What game ending left you staring at the screen in complete silence?

[u/Mintangah17]

[u/danny_little]

https://giphy.com/gifs/N5CJQlEkWogv7RMALP

[u/Nadiadain → u/danny_little]

I’m so happy I did high honour the first and only time I played this game. I’ve seen the alternatives and just nah fuck that

[u/CipherWeaver → u/Nadiadain]

I wasn't even sure Arthur died at the end and kept waiting for the epilogue.

[u/pokepal98 → u/danny_little]

Yeah, I literally sat there through the credits like "Damn" and paused it when the epilogue started and went and sat outside for about 30 minutes. I was NOT ready to move on yet.

[u/Super_Siege_Mode]

https://giphy.com/gifs/m7mpeKdIONLrqL9Ev6
Halo Reach

[u/Rath_Brained → u/Super_Siege_Mode]

Objective: Survive

[u/darkninja2992 → u/Rath_Brained]

spartans never die, they're just missing in action

[u/devil_yager → u/Super_Siege_Mode]

I knew how it was going to go down but I kept fighting to the very end. It really stayed with me for a while.

[u/unrealter_29 → u/devil_yager]

"From the beginning, you know the end."

[u/No_Doughnut8618 → u/Super_Siege_Mode]

I beat this at 9 with one of my good friends, and this campaign shook me to my core.

I was used to being the invincible master chief, but watching my squad die one by one made me realize that wasnt the game I was playing.

I remember watching my buddy get surrounded, and trying to save him, but I wasn't fast enough. I made it a bit longer but they hunted me down. The cutscene was his character so it was like he got himself back up, wounded, and kept fighting just a bit more.

[u/Joshnavarro13 → u/Super_Siege_Mode]

I recently played this again but with my son this time, and at "Objective: Survive" he didn't even let out a gasp or a "WHAT" like he had been doing the entire game, he just stared at the screen as if he was accepting his own fate. I just said yup lmao

[u/_mako666 → u/Super_Siege_Mode]

You know what? Your absolutely right. It was even sadder as time went on and realized the franchise also died at the end of reach

[u/Aquitaine-9 → u/_mako666]

What a way to go out, though. It was great.

[u/DD_N1761]

Geniuly one of the best games I have ever played

https://giphy.com/gifs/ltIEltsVmeFcA

[u/FreeRangeEngineer → u/DD_N1761]

I don't play many games but that one left me staring blankly as the song played, too.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI for those wanting to see what I mean

[u/Kolermigon → u/DD_N1761]

Portal 2?, masterpiece

[u/Attack_Dorito → u/DD_N1761]

It's one of the best games of all time

[u/EdgarVerona]

Mine was actually not the ending, I had tricked myself.

I was playing the first Red Dead Redemption, and I got to the part where he gets a farm and it looks like he's going to have a normal, happy life. It went on JUST long enough that I thought it was, in fact, the most unique ending I had ever seen in a game. One where they don't even tell you it's over, your character just gets to live out his days contentedly. I played for a little bit, and then just kind of sat there in satisfied silence before turning off the game and never looking back.

Years later, I found out I was actually about 20 minutes away from the real, sadder ending, and that I had duped myself in giving a happy ending to what was meant to be a tragic game.

Whoops.

[u/TossAwayCaptain → u/EdgarVerona]

Here I’d argue in favor of ignorance actually being bliss.. hell of a way he went.

[u/EdgarVerona → u/TossAwayCaptain]

I agree, I was sad for a day or so when I found out the real ending. I now tell myself that the "soft ending" I tricked myself into was the real one. 😆

[u/VomindokLuft → u/EdgarVerona]

Honestly, I played rdr1 back then more times than I can remember. I definitely played it all the way through a few times, but after the first couple playthroughs I started avoiding that one last mission. I'd get all the way through the story and all through the homesteading missions, and then I knew exactly when to stop when there was only that one uncle mission left in the barn. I'd just avoid it, and go about my life doing bounties and side content and unlocking the outfits and stuff. That was MY ending.

