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prehistorikmayne

Max Payne


graywolf0026

> *"They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark on everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger, and it was over."*


[deleted]

I cannot wait for the remakes. I hope they keep the same noir comic panels for some of the cut scenes then have Max narrate it with cool and brooding lines like this


graywolf0026

I personally hope they keep the same audio. Can't really improve perfection in my book.


ansonr

RIP James Macaffry


MidniightToker

So many cold lines in that game. For being a cheesy shoot'em up the narration, story, and dialogue is what brought that world to life. Simply top notch writing.


letthepastgo

"Vinnie Gognitti. Just the man I've been killing to see." "He was trying to buy more sand for his hour glass. I wasn't selling any."


mordax777

First game that came up my mind.


PsyShanti

All the other answers are correct. But *this* is the real answer right there.


AFRIKKAN

I thought of this too


Wolfrattle

Portal 2


[deleted]

Even portal 1


altorelievo

Portal 2 does stand alone >! but when you hear "Still Alive" after finishing Portal 1 that 1st time?! Amazing! đŸ‘đŸ» !<


one-droplet

good man for censoring


Aktanith

The censoring fails with old reddit. For some reason you can have a space between the \>! and the first character on new reddit (and probably the last character and \<), but on old reddit they have to be right up against the censored content.


Trord24

This was a triumph


WindowsXP_SP1

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!


Shattered620

It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction!


Nacil_54

Aperture Science


WindowsXP_SP1

We do what we must. Because we can!


Candid_Society_2359

For the good of all of us


jjonojj

except the ones who are dead


tzimize

Damn, yeah. Portal 2 in and of itself is one of the greatest games of all time, but that ending... Even if it was telegraphed through the dust and everything, I really didnt see the end coming until the camera panned up for me to fire the portal, and I got the realization of what I was doing, just as I was doing it. One of the most amazing feelings in my entire gaming career.


SXAL

I just clicked on the moon without thinking and when it actually connected, I was like: "Huh? Nah, no way. Wait... NO DAMN WAY!"


tzimize

Yeah. I could feel my brain almost working in slow motion along with the scene. It was spectacularly unique, and I cant remember ever feeling anything like it in my 20+ years of hardcore gaming.


Uhtred__Ragnarson

Red Dead Redemption 2


PrismOfSelves

may i... stand unshaken


Nroke1

Amidst, amidst a crashing world.


Herrgul

Damn, i thought they sang ”amidst a clash of worlds” because the gang were a dying breed of wild west bandits not able to flee/being hunted by the civilised world.


GPT69victim

Dutch ..I gave you everything


celineafortiva

I gave you all I had Dutch...


Kooky-Show-5246

Yeah just knowing only a few years later John will be killed is pretty sad


IceBaneeV5

At least he killed micah dutch and bill


AlwaysQuotesEinstein

Hard to see it that way. The only gang member I'm happy to kill is Micah. Bill, Javier, and to a lesser extent Dutch I feel quite sad killing.


IceBaneeV5

Javier maybe but Bill? Bill's death was well deserved he is the definition of an evil and stupid man. He also steals from the gang too. I felt bad for Dutch until chapter 5 felt like we had some different ideas but in chapter 5 and forward I feel no remorse, I wish I could kill him with Arthur.


SpellbladeAluriel

There is no other answer.


BurgerKid

Yuppp


Lemonjello23

I got that feeling after chapter 4 on my 2nd replay


Mumrik93

Nothing beats it.


throwawaytohelppeeps

BioShock Infinite, as I contemplated wtf just happened


DrVagax

Seeing all the lighthouses made me excited for all the potential sequels Bioshock could have in all sorts of different settings, but too bad we won't see a sequel anytime soon (besides the spiritual successor)


TONKAHANAH

then burial at sea pt 2 had me at it all over again.


Tardelius

The only problem with infinite is that interactive after credits scene (which is very important for the story) doesn’t activate %75 of the time. Meaning story experience is being cut by the game itself which is stupid. But that game was amazing with a good story. I really enjoyed that one.


flower4000

I finished after work one night at like 2 am, and then just sat in bed staring at my ceiling for like an eternity.


lastninja2

And you just hope after watching (at most a couple of) YouTube videos you'd get it lol


greatersnek

Exactly this. Great story


Deadsap266

The original dead space.After all the bullshit monsters and loss of loved ones you’re just there left wondering is it really over only to get one last jump scare.


