The Top 7… Saddest video games that will make you cry

You'll believe a game can make you sob uncontrollably

Words: Hollander Cooper on March 12, 2012

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KaemosFZ - March 12, 2012 2:39 p.m.

Hello? Mass effect 3 anyone? Jesus.
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kenjionigod - March 12, 2012 2:38 p.m.

Come on, No MGS 3? At the end of that game when I found out the details behind why the Boss did what she did and everything, I wanted to cry. Hell, even the final boss fight where the game actually makes you shoot her after a fairly sad cutscene.
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talleyXIV - March 12, 2012 2:37 p.m.

Does this title seem redundant to anyone else? By the way: If you cried during Gears of War 2 it must have been because of a ridiculous love of 4 foot wide necks.
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Piisuke - March 12, 2012 2:35 p.m.

I'm surprised at the lack of Shadow Hearts: Covenant. If you played the first Shadow Hearts, you already have to live with the fact that Alice died (developers took bad ending as canon) and then you get a scene in where you temporarily bring Alice back to life with Yuri being devastated at the failure whilst Karen in the meantime is devastated, because she is in love with Yuri herself. The emotional toll this game takes on you is hard. Even the ending, especially Karen's terrible faith is very hard to swallow and will bring the entire game into perspective. This was, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a very, very sad game, much sadder than one death of one character early in the game. I'm looking at you, Final Fantasy VII. If you're curious, look at this scene from Shadow Hearts: Covenant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JHAqlfGwyQ
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rhubarbdoom - March 12, 2012 2:32 p.m.

The Minerva's Den dlc for Bioshock 2 had me a wee bit weepy at its conclusion. My gf, who hasn't played either Bioshock game, watched the end as i replayed it for her to see and she also cried a bit.
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MrDobble - March 12, 2012 2:30 p.m.

Red Dead Redemption's ending was the saddest gaming experience I've ever had. Shed a tear for John Marston.
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EHyundai - March 12, 2012 2:29 p.m.

wow these are short entries... what happened to the GR i love...
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newarkd - March 12, 2012 2:28 p.m.

Dragon Age 2. I kept playing thinking this was all a tutorial and the real game was going to start any moment. and then sniff...it was all over
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newarkd - March 12, 2012 2:27 p.m.

Dragon Age 2. I kept playing thinking this was all a tutorial and the real game was going to start any moment. and then sniff...it was all over
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Cyberninja - March 12, 2012 2:23 p.m.

persona 3 the ending is really sad and tear inducing
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superduper93 - March 12, 2012 2:14 p.m.

FFX nuff said
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boondocks50 - March 12, 2012 2:13 p.m.

grandia 2 made me sad
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xXRaixterXx - March 12, 2012 2:09 p.m.

Yeah, RDR had a really sad ending, in my opinion, its sadness was better than some games in the countdown
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ncurry2 - March 12, 2012 2:09 p.m.

Good list and all but I gotta ask, did you ever beat Little King Story? It's so damn heart wrenching and what makes it worse is the whole presentation is all cheery and bright but then you start to realize things and... it's just so terribly sad. Then again, I guess I can't count on many people having actually beaten it since only like 100,000 copies were sold and it was a surprisingly difficult game.
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miked00d - March 12, 2012 2:06 p.m.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution. *SPOILERS!!!* The interactions between Jensen and Faridah, his pilot, were never really that strong, but there was a lingering sense that at the end of the game they'd end up together somehow. So while I didn't care about Faridah as a character, I did care about what losing her would mean to Jensen. Then she died after the crash landing later in the game (at the time I didn't know that she could be saved!), which was pretty sad already. But later on, making my way into the Harvester base, I broke through a wall and found her body on a slab, implying that all her implants had been harvested. Up until that point I'd been stealthing my way in, but as soon as I saw that I went aggro and murdered every enemy in there, wasting pretty much all my ammo. Afterwards I cried manly rage tears.
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darkdragon2580 - March 12, 2012 2:05 p.m.

accidentaly forgot one on saddest games personaly played Crisis Core i knew what was going to happen, but i sstill couldn,t help my eyes from watering at the ending
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CoruptAI125 - March 12, 2012 1:57 p.m.

Off this list Lost Odyssey is the one that really struck me. I've never felt so depressed reading before. Something about the music and words just start the tear ducts. Though I will say that Final Fantasy 10 is the saddest game I've personally played.
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darkdragon2580 - March 12, 2012 1:56 p.m.

in my opinion these games deserve to be here, and i like how the last picture was of snake, that game mad my eyes water, too bad you had to play all four to actually feel depressed(3 was an exception) kh 358/2 days was sad, but not really SAD i also started to feel depressed for The World Ends With You, but that's just me ff7 was my 1st game i cried to(not to mention my 2nd real game) and i played it when i was 7(haha) i literally dropped the controller for my playstation and broke down
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weezerbholly - March 12, 2012 1:52 p.m.

Shadow of the Colossus definitely. One game that didn't get mentioned, probably because you did not cry, but how about Braid? Sad stuff there.
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MsSmith - March 12, 2012 1:52 p.m.

A Top 7 featuring Mother 3. Just when I start to think Gamesradar has started to loose its awesomeness you guys do that. STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS!!1!1 Also this Top 7 is fantastic. :)
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