5 Heartbreaks We're Not Ready to Talk About (But Like Heroes We Will Try)

💔 Whether it's an untimely demise or getting ditched by your in-game boyfriend, there are some moments you never quite recover from. Here are gaming's five most heartbreaking plot points, as picked by Outside Xtra and Outside Xbox teams. Hey, is someone chopping onions in here?! :'(
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[@smnoy23]

What makes lying to Ellie even more painful, for me at least, is that I'm pretty sure the lengthy pause before she says "Okay" means that she knows Joel is lying to her.

[@highspotplays]

Yeah, that's how I read the scene too.

[@TheSerbianEmperor]

I somewhat displeased they decided to make a sequel with the same characters because that ending was perfect for the game of that type. I'm sure P2 is going to be great, but I'm not sure they can pull off the magic of the first game again. They should've left it and gave us other characters.

[@7ncunha]

I wondered that at first, then after watching it again I realized it's perfectly clear she knows he's lying.

[@RodneyRandom]

I agree. She's trapped in that thought and at the same time, she had to let it go because she had no choice but to trust Joel.

[@zelamorre1126]

The problem with the sequel is that it's bound for more heartbreak. Either Joel is infected, and Ellie ends up killing him. Or Joel is infected, and Ellie ends up sacrificing herself to save him. If by some miracle they don't go with one of those plots, I'll be happy. But then worried about what other, terrible thing they include.

[@kylewilliams1246]

"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong." Never have I cried as much as when Mordin utters this line and the following few minutes of cutscenes. Thane's final moments and the prayer that ends up being for Shepard hit me hard as well though. And Legion. And Anderson. Yeah, I cried a bunch during Mass Effect 3.

[@alakuriel4697]

Looking back, that game was freaking emotionally scarring. Add in the end of the Overlord DLC from 2 when you see what Archer did to his brother and, yeah, I feel like I need therapy. o.o

[@fionadeguzman1089]

Everyone: (sad death of different characters and regretful decisions) Jane: HE DUMPED ME!!!

[@dragonbuster1174]

Me who romanced Morrigan: SHE IS CARRYING OUR CHILD AND LEFT AS SOON AS THE FIGHT WAS OVER!!!! Me who found the Witch Hunt DLC: Ok, never mind all is forgiven.

[@raulreyes2384]

Jane's an idiot on this one.

[@WhatRemainsofNovaJames]

What about in Majora’s Mask when you finish the Kafei and Anju quest and then they just die together right after. I found that so depressing 😔

[@soggywafflewitch448]

ok but i was so beat up by that, that i not only looked up how to make sure he wouldn't dump you if you had a different origin, but i literally replayed the entire game from the beginning as a human noble so that i could a) not get broken up with and b) marry alistair. i feel jane's pain.

[@blackshadowbox]

@@soggywafflewitch448 That was me too. I started out as a city elf and when I got halfway through, someone told me he will become king and dump anyone who wasn't a human noble. I restarted immediately and also chose to take Morrigan up on her offer (sorry again Alistair) just to make sure neither of us died.

[@indiawright5734]

Honestly, the Lee and Clem scene still makes me cry. You did so much to make sure she was safe and even your last act is to remind her what to do to try and keep her safe.

[@GwenActually]

I started crying just watching the little clip they showed here

[@chrismiller4838]

​@@GwenActually Me too! Definitely my saddest video game moment as well 😢

[@Wyrd-Oh]

"Had to be me." "Someone else might have gotten it wrong." - Mordin Solus

[@Tasherenity]

Wyrd Oh "I am the very model of a scientist Salarian..." *Ugly crying*

[@Asguard82]

"Wanted to run tests on the seashells" NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! MORDIN!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheKueiJin]

"Does this unit has a soul ?" "Yes... Legion." "*I* know Tali, but thank you" Nuff said...

[@Asguard82]

"Guide this one kalihara, and she will be a companion to you as she was to me" Koylet why did the last verse say "she" "The prayer was not for him commander, he has already asked forgiveness for the lives he has taken, his wish was for you" "goodbye thane, you wont be alone long" Dam onions :'(

[@Asguard82]

Oh and never to forget: "you did good child, I'm proud of you" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Deato9000]

Honestly, Sarah dying in Joel's arms at the beginning of The Last of Us was freaking heartbreaking. One of the most emotional starts to a game in recent memory.

[@Harvester88]

Deaton dude yes. I had that one single Denzel tear watching that.

[@daffydukeofleon2832]

Deaton right the game started with an emotional kick to the balls

[@mrenglishhollow]

I had to take a timeout after that bit and weep like a baby

[@mrenglishhollow]

I dunno, just did

[@TSEDLE333]

It's the emotional response of seeing a parent losing his/her child. It's freaking hardwired in people's brain to immediately feel compassion towards it (and the more emotional you are, the worst it feels...I know people who got misty-eyed, but it was 'just a game', so it was ok and people who cried their eyes out...). It's not something everyone will simply let go. And in fact, together with the death of Tess, it sets the theme for the rest of the game: everyone and anyone CAN die. So, the game starts with a double leg kick to the feels.....

[@ParrotsTT]

Walking Dead literally made me dead inside, that last part when Lee says "I'll miss you" and she replies in such an innocent voice "me too" i was done at that point

[@sonadowfangirl30869]

The "lying to Ellie" entry is a very vague moment too. Because you can find audio recordings in which a doctor talks about how cases like Ellie, people who are also immune, have lead to failure and those people with immunity dying in vain, but then you also find a recording about how Ellie's mutation is a unique one. So on one hand, there was the chance of Ellie also dying in vain and that there really are loads of others like her. And on the other, there really is the chance that Joel just lied to Ellie and deprived humanity of its cure. Part of what made TLoU so great was the fact that you did not know. At least in my oppinion.

[@Local_commentor]

I didn't feel pity because she never gave me her pocket knife and i had to craft shivs fuck that

[@adelaideharper9201]

They had no evidence it would work. If they had then Joel's decision would be clearly wrong. As it is, I think stopping them was very justifiable.

[@freddierhodes8201]

@@adelaideharper9201 I would have said that even a small chance to save that many people should be taken if it costs only one life... But its different when it's her life, obviously!

[@adelaideharper9201]

@@freddierhodes8201 If they have no reason to believe it would work and have already failed repeatedly why is it okay to continue to take lives because there is a "small chance"? How many children are you willing to murder because they might stumble onto the cure? 10? 50? 5000? What they are actually doing is costing humanity its herd immunity --- the immune will have kids who are also immune. Unless the Fireflies dissect them all. So even in the pragmatic sense what they are doing is WRONG.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

Jian Li it is the disease that mutated, not the person, so they would not pass down that immunity to their children. Additionally, herd immunity only works if the majority of people’s immune system can become capable of fighting it. The only way to achieve herd immunity in this case would be an easily disseminated vaccine, since no one survives an unmutated infection. I agree that killing a child without their consent is morally grey at best, but Joel killing the scientists that may be the last hope for humanity is indefensible, even if his motivation are understandable.

[@haven4304]

"Most Heartbreaking Moment" > Someone dies > Someone had to made a hard emotional decision And then there's Jane: Got dumped

[@TheBardSM]

Kurosawa Shirou Don't mock this kind of pain.