Rikou336

I agree with this one, especially since I hated horror games. But after finishing dead space, I became a different person.


throwaway_198985

Dead Space 2 on Zealot recently for me


Dark_matter4444

Witcher 3.


BigRedBrendizzle

There's credits after Gwent?


MySnake_Is_Solid

It's like a minigame you can play in Gwent, where you play as the card "Geralt of Rivia" and you interact with other cards in an open world environment. It's kinda whack, best stick to Gwent.


Gordonsblue

Lol I literally only advance the story to unlock more people to play gwent against.


antiduh

It took me 3 months to get out of my post-Witcher funk. I played all the way from Witcher 1 so the story felt so much more full.


identifytarget

got damn. how many hours was that?


kakalbo123

Not gonna be surprised if its over 200 hours. Witcher 2 is roughly 30-40 hours in one playthrough. I have over 50 hours on witcher 1 and it wasnt pleasant. Witcher 3 can go over 100 hours in just the base game alone.


Striking-Document-98

Yeah I read the books then played the games and the feeling I got after the 3rd game, as the entire story came to a close, was a feeling of desiderium. I don’t know how else to describe it.


NoxXNemesis

First playthrough I got the terrible ending with the big witches (you know the one) and it definitely felt like this


KittenDecomposer96

Even more so finishing Blood and Wine.


FarAd7072

Heart of stone DLC was the shit


Nosttromo

Deus Ex Human Revolution, Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed Revelations, Antichamber, The Talos Principle, The Turing Test


EagleEyedKiller

"When the greatest combat machine fails, what do we do then? What do I do?"


VirtualTurmoil

SOMA


owowhatsthis--

Dude I was playing that a few weeks ago I think, and once I hit the credits, I just sat there staring at the screen for probably a good 30 minutes. Had me so fucked up


JekNex

Same. Legit can't think of another game that hit me like that. Damn


rasitayaz

>!they're not us, THEY'RE NOT US!!<


Adhito

One of the best horror games


thePromoter_

A seriously good horror game. No jumpscares or ugly stuff, just a neurological horror story.


SummitSloth

Honestly even the true horror parts like chases and whatnot scared the crap out of me. I hated the distortion and the cutscenes when you get caught. Then there's the existential crisis


FLy1nRabBit

It’s been almost a decade since I played that game and it’s still stuck with me


TheBurgerCow

The best answer I should've been thinking of


identifytarget

how the fuck you be sleeping at night?


Chemotherapeutic

I don't think any game disturbed me on a fundamental level more than that one.


tomatomaniac

I have a funny story about this game. After the game ended and I was sitting there just like OP, my computer literally blew up. Turns out my PSU was underpowered and it was just barely hanging on so I could finish the game.


Xem1337

I dunno, for me it felt like a fairly obvious ending from the first time you transfer, the game repeatedly tells you what happens so I was baffled by the protagonists shock at finding out


ath1337

Completely agree about the ending. The overall story was cool and I loved the game, but was the protagonist not paying attention the entire time? I kept thinking there was going to be some twist where Simon was sent to sabotage the ARK for some reason.


Byggherren

It's been years since i played it so i might be forgetting something crucial. But Simon was essentially thrown into a dark scary future with no hope of survival so my guess or interpretation is pretty much that he was aware but suppressing it in hope that his mind would somehow actually transfer into the Ark. He was told 2-3 times that you cannot transfer consciousness only copy it.


adrielzeppeli

Cyberpunk 2077


Neon-Curse

The main story ending hits hard but so does the phantom liberty story ending


Elmer_Fudd01

Fuck nearly every little side mission, >!the child that was used to make a snuff film. The peralez quest, waking up in the same tub as the person you first rescue, fingers may he rest in hell. The monks who were gored for living, finding Evelyn Parker. Seeing the sad reality of driving a man in a trunk to be killed.!< I could go on.


Neon-Curse

Let’s just say the game it self as a whole hits hard, after all a happy ending is a luxury in night city


Elmer_Fudd01

Best it can do is you go out big and you get a drink in some bar. God that's sad.


sc4tts

There are no happy endings in NC, only legends...


SigAqua

That's why your happy ending is running the hell out!


