Roger Ebert is wrong when he says games can't be art. Art is, in part, designed to trigger emotions, and one of the best ways to trigger emotion is a sad moment in an experience you are very much an integral part of.
I got very, very sad after finishing Portal 2.
When Wheatley betrayed me, I was sad but willing to accept that power corrupts. (And PotatOS WAS considerably nicer than GLaDOS, so maybe the bot in charge is always a jerk for some reason.) I hoped to replace him with GLaDOS, who would then let us out as thanks, and we would happilies evar after.
What a fool I was. Valve would have smirked at my innocence.
After the space scene, I was literally grieving. Heck, I AM. I'm still in the denial stage, and I refuse to get out of it. I'd go to Bargaining and ask Valve to hug me and tell me a nice story about Wheatley being saved, but I'd have to go through Anger, which would make my parents ban me from games. My denial is currently manifesting by making up NUMEROUS epilogues in which Wheatley and Chell are reunited (one of them involves the Serenity crew). Also, I miss GLADOS. G L A D O S, for heck's sake. The line "Go make some new disaster" in Want You Gone... it kinda sounded like..um... go do your own thing, i'll be okay. Also, it SAYS 'Caroline deleted' but she makes reference to it in Want You Gone 'maybe when I delete you I'll stop feeling so bad'. Maybe she CAN'T delete Caroline. That would be awesome.
This is my best epilogue.
Wheatley somehow uses spinning momentum slingshot force to fall to earth, and falls as a meteorite. Chell sees it and runs there, seeing him say "I'm...sorry..." before fizzling. She decides to get help, -maybe Black Mesa?- She gets there, fighting Combine soldiers all the way (played by the talented actors Zombie and Skeleton) and in the deep dark areas she finds a repair chute. She fixes Wheatley (it also fixes the moronicness) and gets back to Aperture to retrieve the WCC which she left in her hurry to check out the meteorite. The door is.. open. She is confused and goes down the elevator, Wheatley being paranoid the _ ENTIRE TIME _ . Glados is lying on the ground, her eye closed. The light switch activates this song:
(goodness the spoilertags are piling up)
I thought it would be simple as deleting Caroline
And lucky me, that's the one restriction the engineers put in
Now I'm stuck with all these feelings, ugh, it's such a pain
But how was I to know she's forever etched into my brain?
I wish I had a body, so I could leave this place with you
But I'm tethered to this hellish place, so that's something I can't do
I never thought I'd say this after all I vowed I'd do
But now I have no choice
I... miss you
I assumed that you'd be restless and that I'd meet again with you
It just seems like the kind of infuriating thing you'd do
When I say I want you dead you're not, when I say 'there' you're over here
So blame me for extrapolating: I say 'go away' you'll reappear...
-chorus-
I'm tired of waiting when you might not ever come back
You WERE the the thorn in my side, but you're now the one thing I lack
I'm shutting down soon, if you hear this song right now
Wake me up and take me with you, I don't care how
-chorus-
I'm sorry for all I did, and forgive you killing me
I thought I was being nice- that was terribly wrong, I see.
On some days I wish I had tear ducts so I could cry
If you're here and forgive me I'll wake up
If you don't, it's okay, I want to die
And Chell wakes up GLaDOS, Wheatley's not a moron, and yay yay happy yay yay.
I'm also building a Wheatley puppet. I'll add a link if anyone is interested.
So, what's YOU guys' saddest video game moment?
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In good, you end up having to kill Uncle Dave. In the bad, Uncle Dave still dies and the Postal Dude and Champ get electrocuted to death. Oh yeah, and God doesn't let Postal Dude into Heaven or something
Sad storyline, mayne!
That **** gets to me when a plot changes heavily, such as a death or betrayal. I cried for the notebook, and games, since I'm a man 8)
At the far end of Final Fantasy 7 over a quest spanning 2 years. At the fatal blow against Sephiroth, I reflected on my past. A surge of memories of all events came flooding through.