[@haven4304]

Bard_SM not mocking the pain, i understand very well the pain of rejection, but compared to the rest of the event listed in this list, it's one of the weakest

[@GhostFS]

The most genuine and real :P Also the needed comic relief to survive till the end of the video :P

[@michellealexander7850]

To be fair, this wasn't a metric of how much pain somebody went through. Just of things they didn't get over. I'm with Jane on this one. I romanced Alistair once, he dumped me and I sacrificed myself in spite. After that it was all Zevran, all the time for my play-thrus. Come to think of it, I'm still angry at Blackwall as well . . . *squints at Dragon Age games in muted rage*

[@littlerave86]

I actually reloaded to where i chose him and instead dumped the ass myself and picked Liliana instead. Just like I did playing a male char, choosing Morrigan and getting dumped by her. Man, hetero chars are aholes in this game.

[@fudgemuffins27]

Honorable mention for The Last of Us has to be the scene after Ellie kills David. The gameplay leading up to it is super intense and you can feel the anxiety and urgency that Ellie is feeling. Then that cutscene happens where Ellie finally lets it all out and is finally reunited with Joel. It's the only time in the game you see Ellie that vulnerable and you're jarringly reminded of how young she is. Gets me every time.

[@ben6993]

fudgemuffins27 spot on mate. It's one of the many reasons I think the last of us (from a narrative point of view) is one of the greatest games ever made. When she killed David I was genuinely just as mad and relieved as Ellie was

[@Subject-36]

R.I.P. LEE DADGUMMIT. I don’t care what any of you say. Lee’s death was absolutely heartbreaking for me. R.I.P. Lee, The man, The survivor, The LEEgend.

[@SteveAdmin]

I really miss him.

[@Subject-36]

Steve Admin It’s ok. All of us do

[@ashleetracy6005]

I usually do not cry.... That gets me every..... Freaking...... Time

[@Subject-36]

Yep. I can’t. I simply can’t.

[@cutestitch8675]

Im only one who does not care about Lee ? When i was biten i lied to everyone, i expected he gona turn and kill others, and i was like thats good ending, but Lee death is so mediocre

[@jaadn6197]

When i saw Lee and Clementine, my stomach emotionally stabbed me!

[@BexTrokerKey]

I'm so glad Ellen hugged Andy....'cos there was definitely someone chopping some onions around here towards the end of his section....

[@jontegrity]

Who the fuck was cutting onions, it was tooooo much for me to handle.

[@patrickphelan279]

Exactly; Ellen fake-crying at the end of the episode was adorable-sad, but Andy genuinely having to repress a moment was honestly a bit heartbreaking!

[@BennyFromTheTops]

it explains why they never made any videos on the following seasons lol I wish they played walking dead season 2 it's fantastic ( a new frontier can suck my dong though)

[@Skapologist]

Seeing Ellen cry. That there. That’s the ultimate heartbreak. The little hug between her and Andy helped though.

[@fimble_wimble]

Sam Burckhard oh Ellen why must you cry? Your emotions and well being matter so much to me T.T

[@KingJamezMusik]

Shes so adorable lol and seems like a genuine sweetheart

[@zesstrin00]

Top 10 saddest moments in anime

[@Jetfox967]

Yep

[@tommyakesson8858]

Brandon: adorable is the word indeed. Have you seen her in The two arachnophobia clips? Tots adorbs

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Jane I’m with you. I literally replayed just so Alistair wouldn’t dump me

[@sheilamyers1217]

Terra_the _Nightingale you should replay again and romance Zevran, he’s amazing, so is Fenris in DA2 and Cullen in DAI, if you play DAI, do NOT play a female elf on your first play through, I won’t spoil but please just don’t do it

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Sheila Myers I know exactly what you’re talking about. I did romance Zevran and I love him. Same with Leliana. And of course I romanced Fenris in DA2. I did play DAI actually and female elf was my first run through because I usually play an elf. I was going for Cullen because he’s a sweetie and I love him. Then Solas swooped in... I’m still not over it

[@sheilamyers1217]

Terra_the _Nightingale rip, Solas completely broke my heart, my mom walked in while I was bawling my eyes out and freaked out until I told her my video game bf dumped me and lied to me

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Sheila Myers at least Patrick Weekes has assured us that Solavellan won’t end in tragedy completely! So we just have to see what happens for DA4!

[@eliasnegrete8494]

Simp

[@kenyakookie]

My heartbreak was Asriel from Undertale. First things first, he watched his best friend/sibling get poisoned and die at a VERY young age, and that night also died, but then he came back as a flower with no feeling for anyone he loved before. It drove him to a 'kill or be killed' mentality, and in an effort to feel any emotion he killed everyone he ever loved, over and over. Then, in the true pacifist run, at the end when he's himself again, he breaks the barrier, freeing everyone, and then the way he just sadly goes 'I can't keep these SOULs forever. I have to give them back. But I'll turn back into a flower. I won't feel anything anymore. Don't think of him as me.. okay? Keep these memories of me. ....Take care of mom and dad for me, okay?". And, after you wake up, if you walk back to where you fell in the ruins, he's sitting there, and he says "Don't worry about me. Someone has to take care of these flowers. Frisk, please leave me alone. I can't come back. I just.. can't, okay? I don't want to break their hearts all over again. It's better if they never see me." And he's just so loving, he asks you why you fell, and talks about Chara, and means well to his family, to the point of keeping himself from the surface, from seeing them and loving them one last time, and he even gies Frisk advice. I just can't handle the knowledge of how unfair it is for him! He never asked for any of it and yet he's doing everything he can to make others happy. He's so sweet.

[@dahill87ify]

This is how you do a video about the saddest moments in videogaming, you all made it personal and heartfelt. I don't think I'll ever need to watch a video about the same topic again as I don't think it can be topped.

[@ibear2554]

Daniel Hill I think you're 100% correct.

[@aaronsmiley1180]

Daniel Hill mass effect 1,2,3 deaths in order by how hard they kicked u in the feels tali being number 1

[@kardechat]

Mordin Solus. "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong".

[@exilestudios9546]

i say that when i kill steal as a salarian in mass effect Andromeda

[@Griffon29]

Isaac Madsen And when he sings his song as he's fixing the tower, but doesn't finish...

[@shotgunshells2]

God yes, Mordin's death was tragic and horrible.

[@kalebhult1384]

Plus Legion.

[@dunadan1995]

Fuuuuuuuck, that was so sad, poetic and amazing. Also, Thane dying to the worst character in the history of Bioware, but in an amazing samurai stand off.

[@ginganinja2143]

Why does everyone seem to forget this? - In the final level of Last of Us, there's a voice recorder you can find. (It was a while ago but I'm pretty sure it was a recording I listened to and not a doctor's entry I read) A doctor was talking about how so far, attempts to create a cure from immune kids had failed. They had already done it more than once before, and likely they wouldnt succeed with her either. That's how I justified my rescue

[@eliasnegrete8494]

It was 69 likes... Until I came along

[@byproductofcheese]

@@eliasnegrete8494 damn you

[@regs137]

You think that after millions of people play the Last of Us that someone else would have seen something that radically changes the story.