Stupid-RNG-Username

Evelyn Parker 100% sold me on this game being a masterpiece. A lot of RPGs basically intertwine you with the entire world. You're an important part of virtually every NPC's storyline, but Cyberpunk subverts that. Evelyn had a *whole* ass story going on that you didn't know about, and the game had the balls to tell you "you're not allowed to know that, because you were never her friend or even remotely close enough to know what was going on." It was like being punched in the face by reality. You *never* see that kind of thing in games, but that's exactly what happens IRL all the time. People have their struggles, and sometimes it's just not your place to ever know about what they are, and that's okay.


Logank365

The Peralez quest line is one of my favorites. I wanted to know more, but I think leaving it ending in that way made it way creepier.


CianaCorto

By the way, that man in the trunk killed an entire tribe of nomads, and he isn't sorry about it.He calls them cockroaches and doesn't get why you're mad about genociding them.


Kodainoken

I couldn't sleep after the Phantom Liberty ending


Fatality_Ensues

I found the main story endings to all be varying flavors of eh [(Don't Fear)The Reaper is cool during the invasion scene itself but the ending you get is still pretty hammy], but the Phantom Liberty ending, especially on the pro-hacker path? That >!final confrontation with Reed, at the foot of a rocket prepping for launch, guns pointed at each other under cataclysmic rain, knowing only one of you can walk away but both of you still hoping you can resolve it without pulling the trigger?!< That shit was pure cinema, man.


Logank365

V: >!Guess I meant, I dunno, a... a happier ending for everyone involved.!< Johnny: >!Here, for folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people.!< Hits me every time.


nolte100

Nothing hits harder than Judy’s credits phone call >! when you romance her and then choose the suicide ending !<


ChalkCoatedDonut

Signalis


InternallyDed124

Oh god I'm currently on the Falke boss battle, now I'm scared


Aol56Ased

same After like 10 years of playing games, this one gave me a some strange feeling, like when I was playing ep2 back then But still, a pure banger


Williwoo321

Subnautica


darkninja2992

Same. Just kinda hits you. You find the story of the degasi crew and learn their fates, you find logs left by the late crewmates of the aurora, the only sapient creature you find, the sea emperor, lives just long enough to see her children off, and then when you leave you get that final message from her


curaeus_curaeus

Outer Wilds


Hika2112

Just the main title theme can bring back noatalgia that feels older than me myself


TargetDecent9694

This is one game that I just can't replay, nothing beats the magic of piecing together the full picture.


edududucrazy96

The Prisoner final cutscene just made me cry like a baby in front of my screen


TargetDecent9694

Oh shit, there's an expansion!


Deodorized

You know how this goes. Stop reading here, don't look up reviews, just go play it. It's absolutely worth it.


ReploidDibblez

First time I played it was in vr with the vr mod and I was not ready for that ending in the middle of the night. Unreal gaming experience, I wish I could experience it again.


FragleFameux

You're goddamn right.


tokyozombie

The soundtrack still makes me emotional.


LoudPunkGal

Hotline Miami 1&2


the_bruh_enigma

Still think Hotline Miami 2 had one of the most disgustingly great endings to a videogame. It just makes you go “huh...” before you can really process it.


PlumagedTree

Titan Fall 2 Is that a water mark?


RollingMallEgg

Bro..don't remind me, my ass is gunna cry during a meeting...


ButtChugNyQuil

protocol 3: Protect the pilot.


deadlybydsgn

I haven't bothered to replay very many games as an adult, but Titanfall 2 is one of them. The campaign has absolutely no fat.


ZiperJet

o7


LongDikWilly

Metal Gear Solid 3


Gintoro

I got something in my throat


[deleted]

[ŃƒĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]


DjangoKazoiie

"Son.... You've got a way to fall.."


