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[Firefeng]

scyphozoa wrote...

No, the only game to ever cause me to cry was a single scene in Lost Odyssey.

I'm pretty sure I know what scene you're talking about, but let's face it: Lost Odyssey was tear-bait from the beginning.




And it was disgustingly awesome, in part, because of that.

[fightright2]

Alistairlover94 wrote...


Poor Jack *pats his back* I'm sorry for your loss. I recently lost my little brother in a traffic accident.

My condolences towards Ali and Jack.
Ali... I lost my older brother due to needing a heart transplant. I'm the only one my parents have. And I'm close to my mother as well, she also lives exactly 2 miles from me.

Wow. You and I are much alike.

[Killer3000ad]

Right from the get go DA2 had no emotional affect on me. Bethany/Carver dying jsut made me go,"meh, didn't know him/her". At the end of DA2, I just went,"Huh? What was that mage vs templar thing all about? I fought the same fools no matter which side I picked! Why does Meredith suddenly go off the deep end, why does she suddenly fly around? Is this Dragonball?"

Basically too many negative things I found throughout DA2 that stripped me of having any emotional attachment to the story.

Now DA:O on the other hand.....now that game knew how to pull you in, I shed tears on my Cousland when she had to abandon her parents and mama Cousland refused to leave papa. My heart sank when Duncan crawled over to the crushed body of Cailan, the look on his face,"i failed to protect the king," and then he looks up and sees the tower alight and realized Loghain betrayed them, and the music that plays.......and so on.

[fightright2]

Sabriana wrote...

I'm sorry Jack. That must have been very upsetting. Your wife must have felt very torn.

Even though I didn't feel too much (much to my regret) in that quest, I did feel very satisfied when Hawke drove the knife through a certain person's heart. But it goes to show that personal experiences do play a large role. It touched people in a certain way, yet, because of my close relationship with my mother, it failed to deliver. If only there had been more interaction. I would've loved to get to know Hawke's family better.

Yeah, Ali. My mother (my whole family actually) lives close together, and we are very close to each other. Mess with one, you mess with all of us.

I agree with that. My first playthrough was as a mage and I really wanted to have Carver as my friend but it just wasn't happening. I think it bothered me because I miss my brother so much.

[Cutlass Jack]

Sabriana wrote...

I'm sorry Jack. That must have been very upsetting. Your wife must have felt very torn.

Even though I didn't feel too much (much to my regret) in that quest, I did feel very satisfied when Hawke drove the knife through a certain person's heart. But it goes to show that personal experiences do play a large role. It touched people in a certain way, yet, because of my close relationship with my mother, it failed to deliver. If only there had been more interaction. I would've loved to get to know Hawke's family better.

Yeah, Ali. My mother (my whole family actually) lives close together, and we are very close to each other. Mess with one, you mess with all of us.

Well my life's big regret was that I took for granted my relationship with my truly awesome mother and did not interract with her nearly as much as I could have in her final months. Her death came out of nowhere, pretty much like Hawke's. Except in her case it was a coma putting her in a 'zombie' like state. Similarities abound. But on a certain level I was jealous that Hawke actually got to have final words with Leandra.  Something I didn't get in my version of the scene.

Meh. Enough sad stuff! Was years ago. The moral of the story is that Mother's day is this Sunday. Be sure to tell your mom how much you love her while you have the chance. Captains orders!
 

@Ali & Fight: I'm sorry to hear about your losses. Sounds like a much more recent than mine. *hugs both*

Modifié par Cutlass Jack, 06 mai 2011 - 05:51 .

[Dragoonlordz]

To me a truly great game can bring out emotions from which does not rely on real life personal events and circumstances. While a average game can bring out a large emotional response based off if has a plot or story ressembling real life tragic events unfortuantly DA2 falls into this latter catagory for me and as has no real life ressemblance to personal events or specifically loss it falls flat because it has the average status without the coincidence of real life loss to give any emotional ties. I have never lost a sister in war like portrayed in Valkyria video I linked yet it provoked a emotional response, this is to me what makes it a great game to be able to do that. The emotional response wasn't dictated by real life coincidence and events. However this doesn't change the fact I am glad some people managed to form bond and feelings towards DA2 or any game for that matter while at same time sympathy for their real life loss. But for me it didn't succede where others like Valkyria have.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 06 mai 2011 - 05:55 .

