r/Steam • u/Gabb_68 • 11d ago

Which game had you like this after finishing it? Discussion

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That feeling of emptiness and contemplation when you reach the end of a beautiful experience, when you realise you’ll never get to feel the same even if you were to re-play the game. For me it’s Outer Wilds

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u/AsocialTony 6d ago

When first beat Xenoblade 3 in 2023. The story and themes changed my outlook on life in the best possible ways. One of the best executed themes I've ever experienced in ANY media period, it made me feel so much, more than I knew I could. I now cope by watching let's-plays to feel fiction of how I back then :,)

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u/Jaccojoys 6d ago

Red dead redemption 1 and 2

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u/elucidator611 7d ago

Subnautica is one of the best games I've played in a while.

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u/xxbeansxx123 7d ago

Slime rancher and high on life.

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u/Bullshizfactory 7d ago

Prey. I played half the game with headphones on in constant fear

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u/Kalon-1 7d ago

Cyberpunk 2077. Devil ending.

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u/chiuthejerk 7d ago

The Last Of Us

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u/_Boodstain_ 7d ago

Halo 3/Reach, because I know after them comes the 343 era of games that fundamentally killed Halo.

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u/Just-Crazy-3322 7d ago

Five nights at Freddy‘s games

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u/DTeirR8 7d ago

Inscryption, Titanfall 2 campaign, and Outer Wilds

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u/Tanque_777 7d ago

Star WARS Jedi Survivor. The ending wasn't what I was expecting given how the first game ended you know?

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u/Civil-Addendum4071 7d ago

Fallout: New Vegas. Fallout 3 didn't quite "hit" the same way, what with Broken Steel revivifying you for the sake of plot.

But after the Dam.. that's it. You see the totality of all your actions, in the form of a slideshow overviewing everyone and every faction you interacted with. One each for the DLC's as well. The first time through, I had to stop after playing Dead Money because I had things of my own I was trying to hold onto. But sometimes, it's about letting go.

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u/NoodleDoodle567 7d ago

Detroit become human, one of few story games I've played and by far the best

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u/Specialist-Rent4229 7d ago

Last of us part 2

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u/SteelGoon07 7d ago

Portal 2.

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u/GunterWoke49 7d ago

World of tanks. Why do I suck so bad?

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u/Perfect_Garage_7289 7d ago

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

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u/AbyssWankerArtorias 7d ago

Lies of P bad ending.

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u/Duskmoor3 7d ago

Any deus ex game

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u/knightsinsanity 7d ago

The end of red dead redemption 2 when I got the good good ending. Or gears of war when Dom died.

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u/sanefrhulk1 7d ago

Far Cry 6.

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u/Sirbrofistswagsalot 7d ago

Elden ring lol

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u/Twooof 7d ago

Doki Doki Literature Club

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u/Ptone88 7d ago

Bioshock infinite, last of us

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u/Larry_Barri 7d ago

Halo reach, need I say more?

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u/Professional_Post364 7d ago

splatoon 1 the credits got me like that

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u/Comfortable_Start282 7d ago

Bad ending for Witcher 3 blood and wine

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u/Lightman83 7d ago

Not the end of the game, but the end of that Airport level in COD Modern Warfare 2.

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u/xevxnteen 7d ago

Persona 3 left me shook 15 years ago. It did again when the remake came out.

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u/Clawez 7d ago

Final Fantasy VII, Cyberpunk 2077

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u/roachdajoint 7d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2

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u/PotatoMuncher77 7d ago

Cyberpunk 2077, and the DLC.

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u/Mashu_Nair 7d ago

The last of us

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u/kingbreadbear 7d ago

any persona game

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u/CaptainJellyVR 7d ago edited 7d ago

Titanfall 2, Subnautica, a bunch of DS Pokemon games (man I miss the DS and DSI), Wind Waker (I played the Wii U Remake), BOTW and TOTK, I even remember there was this Transformers game on my old DS that I absolutely loved and felt so sad when it was done. Honestly really any game I actually manage to finish gave me that feeling for a good while. I have a big problem of playing most of the way through a game but never ending it, so when I do end up finishing one it's because I loved it so much. Then I just get a horrible pit at the end and have to move on. There are so many more, but I just can't think of them.

Edit: I forgot about Undertale, but I never played that one myself so I don't know if it counts. Even just watching someone else play it on YouTube was just... some of these game devs just really know how to pull at my heartstrings man, games have been a huge part of my life since I can remember.

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u/dolphinmachine 7d ago

FF7 REBIRTH

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u/Fury5087 7d ago

Mgr when I beat for the first time when I was like 10

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u/SyntheticDreams2099 7d ago

Why is he pregananate?

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u/whatisireading2 7d ago

Jazzpunk, every time

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u/EchoNightwatch 7d ago

Life is Strange...

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u/Suicidalpainthorse 7d ago

Dragon Age Origins

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u/Nitro_tech 7d ago

Halo 3

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u/scotttheravenger 7d ago

Definitely death stranding for me

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u/BlueBoiL 7d ago

Pizza Tower

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u/i_sound_withcamelred 8d ago

Limbo, The Lisa games, Rdr, Rdr2, Fallout new vegas, fallout 3, Manhunt, Darkwood, The Forest, The Metro games, and the Stalker games. Theres plenty more but i’ll limit myself.