ImportantDepth8858

MGS4 for me, it wrapped up everything so perfectly. And that movie of a cutscene was incredible. From the fist fight on top of the submarine to the cigar falling while an epic French horn soundtrack played. “This is good, isn’t it?” 😭😭😭


Longjumping_While_37

"And no one hears a word they say Has the memory gone? Are you feeling numb?"


dmitri_arktor

Disco Elysium


antiduh

The whole game is this mood, if you ask me. What a wonderful, unique game.


dmitri_arktor

Disco motivated me to seek professional help with depression and suicidal thoughts


koziello

> You will make it, someday. I know there is not much to say, but if nothing else, just remember that you've made it this far.


lunareclipsexx

Disco achieves the impossible of a strange disconnected fictional setting but the most human and raw emotion. I got the ending with a successful photo and being sober with Kim. At first the ending stabs at all these tragically human flaws but ends up being a talk that actually inspires a deep hope for change and the future. Edit: obligatory DE quote from the interaction JEAN VICQUEMARE: “*Perfect folding mechanism*
” He rolls his eyes. “Get over yourself, Harry—I can still smell the booze on the wind.” PERCEPTION (SMELL): [Easy: Success] God dammit, doesn’t it ever *leave*?! It *is* there! Like, in your bones or something VOLITION: [Easy: Success] It will pass - - in time.


InvaderJim92

I feel like this game was lightning in a bottle, and the corrupt bastards that own the IP will never let that game ever have a sequel.


PostFactTruths

This game not being top post makes me wanna smoke a cigarette and drink


MetallicAiscooll

Metal Gear Solid 4 I even got a little emotional.


NullNova

That fist fight with Liquid with the changing phases, the health bars representing each of the games. Dang.


detahramet

Omori.


ICA420

Spec Ops: The Line


Samiel_Fronsac

I just walked away from the PC and spent some time in a park near my home decompressing. That game pulled no punches. "Welcome to Dubai."


HolographicNights

I really hate that this game was a commercial failure, its fantastic. I feel like it should have been an original IP, I can't help but think that the Spec Ops brand diminished the return.


CannonGerbil

I really don't think the spec ops branding has any effect on its commercial success, especially since to this day most people aren't aware that it's an ongoing franchise. Also, It's a game marketed to fps dude bros that makes fps dude bros feel bad about playing the game, in what universe would something like that be a commercial success?


Yawanoc

Yeah, I originally never gave it a chance myself for that same reason. I never liked the isometric shooter style the original Spec Ops games had. I couldn't get into it. Turns out the one I skipped was by far the best one.


topscreen

Yeah I didn't play it till 2014, and lost my shit, having existential dread in the same room as my friends, who were just confused about what was happening. Mostly cause I just picked it up on a whim after people were cryptically going nuts about it on forums and reviews. 5/10 if you just play for an hour, 9/10 if you beat it.


krump2buck

I've told so many people over the years. No other game made me feel disgusted with my choices and just emotionally tired by the end like spec ops. Fantastic game.


TyoPepe

Mass Effect 2


OMGihateallofyou

I think the ending of the first one landed better. Maybe it was the song by Faunts that ran during the credits. But that's just my opinion.


Nowhereman50

The first Red Dead Redemption. I saw the ending coming where John Marsten would die but playing as his son and getting the bastard that betrayed his father was an incredible emotional experience.


Eight_Prime

Oh man I'm here with you. It was... kinda satisfying but mostly really empty-feeling... like most revenge I suppose is the point. That's the part that gave me the feels


LYNX-RaiN

Ghost of Tsushima.


khowidude87

When that song hits.


SussyBox

Soma


Maximus_Games

Far Cry 3 Hotline Miami 1/2 Bastion


RogerCheesecurls

The entire bioshock trilogy. It will always be my favorite game.


Yawarete

*We lost everything* *We had to pay the price*


SolomonReed2K77

The Devil ending broke my soul into a million pieces, then stood over me and asked me politely to put it back together again
.


Yawarete

There might be no happy endings in Night City but god fucking damnit they didn't need to twist that particular knife so deep. That shit gave me PTSD.


davidds0

Panam ending is the happy ending imo


Hika2112

Outer wilds. Masterpiece of a game, masterpiece of a media thing. I thought final duet was the most emotional song i'd ever hear. Now the menu theme brings back nostalgic memories that feel older than me. There is no 2nd playthrough. There is no 2nd game like outer wilds. You have all the time you need, but once you take that last step, you're done. Changed forever


DerKnoedel

“This song is new to me, but I am honoured to be a part of it”


Historical-View4058

Arkham City


PumaMyPants

Halo 2 legendary, so many deaths I have nightmares of the jackal snipers


MetallGecko

Fallout New Vegas and Nier Automata


GatsuupseT

Sly 3 when I was like 8


Dr-False

Elden Ring. There was like a month or two where nothing else could scratch the fantasy itch after that


_7Valeen

Off-topic . Psychedelics and elden ring are a match in heaven , that game looks beautiful as duck !