[Cutlass Jack]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

To me a truly great game can bring out emotions from which does not rely on real life personal events and circumstances. While a average game can bring out a large emotional response based off if has a plot or story ressembling real life tragic events. I have never lost a sister in war like portrayed in Valkyria video I linked yet it provoked a emotional response, this is to me what makes it a great game to be able to do that. The emotional response wasn't dictated by real life coincidence and events. However this doesn't change the fact I am glad some people managed to form bond and feelings towards DA2 or any game for that matter while at same time sympathy for their real life loss. But for me it didn't succede where others like Valkyria have.

While I disagree with you on nearly every possible topic...Valkyria Chronicles was one of the best games I've ever played on an emotional level. And one of the best romantic tales in a game where I didn't actually create the protaganist.

[fightright2]

Cutlass Jack wrote...

Sabriana wrote...

I'm sorry Jack. That must have been very upsetting. Your wife must have felt very torn.

Even though I didn't feel too much (much to my regret) in that quest, I did feel very satisfied when Hawke drove the knife through a certain person's heart. But it goes to show that personal experiences do play a large role. It touched people in a certain way, yet, because of my close relationship with my mother, it failed to deliver. If only there had been more interaction. I would've loved to get to know Hawke's family better.

Yeah, Ali. My mother (my whole family actually) lives close together, and we are very close to each other. Mess with one, you mess with all of us.

Well my life's big regret was that I took for granted my relationship with my truly awesome mother and did not interract with her nearly as much as I could have in her final months. Her death came out of nowhere, pretty much like Hawke's. Except in her case it was a coma putting her in a 'zombie' like state. Similarities abound. But on a certain level I was jealous that Hawke actually got to have final words with Leandra.  Something I didn't get in my version of the scene.

Meh. Enough sad stuff! Was years ago. The moral of the story is that Mother's day is this Sunday. Be sure to tell your mom how much you love her while you have the chance. Captains orders!
 

@Ali & Fight: I'm sorry to hear about your losses. Sounds like a much more recent than mine. *hugs both*

My brother passed 11 years ago and ten days after he did, my daughter was born to the exact minute my brother was born. She shares his middle name with him.
But I think the reason why he's been on my mind so much is my son is sooo much like him instead of my husband. Everyday I notice it.
But thanks though, Jack.

And aye Captain, on those orders!

[Curlain]

I felt a bit sorry for Hawke at times but I never really identified with BioWare's character to much, so it wasn't overall moved by it all, and the ending felt just to contrived to really have to much emotional weight for me

[AkiKishi]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

To me a truly great game can bring out emotions from which does not rely on real life personal events and circumstances. While a average game can bring out a large emotional response based off if has a plot or story ressembling real life tragic events unfortuantly DA2 falls into this latter catagory for me and as has no real life ressemblance to personal events or specifically loss it falls flat because it has the average status without the coincidence of real life loss to give any emotional ties. I have never lost a sister in war like portrayed in Valkyria video I linked yet it provoked a emotional response, this is to me what makes it a great game to be able to do that. The emotional response wasn't dictated by real life coincidence and events. However this doesn't change the fact I am glad some people managed to form bond and feelings towards DA2 or any game for that matter while at same time sympathy for their real life loss. But for me it didn't succede where others like Valkyria have.

That part of Valkyria Chronicles is very similiar to how KZ3 played out for me. Its when everything should be over and it's without purpose it just leaves you feeling hollow.

[dreadpiratesnugglecakes]

Pfft. No, I celebrated that I finished it and was glad that it was over. The only thing I had an emotional reaction to in DA2 was the destruction of the chantry because a) blowing up churches isn't nice and it represented the assassination of Ander's character by a writer that had no idea what else to do with him other than to turn him into a monster by having him engage in an act of lunacy. My reaction was Good riddance; now I can do something fun.

[Cutlass Jack]

Alistairlover94 wrote...

So true. My fiancee and I have been enjoying Valkyria Chronicles since last week. Welkin and Alicia are so adorable together. And poor Isara...Luckily, Rosie stopped being such a racist jerk after that.

