r/PS4 • u/Sweet-Ad4604 • 2d ago
Game Discussion Which game emotionally destroyed you?
For me its heavy rain.......š
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u/BirdLawyer50 2d ago
What Remains of Edith Finch. If you have a young kid and play this watch out. Or parents. Or have any sympathetic understanding of the human condition.
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u/Maso_TGN 13h ago
At the end of the game I was crying hard. This game is so damn good and fucked me up emotionally so bad.
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u/Shadowreign89 2d ago
Rdr2. Still hits me deep in the feels.
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u/jaimepasmonpseudo 2d ago
I should try to finish it one day :'(
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u/mezdup1 2d ago
I just finished it today. I had stopped after Arthur passed away about 2 years ago but figured with gta6 coming out i should wrap it up. Beautiful game, great ending. The epilogue was great as well. I really hope the gta6 story is as deep as rdr2 was. I know gta in general is supposed to be a bit over the top and silly but i really would prefer a more emotional story i can get invested in, especially after seeing how well Rockstar can do it
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u/PonchoMcGee 2d ago
Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian both had me tearing up multiple times
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u/CreepyTeddyBear 2d ago
Came here to say The Last Guardian. Had me choked up fr.
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u/SkyGrey88 1d ago
But it all started with ICO which is a masterpiece in its own right.....at the end of the game you think she's dead.....credits roll.....strolling down the beach and you find she lived......That was the first early PS2 game that made me think this console is boss.
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u/PonchoMcGee 1d ago
Oh for sure, I love ICO. I was just listing the oens available on PS4. Hopefully they remake/remaster it someday as well
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u/AndyMH97 2d ago
Yakuza Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man who erased his name.
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u/theguyfromtheweb7 2d ago
That fucking scene where Kiryu holds the tablet near the end (no spoilers) CRUSHED me
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u/epsilonkappa 2d ago
Disco Elysium. It tore me to pieces, then built me back up
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u/Howamidriving27 2d ago
Protip: do not play that game in the middle of a separation from your wife
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u/epsilonkappa 2d ago
Iāve only played this at the second worst time: separation from an addiction
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u/ashmaht HwTi3 2d ago
There have been a ton of games that really resonated with me in ways I didnāt expect. Since this is the PS4 sub, I wonāt get too deep into Cyberpunk or the new Onimusha (which is mostly unserious but has a couple of moments that reinforce the central theme very effectively).
TLoU Part 2 gets a bad rap from some very vocal parts of this community, but the ending left me emotionally exhausted (in a good way). The cycle of revenge was portrayed so intensely and I felt so invested the whole way through.
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u/knightslayer08 2d ago
Hey I've been wanting to buy tlou2 for some time but people on reddit say that the story is shit is it really the case? Or it's just because of joel's fate and ellie's sexyality? Do you think the story is worth playing? I know the gameplay is good
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u/Krinks1 2d ago
It's a fucking fantastic story. I also felt the same emotional exhaustion as the poster above and it was a great experience.
The haters gonna hate. Play it and decide for yourself. Personally, I found it to be take powerful stuff. At least as strong as the first game, possibly more so because I've never felt so conflicted about a protagonist and antagonist in my life.
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u/ashmaht HwTi3 2d ago
The storytelling is incredible. I think a lot of people were just mad about Joelā¦ but his storyline makes sense. I always thought a sequel to the first game was unnecessary but the story they told proved me wrong. Itās an excellent game, I highly recommend it.
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u/theKingofSax 2d ago
TLOU2. I just sat in my chair and stared, empty and devoid, as the credits rolled. I stayed that way the whole time.
Similar feeling during the fistfight with Maruki at the end of Persona 5 Royal, but I felt a lot better after the epilogue cutscene. Probably because it reminded me of the fistfight with Ellie and Abby in TLOU2.
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u/JayArrrDubya 1d ago
The end of this game broke me, I didnāt even want to take part in that final confrontation, it was so sad and futile.
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u/keysandtreesforme 11h ago
I fucking hear you. I felt so deeply for both of them. Incredible. And with the lonely ocean simple setting.