[u/Blazzah → u/EdgarVerona]

Such a great endgame idea though. Game just moves into a homesteading sim instead of unlocking a challenge mode or whatever.

How the game went determines the world state for the sim, what skills you have, where it is on the map, if anyone helps or trades with you, etc. Could end up a hermit in a swamp cause of bad reputation. Could have a farm close to town and host parties. Maybe super rare occasions where you're asked to come out of retirement to handle a dangerous animal or some criminals, or lead into a full sequel and at the end of that you return and either your place is falling apart or taken care of by neighbors or getting ransacked like when Bilbo got back lol.

[u/idkjustarandomdude]

that was cyberpunk 2077 phantom liberty for me i legit had to mentally sit down after i send her to the moon and the credit song started playing

[u/Kastrand → u/idkjustarandomdude]

oh buddy i thought that was bad, then i unplugged her in my second playthrough and i put the game down for a week.

[u/themonkeyzen → u/Kastrand]

Yeah that was a rough ending.

[u/idkjustarandomdude → u/Kastrand]

dude fuck, yea that ending was rough

[u/guyincorporated → u/Kastrand]

I sided with Idris Elba and got the worst-feeling ending of all time. Demoted to NPC. A fate worse than death in Night City.

[u/FishingOk2650 → u/idkjustarandomdude]

Only time I've ever felt that feeling of loss during a video game. You know, that feeling you get when you finish a great book series or a great tv show and you miss the characters immediately.

[u/agustusmanningcocke → u/idkjustarandomdude]

“Coulda told me the truth. Would’ve helped you anyway.”

[u/Sensitive_Ebb_4725 → u/idkjustarandomdude]

Something about the ominous themes within this game that gets me every time. Makes the endings hit even harder.

[u/Uzi_Jesus_ → u/idkjustarandomdude]

Pretty much the same buddy.

[u/LamaShapeDruid → u/idkjustarandomdude]

The first time I played, I didn't realize the conversation with Reed is the end of the game, so I kept negotiating with him and he took So Mi and Johnny comes out and calls me a sellout and I was like wait, that was the end??? And I reloaded the save to send her to the moon.

[u/succmycocc → u/idkjustarandomdude]

Literally my first thought. Experiencing PL's credits for the first time was a hell of an experience

[u/YorickofJest]

Spec Ops: The Line That game stays with you.

[u/_Wendig0_ → u/YorickofJest]

How'd you survive it all sir?

Who said I did...

[u/theballiner01 → u/YorickofJest]

Do you feel like a hero yet?

[u/Majestic-Leader8643]

The Last Of Us(both titles)
Shadow of the Colossus
Journey
Telltale’s The Walking Dead (ep 1)

All of these left a huge mark on me. Nothing tops TLOU part 1 though, talk about a powerful story with a gut punch of an ending

[u/Trikster102 → u/Majestic-Leader8643]

Yes, Journey is amazing. Especially when you finish the game with another player you met along the way.

[u/Majikarpslayer → u/Trikster102]

I was playing journey with an online random friend and my internet crashed, I legitimately almost started crying and just turned it off and got depressed.

[u/Cloe_Cat → u/Trikster102]

When I went through I met someone in the worm escape under the temple (in the sandy sewer like area) and we did the whole rest together. I cried

[u/IudexFatarum → u/Trikster102]

I meet a player and then lost them in the dark as the monsters were after us. It was so grim.

[u/WispyFox13 → u/Majestic-Leader8643]

Definitely the last of us 1 and 2. The final confrontation in the sequel, the brutality and realism of it. That game made me need to avoid violence for a while so badly I stuck with like basic cute innocent games for like a month lol.

[u/Duel_Option → u/Majestic-Leader8643]

I’m never going to get over Lee…what a badass character.

Couldn’t force myself to play anyway other than good

[u/Mattizzle9 → u/Majestic-Leader8643]

Walking Dead was the second game to make me cry. And cry I did. First game was Gears of War 3. But yeah, Lee is the GOAT.

[u/UncleRumpus]

Silent hill 2

Edit: thank you kind stranger for my first ever award! Frankly im surprised no one else commented SH 2 first. The whole game is just a mind fuck.

