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Other emotionally powerful games?

dylanevans12dylanevans12
edited June 2013 in The Walking Dead
After finish ep.5, I can safely say that TWD is one of my favorite games. The story was incredible but what really made it for me was how the game made me care for the amazing characters they created. The game had me screaming at my TV at some points, when really its just a bunch of pixels saying and doing some shit. But i wanted to know what other games, if there are, you've played, are like this one in the sense you really care about the characters and the game hurls you through a bundle of emotions, and whether or not they match TWD ?
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  • The BraveThe Brave
    edited November 2012
    Red Dead Redemption for me, to me the ending with John Marston sacrificing himself to save his family got me to tear up just a tad bit. The second ending ending of Jack getting revenge on Edgar Ross had me cheering.

    The most earliest example was Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the ending had me on edge and thinking Lara is dead was a shocker.
  • Shrewsbury SurvivorShrewsbury Survivor
    edited November 2012
    There has never been a charecter loved like Clem
  • CharmingBirchCharmingBirch
    edited November 2012
    I think Heavy Rain fits into that category.

    Any game involving non-bratty children being put in danger or worse usually tugs at the heart strings.

    Don't know if you'll find it as emotionally riveting as TWD, but still worth a try.
  • CTCCocoCTCCoco
    edited November 2012
    Nah, there is no games like The Walking Dead, mate. This is the best out there.
  • NightskyNightsky
    edited November 2012
    To The Moon. Its a great game and very sad (in a good kind of way)
  • ShatilovShatilov
    edited November 2012
    Heavy Rain made it for me. This is the 2nd game i play this Gen that effects me like this. Each game have its own way.
  • Snake LiquidSnake Liquid
    edited November 2012
    The only other game that I felt the same amount of emotion for the characters and story as I did The Walking Dead was in Mass Effect 3. Having played all three games in the trilogy, I'd really gotten to know and care about the characters, and some of the conversations Shepard can have with his friends for the last time really tug on the heart strings.

    The Walking Dead really nailed it. It's without a doubt in the top three of my all time favorite games. Such emotion and care to the story. Sure there were some plot holes, but I can look past those.
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited November 2012
    The first Silent Hill.

    I'll second Red Dead Redemption too.
  • Nonymous99Nonymous99
    edited November 2012
    The walking dead is the only game I have played which had me emotionally attached. It is very unique and I have never played anything like it. I think the walking dead is the best emotionally powerful game, others aren't compared to this.
  • RedKoolLoopsRedKoolLoops
    edited November 2012
    Red Dead Redemption almost got me. It almost got me.

    That's really been the only game to come close to making me feel as strongly as TWD did. Maybe Dragon Age: Origins' final speeches, they were sad but they weren't heartbreaking. Lee and Clem's story will take a lot to be beaten.
  • TheShaneWalshTheShaneWalsh
    edited November 2012
    Only 2 games have ever made a badass like me cry... The Walking Dead and Heavy Rain
  • River_SerenityRiver_Serenity
    edited November 2012
    i agree, "to the moon" has one of the greatest stories out there:)
  • MaggardMaggard
    edited November 2012
    Mass Effect Trilogy...but never the "innocent" emotions evoked by Clem. Never the...parental instinct they brought out with TWD.

    Off to play Heavy Rain now and see what that game is like. Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.
  • ml09ml09
    edited November 2012
    Mass Effect 3 had its moments, Mordin's death had me very close to tears. Thane's end was also touching.
  • kpopluvkpopluv
    edited November 2012
    syberia, the longest journey, still life, the art of murder, and going downtown (german game with eng subs). while not sad, had me feeling for my character and very quickly drew me into the story. the blackwell chronicles though had some sad points (very recommended!)

    some console games that were kinda sad, the legend of dragoon (one of THE best rpgs, or any game for that matter, i've ever played, EVER). old PS game that came on 4 discs. you talking about somebody who was HEARTBROKEN at the end of disc 2 (i'm getting broken up just thinking about it and it has been YEARS since i've last played that game)! that's the type of game you want to play! if you have a PS2 or PS3 and are able to get your hands on it, PLAY IT! you think TWD got you emotionally invested? it ain't got nothing on that game in my opinion.

    also, dragon quest IV (i think lol).... ahhh.... hmmm >.> other the legend of dragoon, not many games have gotten me so emotional invested so that mean slim pickings for console games lol
  • ToastyToasty
    edited November 2012
    The Walking dead is the first game with characters I've been emotionally attached to. They made the game perfectly. I have to thank Talltale, for their amazing ability to break the one thing I could never do - "Be attached to a game character".
  • deleted_kyxc7lde962932deleted_kyxc7lde962932
    edited November 2012
    The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, but just the scene where Holmes shoots himself to evade capture.
  • IstibulIstibul
    edited November 2012
    Heavy Rain, L.A. Noire, Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy)
  • sloughslough
    edited November 2012
    Before the finale came out, I'd say the Mass Effect trilogy. Telltale really honed in the experience and emotions in 14 or fewer hours as opposed to 60+, though.