[@theokay1]

@@regs137 others have the comment above this guy says the same thing

[@garysturgess6757]

I feel similarly about the ending of Life is Strange. There isn't really any reason to believe that ... making a particular choice ... will actually do anything about the storm. It's not as if this has happened before, and while I agree that it would be a weird coincidence, "making a particular choice" is what they're saying started the storm in the first place (that is, Max using her abilities). I know "in game" that we're supposed to accept it's a clear cut decision, but realistically there's no reason to believe that it would work that way, and asking you to "make a particular choice" will definitely have a bad consequence, while _not_ making that choice arguably is no worse than "saving as many possible"... let's just say I didn't have any moral qualms about "making the other choice". Bringing it back around - if Joel let the Fireflies proceed, Ellie would definitely have been deader than disco, with (as several have pointed out) no real reason to believe that a cure or a vaccine would have been forthcoming. I see his lie as not motivated by selfishness at all - there's no reason to make poor Ellie carry that burden.

[@peetti3608]

Ellen is so sweet. What a big heart. Love her. Haven't played Red Dead Redemption, but it touched me, how engrossed she was with the story and the characters.

[@composerbeef]

I think my biggest heart breaks all happened throughout Mass Effect 3. The death of Mordin, The fall of Thessia, The death of Anderson... But by far the thing that got me every time was the final conversation you have with Garrus before going on the final mission where he talks about meeting you at the bar in heaven.

[@katejones8705]

Matthew Fallaize Nailed it. I tear up every time I describe that scene to someone.

[@andreaboggiomarzet4370]

My saddest mass effect 3 moment was the death of Tali. I was expecting a paragon dialogue option to stop the quarian attack, but the first time i missed something and accidentaly made all quarians die and Tali killed herself :'(

[@kazumablackwing4270]

Andrea Boggio Marzet yeah..the prerequisite choices take place over me2 and 3.

[@Uroshius]

Oh yeah, I remember after that, I was like "yeah, there's a galaxy to save and defeat the ugly space monsters, but hell, nothing seems worth it anymore" Worst of all, I had that Citadel party after her death and it all seemed fake and wrong... ...and then you wake up to find Mordins' recordings. Damn war!

[@MrSpawley]

Matthew Fallaize There's no Shepherd without Valkaryian! Go out there and give then hell cause you were born to do it!

[@sirshmango]

The end of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The older brother is stabbed by a horrible spider lady just before reaching the tree of life that has the cure for their father's illness. The little brother is forced to climb up alone while big bro rests at the bottom. You make it all the way up, thinking "Maybe. Just maybe, I can cure him, too." But nope, hopes dashed. Big bro died while you climbed the tree. Little bro is quite understandably devastated. As if I wasn't already crying at this point, the game then forces me to bury him. I actually have to control a grieving child in the act of burying his dead brother while I'm fighting back heavy sobs. Not fair, game. Not fair.

[@PandaKing550]

Shane Olivier then when your coming back to father, you see the silhouette of your older brother guiding you.... I cried

[@nikrue22]

Shane Olivier I played with my sister going halfsies on the controller. I'm the older brother and I played as him to. She held the controller on her own when I died. Made the game have more weight.

[@rafaeldacosta4128]

Even more sad when you have to bury big brother's body.... that's just fucked up

[@MylesCorner]

I considered playing that game when I was checking Steam yesterday but I don't want those feels! They're too much just from that!

[@treecrab8192]

That game is boring get outta here

[@soft_butter4629]

No matter how many times I watch this video I feel Andy’s pain most. You guys are amazing

[@coffeeaddict9605]

I was completely stone faced, but the second Lee and Clementine popped up my eyes instantly watered.

[@devinbailey8987]

the last of us and the walking dead are 2 of the sadest games ive ever played ill never forget the sad momments

[@pattymacdonald789]

devin bailey I know

[@zero.9831]

devin bailey 📠 Both of those games will forever be in the hall of GOATS of games

[@ghostranger271l5]

Left 4 Dead??? Bills death

[@dariuspetrusevicius4856]

the walking dead rly broke my heart and the last of us is not as much but still emotional

[@qm-nn2do]

The last of us game 10 minutes into the game BOOM Joel's daughter died cool Hey Ellie's best friend died too think her name was riley?

[@TheKalkalash]

What about Legion sacrificing himself in ME3? He's been the coolest buddy since ME2, and then he selflessly and without hesitation kills himself to help other Geth. Yes, I admit it. The only time I felt sad in a video game is when a robot died. But he was a nice robot.

[@dunadan1995]

That unit certainly had a soul. I mean, what the fuck kind of machine even asks if it has a soul?

[@onyxrose4349]

After recruiting Legion you get his loyalty mission, which you can do with no ill effects towards your crew unless you do a lot of other missions. Also he does have a soul, and a personality.

[@padfootprophet]

I still tear up when I hear the phrase "Does this unit have a soul?"

[@RawkLobstah88]

Honestly, it was more a sad heroic sacrifice. The more heartbreaking moment is the Renegade Trigger at the end of Tuchanka, when you shoot Mordin. That sequence murdered me.

[@pertifity]

Yeah, that was the saddest death in ME3 for me as well. ;_;

[@alucard1s1k61]

I always found Yuna’s speech at the end of Final Fantasy X to be the most heartbreaking. It gets me every time I beat the game. You can really feel the sadness and hope warring in her heart.

[@therealsephoenix]

I made the mistake of watching a Let's Play" of The Walking Dead Season 1, cried so hard, my husband thought someone in my family died. There's also the whole Aeris/Aerith thing, but I got over it lol

[@Bezzazzle]

*watches John Marston being shot* No... Why.... "You then immediately switch to Jack" WHYYYYYYY

[@true4evre]

Nick Berry I made a save with John still alive ONLY so that I don't have to play Jack.

[@joesans7341]

Fair play

[@masterchief8637]

true4evre whats wrong with jack

[@callmehanson9466]

Work you damn nag.

[@doritosmlgpro3984]

Master Chief To be honest , everybody liked john Marston cuz he was badass and I personally hated jack Marston because he alaways said when he would skin an animal : I remember pops like , uhhhh !!!

[@MeowCows56]

I have a heartbreak moment here: *Hometown Story* This is one of the most light-hearted games ever. You are a shopkeeper and you run a shop in a town. Whilst you do that you interact with the villagers and unlock scenes and more villagers. But, there is one sad scene. One of the villagers is a happy young boy named Harvey. Once you have done all of the cutscenes involving Harvey you get one final cutscene with him. You leave your shop one day and see people running towards the plaza going “Oh no! Harvey”. You go towards the plaza and everyone is gathered. Another young boy called Peter (who is Harvey’s best friend) asks what happened to Harvey. *Then they bring out a child-sized coffin.* And then everyone cries and his mother goes “Why would you go up onto the mountain on stilts?” and his sister replies that “he thought there was a place where you could see all the stars”. You immediately "WTF". This game has been so happy and lighthearted, there is no way they just killed a little boy. But they did. You can’t ever bring Harvey back though, you can only make an observatory in his name. They also never mention him again afterwards.