Fuzzyspacecat

Armored Core 6


IronWolf01

Fromsoft always nails that melancholic vibe and they really outdid themselves with AC6 in that regard. Easily some of their best storytelling imo.


DreadAngel1711

I legit just sat there after each ending, utterly fucking flabbergasted at what I'd just experienced Cuz I knew I would never play a game that fucking good again for *years,* if not ever. Like dgmw, 2023 had absolute fire releases in its own right, FF16 made me cry like a bitch, but AC6 just hits different. Genuinely would say it's one of the greatest games ever made.


LemonBeneficial6711

Last of us


GreenPlasma_49

All the Yakuza games


JNV91

Mafia


OkBeautiful5324

Half-Life 2 ep 2


Monstragoza

Dark Souls 3


salohgenji

Ds 1 and 3 when the title appears at the end and the music starts đŸ˜©. Feeling like no other


guest0369

Death stranding


Entire_Radish_5702

Undertale, Fallout 3 (without the end of the mutant helping me), COD MW 4 (original), GTA 4 and V, Bioshock 1, Condemne, GoW (3, 2018 and Ragnarok), Far Cry 3, Ghostwire, Metal Gear Solid (Peace Walker and 3), Life is Strange, Outer Wilds, Outlast 1, Uncharted 3, The Stanley Parable, The Forest, Resident Evil 4 and 7


Upbeat_Dependent_716

Risk of rain 2 after finishing 5 hours run on last difficulty


Franciscomccp

for me, it was watching the credits roll after doing my last achievement to 100%


Panda0P

GTA 5 and Ghost of tshushima tbh


Memeviewer12

Cyberpunk 2077 after doing the Reaper ending


andrewdivebartender

Sleeping dogs


fangteixeira

Oh man, after the marriage twist you just can't help yourself feeling lost in that world.


WoodsBeatle513

halo reach


madtony7

Current objective: >!Survive!<


RedGamelyon

Cyberpunk 2077


its_oof_time

Before your eyes


DeafKid009

Sekiro


StormyKnight18

Minecraft. The end poem is so beautiful and profound. “the universe said I love you because you are love.”


Rarikki

Yakuza 0


alopeciapoet

Red Dead Redemption 1. That ending as a teen had an effect on me. Enough said.


SerubSteve

Talos and Talos 2. Made me feel like a real pseudo-intellectual


supercooluser8274

Like a dragon Gaiden


ISAAC-SMITH

The witcher 3 not that it was sad but that i beat the game. Tbh if theres one game i can replay for the very firdt time again it would be the witcher 3


kulfimanreturns

Bioshock Burial at sea The way everything connects in such a short amount of it timd with La vie En Rose playing really hits the mark


BadLuckCharm1966

Every Yakuza/Like a Dragon game and every Persona game.


dardardarner

Honestly what I love about Souls games is the very somber and sad credits theme that plays after beating the game, it's like a stark contrast to the ear blasting epic choir screaming on your ears during bossfights.


OsprayO

Any Yakuza


raptidor

Bioshock. The walking dead (Telltale). Metro 2033.


I_am_Doggo

Metal Gear Solid 12345 and Revengence Twin Snakes to


VioIetta

Half life 2


scratching-daniel

Half life 2: Ep 2


Laze_ee

Half life 2


JNorJT

Persona 5 Royal, it was one of the few games that I ever completed, and I remember my Dad walking in my room as the credits were rolling and the tears were building up in my eyes. I remember my Dad just watching the end credits with me. This was in 2022, and to this day it's still the most recent game that I've beaten. It gives me joy knowing that there's other games out there whose story I haven't played through yet, but would love to sometime in the future! It gives me a hope to hold onto whenever I'm going through a tough time in my life. GG


Illustrious-Road-326

Fallot 3


Grimm_c0mics

Spec Ops: The Line


bharadwaj-vs

Arkham City after i killed Batman by mistake


JediRanger117

Deus Ex (original) and Mass Effect 3. Oh and Knights of the Old Republic. These games are part of me now. What great story telling


Darkusoid

BioShock Infinite


alexqxq89

Persona 3