[u/Ok-Obligation4347 → u/UncleRumpus]

This and nothing comes close

[u/Rehyahn817 → u/UncleRumpus]

Listening through Mary's sntire letter broke me

[u/underisk → u/UncleRumpus]

Yeah, the true ending really hits hard.

[u/roadtripper77 → u/UncleRumpus]

“In water”

[u/CaLLmeRaaandy]

I still think about the SOMA ending occasionally to this day.

[u/Musclestache → u/CaLLmeRaaandy]

The ending for SOMA hit me hard. The thought that I found myself pondering over for a long time is similar to the question in The Prestige; if you knew what was going to happen when you stepped into the machine and didn't know which side you would end up on, would you still do it?

[u/Extra_Wave → u/Musclestache]

I dont know about the prestige but isnt the whole coin flip analogy in SOMA just bullshit and a way to keep simon on the job, theres no luck of the draw, theres no randomness on it, you will never be the other guy you will always stay on the side of the machine you started in

[u/Musclestache → u/Extra_Wave]

After the fact yes, but that's not what was presented to you. You're told that when you do that, your consciousness will be transported, which technically it was but it didn't happen in the way it was implied. That's why you have the crash out at the end.

[u/sobutto → u/Musclestache]

Simon really should have picked up on it already though, since he knew about the one that stayed in Toronto, and the one that was left in the original robot body when he 'transferred' to the heavy dive suit or whatever it was. I guess it's a bit odd that Catherine didn't ever mention any plan for what would happen to the leftover them after the upload, but I guess she was just completely focused on getting the Ark launched and didn't really care what happened next.

[u/Savings_Hunt_1935 → u/sobutto]

Well if you think about it from his POV, he probably had a lot more on his mind then the implications of this technology, and even if he had some suspicions/confusion, because he had old Simon's memories, he feels like him getting "teleported" over to the new place is exactly what happened. Like he remembers being in the old place, initiating the sequence, and bam now he's here. It's literally 100% identical to what he would feel/remember if it did work how he thought it did.

[u/supersaiyanmrskeltal → u/CaLLmeRaaandy]

Just Simon and Catherine yelling at each other only for the machine to overload and he is just left in the darkness of the ocean. Just the thought makes me shudder, especially since they were DEEP in the ocean.

[u/Super-Cynical → u/supersaiyanmrskeltal]

Some people maintain a ludicrous idea of the two Simons meeting up (provided you didn't kill the other Simon) but that's ignoring that you needed Catherine to open the doors and there would be no chance of a return journey across the abyssal plain anyway.

[u/supersaiyanmrskeltal → u/Super-Cynical]

Yeah, only thing Simon could do perhaps is try and climb up the gun to the surface to at least get out of the darkness like that one human did in the logs

[u/Bitter_Particular_75 → u/CaLLmeRaaandy]

this is way too low

[u/jackattack825 → u/CaLLmeRaaandy]

Thank you, had to see if SOMA had been posted. Otherwise was going to do my due diligence

[u/crazy_rocker78]

Firewatch, Outer Wilds

[u/6BagsOfPopcorn → u/crazy_rocker78]

Was looking for outer wilds 😭

[u/Exotic_Donkey4929 → u/6BagsOfPopcorn]

"This song is new to me, but I am honored to be a part of it."

[u/Noctevent → u/6BagsOfPopcorn]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Iau2UhgYvOL5YQpspD

[u/thunderboltsow → u/6BagsOfPopcorn]

It's the definitive answer, because the game itself is its universe's ending screen

[u/Rawrange_ → u/crazy_rocker78]

Firewatch was so goood! I’m so glad that I randomly decided to download that off game pass.

[u/Cloe_Cat → u/crazy_rocker78]

Outer wilds is the most accurate answer imo. That game changed things, I didn’t know a mystery game could be that immersive or compelling. I was yelling with my friends like we’d won a championship when I got the macguffin to the ship at the end (being vague to avoid spoiling folks), then we all sat in stunned silence for the entire finale of the game. Nobody spoke once until half way through the credits except for ‘whoa’ and ‘that’s so cool…’

[u/Winterclaw42]

Cyberpunk 2077 was the last one.

