sobbing through the credits aka Gris ending reaction

I played Gris for the first time a few weeks ago. I didn't watch anything about it, I just knew that it was a powerful and very loved game. And oh my god I think its one of my absolute favourite games ever. It moved me beyond anything. I hope you like my reaction :)
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[@quwertzquwerty1545]

Wanna know something truly heart breaking? The song that plays during the credits is called in your hands. Where ever gris goes, she will always be in her mothers hands

[@santiagobarrero7066]

I never thought about it

[@quwertzquwerty1545]

@santiagobarrero7066 all song names tie in with the story of the game. Especially gris pt 1 and 2. Watch a complete ost of the game and youll find some nice details in there.

[@Zunree1869]

This almost sent me to tears mate, this is the most beautiful game i have come accross all year

[@Selener037]

The Harmonizing at the end when they both sing while you are walking on the stars gets me every time

[@shardinhand1243]

we carry on in our forbears name, and inspite of them... we carry on theyre spirit and we impart our own into the next generations own spirit... so our human spirit lives forever. and we die with meaning....

[@MrBlaketheDemon]

Yeah... That was powerful, I remembered when I first finished the game... I was 10 minutes crying... And was the best thing I ever happened to me

[@Alex-qw6vh]

They really get you with the one-two punch there at the end of this game. First, the ending is just heart-wrenchingly beautiful, and then the credit theme is a masterful, achingly-bittersweet rumination on grief. Glad someone else was touched by this gem. It's been in my top five games since it came out, and it makes me so happy when it manages to move people like this.

[@purpleguy319]

I wonder what your other top 5 games are? But for me Gris ranks: #2 in best of 2018 #14 in best of 2010's #7 in best emotion moment of 2010's I haven't ranked all time rankings yet but it would probably drop a few rankings. This may not seem very good but i have played a lot of games.

[@Alex-qw6vh]

​@@purpleguy319 My "top 5" refers to the top 5 games I would recommend people play today if they wanted to get a sense of my tastes. Not necessarily the games that are my favorite of all time, because it's impossible for me to nail down what those would be. Most games that are my "favorite games" just sit on a nebulous, unranked, ever-growing list. I've played way, way too many games that I love to be able to rank them numerically without giving it some serious thought. To answer your question -- In no particular order, my top 5 games that reflect my tastes today are: Gris, Subnautica, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl, Zelda OoT, and Morrowind. Now you've got me curious about your top 5.

[@purpleguy319]

@@Alex-qw6vh top 5 recommendations? #1 Planescape:Torment #2 SuperGiant Games enitre caterlogue (Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades) #3 Risk of Rain 1 & 2 #4 Starcraft 1 & 2 #5 Othercide #5 was so hard to pick because i could give 5 more for a top 10 recommendations, but these 5 are my best picks for what videogames have to offer. Story, Style, Gameplay, Element Cohesion, and Choice.

[@Alex-qw6vh]

@@purpleguy319 All great games (except I haven't played Othercide, but I'll definitely check it out now that I've looked at it). I debated swapping SoC for RoR2 (easily one of the best games ever made), but SoC absolutely nails one of my favorite game elements in a way few other games have even come close to: atmosphere.

[@capo3rdfret]

After getting overwhelmed by the ending of this game, I watched a bunch of other Gris ending reactions. Yours is what I was looking for, 'that was powerful' is all that really needed to be said. Appreciated the sincerity of hearing everything through the mic and having someone to share the emotions with. Thank you for making this video :)

[@CafeEla]

thank you so much for this comment, this made me smile. Honestly the game felt incredibly true for so many reasons, and so cathartic, too. I didn't really know how to edit this because there's so much to be said, but at the same time nothing at all. Glad you enjoyed the game and this video

[@TheNanalol]

I played this game at the time my mother was sick, now this really hit me hard after she died this is the game really affected me

[@bethanyfether8053]

Hits pretty hard tbh because you realise its her mother who was being tortured by the loss of Gris who passed unexpectedly. And she is finally able to accept her demise and sheds a tear for her daughter who then climbs one last time to obscurity - leaving the world of hurt behind. The statue is a metaphor for how the loss shattered her into pieces. The animals bare relevance to depression's relentless affliction. Like Nick Drake's "Black Eyed Dog" song before he committed suicide. Animals are black. And the refusal to let her baby girl go only brings her world crashing down. Change occurs during the loss of identity.