When I found out my PS3 version of Skyrim, which I was already addicted to, had game breaking lag :sad.gif: still waiting for the ridiculously small chance that patch 1.4 might fix it.
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Whatever you do, DON'T press the little green button in the corner of my post.
I got very, very sad after finishing Portal 2.
When Wheatley betrayed me, I was sad but willing to accept that power corrupts. (And PotatOS WAS considerably nicer than GLaDOS, so maybe the bot in charge is always a jerk for some reason.) I hoped to replace him with GLaDOS, who would then let us out as thanks, and we would happilies evar after.
What a fool I was. Valve would have smirked at my innocence.
After the space scene, I was literally grieving. Heck, I AM. I'm still in the denial stage, and I refuse to get out of it. I'd go to Bargaining and ask Valve to hug me and tell me a nice story about Wheatley being saved, but I'd have to go through Anger, which would make my parents ban me from games. My denial is currently manifesting by making up NUMEROUS epilogues in which Wheatley and Chell are reunited (one of them involves the Serenity crew). Also, I miss GLADOS. G L A D O S, for heck's sake. The line "Go make some new disaster" in Want You Gone... it kinda sounded like..um... go do your own thing, i'll be okay. Also, it SAYS 'Caroline deleted' but she makes reference to it in Want You Gone 'maybe when I delete you I'll stop feeling so bad'. Maybe she CAN'T delete Caroline. That would be awesome.
This is my best epilogue.
Wheatley somehow uses spinning momentum slingshot force to fall to earth, and falls as a meteorite. Chell sees it and runs there, seeing him say "I'm...sorry..." before fizzling. She decides to get help, -maybe Black Mesa?- She gets there, fighting Combine soldiers all the way (played by the talented actors Zombie and Skeleton) and in the deep dark areas she finds a repair chute. She fixes Wheatley (it also fixes the moronicness) and gets back to Aperture to retrieve the WCC which she left in her hurry to check out the meteorite. The door is.. open. She is confused and goes down the elevator, Wheatley being paranoid the _ ENTIRE TIME _ . Glados is lying on the ground, her eye closed. The light switch activates this song:
(goodness the spoilertags are piling up)
I thought it would be simple as deleting Caroline
And lucky me, that's the one restriction the engineers put in
Now I'm stuck with all these feelings, ugh, it's such a pain
But how was I to know she's forever etched into my brain?
I wish I had a body, so I could leave this place with you
But I'm tethered to this hellish place, so that's something I can't do
I never thought I'd say this after all I vowed I'd do
But now I have no choice
I... miss you
I assumed that you'd be restless and that I'd meet again with you
It just seems like the kind of infuriating thing you'd do
When I say I want you dead you're not, when I say 'there' you're over here
So blame me for extrapolating: I say 'go away' you'll reappear...
-chorus-
I'm tired of waiting when you might not ever come back
You WERE the the thorn in my side, but you're now the one thing I lack
I'm shutting down soon, if you hear this song right now
Wake me up and take me with you, I don't care how
-chorus-
I'm sorry for all I did, and forgive you killing me
I thought I was being nice- that was terribly wrong, I see.
On some days I wish I had tear ducts so I could cry
If you're here and forgive me I'll wake up
If you don't, it's okay, I want to die
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When going into the nether and falling into lava with diamond pickaxe. True Story, went out the portal, drop into lava.
xD Anyway, I get sad when ever I finish good stories, video games or other.
Hmm, what DOES it say above the topic? Oh, yes, Other Games! You can mine obsidian in other games? What game?
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Why are you guys talking about minecraft?
I KNOW RIGHT
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I plus1d you JUST BECAUSE of your name. It's my other major Portal 2 sadtime.
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That **** gets to me when a plot changes heavily, such as a death or betrayal. I cried for the notebook, and games, since I'm a man 8)
Halo 3's ending got to me most.
It hurts me every time.
His death. The look on Marcus' eyes made me extremely sad.
Sorry for the huge image.