Never fade away.

[u/HimOnEarth → u/Winterclaw42]

Especially that ending where V lives but without any chrome. Depressing shit man I reloaded before meeting Hanako so fast

[u/LolzLord_Death → u/HimOnEarth]

That ending was honestly the saddest, V waking up in the hospital and all the texts and phone calls from friends, having basically nobody in their life anymore. Then getting beat up and then just walking off into Night City like a regular meat bag.

[u/Cesarjay]

Not just the ending and it was totally unexpected but "what remains of edith finch" hit crazy on the emotions. I empathized with her older brother a lot because I feel the same way he did

[u/SonOfGodUssop → u/Cesarjay]

The fish cutter brother? That was the most brutal death

[u/Cesarjay → u/SonOfGodUssop]

It was brutal unexpected and devastating when you figure out what's going on. They did really well with the imagery in that game I didn't expect to like it as much as I did

[u/Eriksthere123 → u/SonOfGodUssop]

The baby was pretty traumatic

[u/4546b_resident]

Nier Automata and Subnautica

[u/Hafeesco → u/4546b_resident]

Glory to mankind!

[u/ET_Gone_Home → u/4546b_resident]

Nier Automata had me in tears, so I can't relate to the post 1:1 lol

[u/TieUsed7255 → u/4546b_resident]

Nier Automata was the first things that came to my mind. Such a unique ending.

[u/spawnthespy → u/4546b_resident]

Nier Automata is the game ending of all the game endings.

[u/korneev123123 → u/4546b_resident]

Yeah, all this effort to end up in trillion credits debt. Nightmare fuel.

[u/Monk_The_Banana_Scug → u/4546b_resident]

Nier Automata's credits are something else...

[u/whiteman1993]

Spec ops the line kept thinking bout the white phosphorus

[u/Rurikar1016 → u/whiteman1993]

“Feel like a hero yet?”

[u/ThanksForTheF-Shack → u/Rurikar1016]

If you were a better person, you wouldn't be here.

[u/23lonestar → u/whiteman1993]

Scrolled way too far before seeing The Line mentioned.

[u/caligari87 → u/whiteman1993]

You're still a good person.

[u/fozzy_bear42 → u/caligari87]

‘This is all your fault’ - best loading screen tip ever.

[u/doctorsirus → u/whiteman1993]

"To kill for yourself is murder. To kill for your government is heroic. To kill for entertainment is harmless."

And Konrad's letter to his son is one of the worst things I have ever read.

[u/andrewdivebartender → u/whiteman1993]

I got on kind of late last night. No bros were online. Scrolled through. My library to see what single player games I've never played. I started spec ops the line last night. Can't wait to really dig in.

[u/EldenDarkshell]

Metal Gear Solid 4. That ending…that song…

[u/KermittingSins → u/EldenDarkshell]

3 as well

[u/cooperlogan95 → u/KermittingSins]

Fuck it. All 5 of them.

[u/exosnake → u/EldenDarkshell]

The opening and final scene of MGS 4 are just so fucking good. Love the opening to Ground Zeroes too. Hearing Heres to you (song during the credits of MGS4) playing from the cassette they gave Chico in his cell while XOF ride to the helicopter with the perfect narration. Then when you hear the cassette they gave to Chico during your mission you hear Paz screams and cries over the song cause she’s being tortured… MGS is so good

[u/Ustramage]

Last of Us

[u/Silence-You-Fear → u/Ustramage]

I was not prepared for that ending

[u/SpecialBigMac → u/Ustramage]

1 and 2 the best story i ever experienced on a video game

[u/autofill_username_ → u/Ustramage]

Last of Us 2 was the only game I ever beat twice in a row. I normally dont replay games at all, I finished that one in less than 48 hours and started a new game the next day

[u/rexy_22]

It's always NieR: Automata for me

Every . Single . Time

[u/BlouHat05]

Red Dead Redemption 2

[u/TJSully716 → u/BlouHat05]

Came here to say the same thing. It's the only game that made me cry like a baby both times I finished it.