[@SlowxParentsCrossing]

Seeing Geralt cry over Ciri’s “death” on the isle of mists as well as the bad ending killed me

[@octodaddy1602]

"and then Lee woke up and got better" *entire crew laughs in the background

[@aj-mj2ow]

And today we have learned that Ellen's go-to for almost all emotions is adorable giggling.

[@LyaksandraB]

I'd say my top one is Walking Dead. All the other decisions were taken by adults, or involved the death of a young adult. Asking an eight year old to kill not just a person but her father figure, and the kid choosing to do it. Holy shit. Too heavy.

[@theamazingyoshi1938]

Lyaksandra B My decisions may have effected some actions. I A) Did not cut Lee's arm off B) showed them the bite. C) uh.. i got nothing, D) let Clementine shoot me Now, D was for 1 reason. She didn't want me to become a zombie.

[@EllieC130]

...I'm really sorry to be that pedantic piece of shit but she's 9 at that point. Yes, I thought that in the stranger's voice.

[@xeirin4449]

Oh goddamn. Both Carley and Luke. I just couldn't accept it was inevitable and retried so many times. Haven't played 3rd one yet, but I expect similar "fuck you"-moment(s).

[@minejaeger5661]

Alexei Rintoo Have you played it yet? One of the first deaths broke my heart

[@ryanstrom871]

world of difference that. 8 year old is too young, 9 however... bitch should have matured up by then jeez

[@Bhethar]

Oh my god, Ellen Rose looked like she was about to cry while telling the John Marston ending. I do can relate, that was one sad heart broking ending.

[@caniaantariksa6625]

I saw Aeris's death and I was like "yes" but then a few years (a decade?!) later I had to see Zack's last stand from Crisis Core, so...

[@MrHj123]

I hated Aeris. She was so boring.

[@impyplume]

I'm so glad someone brought Zack up. I can't watch his death without feeling my heart ripped to pieces. His death was far more difficult than Aerith's imo.

[@7021exe]

I just checked the comments to make sure someone mentioned Zack

[@yubiflores9841]

This is late but welp. FFVII is the first FF game I've watched (I don't have game consoles at that time while my brother have PSP). I remember crying to sleep (I was a child that time) when I saw what happened to Zack. That scene is so painful.

[@ynxu733]

Same. I swore to never play this game again... but it was so good! I'm thinking of replaying it, knowing full well I'll ugly-cry😅

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Man, the friendship between Lee and Clem is probably one of the most beautifully crafted character friendships in gaming, I haven't even played the game myself but I watched Pewdiepies playthrough and that was enough to make me extremely emotional at that scene

[@willppp]

cat intensifies the last of us was even worse I played both

[@arkraith4148]

cat intensifies BT and Jack Cooper from titanfall might not have had as much time, but felt just as powerful

[@jonahanderson9210]

Tru dat

[@AB-bg7os]

Damn ninjas chopping onions again

[@nathanl7018]

That's a good one, I'll have to remember that.

[@sc-ek6qz]

Adorable dumbie

[@chair8588]

Kubz scouts??

[@BrokenHeartedVS]

I'm still crying over The Walking Dead.

[@cptteacosy6158]

Never stopped crying over The Walking Dead

[@theghostbanana2349]

Been almost 10 years and I haven't had the courage to play the next 2 seasons. Lee *ugly cries*

[@AllyGatorAnimator]

Season 1 had me in tears at the ending and it took me a while before I thought I'd be ready for season 2...where I just happened to get the one ending that was also incredibly sad (or at least bittersweet). I haven't played season 3 or 4 yet because I don't want to flood my house with tears. (SPOILERS if anybody's curious about the ending I mean: it was the ending where Kenny leaves you with another group for your own safety, walking off to an unknown fate . Kenny had a lot of issues with his anger and grief, but he saw Clem as family. Watching him tearfully explain why she had to stay and even pause as he walked away brought all of those emotions from season 1 back again).

[@miss-petrolea]

I had several heartbreaks throughout the AC series, but only two of them absolutely gutted me. Mary Read's death in Black Flag was gutwrenching, but nothing, NOTHING prepared me for finding Yusuf in Revelations.

[@Local_commentor]

What about Jacob Frye in Jack the Ripper that was sad

[@faceless-x-abberation8400]

Only time Ive ever literally shed a tear playing a game was while playing The Last of Us right when Joels daugther gets shot. Her dying screams would pierce straight through. I played it years ago on the Ps3 and cried during that part. Got it again remastered for the Ps4 and I still cried even though I knew what was coming. Thats brutal.

[@arthurtaylor2593]

Totally agreed. Right out of the gate, too. Like, what, five minutes into the game??? Brutal. And effective! I was pretty hooked from that point on. (Didn't help that my first kid, also a daughter, was on the way...)

[@xerothmh2x378]

I also love The Last of Us, and the most heartbreaking moment for me was Sam and Henry's death. You met them and joked around with them, but... Their lives were ended in a very painful moment. Henry's motivation was his brother who was bit. By the time Sam turned, Henry lost everything. He blames Joel, but we know that he was blaming himself, then he ended his own life out of guilt. Your friends are gone in this apocalypse with no happy ending... Still an amazing game though! Cannot wait for part two!

[@hispanicguy8028]

The Last of us is hands down my favorite game of all time and there were so many moments in the game that just blew my mind like the beginning of the game, henry and Sam's deaths, killing the doctors and more. Excited to play part II when it comes out.

[@liamsams]

Pancake 04 I don't think he's blaming Joel because henry says "Henry what have you done", he just aimed the gun because he's lost his mind and he thinks he has nothing else to live for

[@Dylan-tv4fx]

Kyle Gray my brother doesn't like playing video games like that he enjoys sports games and GTA but he watched me play both the last of us and the walking dead and cried during that part and when he found out about lee

[@RandyRivers2]

I have a new saddest video game moment.... listening to Ellen and Andy talk about my previous saddest video game moments. :(

[@Akbar_and_Shaa]

The peppy intro did not prepare my brain for this coup de grace of an emotional smackdown of the video

[@ElectricPickleAttack]

"Does this unit have a soul?" - Legion

[@TheDewman03]

I doubt I am the only one who got choked up during the ending of Borderlands 2 DLC Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep. When the other characters try to help her accept what has happened to Roland and she breaks down crying, I felt I was watching an Oscar winning performance.

[@TheBardSM]

TheDewman03 Don't mock this kind of pain.

[@TheBardSM]

Damnit may have replied to the wrong comment.

[@PerroBshoza]

Everything in Borderlands 2 is presented in such comedic style that you are totally unprepared for that cutscene. Man, that dlc is just the best thing ive ever played.

[@bishop6881]

TheDewman03 I forgot all about that, easily one of the best endings in any media

[@stuartharam1742]

I know how you feel. Hard to think that the woman who plays Tiny Tina is the sister of the creator of Borderlands and had no prior experience acting

[@ashtherion]

16:14 Lee's a dying man handcuffed to a radiator, Mike. What the hell kind of target are you "practicing" for?

