What are games you know of that are sad? And I don't mean games with sad moments or elements, but games that at their end are so tragic they make you feel ready to cry.
For a long time, the saddest game I had played was, by a longshot, Mother 3. The game goes tragic pretty quickly when Lucas's family is torn apart, but concludes with his brother committing suicide and an ambiguous ending about what actually happens when Lucas pulls the final needle. Nothing really makes you feel better about it.
And then The Last of Us came along.
Anybody got a box of tissues?
The game begins with the Cordyceps outbreak. And Joel's daughter Sarah getting shot by a soldier under orders to contain the infection at all costs and dying in her father's arms. The prologue ends with Joel breaking down, cradling her in his arms.
At the end of the Boston chapter, Joel's smuggling partner Tess gets bitten, and then sacrifices herself so Joel and Ellie can escape from soldiers.
Then Sam and Henry. This might be the saddest death scene I've ever seen in a video game. Words do not do it justice for what this makes you feel, so find a youtube video. I won't link one here due to strong language in that cutscene.
And then that ending.
Doom humanity forever, or sacrifice a teenage girl for the possibility of saving humanity?
Joel makes his choice. And you don't feel good about it. Nor do you feel good about the alternative. Nor comfortable with the moral situation and questions at hand.
What are other just plain sad, tragic games you know/have played?