with me for some time. To watch a good man descend bit by bit into a rage-fueled vengeance that literally doomed him… I dunno, I just found that really compelling. It was like a Shakespearean tragedy in my mind - something along the lines of Macbeth. The outcome was awful for the main character, and yet the story itself was so compelling.

Not to mention the cultural clash of the humans, orcs and night elves. I loved how vastly different those cultures were, and learning more about them was amazing. Then the aftermath of the Scourge, and the struggles of Kael’thas, Jaina and Thrall to make a future for their people… I dunno, it just sucked me in. I didn’t shed a tear - I tend not to. But the story hit me like nothing else ever had, and I suspect Azeroth will always hold a special place in my heart because of that… even if WoW is in a bad place, Azeroth will always be special to me.

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I remember getting the Warcraft III battlechest for Christmas one year after asking for it for ages. Stupidly, I started the Frozen Throne campaign first rather than Reign of Chaos, but I remember that morning running around as Maiev killing satyrs. It was magical to me.

The other game that has stuck out to me the most has been the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It had this dark feeling to it that made all the point of time where you did good really shine, coupled with such a lovely mysterious ancient magic vibe with faeries and sacred temples. Also, the graphics at the time were fresh AF.

I also loved Midna as a sassy helper character with her own goals and motivations, despite being dubious at times. Since then I’ve loved the idea of a character who you can call on for special knowledge, like Midna and Fi. One day I plan on having something like that. Maybe a demon trapped in a soul stone or something.

Playing through it again recently, though, I was reminded why I liked it so much. Gameplay and story worked side by side to make a fun experience, which is what I value most. Heck, even with WoW, if the story was really good I would be willing to overlook a lot more of the issues I have with it currently.

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The Walking Dead Season One by Telltale Games. Just… Lee and Clementine. Their relationship was so d’awww worthy, and it truly made me feel like a papa wolf while playing as Lee. And then came the final episode… it left me in legit tears.

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The entire Jak and Daxter series, including Jak-X, but not the Lost Frontier. That game was garbage.

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It doesn’t take much for me to get personal connections with characters.(The reason I have so many alts. I just love characters too much to delete them.) A game series that has made me cry and have that sort of connections with characters is probably Kingdom Hearts, more specifically Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep is probably the one that has made me cry the most and connect most with it’s characters.

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Ratchet and Clank 1-4, Jak and Daxter 1-3 are series i can’t ever forget

Mass Effect trilogy, Valkyria Chronicles, Shadowrun Hong Kong all made me cry because i have no inner strength

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Wot mate? Nobody’s going to mention Final Fantasy 7 making you fall in love with Ares (or the less likely Barrett!) only to lose her a short chapter later? Have you no souls!?!?!

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