[@rustyslug2943]

hobos

[@Nynzy]

There are so many gaming moments that rent my heart in twain from Darwin's Death in Arcana, Zack's final stand in Crisis Core (PSP), Aerith's death in FF7, Snow and Serah's story and many of its beats from FF13, 13-2, and Lighting Returns, Xenosaga EP III multiple times with Allen, KOS-MOS, and Jin, to the ending of Tales of Berseria in which both my sister and I ugly cried to it, and all of these~

[@missdreavus649]

I love how seriously you guys did this episode. It felt so respectful.

[@TaywuhsaurusRex]

Where's Mordin!? Especially if he sang to you in the second game. 5 years on and my heart still hurts with the feels.

[@TaywuhsaurusRex]

Come to think of it, also the entire Rannoch mission, if it goes horribly awry and you lose both Tali and Legion.

[@LadySnowstorm]

Just anyone's death in ME3, Thane is one of my favourite characters, and everytime I romance him even though I know what is coming for me.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

+Taylor Hildreth Oh god, don't bring up that horrific PTSD inducing scene if you take a side at the end of the Rannoch mission. Tali was my waifu, and I got that scene in my renegade playthrough and...I just couldn't. I was like no, no, no, no, no, and unplugged the console and cried for a bit. I redid the mission and sided with the Quarians. And then unplugged the console, cried, and started again when Legion got knifed. Then I thought 'screw the renegade playthrough' and made peace. It was too traumatic to do otherwise.

[@the_violet_bard]

I AM STILL NOT OVER THAT!

[@rafaelsean8114]

Basically all the death scene in ME3. I cried when Thane was praying and Mordin was singing before their death.

[@thenuggetlord4290]

The last of us prequel Riley’s death right after her and Ellie where like let’s run away together they get bit and so Riley is like ok let’s go crazy together 😭

[@cptteacosy6158]

No stop we don't talk about that

[@Local_commentor]

I didn't feel pity because she never gave me her pocket knife and i had to craft shivs fuck that

[@Kenneth45]

Honestly, for me, even though it ended up "tricking" us or whatever, I was extremely heartbroken at the part of The Witcher 3 where Geralt finally finds Ciri. Even if you know what happens before hand I still find the scene extremely heartbreaking because you see how it effects the "tough guy" Geralt. But the thing about that scene is that it happens halfway through the game, but "halfway" in The Witcher 3 is still like 100 hours into the game, lol, give or take depending on how many side quests you do. So basically, you've spent countless hours of the game, all with the singular goal of finding Geralt's daughter figure. Someone you know he LOVES like a daughter. Not just someone he somewhat cares about, he LOVES her like she is his own. Then you get to this point where you get excited about finally being close to finding her, and the dwarves tell you "sorry." I paused for a long time after that remark... And I made Geralt respond how I would have, asking what he meant, like wishing it was some other meaning even though you know there isn't one... And then the scene that follows, the character who is basically so powerful that if he thought there was a huge monster in there, he would still just stroll in calmly. But he opens that door, and creeps in, as slowly as possible, almost like he doesn't want to reach her to find out because he dreads what he's going to find. Then he even turns her over as if there was any question. But the moment his mind could no longer invent some really far-fetched way that this was not Ciri, when he sees her face, you see him just lose it, and it really broke my heart watching that unfold. Better than most movies...

[@oldsoul1384]

Red dead 2 ending had me in tears 😓😢 I'm like Ellen, I've got a save where Arthur is a-okay and well i don't talk about the other one...

[@Local_commentor]

Which ending there is 4

[@liz390mccay5]

Honestly exactly the same! That game is absolutely amazing

[@James-ne8cu]

Before or after TB

[@boltok9584]

Ya know I'm super late but.... Gears 3 Dom? Anyone? No? I'll just cry in a corner

[@oldsoul1384]

@@boltok9584 I haven't played that game, is it sad too?

[@abdelrahmanmosa5228]

Ezio's speech in the end of assassin's creed revelations (the time you realized you are not going to play as Ezio again)

[@Sharkwizard]

Abdelrahman Mosa I think also that was when you got to see everyone’s favorite assassin as a dusty skeleton.

[@stevenmckendry19]

EZIO IS SO FUCKUNG AMAZING THOOO

[@Jh0n30]

So see the short film Assassin's Creed Ambar, heart breaking

[@joleeleonard8340]

Agreed. It hurt. I cried. Then went back and played all of AC2 and Brotherhood 3 times to try to make myself feel better.

[@outsidextra]

Please applaud our stoicism and bravery as we discuss gaming's five most HEARTBREAKING moments, according to the Outside Xtra and Outside Xbox teams. Jeez, is someone chopping onions in here?! :'(

[@nadirbaitsaleem7270]

Outside Xtra I'M NOT CRYING THERE'S JUST SOMETHING IN MY EYE........TEARS!

[@amazig4957]

Outside Xtra 1st comment on the comment

[@amazig4957]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@amazig4957]

The battery on my tablet is now 5%, but I'm glued to my tablet

[@austinparker5053]

Outside Xtra WHAT ABOUT TRISH IN inFAMOUS?! The villain loves her, yet drops her off a building. AND you have to choose between saving her or 6 doctors, but if you choose to save her, ot turns out she's among the doctors!!

[@rinraiden]

Not quite a game, but Ezio's death is Assassin's Creed: Embers. I cried so hard!

[@dasdiesel3000]

Oh man seeing the real emotion on Andy's face & the hug from Ellen was so damn cute. Why can't *I* work in an office with my good buddies and talk games and get hugs?! 😂😂

[@MatheusRAlves-lg5nd]

My most touching time over a game also was in Dragon Age:Origins and also at the end, with the Morrigan route. She starts with saying it's just for fun but as you play your relationship with her also grows and in the moments where she says her goodbyes to you she says "It shouldn't be that hard to say goodbye" and I start crying.

[@andrewg9216]

Literally loving her so much she actually grew fond of you. The Swamp with grew a heart.

[@sinful1172]

I know someone may have already commented this, but one of the saddest heartbreak moments I had in a game was in the Last of Us dlc of Ellie's sidestory with her friend and huge girl crush that dies in the end while she sits there and watches as her friend that she is in love with dies in her arms.

[@pharmacyvell]

The Rising Titan Riley

[@spookytsukino]

God that was also heart breaking. That whole game shattered my heart tbh

[@justsomeguy2743]

SpookyTsuki Exactly the whole game was an emotional rollercoaster from the death of Joel’s daughter, then tess (that one kicked me in the balls I actually cried) then the scene with Bill seeing his partners dead corpse after killing him self, the whole David section was so much to deal with, then the ending which also made me cry, and don’t even get me started with the dlc

[@adammickhaelbinameir2931]

Very true

[@tylerleon8888]

Mary’ letter from Silent Hill 2. Everything about it. It’s dubious origin that prompts James’ visit to the town is already immensely sad and creepy at the same time, but it gets worse. When you hear her voice reading it, it is simply crushing, and when the writing disappears from the paper, I break out the tissues.

[@rorzeebubbles3293]

Whenever I think of a video game heartbreak, i always think of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. That game Hurt Me.

[@adgalery]

The end of "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep"... I never expected to cry playing Borderlands...