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u/HllwnPRTY 2d ago
Previouslyā¦on the Walking Deadā¦
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u/StrayBlondeGirl 2d ago
I think the only time I ever actually cried to a video game is watching PewDiePie play season 1 and Lee died
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u/HeathenMC 2d ago
Iāll never be okay again after E33.
But honestly all my favorite games have been the ones that broke my heartāand Iām an old lady now and have been gaming all my life so thereās been a lotābut to name a few:
Literally 90% of FF games
The Witcher 3
Neva (severely underrated)
Baldurās Gate 3 (certain endings)
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u/Synner40 1d ago
just finished BG3 on pc for the second time ever sense finishing it on coop a couple of a years ago on ps5. i almost lost it at the end when my boo was about to burst in to flames on the dock and had to beg them to go back where they were taken form. ((if yall played the game you know exactly who im talking about)) (i should also point out this is a ps4 subreddit. so bg3 is null and void in this discussion)
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u/HeathenMC 1d ago
I went with her to hell bro Iād do anything for my wife her and Laeāzel best romances in the game and Iāll die on that hill
But the first play through I didnāt romance her and I sobbed ugly tears anyway
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u/schultebear77 2d ago
Cyberpunk 2077. I canāt even really explain why, but this game made me so sad.
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u/Joebranflakes 2d ago
This war of mine. Because itās based on a true story. Itās absolutely brutal.
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u/Billazilla 1d ago
Stray.
I had just taken my best little buddy to the vet to let him go. It did not go well. That he went out scared and upset scarred my heart. It all happened so fast, I couldn't do anything to comfort him before we said goodbye.The vet and vet tech practically ran out of the room, left me alone with the little guy who had walked in my front door twenty years earlier and decided we would be brothers.
Some days later, it was suggested I try playing Stray, which had just launched. I got an hour or so in, and just couldn't. I miss my lil guy too much.
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u/Warchetype 1d ago
Sorry for your (painful) loss, fellow cat friend. š
Luckily my own kitty went peacefully in 2023, but I can relate about how heartbreaking it felt when I bought & began to play Stray a few weeks later.
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u/IronBrutzler 2d ago
Yakuza 0. I played Yakuza 1 on the ps2 back in the day but never really far. So after years I waited for 0 and played it and the end just totally destroyed me. I played the whole series now and kiwami 2 was also hard be auĆer of a certain Person you met.
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u/s1iver 2d ago
Original ff7
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u/SkyGrey88 1d ago
I was in shock when Aerith died....I was like 'wait, no, wait'....I almost stopped playing the game.
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u/JosephMaverick 1d ago
Same. But for me it was Cloudās reveal, when he is in the limbo figuring out everything.
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u/nummakayne 1d ago
Mass Effect 3 legit gave me a sort of depressive phase. Like how you feel on the last day of high school, knowing youāre not going to see most of these people for a very long time, or maybe ever again.
Purely narrative, Iād also go with What Remains of Edith Finch like many others have said. The Last of Us 2 is also up there, watching Ellie absolutely wreck her life took a toll on me. Thereās probably more Iām not thinking of.
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u/TheBurdman53 1d ago
This is how my girlfriend has felt since finishing the ME series for the first time. She hasnāt really gotten into anything else since. Just wanting more Mass Effect.
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u/nummakayne 1d ago
My problem is every time a new action RPG comes out, my brain is always expecting another Mass Effect. I play something like Starfield, the game itself is fine and I enjoyed my time with it but thereās a constant nagging voice in my head wishing these companions were half as good as Garrus, Mordin, Miranda, Liara, EDI, Joker, Javik, Wrex, Gruntā¦sigh.
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u/BahnGSXR 1d ago
I played the ME trilogy for the first under a year ago, and the third game is where things started to get heavy for me. The first time I saw one of Shepard's nightmares, of the kid running away, the sound of the reaper death beam roaring rhythmically in the music... it still gives me chills.
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u/BaconJets 2d ago
RDR2 got me. It enraptures you in the western outlaw fantasy and the drama of it, only to deconstruct it tragically.
Shadow of the Colossus always gets me. No spoilers.