[@RANima71498]

That’s a very interesting way to look at the game. Me personally it was the other way around for who died. That Gris lost her mother and this entire world was basically a dream she was having about her confronting her tumultuous feelings about her grief. And her walking to the sky was her finally waking up from her long dream and accepting that while her mother is gone and she will always miss her, her mother’s love will always be with her. That’s what I was thinking when she was kissing the statue. It was a farewell kiss to the past and her mother, and her ascension was her moving to the light of the future, however foggy it is, filled with hope that her mother lives on in her memories, even if they’re now bittersweetly colored.

[@JonGarcia]

First time I’ve seen someone else with this view of the story. Blew my mind (with even more ugly crying) when I saw it this way on my second play through. Most view it as Gris dealing with the loss of her mother, which I think is how the story presents itself at first. However, it’s how it ends that I feel where a plot twist can be interpreted to reveal that it was actual Gris who had passed. Gris can be seen as a spirit deal with the trauma in synergy with her mother, or possibly a mental avatar the mother created to help her process her emotions. It is her mother at the end who breaks through the darkness with her singing response to Gris’s voice pulling her back together. The symbolism of the mother as a statue remaining on the ground in the healed multicolored world while Gris literally leaves towards a white light in the sky can appear as an intentional metaphor for passing on. Regardless, the fact so many can make their own personal interpretations establishes the game as an interactive art experience like no other.

[@varjo.]

You’re the first other person who saw it the same way I did. That Gris was the one who died, still tied down to the earth by the grieving of her mother and once she helped her mother through the grieving her mother was able to let her go so gris could ascend to the stars.

[@johndang1628]

Different views make this even more beautiful

[@1love4music4love1]

I think your view is very good... I also thought because the statue cries and gris kisses the statue saying: "it's ok mom".... then she leaves up the star way to ascend to the afterlife.... But yeah what was the creators intend?😅

[@JessyingAround]

I can't believe I found this game by accident I've been playing for the last month, finished it minutes ago and I'm still balling my eyes out!

[@BelfrostStudios]

This game is one of those games you remember for the rest of your life. The impact it has on you truly is something that is felt and unites us all together. Gris is legendary.

[@Selener037]

it's like a final goodbye

[@meme_me]

it was worth the cry tbh Its such a good game... I felt like I lost smth important when I finished it

[@johnrussell-bk7lv]

I love any art that is made honestly, skillfully and with a dedication to what is being expressed and that includes things that are dark, violent, nihilistic or angry. That said, nothing moves me more than works of art that are kind. Some things I think were made specifically to help people. They're deliberate acts of kindness through creativity and they're so important. This is an example of that. Horrible things never make me cry. I just feel empty. What really moves me is when somebody does something out of love.

[@shardinhand1243]

art that touchs the human soul is infitnitly meaningful becuase the people it touches will never forget it, they will carry its meaning to theyre children who will hold onto it becuase of theyre loyalty and love for theyre parents who cherished the original art... thus the art travels across generations. each holding theyre own meaning for it... so art is imortal... and yet ever changing as we each hold our own reason for cherishing it....

[@manuelportilla5001]

GRIS, un juego exquisitamente hermoso, ha dejado una huella imborrable en mi corazón. Su mundo, su personaje y su historia son profundamente conmovedores. En un capítulo de mi vida marcado por la lucha contra abrumadoras cargas emocionales, GRIS se convirtió en mi refugio, en una vía de escape en la que podía liberar el torrente de emociones que estaba reteniendo. En medio de la tristeza y la añoranza, este juego me brindó un respiro y me recordó que la superación es posible. No puedo evitar mirar atrás con gratitud por haberlo descubierto y deseo de todo corazón que otros se aventuren a experimentar su magia.

[@blipfever]

Wow. I remember finishing this game and doing the same thing. It was late at night, I was just sitting there, holding a controller and weeping and I actually didn’t really know why, at least not in a way words could describe. Seeing this video was a nice reminder of that moment and knowing other people experienced the same thing feels like a vindication to me. A confirmation of empathy, sorta. I know I’m commenting on this years later, sorry I’m so late to the party. Thank you for reminding me about how deeply impactful this game and its art and music are.

[@xDragonchiefx]

There are several ways to 'interpret' GRIS. The story itself, outside of what people say about it is rather ambiguous. It could be seen as a daughter who lost her mom or a mother who lost her daughter. Either way its about grief. I played GRIS yesterday for the first time ever. I 100%'ed it and it only took me a few hours. Initially I just thought it was pretty and touching but not super special. There are games like it that do what GRIS did but better. There are games that have a similar message or story and tell it more clearly. There is no combat, you cant even fall off platforms. GRIS is in essence 'easy' or as some would describe it: boring. However... GRIS is special to ME. As I went to bed last night after beating GRIS, it brought me back to how I used to be mute. My inhibitions and struggles... My own grief... I feel like... Even though it didnt take away everything, or anything really, a small weight has been lifted. As if someone told me something that I needed to hear (again).