[@littleneko4700]

For me it was Thane. I cried so much when he died. To never hear him call Shepard "Siha"😭😭😭

[@Smeghead76]

I never romanced Thane, but even as a male Shepard, having Kolyat tell you that Thane's last words weren't a prayer for himself but rather _you_ was definitely a gut punch. Or for that matter, Admiral Anderson's death.

[@Spencerdoken]

UGGGGH THANE WHY

[@The_Nightsong]

You and me both :'''''( I still cry after all these years and I mourned him for like a week after the first time :'''(

[@baited_breaths]

When it came to the Citadel DLC with Thane as my romance I was a mess. 😭

[@Razor0107]

"Joel killing the scientists may have been a misstep." After playing Last of Us 2, I can confirm it was.

[@awellhydratedmonster5637]

My wife and I played the first season of the walking dead together and finished it, wine drunk, on new years eve. We sobbed for like an hour. We own the secound season, have talked about getting the third, but we won't play them either. Lee's death was traumatizing. To us and Clem. Made us re ally afraid of the next one. We keep saying we'll play it one day, but every time we think too hard about the first one and don't.

[@AberrantSoldier]

Weirdly, CoD Modern Warfare's nuke death really got me. Not because of the personal implications, but the greater understanding it imposed about the harsh truth of nuclear weapons. Really got to me.

[@Sledgehammer78]

Not only that, but the way they depicted it: Barely alive, crawling out of the wreckage of the chopper only to look up at the devastation around you and the ominous cloud the blast had left behind before collapsing in death...... Artistic and Memorable AS FUCK!

[@TheSocialSolipsist]

I'M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE! *sobs at his desk*

[@emperatricemusic8229]

Oh Andy, that was such a beautiful side to you! Thanks for being so real guys. My favourite video you've ever done!

[@crowsandshinythings9713]

Tales From the Borderlands, Scooter's sacrifice. Especially if you've played Borderlands 2 first. I wasn't ready for it ;-;

[@jeffreycopp641]

I was not ready for that at all. I was heartbroken.

[@stoskill984]

Man, if Jane thinks the "Alistair dumps you because you made him King" path is sad, no one tell her about the "Choose Loghain over your boyfriend Alistair, and then call for Alistair's execution" path!

[@VenomQuill]

That's not sad. That's cruel.

[@chrisramsey471]

Dragon Age 2... seriously. Yes, the least loved of all the Dragon Ages, made me feel entirely too many feels when Leandra Hawke, your mother, dies in your arms. I actually had to take a break and call my REAL mother and tell her I loved her! it was just... so... sad...

[@Big.Romance]

Chris Ramsey yes - 100% yes - deaths of mothers in games actually leave me very shook

[@Mongward]

Was that the part with... Frankensteining? Gods, that was gruesome and horrible. I might diss BioWare any day for their stories being little more than a smorgasbord of old cliches, but damn, they are among the best storytellers in the genre and they can always evoke every necessary emotion.

[@chrisramsey471]

yes, that one exactly! Granted, franken-mom might have been a horrific way to lose a mother and write out a character, but it was at least very memorable! I'm just glad bioware didn't make us fight her, cuz it kinda seemed like that might have been the original plan... that would have been too much.

[@KyoSohma2211]

Oh yeah, that was really upsetting too. The first time it happened, I just expected to find her murdered but definitely did not expect all of what happened. When I replayed it later, I dreaded that mission and every step of the way I was like "Noooo I don't want to do this again..."

[@uglybastard7940]

thats kindamy problem with da2. everythimg bad happens. whatever you do you cant save almost anyone and everything goes to shit. you are supposed to be the middle of everything but in the end you are just unable to do anything and your choices have little meaning. kinda like the movie sicario

[@magorzatap8955]

...and this is one of the reasons I always choose Leliana. She never gave me a heartbreak.

[@ScottStevenErickson]

For me, the most heart-wrenching scene in the last of us was the conversation they have while watching the giraffes.

[@legnd300]

Anyone else tear up during the the Last of Us section? freaking ending was so damn good and the music... my god the music..

[@pigeontato272]

don’t get us started on the music...

[@heathergreenway736]

I am terrified for season 2

[@WilliamDoheny]

Not at all. The ending truly bothered me. Ellie is a smart girl & she knew Joel lost his daughter at the beginning. To me, it seems that Ellie is either being willfully ignorant or she’s not as smart as I thought.

[@MichaelCleveland-by7jx]

I would’ve done exactly what Joel did though. One of the most emotional and heartwarming games for me (throughout the game) And to make it clear, the Fireflies had tested on 12 others who were immune, all killed with no cure.... so there’s a big chance she would’ve died and there would be no cure. So all he really lies about to her (from what he said) is that they stopped looking for a cure. Obviously he didn’t tell her how many he killed to save her and that he did save her. Most heartbreaking/warming moment in the entire game for me though was when Ellie killed David and she started crying and Joel called her baby girl. I’m not an emotional guy, but that shit almost got me. Still gets to me on that ending. Feel both happy and sad and TLOU2 probably isn’t coming this year so that makes it worse. Sorry about this being an essay, but this game really hurt me internally Best story game ever. No debate.

[@spookytsukino]

Michael The Sad Giants Fan I feel the same exact way which is why I was so relieved when Joel saved Ellie. Who is to say that she was going to be the saving grace of everyone? I wouldn't have wanted to risk it.

[@1991poe]

I hate to burst your bubble there but the info you get says dozens, not a dozen, so they failed with a lot more people.

[@jtenorj]

@@1991poe I don't think that info so much bursts his bubble, but rather it helps to reinforce his point.

[@dragonbuster1174]

Without ever having played the game and just hearing about how attached you get to the Ellie, I for sure would have done what Joel did or more. Even if it would save countless others from dying, I wouldn't sacrifice someone close to me to do it, especially if I viewed that someone like a daughter, which is what I pick up from what I've seen of their interactions. In other words, there is a good reason that Jedi stay single. So they can let Ellie die at the end of last of us.

[@Homeboy_Brando]

Michael Why do so many people keep thinking that? Go watch the ending for yourself to confirm what you think. Joel lied about the other kids. He used that lie to support his next lie that they can’t find a cure with her. There were never any other kids. Joel lied about that. No one else in the entire game claims there are other kids either.

[@134lalaland]

these unscripted videos are so engaging and funny I love seeing your real excitement and passion. i love all of your videos but these are always the best

[@swolejezuss2632]

I'd definitely have to say Galuf. He was one of my favorite characters from final fantasy 5 and went out like an absolute badass

[@paliyander]

i think andy was just to emotional to cover red dead redemption

[@tannahl.6220]

The TLOU Joel-Ellie-Lie thing was definitely a heart breaking moment for me too (right next to Sarah and watching Ellie breakdown and kill David). But that ending just goes to show the amazing writing that went into this game, because without the fantastic writing (not to mention the fantastic acting from Troy and Ashley), we would not have spent so much time rationalizing Joel's choice. Taking ourselves out of our emotionally-connected-to-Joel shoes, it's obvious to us then that Joel's choice is actually... kinda... really... super... not cool. It's selfish. He saved one person who could've saved the world for his own personal reasons. Of course at first we'd be like "HELL YEAH JOEL!! RUN FROM THOSE FIREFLIES!" because DUH WE LOVE ELLIE SHES AMAZING. But after the end, when you're sitting there in the dark with the credits rolling, you're like... whoa whoa whoa wait a minute. Not only did he blatantly lie to Ellie, he did it for himself. He was selfish and wanted to keep her alive for himself, so he wasn't alone. The world might not ever find a cure now because of his choice. ...BUT YET WE STILL TRY AND RATIONALIZE JOEL'S CHOICE EVEN YEARS LATER. NAUGHTY DOG'S WRITERS AND THEIR CHOICE OF ACTORS ARE WHY WE LOVE BAD PEOPLE. And Ellie.