[u/Porcupine_Tree]

E33

[u/Willylongboard → u/Porcupine_Tree]

For real. Both endings just hit so hard.

[u/UTX_Shadow → u/Porcupine_Tree]

For those who come after.

[u/Glittering-Duck-8533]

OG Mass Effect

[u/Deckard_Red → u/Glittering-Duck-8533]

Came here to say Mass Effect 1. It was helped by the credits music being an absolute banger too

[u/Contextanaut → u/Deckard_Red]

Absolutely. The credit music just so perfectly fit the tone.

I'm kind of split on whether they should have saved more of the Reaper revelation for the ending confrontation though? Imagine going into the credits with that Sovereign lore bomb still fresh.

"You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it."

[u/Vodka_Flask_Genie → u/Glittering-Duck-8533]

I'd pay to erase my memory so I could experience that game all over again.

[u/Deku_100]

Kingdom Hearts

"I'll find you!"

"I know you will!"

When you walk away

[u/kingofwakanda38]

Final Fantasy X

[u/tpat90 → u/kingofwakanda38]

"Don't cry"

[u/Snacknuss321 → u/tpat90]

i cried

[u/Rezzone → u/kingofwakanda38]

The hug... THE HUG

[u/ShinNefzen → u/kingofwakanda38]

Trolling YouTube for people finishing their first ever playthroughs to watch them shatter at the ending is a guilty pleasure. But then the joke's on me because I end up tearing up all over again, too.

[u/FlamingbernieUK → u/kingofwakanda38]

This. I’m still lost for words over 20 years later

[u/Thereisnoijustaneye]

Dead or Alive : Beach Volley Ball

[u/Jraksys_Magnanimous → u/Thereisnoijustaneye]

I FUCKING LAUGHED SO HARD. Man o' culture. If I can dap you up through my phone, I would

Edit:

[u/Chadmanfoo → u/Thereisnoijustaneye]

[u/23lonestar]

Spec Ops: The Line

[u/raven00x]

Devil ending for Cyberpunk 2077. It was brutal. at some point I started to wonder if I was crazy, and then if you choose to go ahead with being uploaded to a Relic chip, it's just blackness. Arasaka owns you, can do whatever they want with you, and you have no recourse. I hate it, but I also love it. Very visceral.

[u/skiforlife1 → u/raven00x]

Yep. Turns out Yorinobu might not have been the villain all along.

[u/Dark_Knight37]

Bioshock Infinite

[u/Shinobiii → u/Dark_Knight37]

This one still stings extra for me: back then, I was in an abusive relationship. She belittled me, humiliated me, and constantly mocked me for my love for gaming. What little time I was allowed - yes, allowed - I spent playing that game.

The ending had such a profound impact on me, and all I wanted to do was muze about it. Instead, she shut me down, laughed at me for being an “adult” who’s enthusiastic about a dumb game.

[u/AdventurousJacK → u/Shinobiii]

It’s so sad when someone is insensitive to art… imagine living in this world and not feeling anything by something deeply meaningful? I hope you’re living better days now, all the best

[u/Thr33Thr33 → u/Dark_Knight37]

Bring us the girl and wipe away the debt....

[u/Lykos_Lazuli]

Death stranding but i was probably just exhausted because i really needed to poop but the end just wouldnt end and i couldnt pause it.

Otherwise, metal gear solid 3. Played the whole game in one sitting, through the night. Finished it and a cold wind came in and it started to rain outside.

[u/AsianSlice30_]

Witcher 3, Ghost of Tsushima, RDR2, and recently blood of dawn walker.

[u/hheyitzmason]

Portal 2's ending is so fucking cool as someone who was mostly spoiler free to the story until i played it, and then the music on the title screen after you beat the came just gives me goosebumps every time.

[u/Necroban77]

Red Dead Redemption 1. I actually cried

Oh and the walking dead by tell tale. Yikes.

[u/Volmaaral → u/Necroban77]

I’d say RDR 2 right before the Epilogue hits like this, too.