True story. I actually stepped away from the game as I got close to the end because I got so emotionally tied to the story I was afraid the ending would be too tragic to bear. Never have I become so emotionally invested in the notion of 'victory' being the Heroes being able to live a normal life.

Sadly Valkyria Sequel suffers from an even worse case of what people say about this game. They improved gameplay quite a bit, at the cost of the emotional storyline. Not a bad game at all for the PSP, but lacking much of the heart of the original.

Modifié par Cutlass Jack, 06 mai 2011 - 06:06 .

[Andraste_Reborn]

So far, DAO has made me cry twice and DA2 has made me cry twice, so they're even. Won't get into the details of the DA2 parts on this non-spoiler forum, but with DAO the two things that really got to me were my Cousland leaving her mother behind, and the death of the Warden in my icon.

Actually, not so much her death - more Sten's reaction and her being declared a Paragon. Definitely the most emotional moment in the series so far for me, for all that it occurred in a text box.

[Sabriana]

*hugs Ali, Jack, and Fight*

My heart is with you all. I wish you wonderful memories of your loved ones. Always.

Curlain, for me the difference between DA:O and DA 2 was that more or less "incidental" characters managed to touch my heart. Like Ruck and his mother, or Danyla, or Nadezda (caste-less beggar). Niall, and yes, even Isolde. They made me think, they made me react with my emotions. That didn't happen in DA 2 enough. Not to my personal liking.

Modifié par Sabriana, 06 mai 2011 - 06:14 .

[Sable Rhapsody]

No, I didn't shed tears. But I got to the end, and this was my face:

D8

And in a good way. I actually did feel emotionally sucker-punched by DA2. It reminded me of Obsidian games (in both the good ways and the bad). Like a lot of Obsidian games, it suffered from pacing problems, bugs, and a lack of polish. But what BioWare took the darkness, doubt, and emotional angst that Obsidian writes into every storyline and character, and added that to DA2. I don't think any other game has produced a wider gamut of emotions from me, from rage to affection to straight-up angst.

[nightscrawl]

Eurypterid wrote...

I had a number of WTF moments and I was genuinely pissed off that there was no way to change the course of Anders' actions no matter what standing he had with your character.

This was me exactly.

I never had such strong emotions during DAO though. I was pissed at Loghain, amused with various companions, and sad when Alistair sacrificed himself (this was my first play through, I never did that again...,) but I never cried or anything.

The strongest emotions I had in DA2 were the shock and horror when you-know-who gets killed in Act 2. The next time I played I tried various other options to see if I could have avoided it, but alas it's not to be . I also had some frustrating moments with the dialogue wheel (not in a negative way) where I had to take long periods of time trying to determine the best option. What Anders did at the end was the best though. I totally did not see it coming and just sat there with my jaw gaping .

The strongest emotion I've ever had in a game was at the end of the first part of Neverwinter Nights. Aribeth's lover Fenthick is made the scapegoat and is hanged. I was prepared for it by a friend, but watching the cinematic made me very upset. Poor Fenthick.

Andrastee wrote...

Actually, not so much her death - more Sten's reaction and her being declared a Paragon. Definitely the most emotional moment in the series so far for me, for all that it occurred in a text box.

That's what happens if you're a dwarf Warden that dies?? That's f--king awesome!! O_O

Modifié par nightscrawl, 06 mai 2011 - 06:21 .

[JoHnDoE14]

Not in the ending.
However, I almost cried during Saemu's death and all that remains.
In DAO, the same happened during Loghain's execution and on the US ending.
It's strange though; when I was younger I never cried during plays-movies-games and joked about my father, who always did...

[JabbaDaHutt30]

No. The scenes and speeches near the end in every other BioWare game were, uh, 'inspirational'... I suppose Dragon Age 2's were done well too to some extent, but not nearly as good.

Modifié par JabbaDaHutt30, 06 mai 2011 - 06:19 .

[AkiKishi]

Cutlass Jack wrote...
True story. I actually stepped away from the game as I got close to the end because I got so emotionally tied to the story I was afraid the ending would be too tragic to bear. Never have I become so emotionally invested in the notion of 'victory' being the Heroes being able to live a normal life.
.

Only done that once. Tales of Symphonia watching Collete suffer each time you completed a seal.