    That's not to say ME3 didn't have moments that made me upset because there were, one involving a certain robot and Quarian being the most notable, but... it doesn't compare to The Walking Dead. As far as I'm concerned, it's in a league of its own in terms of crushing your emotions.
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited November 2012
    I'd forgotten about Indigo Prophecy... it was pretty solid, despite going a bit... weird.
  • Hidan13Hidan13
    edited November 2012
    The Walking Dead is the first game that has made me really care about the characters in it. In most games I'd think 'that sucks they died', but wouldn't put much emotion into it. In this one, I feel horrible, even for the characters I thought I hated.
  • tablechairtablechair
    edited November 2012
    Mass Effect trilogy up until the end almost makes it but it falls short.
    The Longest Journey might be the only other game that had me emotionally attached as much as The Walking Dead. Still pales in comparison though.
  • demonteddybeardemonteddybear
    edited November 2012
    The only other games I played that got me this into the story was Fatal Frame 1 and 2. You are the sister going into the first one looking for your brother and find out what happend to everyone that has ever been there. Two endings on both of them, but the second ending if I remember you have to beat the game on hard. Really pulled at my heart strings. The second you are one of the twin sisters going through All Gods village trying to find your twin as you find out what happened to the spirts of the two twins that haunt the place. Best scary and heart pulling games of all time. TWD is my second on the list after those. Wish I still had them.
  • FoxxyFoxFoxxyFox
    edited November 2012
    Heavy Rain... really sad game.
  • dubesordubesor
    edited November 2012
    Yea Heavy Rain. It is the best game I ever played.
    Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy) was alright, it started out promising but the story get's extremely stupid and rushed later in the game.
  • Arsun97Arsun97
    edited November 2012
    The Walking Dead is the onøy game who I have sat down and cried afterwards, those emotions man!

    There is no other game like TWD, it's unique!
  • littlezoelittlezoe
    edited November 2012
    I have to say To the Moon as well.
  • Alexey N.Alexey N.
    edited November 2012
    Silent Hill 2
    I didnt see this in thread.
    Come on guys!
    Seriously?

    Once you've experienced it.. this game will be with you for the rest of your life.

    I remember the day when i saw the ending... God...
    A best experience. And not gaming only experience.

    Actually it is damn hard to make it through the end..
    is like a fight... with your own I


    sometimes game is so disgusting.
    But in the end... all this way...
    Is like a revelation.
    A literally way through hell.

    SH2 changes you.

    Common opinion that this game is just another horror with scary city and monsters.
    I really feel sad that the other games in series and the movies are make people to think like that.

    SH2 was an experiment. Its absolutely independent story.. and.. this game is all about soul.


    Beware of spoilers and give it a try.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tysvNGGFN3M
  • WrightyWrighty
    edited November 2012
    Red Dead Redemption is the only other game that's even close the TWD in quality. The ending of that game was heartbreaking.
  • holeydonutholeydonut
    edited November 2012
    Final Fantasy 7... probably one of the top 10 story-based video games ever created.
    Final Fantasy 6 is up there too, but 7 was just so good.
  • ArthurVArthurV Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2012
    I'm a big fan of To the Moon. My wife and I played through the whole game in one sitting, and there were some waterworks by the end, I'll admit. It's basically a point and click adventure game similar in concept to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The artistic design seems inspired by Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, and other SNES Square classics.
  • AstralheatAstralheat
    edited November 2012
    Lost odyssey (xbox 360) was the first game that make me cry.
    That game has one of saddest moment that i have ever seen :(
  • HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
    edited November 2012
    The Brave wrote: »
    Red Dead Redemption for me, to me the ending with John Marston sacrificing himself to save his family got me to tear up just a tad bit. The second ending ending of Jack getting revenge on Edgar Ross had me cheering.

    The most earliest example was Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the ending had me on edge and thinking Lara is dead was a shocker.

    Well, you just spoiled the ending for Red Dead Redemption...so...there's no point anymore.
  • Thoma51987Thoma51987
    edited November 2012
    ff7 and the walking dead...
  • DildorDildor
    edited November 2012
    HiggsBoson2142 wrote: »
    Well, you just spoiled the ending for Red Dead Redemption...so...there's no point anymore.

    Yeah, the fuck man? Lol.
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited November 2012
    HiggsBoson2142 wrote: »
    Well, you just spoiled the ending for Red Dead Redemption...so...there's no point anymore.

    C'mon, man, the game's been out for two and a half years. Besides, it's still worth playing, even if you know some of the ending.

    I haven't had any other games effect me quite as much as TWD did, but Heavy Rain, RDR and Mass Effect 3 probably came the closest.
  • KeyCKeyC
    edited November 2012
    Final Fantasy 10 is the only game, that has had some of the same effects on me; like I REALLY cared about the characters. Extremely well written and unpredictable story too like TWD.

    I know FF7 is very loved by many, it is also a great game. But for me it didn't come close to FF10.
  • MartindnMartindn
    edited November 2012
    Nightsky wrote: »
    To The Moon. Its a great game and very sad (in a good kind of way)

    Second this, it isnt pretty but its got a great atmosphere. Also would follow everyone and say red dead redemption, but why would you recommend the game then spoil the best part of it? No one might of played it :p
  • lucidity02lucidity02
    edited November 2012
    Agreeing with everyone who mentioned To the Moon. Planescape: Torment has some pretty emotional moments in it too. I could also argue that Shadow of the Colossus evokes emotions, but it didn't necessarily make me sad.
  • STFL MystiqSTFL Mystiq
    edited November 2012
    I still thin halo 3 ,4,reach are one of the saddest games i've ever played. The characters the pot an the touching music.
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