[u/TheFlyingHellfish202 → u/Necroban77]

I think RDR1 gets so overlooked because RDR2 was so epic, but it's 1 for me. We know how 2 ends. 1 was shocking, especially back then.

The scene where he's on the raft going to Mexico and there's just the music... absolutely gets me.

[u/Long_Push562]

Disco Elysium.

Fallout New Vegas

Signalis

Far Cry 2

Metal Gear Solid 2

[u/NorpoleonIIme → u/Long_Push562]

Signalis, man...

[u/ItsNotNormalMaybe]

Life is strange #1 left me in actual tears

[u/Maillihp]

Valiant hearts. It’s by one of Ubisoft’s smaller studios and oh my god it was definitely a somber experience.

[u/End337]

Disco Elysium and The Outer Worlds.

[u/airbourneScarecrow]

Cyberpunk 2077 - will shatter your soul.

[u/Jabes72]

Expedition 33

[u/Denariox]

Expedition 33

I cried more during that game than I have in real life for the past 6 years

[u/ChrissieMoltisanti → u/Denariox]

I didn’t cry playing it. It was more “oh shit” in the moment.

Then I told my wife what happened and wept.

[u/Asn_Browser → u/Denariox]

The ending hit hard, but the end of act 1 and act 2 hit way harder for me.

[u/ChapterThr33 → u/Asn_Browser]

Ending of act 1 absolutely crushed me. Strongest emotional reaction I've ever had to a game.

[u/Slarg232 → u/ChapterThr33]

Our modern day Aerith

[u/renanxiterzz → u/Denariox]

I actually clapped when this game ended, a top 3 all the time for me, WHAT A GAME!

[u/Immediate_Welcome439]

Red dead 2 bc how tf is rockstar is gonna make us watch Arthur die then just have us doing ranch work without letting us process wtf just happened to Arthur

[u/KeebyGotJuice → u/Immediate_Welcome439]

Bruh they really said bond with the main character and watch him die. Now milk these cows got dammit.

[u/Admirable-Regular448]

Bioshock Infinite

[u/HitGirlBree]

Really surprised I haven't seen Soma been mentioned! I felt all sorts of things after that game ended

edit: did a search and yes it has haha

[u/Mysterious_Pop3253 → u/HitGirlBree]

Soma for sure. After everything and you see the final scene. That mix of both joy and dispair. Yeah that hit... Alright I'll play SOMA again.

[u/Sir_Gigglepoop]

A Plague Tale Requiem... That. Game. Broke. Me

[u/Icy_Judge8250]

MGS4

https://giphy.com/gifs/1E0fZx9Ukk0OGzAiNR

[u/N0Karma]

The OG Mass Effect on the Xbox360. I spent 60-ish hours with the crew, going from mission to mission, saving people, building camaraderie, and I got into the final fight with Saren and it looks like it all went to shit...

Then that MP4 song from the Faunts starts playing my Sheppard crawls out of the rubble. I had no clue there was ever going to be a sequel.

Just had to sit and take it all in. I sat there listened/watched the whole credits.

[u/dancinggraylion]

Many chess games when I missed an obvious mate

[u/CaptainSavage91]

Power washing simulator.

[u/axtolia]

Stray

[u/RobbieSans_Reddit]

NieR:Automata

Most profound, incredible game I have and will probably ever play. It's a total masterpiece, and that final ending (Ending E) with that song, I cried after beating that game.

[u/Immediate-Top7827]

Nier Automata…especially the true ending!

[u/KaiserJustice]

Outer Wilds - i still just sit there and remember the journey

[u/Difficult-Spite1708]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pylNZOmEWUMwGXdzQj

[u/Asleep_Letter8857]

Detroit Become Human

[u/OverallAdvance3694]

Kingdom come deliverance

[u/Gullible_Guard_4801]

Outer Wilds! I really wish I can delete it from my brain so I can play it for the first time again.

[u/anarchoprimitivist66]

Definitely the last of us the first time through and Detroit

[u/tttr3iz]

Clair obscur was.... i dont want to think about it actually.