[@emperorleachicus2199]

That moment in TLOU is pretty much the only moment in any form of media, whether that be games, movies, tv, anything, that has actually had any kind of emotional impact. As Luke says in the video, there’s something about that slow burn of trying to rationalise Joel’s actions that really makes it stick with you long after finishing the game. Personally, I only played the game for the first time about 2 months ago, and I still can’t help but think about it, even so long after even touching the game.

[@thecritigamer4321]

What he did was really not bad.

[@spookytsukino]

I will always stand by Joel's choice to save her. Because I AM selfish, and I would have done the same exact thing. I would have kept her to myself. Personally, imo, she was too young to make a decision like that. She was consumed by survivor's guilt and wanted to made a martyr whether or not she recognizes that. Who is to say that she would have successfully made a vaccine? And even if she had, she wouldn't have made enough for everybody. There were just too many uncertainties for her to stay with the fireflies.

[@stephenhornickiii]

@@spookytsukino I know there's a distinct possibility that I'm completely alone in this, but the ending of TLOU made me genuinely angry. The kind of anger I don't think I had ever felt before. I felt as though the game did nothing except waste my time. I feel that, although pre-outbreak society would not have considered Ellie "old enough" to make that decision, with everything she and Joel had gone through and experienced, both together and individually, she certainly earned that choice. Sure there was a better than average chance it wouldn't work, but there was a chance it would. I don't like people making choices for me. If I was in Ellie's shoes and someone took it upon themselves to take a decision of that magnitude away from me, and then lied to me about it, I don't know if I could ever forgive them. What makes it worse is, from what I experienced throughout the game, this was all done because Joel is refusing to come to terms with the death of his daughter and is desperately clinging to the surrogate that fell into his lap. That was the impression the game, and more specifically it's ending, left on me. I've only played through once since it left such a bad taste in my mouth that first time. If I missed something along the way please let me know and I might go back and try to re-play it...

[@jackmacgillicutty8045]

​@@stephenhornickiii It's not a balanced view of what was going on, as there was no scenario where you could poll Ellie on what she wants. If Joel just left like Marlene told him, Ellie wasn't getting a choice, either. Ellie'd probably elect to die if given the choice, I grant you, but Marlene wasn't willing to take the chance and kept her sedated from when she was captured up until the operation that would kill her. Where there's life, there's hope; Ellie now has the agency to hand herself over to any faction, including what's left of the government, should she choose (though Joel would obviously protest). I don't think anybody believes that she believes Joel's lie. For her to even ask, the jig is up. Also, I think the pragmatic capabilities of the Fireflies is appropriate to discuss when assessing the morality of all this. We saw the one of the Fireflies' previous labs at the university. The head scientist died because he accidentally got bit by a monkey carrying the cordyceps that he was experimenting on. They're getting absolutely decimated by what's left of the government, and it looks like anybody they run across. Joel was able to rip their greatest hope away from them right inside their own HQ. This is after they entrusted their "one" hope with some shady mercs who they bribed with weapons ... to take her halfway across the country. They're clowns. Marlene also mentioned others who, while not quite as good specimens as Ellie (according to Marlene, anyway), I'm sure she viewed as disposable for the greater good, too. They're idealists, and you're given absolutely nothing in the game that would make you think they could pull off the thing they're trying. Joel does peg Ellie as his surrogate daughter, but I think that was bound to happen notwithstanding his trauma over Sarah. They went through a lot of crap together. Also, again, it seems unbalanced to bring up trauma compelling action without bringing up Ellie's survival guilt, which is the main reason why I think she'd choose to undergo the operation no matter how small the chance of success. And Marlene, who it is implied made a ton of sacrifices towards the goal of finding a cure, and is desperate to get it as vindication for all the evil she's already done (she'd likely act this way, even if a cure wasn't possible). That's just my take on events: Joel has grown to love Ellie, both as a friend as a surrogate daughter. She does seem to be in dire need of a parental figure, as well, so perhaps it is for the best. She's too willing to trust herself (for all we know, the only key to solving the cordyceps problem) to people who would play fast and loose with this gift. She's borderline suicidal, so it really grays the area between "letting someone make their choice" and "she's acting abnormally due to a delusion". It's a tough call in our world, too, but I think Joel's right even if he didn't necessarily mean to be.

[@SigmentKurosai]

For me, it was Metal Gear Solid 3. The death of the Boss was well-made, heart-wrenching and deep. You find out that everything she did was an act of patriotism. When Naked Snake saluted her grave, I couldn't stop crying. Hopefully, I'm not alone there.

[@foregintrucker464]

If I knew Red Dead was going to end that way, I would've stopped before the unfortunate mission.

[@Local_commentor]

Arthur Morgan

[@pabsiturner5539]

*sees Last of Us in beware spoilers* "Oh no no no no no that wound HAS NOT HEALED" *sees section* "God dammit ;____;"

[@sugar-high_kitsune]

Will it EVER?

[@vladdangel]

Is been 3 months, you need this reminder: you lied to ellie. How dare you. You're a monster.

[@mvansluytman32]

Pabsi Turner i still have NOT lived it down ;-;

[@mingchen7704]

why keep stabbing us. at this point you are just making emotion juice

[@stevenmckendry19]

I've played the last of us way too many times but oddly enough i may have played the original game through on every difficulty but never played left behind

[@BriThePirateQueen]

[MASS EFFECT 3 SPOILERS] Especially as someone who romanced him, Thane's death scene in Mass Effect 3 always makes me cry. _Kolyat? Why did the last verse say "she?"_

[@Joestone1984]

One of the worst for me is Assassins Creed: Origins, when throughout the game Bayak is constantly reminded of his sons death only to learn in a later cut scene that it was in fact Bayak’s own hand that takes his sons life. That crushed me.

[@zachsalas6325]

I watched this video when it came out, and I keep coming back because every couple years because I remember the way it made me feel when Andy started talking but not exactly what about. A case of jamais vu. Then I watch it again and I remember and I am devastated all over again. This is the reason I started liking these people.

[@CaitlinRC]

*sobs over the end of the last guardian*

[@michaelyon7738]

Alex Worden Well you didn't have to kill Chloe :^)

[@CaitlinRC]

Alex Worden Interestingly I didn't cry over killing Chloe, I cried when they found Rachel.

[@src248]

That's why I let Arcadia Bay die. Fuck that town.

[@anotherrandomcommenter4473]

Alex Worden, If you didn't "sleepwalk" through TLG, you would understand.