The Last of Us Part 2 had me feeling weirdly emotionally numb? It had an effect on my mood by the time I completed it. I don't think that it had the intended effect on me, it was almost traumatic more than tragic.
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u/keysandtreesforme 2d ago
Spiritfarer
Incredible
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u/Shitbirdy 12h ago
Was scanning this thread for Spiritfarer. The only game to make me cry, and no other game has come close.
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u/mad-madam 2d ago
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (This stunning game absolutely wrecked me)
A plague tale: Requiem (This is the second game and...yeah...it hurt no where near Expedition 33)
More gently A plague tale: Innocence (First game, the losses hurt but it only really HURT the first time i played it.)
(Haven't played legacy yet, I'm sure it will kick me in the cry machine)
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u/Nacho_7258 2d ago
Expedition 33. I played it for the first time just 2 weeks after my best friend died and pretty much every emotional moment in that game really struck me hard. Especially the end of Act 1. Still love the game though.
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u/SkelertonKing 2d ago
Spiritfarer lol as you escort the sheep across the line she talks about how shes just waiting for Eugene to come visit her. He couldn't make it this year. But next year for sure. Makes me sad for all those people who are waiting for their children/grandchildren to come see them. Couldn't make it this year. But next year for sure, right?
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u/Vermillion_V 2d ago
Not really destroyed me but somewhat brought a tear to my eyes or left me staring at blank walls for hours:
The Walking Deat (TellTale game) - that scene with Clementine and Lee.
The Last of Us I - Joel's.....
The Last of Us II - Joel....
Life is Strange - that choice before the ending.
Metal Gear Solid V - one particular mission
Nier Automata - so the bad guys are.....
Red Dead Redemption 2 - the horse and that last view from the mountain...
The Town of Light - try this one and you will not regret experiencing it.
Martha is Dead
What Remains of Edith Finch
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u/japanese-frog 2d ago
Mine is a funny one and more due to the time when I played it than the game itself: Unravel. I played it during the COVID lockdown that stopped me travelling to see my parents for Xmas. The implied story as you go through the levels with Yarni hit hard, especially towards the end. I lost my grandparents many years prior, but it all came back to me.
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u/DETRosen 1d ago
JASON! JAAAAAASON! Sorry that game affected me similarly. And it's been a while so I think it's time for a replay!
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u/Watermelon_013 1d ago
Alan Wake 2. I remember finishing it and just for an hour I was in complete disbelief, awe, and sadness that it was over.
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u/RedEyedChester 2d ago
Destiny 2 Forsaken and Final Shape
But of course TLOU always is up there and others :)
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u/bateristabr40 2d ago
everytime I play a competitive online game n some1 offends me on the mic, this emotionally destroys me, that's why I never played online again, only campaign games n maybe co-ops
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u/SkyTheIrishGuy 2d ago
Idk about ādestroyedā me, but ones that had an impact.
Finding Maria in Gears of War 2.
Arriving on scene for the first time on the Neon Tomb mission in Ready or Not.
Mordinās final mission in Mass Effect 3.
The intro of Expedition 33.
The funeral after having to kill a bunch of your crew in MGSV.
The intro of The Last of Us 1
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u/International-Shoe40 2d ago
I mean the usual. But in the last year, Neva comes to mind. That ending ripped my heart out
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u/Realistic_Rabbit_545 1d ago
Endling: Extinction is Forever. You play as a mother fox taking care of your cubs in a changing world. It's a short game but stabs you in the heart. I was bawling and normally I cry maybe once every two years.
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u/newpixelphonesux 2d ago
LOU1 and LOU2
MGS3
Shadow of the Colossus
The Last Guardian
FF15 at the last moment
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u/lolpostslol 1d ago
MGS4 for me, the ending is the only thing in gaming that ever me too emotional, father-son stuff gets to me even though my relationship with my dad is pretty mundane.
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u/darshmedown 2d ago
Still blows me away that I never see Spider-Man (2018) mentioned in these posts. Cried like a baby, my boy never gets the happy ending.
