5 video games that will make you cry
Video games are often a great form of entertainment media, telling a compelling story with an interesting and engaging narrative. A significant part of a good story is the characters introduced, which are a way for players to imagine themselves in these unfolding narratives that are purely fictional and fantastical, yet feel very real.
Through various plot points, character arcs, and deaths, video games also deliver some of the saddest moments in a fictional medium that can reduce players to tears. Yet even the opposite is true as sometimes video games might create a scenario where players may shed tears of happiness.
Regardless of their route, video games have been known on more than one occasion to make players cry, whether out of sadness or joy. Here are five examples of video games that had players sobbing and weeping.
Note: This article contains spoilers and reflects the writer's opinion.
Red Dead Redemption made everyone cry with sadness as John Marston was shot to death near the end of the game. However, Red Dead Redemption 2 makes players cry on more than one occasion, depending on how they play the game.
Protagonist Arthur Morgan is generally portrayed as an outlaw with a heart of gold, making it hard for anyone who plays this game to see him go through the last stage of the game suffering from tuberculosis.
His death hits even harder, as just before, he hands his iconic hat to John, telling him to run and let him handle things. The honorable ending saw him accept his fate as a new day dawned, recalling the good deeds he managed to accomplish. Even in the dishonorable ending, it is hard to hold back tears as Arthur is shot to death by Micah Bell, one of the most despised villains in video game history.
However, in the
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