[@Aeonoftherift]

I agree with you, that it was truly heartbreaking. I mean.. Trico.. I Love that big guy. It's almost like that one movie with Will smith killing that dog.. that before the ending sucked. TLG was one giant leap over that and then some. I was crying for ... what, 30 minutes? The only thing I hated on that however.. was that brat. Wouldn't do a fucking thing I told him.

[@Spiffy-sd5ix]

What are you, his attorney?! Lol had me laughing.

[@HohenheimProductions]

Season 2 of The Walking Dead was heartbreaking at the end as well, no matter what the choice, but it was super tough to shoot Kenny.

[@JustAbidTooMuch]

One of the saddest moments for me was the wedding in sleeping dogs

[@bluecat3338]

Ocarina of Time was the first game I ever played that wasn't Jump Start 3rd grade or something to do with typing. Nobody dies at the end, but Link being sent back to a time where nobody knows what he went through in order to save the kingdom was incredibly heartbreaking for me. And the worst part is Zelda's reason for sending him back. Grow up on his own time? I'm pretty sure all the killing and fighting and surviving on his own ensured Link was grown up even if he didn't actually experience the intervening years. And now, not only does he not have no one to understand the psychological impact of seeing all those horrors, because no one else has experienced them, he also has to convince everyone that Ganon is actually a bad guy without sounding like a lunatic. Oh, and did I mention that all the work he put towards saving the world has no actual impact on the timeline he ended up in? Because all the work he put into saving the world has no actual impact on the timeline he ended up in. He has to start from scratch. Nice job breaking it, Zelda.

[@nalathakdraconis8164]

Blue Cat jesus I never thought of this...thinking back now it makes a lot of sense. damn... poor link man.

[@froggy9321]

Man I was playing that and u spoiled it nvm

[@zahrabatool5343]

Blue Cat that and navi leaves too. The only person-err fairy- with him throughly his entire journey.

[@hamesjetfield0]

I am the very model of a scientist salarian... :'(

[@IRONB0MB]

I've studied species Quarian, Asari, and Batarian..... 😭😭😭

[@OrcDragon65]

Does this unit have a Soul?

[@Ilyena_Nord]

all of ME3 is a heartbreak

[@_b1ack0ut4]

Hey, who's chopping space onions?

[@juangortarez3295]

It's "Turian, Asari, and Batarian" though

[@andersthomsen3409]

"Brothers: A tale of two sons" should be on the next list

[@flodobird]

I love how genuine this video is.

[@kylehall988]

My minor list of heartbreaks..... 1. Noble Team in Halo Reach really kinda hit home the notion that Spartans aren't all invincible, and watching Noble Six go down the way he did was a very melancholy moment... 2. Playing through Altair's death in Assassin's Creed: Revelations...... nuff said.... 3. This is personal, and from a villains POV, but Star Fox Assault, when you kill the Aparoid Queen, you wipe out the entire race, and when I first played it I was like "Yeah, I saved the Galaxy!!" but now I look at it from her POV and it's just sad.... they were just trying to expand.......

[@kylehall988]

Philliwolf5 yeah..... and the way it happens.... the sense of inevitability...... it really drives that home....

[@stephenblunt3054]

I agree so much like the little stuff like emilya death in ac unity and bt from titanfall 2 made me cry

[@keithmichael9965]

Eren Jaeger You should read Ender's Game, if you feel bad about the archnoids. Great twisty novel.

[@Satsujinki1973]

Eren Jaegar The only two deaths in Halo Reach that really hit me with the feels was Jorge, because he died thinking he saved Reach, but it was all pointless and Kat because it was so sudden and out of nowhere. But Noble 6 survived in my game, he fought his way free, and retired on a beach sipping cold beers in the sun.

[@Tigercup9]

Satsujinki1973 missing in action, I presume? Or AWOL? And I'd like to second Keith Michael on Ender's Game. Picked it up after all the praise and stayed up all night trying to finish it.

[@ChaosSniper999]

The ending of Final Fantasy 10, as cringy as some of the scenes where (laugh scene), the Relationship between Yuna and Tidus grew, and felt very human. Then at the end, Tidus finds out he wasn't real (don't ask), and Yuna goes to have a final embrace, crying her eyes out, and phases right through him. so they are denied a proper good bye, and it's not like "Hey he's dying!" no, he just fades away, unable to do anything to console her as she cries.

[@christophermzdenek]

Yup, that's on my top five...three...two.

[@RetepAdam]

And the score is just so brilliant. That’d be near the top of my list too.

[@trod146]

Well she's a summoner and destined to a life of loneliness and self sacrifice. She shouldn't be forming relationships in the first place. Her ultimate goal is to commit suicide and prevent the apocalypse so any relationship is a dick move on her part since they have to watch her suffer and die.

[@heathergreenway736]

Yeah when i played that i sobbed endlessly. TBH i have been shook since

[@Pootahman1028]

Yea my college roommates and I beat this game when it first came out (aging myself i know lol). I remember her saying softly.."i love you" right before tidus hugs her from behind and jumps through her off the ship. In. The. Feels.

[@Jarion7]

I had the same thing happened to me than Jane in Dragon Age, but I had Alistair on the party at the final battle. And if you do that, he sacrificed himself instead. Even after he dumped you, because he still loves your and wants you to live. That was the first time a game ending made me cry through the entire credits.

[@brendenjt5158]

I think two really heartbreaking moments in gaming... 1. Soap's death in Call of Duty 2. Dom's death in Gears of War

[@Mama_Badazh]

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core and Zack's death. Yeah, sure, we all knew it was coming... but that final fight and actually playing through as his health is whittled down with no way of recovering... It didn't take long for the tears to start. My only consolation was that Zack Faire went out like a god-damned badass taking on the Shin-Ra army.

[@shaelynmartin1996]

I definitely agree. Just about all games kill off characters in cutscenes, but Crisis Core makes you play the death. So you can kind of have a moment like "Come on, you can get them Zack." Even though you know there's no chance.

[@christophermzdenek]

This is my most emotional scene in games ever. I still recall my wife walking into the livingroom as I finish the game on my psp, it sitting in my lap and I'm openly weeping. Luckily, she was a gamer too, so she just hugged me and put a season of Supernatural on and sat with me. Messed me up for hours.

[@selahh7032]

*Hugs Ellen* Shhh. John is perfectly okay.

[@fyr3st0rm35]

This is why I'm always a little apprehensive about finishing open-world games, but FO3 was the one to scar me. I mean you turn out okay but I really thought I was dead.

[@Max-qb2rw]

What makes that funny though is if you have Broken Steel you come back no matter what, so you go from being a little bright goo pile in the good ending cutscene to right as rain when you wake up the Citadel! Not quite sure that was the mood they were going for to be honest.

[@chrishubbard64]

The worst part about ff7 was, it came out of nowhere. You werent expecting it to happen its just, "Oh, there she is, OH GOD A SWORD!"

[@pauldehayes1898]

13 year-old me was not ready for that. Talk about one hell of a sucker-punch.

[@AthamAldecua]

@6:00 Hahahaha, Aeris was also always in my squad. Goddamnit, I still have not forgotten that death.