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u/Kirktwotimes 2d ago
Yakuza 0, Yakuza 5, RDR 2, Cyberpunk 2077 endings all got me in my feels.
TLOU 2 story sucks. I think the gameplay is great and I think that Abby is a good character just wish it was told differently. Iāve accepted that Naughty Dog told the story they wanted to but it wasnāt anything I cared for.
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u/m3thdumps 2d ago
Shadow of the colossus,
Last of us 1 and 2
RDR2
Waking dead season 1 telltale
Mgs3
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u/ToCoolforAUsername 2d ago
FF 7 crisis core from psp. Watching Zack get killed while you control him really makes you feel very helpless.
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u/Th3_Dud3_Abid3s 2d ago
My go to is always Last of Us, but Iām gonna throw out a weirder one, the Guardians of the Galaxy Telltale game. Particularly Rocket and Lyllas story with the āYou got to see outsideā dialogue option. That shit hit me out of no where and left me with tears.
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u/faultydatadisc 2d ago
Gears Of War 3. Dont want to spoil anything but it was the first game to make me, a grown ass man, cry.
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u/Equal-Evidence2077 1d ago
I don't know why but the last hour of Mass Effect 3 destroyed me emotionally.
Firstly it's incredibly depressing when you land back on Earth for the final fight , you're essentially saying goodbye to the friends you made across all 3 games.
Then the final push happens, I took my romance partner Liara with me, who has always been my choice since game 1, when she gets the scripted injury and begs you to come back to her and you say goodbye, the storytelling and presentation was really getting to me.
And then Captain Anderson dies, and then I chose to sacrifice myself so I die. My choice killed all synthetic constructs which also included EDI :(
Absolute depression but it was a beautiful experience that trilogy.
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u/VikingTeddy 1d ago
SOMA
I won't spoil it but the ending was such a gut punch. Only experienced anything like that with RDR2. I felt numb the whole evening.
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u/Alfa_Deathclaw 1d ago
For me the games that completely broke me would have to be:
RDR2 The Last of Us (Both 1 and 2) Telltale's: The Walking Dead Stray
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u/Timeisnearx 1d ago
The Darkness ( Jenny moment, who knows then knows ) Hellblade Senua's sacrifice ( the whole game is simply a depression simulator ) Life is strange ( yes i always let the town burn, no way she is dying )
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u/Timeisnearx 1d ago
The Darkness ( Jenny moment, who knows then knows ) Hellblade Senua's sacrifice ( the whole game is simply a depression simulator ) Life is strange ( yes i always let the town burn, no way she is dying )
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u/BoredCrusader1899 1d ago
Tbh Last of Us part 2. I canāt even bring myself to play it again cause the games story is too heavy on my mental state. Although I would say thatās the makings of a phenomenal job by the games writers.
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u/thesteadfast1 1d ago
CK3, I just couldn't manage to figure it out. Humbled. Extremely humbled. Fuck that game.
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u/Mountain_Tadpole703 1d ago
For me it was the last of us part 2 SPOILERS after Joel was killed by Abby I immediately stopped played went out side and smoked two packs of cigarettes before resuming only reason it hit that hard was cause I had lost my grand farther a month before and I grew up playing the original last of us so it hit harder than I thought
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u/jasna88bgd 1d ago
What remains of edith finch My emotional support dog was dying it was my turn to be up to watch over him
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u/Mr_nijima 19h ago
Persona 5 the part of royal only Persona 3 Red dead 1 Fahrenheit idk many people play this but trust me is a excellent game
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u/ReasonableOpinion527 14h ago
Horizon Zero Dawn, my first game ever. Finishing it after years of breaks and distractions.. that ending man.
Also Ghost of Tsushima...Nobu...Sora
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u/Smooth_Ad1795 8h ago
Expedition 33 is probably to game that has single handedly wrecked me emotionally. There were a few points where I had to put the controller down and process the grief.
Honorable mentions:
The end of KH, when Kairi is shown painting in the cave.
A few points of FFXV
2018G God of War and Ragnarok
A very specific event in Ghost of Tsushima, probably cried for at least 10 minutes
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u/KoimiaPS4 2d ago
Nier: Automata