[@friyan]

this remind me the most darkness moment of my life. u never forget that pain, learn to live with it. reminding the beauty moments u had with that person that is not here anymore. was really shocking remind the trauma with this game.

[@thefluffyaj4119]

i played this game soon after losing my dad, not knowing it was about grief, and it made me cry so fucking much. i really needed this game, and its become my favorite game of all time (tied with hollow knight)

[@kabrinarobertson1806]

I know this game is about grief of losing a loved one. I had a somewhat different experience with it. I have complex ptsd from various things. Going through this game was the very symbol of putting yourself back together after tragedy. When she found her voice- when she was running from her demons- when she was trapped down below surrounded by broken statues and you get an achievement called “anger” if you break them… all cycles of recovery from grief. Whether grief of losing oneself or another. This game is really beautiful and I’m so glad I played it.

[@ceralor]

When the color splashes hit in that swell, I let it out bawling. I'd just lost a cousin a few months prior who was like a big sister to me. This felt like it being okay to say goodbye.

[@3derreyes821]

When I finished the game I did cry but when I saw the description it was about the loss of a relative in this case of the game it is the loss of a mother and well, I cried like never before 💔😔

[@EctothermalPuppy]

I agree, Thank you for making this game. :)

[@whos1501]

I feel this reaction. it was a beautiful journey

[@777goodgirl]

Gris did such a good job with emotional story telling! When I got to this scene, I started crying when she woke her up. I had no idea why I was crying but I was crying nonetheless! It takes a LOT to make me cry, so kudos to the creators for doing the practically impossible for me 👏👏👏

[@hyperrein]

Just finished the game, what an emotional ride. I actually only started playing it for achievements on my Xbox and I was dragged into the depths of my own soul. It reminded me we can come back from the darkness. Beautiful experience ❤

[@BlackbeardGaming-]

thank you for being one of the few reactions I know about this game, it is indeed beautiful...

[@BaraJFDA]

Was this a reunion? Was this the last farewell? It was both, and realizing that it was also the latter made this even more heartbreaking.

[@linkleo1987]

the memory that is hidden in the temple breaks your heart even more.

[@LuckyTheCat256]

This is not a game. It’s an emotionally powerful piece of art.

[@Idkwhats_goingontbh]

When you dont play the game but still sob after seeing this video

[@Ricepad]

Prepare yourself for NEVA, we're about to go through another emotional journey.

[@lanceg6197]

This was pretty much what my first time playing was like What an amazing game

[@C.brachyurus]

Exatamente como eu fiquei ao jogar esse jogo. É muito lindo. Merece toda premiação em que estiver. Tocou o coração de pessoas de todos os lugares

[@albert-rdz]

I’ve cried again and again and again with this ending scene

[@Flip_91FTW]

I can't handle sad Ela. :D I don't blame you though it is one of those games for sure.

[@huetruong9212]

I WISH NOMADA MAKE A SECOND GRIS GAME THIS IS SO GOOOODD

[@itzsmash7873]

They just Released a second game this October 2024 called Neva, The end of the second is also heartbroken too😢

[@feymertens4983]

I had the same reaction, it's okay. Such a beautiful game

[@mohammaddaleh8082]

Plz play Neva.It's from the creators of Gris game.

[@Kareem.Elnabawy]

A very beautiful game indeed

[@elisoom6802]

haha I can relate a 100%... Spiritfarer and GRIS were the two games that truly made me cry

[@MarioRamirez-il8vz]

That was my same reaction to the ending...precious game....precios piece of art

[@ZeLinkus]

I didn't cry when i finished the game but wow the game is astonishing buetiful

[@fuzzyvibe99]

chills every time

[@r_o_c_k-]

I did truly love this game, I just don’t understand how you could weep at the sight of the credits. And before you say it, I am the most sensitive person I have ever met. Even my girlfriend is less of a crier than I am.

[@Yoru_Neko_28]

No, you are insensitive.

[@Pedrocas]

Yep. I feel you.

[@alien_planets_exist1359]

This game at 3am with headphones on, lights off. Really hits.

[@Yoshigoofy123]

I felt sad I wanted more of this game but I just couldn’t cry at all playing this I guess it didn’t hit home for me

[@KlaraKluczykowska]

My reaction was so similar!

[@leonmendesz]

É um jogo simplesmente lindo do começo ao fim

[@littlesewingmachine]

Same 🫂😭

[@GildedDragonCat]

I miss my mom 😭

[@zgamer6689]

art too cry

[@karenvazquez7838]

Fui ella hace unos dias

[@VerixLin]

囧

[@hansgruber3035]

Cringe