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It's a bitter sweet feeling afterward, but I love it when a game has characters where, after the game is over, I miss seeing a part of their lives. Be it due to the characters themselves or the interaction they have with one another, exiting their world feels more like a loss than when normally putting a story away.

Are there any games where you experienced similar? While it can be a bitter sweet feeling, I know that it is a sign that I really enjoyed what I was playing and love to find these experiences.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"Here Come The Test Results: 'You Are A Horrible Person.' That’s What It Says, 'A Horrible Person.' We Weren’t Even Testing For That."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The first time you ever play Portal 2 and get to the part where Wheatley is going to kill you was one of my favorite gags in the franchise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You mean the part where he kills you? I loved that bit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! Get mad! Make life take the lemons back!" - Cave Johnson

[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk had some really strong characters/acting/writing. I'm finding it hard to get excited by other games lately because they just don't measure up the same.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

What's there not to like? Noodles? Check! Synthsirloin? Check!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Such a choom.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Who’s this? Why do you miss them?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

That's Jackie Wells from Cyberpunk 2077. The best choom ever. He's in the major league now...

sobs

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Undertale is the game I want to experience for the first time again. Can't believe that game is already 8 years old. The music is brilliant. The characters are all compelling. The storytelling is stellar. The graphics.....they get the job done lol

Napstablook was great. Especially once you find out who his neighbor was and a bit more about why he's so depressed. I lied on the floor with him for a solid 20 minutes on my first playthrough. Probably one of the best minor characters ever.

ETA (four hours later lol): The Bioshock trilogy as well. Booker and Elizabeth are imo the best duo ever. Plus the twist in Infinite is a special kind of mind fuck.

[–] spartanatreyu 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Undertale for sure. (I'm a long time gamer, and I consider this in my top 5 games now)

It has such a slow start, and meh graphics going into it. It took me 3 separate years trying to get into it, but once I got past the first 2 hours, man did the humour, characters and music blow me away.

If you're worried you won't get into it:

  • The graphics start out rough to make the better graphics later on really stand out
  • The slow start is actually them setting things up a whole bunch of things that pay off later, stick with it. (Also since the game is only 7 hours and there are multiple endings, you will replay it to get the other endings and notice just how much content is hidden at the start that you didn't understand the first time playing it).

I'm so glad I came back and stuck with it.

I was just trying to clear something out of my library and ended up with the most powerful gaming attachment I've had in over a decade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Can definitely understand there. It has a very fun vibe through how much love and attention went into developing the silly characters..

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mass Effect for sure. I miss my friends.... so I play every couple of years to say hi xD

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'm not crying, you're crying!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's been over a decade since that scene and I still see it in my head. I can still hear his voice saying that line. What a character.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Red Dead Redemption 2

Life Is Strange: True Colors

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

LiS, LiS: Before the Storm and LiS 2 just hit me differently. I'm not really the target group but somehow it got to me on an emotional level like no other game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I never finished them! I should

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I finished the first, bought the second but have yet to start it. You really should finish the first, if you have time to really enjoy it. It was extremely well done, and even as a cis male, was extremely impactful and emotionally worthwhile!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Seconded for Red Dead Redemption 2.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I miss Arthur Morgan like I miss a passed relative. Amazing character writing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Maya from Borderlands 2. Also the main dude from Titanfall 2. Maybe Booker from Bioshock Infinite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bloodwing and Roland, too. My best friend was a Mordecai main in BL1, so that scene fucked him up when we first played.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Same. Also that scene from BL3 went and fucked me up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

I miss Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium. What a wholesome guy who had to put up with all of our BS.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I remember the first time I completed RimWorld. Kept all three OG colonists alive. Two of them got married. The husband was an old farmer, had dementia, bad back, and was eventually bedridden for a long time. His wife was a doctor and she'd visit the hospital everyday to check up on him. The third colonist, Oneesan, became a Countess and was so full of herself that she never worked. She spent her entire day meditating in her throne room.

Also shoutout to Tracker, a recruited waster, who did some of the craziest shit like single handedly stopping a siege with a sniper rifle, and breaking up a fight between us, mechanoids, and pirates with a rocket launcher.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A few come to mind:

Ys 8 The Lacrimosa of Dana

Danganronpa

Phoenix Wright trilogy

Life is strange

Katana Zero

Axiom Verge 1 and 2

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Can definitely relate to a few of these, namely Phoenix Wright and Danganronpa. While they're cartoony (particularly the latter) the interactions between characters makes it very easy to attach to them

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

After spending 200h+ bonding with my gang, I missed the Phantom Thieves like they were my friends for real.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Noah Kekai talking to Faith in Mirrors Edge Catalyst I just restarted my save in Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and man did I miss Noah! It's good to have him back, at least until I finally run out of side quests and have to play the mission where he is callously ripped from my life again!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The whole Investigation Team from Persona 4. The way the game is framed does an excellent job of making you feel like you've met all your best friends over the course of one school year and then you have to say goodbye to all of them. The multitude of spinoff sequels takes away a lot of the impact of the final scene and credits sequence, but I've never been more attached to a cast of characters in a game.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Mario Frigo from Just Cause 3.

I hated him so much in the beginning, but grew to love him. Moo-rio lives rent free in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Moorio was pretty funny. JC3 story sucks but mario is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Pyre by Supergiant gets you like this with all the characters you help out of exile. It’s really a great visual novel held back from wider appeal due to their unique sport gameplay mechanic. But if you enjoy anything supergiant, you should enjoy it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely wonderful game that was criminally underrated.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I remember after playing Fable 2 for so long I kept looking down for my dog... I don't have a dog.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is it, baby. Hold me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kim Kitsuragi from Disco Elysium

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

::: Kim Kimball Katsuragi :::

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

There's a copy of it on archive with the Norwegian audio (since it's no longer available to get anywhere). Uploaded by yours truly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I never got to sex up Toriel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Undertale, definitely. FFX I was really attached to Auron. The Ace Attorney series? I get attached to characters so I feel like those are the tip of the iceberg.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Runas the Shamed from World of Warcraft: Legion. In summary, he's a victim of magical addiction that tries to con you into helping him, then you realize he's not in his right mind, he's addiction fueled. He is really trying to be a good person, but he's screwed by circumstance. By the end, you really feel sorry for him because he isn't majority responsible for his situation. It does not end well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shenmue & Shenmue II

Even before getting to the story characters I have such vivid memories of all the shop owners, random people and the streets themselves.

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