Games

Borderlands 2, the ending of the Tiny Tina DLC.

No spoilers but the ending of Life Is Strange made me cry.

Portal endings. Especially the ending of Portal 2.

Fallout: New Vegas.

At the end of Boone's companion quest, we're watching the sunrise, having barely survived the night. He confesses what really happened to his wife. Nat King Cole comes on the radio with "Love Me." I weep.

I tried to install Skyrim and my disc was unreadable

The first time was in Mass Effect 3, when Liara shows you her project in your cabin. For me, this was the first time in the trilogy where I felt that we could really lose the war against the reapers.

Another very good moment was in Life is Strange Before the Storm, when Chloe finds her dad's car in the junkyard. That hit hard.

Bastion's near-ending, if you forgive

The entire "What Remains of Edith Finch" game

Hades has some emotional moments. That game is so well-written. Trying to avoid spoilers, but the first time escaping was one, then the nth time escaping where they play that awesome track was another.

I was pretty emotionally stunted and depressed as a teenager and had trouble crying even when I wanted to (it's a horrible feeling, physically) so Earthbound and Mother 3 were therapeutic

Beginning of last of us part 1.

Hl2 EP2's ending

FFXIV, over and over. The kind of nobility and self sacrifice displayed in that story has set me crying several times. Honestly, I can feel it a little bit just thinking of some of those moments, but I try to smile through it.

Because a smile better suits a hero.

Horizon zero dawn is the game that got me. Getting closer to the end just got me sadder and sadder.

The ending of Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, it was just so cool and and so well done. What a great final boss when compared to Breath of the wild.

Shaauuunn! Shaun! Shaauuunn! Shaaauuun! Shauuun! Shaauuunn!

Getting the True Ending in the base game of Outer Wilds. Including the credits, including after the credits. So beautifully bittersweet.

Pretty much everything in The Last of Us Part 1 & 2.

ME:3 and the cliff.

Several points in Life is Strange, I have yet to finish that game.

Last of Us, both parts. Ghost of Tsushima. Can't think of any others at the moment but I'm sure there are more, I'm a big softy.

Binding of Isaac: Repentance, the true ending. It hits harder because it's the first time we got a definitive ending since the original game came out in 2011.

Subsequent playthroughs of Ace Combat 4, knowing the full story of Yellow 13 and 4 with the Spanish guitar accompaniment (even though blah blah war crimes etc). I guess because I know I did it while jamming to rock ballads with qaam spam. Mihaly of AC7 was such a weak arc by comparison.

Assassin's Creed Unity in the post-Templar part, my 3rd experience with Ubisoft avoiding happy endings but my first Assassins creed

Ori and the Will of the Wisps has some great emotional moments that are complemented by a fantastic soundtrack. Learning about Shriek's backstory after being hunted by her the entire game was just too much.

Have probably done that over a bunch of games over the years but can't remember much of them but the one game that immediately comes to mind is spiritfarer. Had so many touching farewells and some of them were too relatable to be not shed a tear. Man Atul left me speechless for days, I still need more hugs.

Zack's final battle. Yes dude, you are a hero.

Fuck Shinra.