[u/Anon-ddit → u/tttr3iz]

Yo estuve un mes entero de bajón con el final... (Escogí a Verso)

[u/Repulsive-Durian4800 → u/Anon-ddit]

I chose Maelle. I felt like it was the wrong choice, but morbid curiosity won. Definitely felt like the wrong choice after seeing it, but I suspect the Verso ending is wrong too without having seen it.

[u/lilybug981 → u/Repulsive-Durian4800]

Both endings are bittersweet. Regardless of who is playing, neither ending gives anyone everything that they want. On purpose, of course. I will say that the bitter and sweet aspects of Maelle's ending do hit with separate, swift punches whereas in Verso's the bittersweet feels all blended together.

[u/Outrageous_Detail135]

A couple of Baldur's Gate 3's bad endings are pretty intense.

[u/Jakeforry]

Both The Last of Us'

[u/CletusVanDamm]

What Remains of Edith Fitch has several moments like this

[u/Ramsay_666]

Cyberpunk 2077 for sure

[u/ValkyrieValentine]

Yep, 'Aliens Colonial Marines.' I sat there thinking 'I really paid £70 for this hunk of crap.....'

[u/Redxcted999]

RDR 1 ending left me like this more than RDR 2 ngl 

[u/egoneill]

Subnautica. That hit real hard at the ending knowing that I was ACTUALLY at the ending

[u/Amazing-Bill-5679]

Disco Elysium, Pathologic

[u/avajean99]

So stupid, but when i finished spider man for the first time, i hate playing games by myself, and i have ADHD so i have a hard time finishing things, it was like a thing for me, i was so proud of myself

[u/Cdoggg69]

Expedition 33, both endings are absolutely heartbreaking in their own way and I just had to put the controller down and process everything I just saw for about 30 minutes. It is one of my favorite video games I've ever played even when it rips my heart out of my chest 💔

[u/shadowtone06]

Both Portal games basically.

[u/UnderTheMoonVale]

Lies of P overture, after everything piecing together and that final moment with the record, I just sat there question everything and wanting nothing more then to obliterate geppetto. Great game

[u/Affectionate-Emu6609]

Just beat persona 3 reload and it did this.

[u/GriffMcStizz]

The Last of Us

[u/Substantial_Site_699]

Last of us...

[u/BooksMiBoi]

Mass effect

[u/beyluta]

NieR Automata's ending "E"

[u/MadMacCrow]

Life Is Strange did that to me in the past.

[u/Zuickathedestroyer]

Persona 3 Reload and Red dead redemption 2 come to mind.

[u/SoulReaverOmega]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Kk4lOcFS9DvRLPG3Je

[u/nickytendo]

Death Stranding. Probably think about that story every single day.

[u/MarquerasM]

TLOU2 because oh boy what a Journey

[u/alexintradelands2]

I know people don't like the ending but LA Noire hit me quite hard when I was a youngun, literally bawled my eyes out

[u/Rooftop_enjoyer3030]

Witcher 3 put me in a spout of depression after beating it.

[u/LionHeartJhny]

Armored Core VI. Brilliant ending and gameplay loop that added more story depth.

[u/Strict_Buffalo7874]

Grim Fandango

[u/RaineV1]

The most recent one for me was Silksong.

[u/offgridyungin]

Infinite Warfare, GTA IV, Prey (2017), Horizon Zero Dawn, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 1 & definitely 2. Ahh there’s so many more but they escape me rn

[u/BrassMachine]

Soma, Lisa: The Painful, Ori and the Will of the Wisps

[u/Subject_Warg_1531]

Life is Strange..you get so immersed and invested in the story and characters

[u/johndaylight]

silent hill 2 remake ( I got the in water ending first playthrough)

[u/Majestic_Address_373]

The first Mass Effect had that effect on me. Especially since they played a really eerie but fitting Muse song for the end credits

[u/Larry_Rattlebones]

No Man's Sky. There's no actual set credits, but finishing the Atlas Path and hearing the music and visuals as I got sent to another galaxy, it was just crazy.

[u/DoctorNoktus]

Outer Wilds.