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u/FullBananas0 8d ago

CoD Modern Warfare campaign ):

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u/PanicAny6963 8d ago

Mine was halo reach and halo odst and also gears of war series

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u/JamesTeancum 8d ago

Outer wilds

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u/Ok_Importance5725 8d ago

Dante’s inferno cut scenes were just beautiful imo and left me thinking about forgiveness and the lengths we’d go to to get it. And what my “sins” would look like if I took Dante’s journey myself. Mind you I was like 13 lol

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u/Big-Bat8888 8d ago

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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u/LuxLutraSolaris 8d ago

Final fantasy XV, that ending had me in tears ngl

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u/Chilled_burrito 8d ago

I cannot remember, I’ve been basically just watching stuff recently. I was mega depressed after Edgerunnders when it came out, but I doubt that counts.

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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 8d ago

Rogue Trader, left me whelmed. Maybe I need to play it again. 🤔

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u/Doomslayer2857 8d ago

God of war 2018 and the last of us

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u/Western_Ad_3598 8d ago

Brothers a tale of two sons, after finishing it in one go, it literally broke me…

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u/relmturch 8d ago

Titanfall 2

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u/Onyx_chain_Blaster 8d ago

Enter the gungeon lol

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u/thatnigakanary 8d ago

Biomutant, pure misery

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u/CCCL350 8d ago

Escape from Tarkov.

That shit will give you PTSD.

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u/Spacingguild10191 8d ago

Outer Wilds definitely. Leaves you feeling happy but still kinda melancholy at the same time.

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u/10fthe_FREAKS 8d ago

Tears of the kingdom

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u/Gargamel1982 8d ago

The game of life...

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u/Desperate_Airline568 8d ago

Outer Wilds 100%

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u/Magictyper75 8d ago

God of War ragnarok that one scene with Kratos and Atreus got me so good

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u/Slazy420420 8d ago

Spec-ops the line. Looks like a generic pfs but it'll mind f you at the end.

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u/ChickenOnARaf11 8d ago

Farcry 5 - whitetail mountains- mission: only you

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u/Not-a-Baconat0r 8d ago

Tears of the Kingdom

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u/Fangthefurry1 8d ago

I agree with imaddictedtocos

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u/Noideawhatnanetouse 8d ago

Gunbrella, took only 8 hours to finish the game, I definitely enjoyed it but like the entire time I played it I constantly felt like something was missing, I don't know how else to phrase it but just felt like another layer of the game just missing for some reason

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u/Jyapp448 8d ago

Xenoblade 3

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u/jinaweetv 8d ago

Stray.

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u/PanicLedisko 8d ago

Tales of Symphonia! Its an absolutely amazingly game! I love love LOVE the gamecube! A friend of mine introduced me to TOS back when we were kids and begged for it and the gamecube for Christmas from santa! I had my fiancé play it and he became obsessed with it immediately. I’m so glad I got to play it and enjoy it when I was young, when I play games now I really struggle with enjoying them and keeping my focus. I used to have a stick stack of papers that was my walkthrough for whenever I needed help with it.

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u/Godlovesugly_ 8d ago

Most of the Xenoblade series

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u/ExoFerrous 8d ago

OneShot

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u/Rainder-on-redit 8d ago

The ending of Portal 2 I was like 5 years old and I experienced a feeling I couldn’t comprehend, but it was a good feeling, a complete feeling honestly the whole turret choir got me in the feels

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u/LuminousShadow5 8d ago

All of the dark picture anthology games 😭 especially little hope and house of ashes

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u/AGM555 8d ago

not even finished yet but the game of life 1

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u/Inevitable_Bat7980 8d ago

The Last of Us Part II

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u/Substantial_Draft_28 8d ago

Life is strange: Before the storm

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u/abenubashi 8d ago

Hellblade, Senua's Saga.

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u/SekiShao 8d ago

Doki Doki Literature Club, I actually read the spoilers but still got frightened on seeing Sayori going sayonara...

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u/KingVengeance1990 8d ago

I'm trying my best to remember......I might get down voted 😬

Oh!

My first time playing God of War 3 back in 2011. The ending had me speechless.

Resident Evil: Code Veronica x

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u/EnlargedQuack 8d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2. No game has ever left me so emotional by the end of it.

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u/technerd1988 8d ago

Dead space, hearing twinkle twinkle little star in surround sound. Nearly peed myself

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u/HistoricalCrew1585 8d ago

Titan fall see Titan fall was one of the most underrated games see the mechanics the story the gameplay and the connection it was made between you and bt all the bosses you go through with him the kills you get the times he helps you the times you help him

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u/Vampire1415 8d ago

Metro last night

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u/ReduxVII 8d ago

Omori

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u/Tomatoflee 8d ago

I scrolled down super far and couldn’t find anyone saying Last of Us Part 2 or Disco Elysium

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u/Jacobszy 8d ago

FF 10 😭

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u/cosmic_gorilla69420 8d ago

Every game when it ends fills me with a deep sadness

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u/OriginalWolfe 8d ago

Read dead 2

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u/Extension-Lie-3272 8d ago

Milkman 2: When I am not home.

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u/space-lumps 8d ago

Sally face fs

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u/Chobo0 8d ago

Half life 2 ep 2 or Hotline Miami 2

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u/Lazarus548 8d ago

Has anybody heard of the game Sekiro? ha ha... neither have i... excuse me while i go have a mental break down!

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u/Thebiggestguy09 8d ago

Puzzle agent 😭

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u/attaboy000 8d ago

One of the endings of CP 2077.

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u/overwatchfanboy97 8d ago

Persona 4 golden

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u/904Magic 8d ago

Fo3 if only for the fact i had the super mutant as my companion and there was no option to let him activate the geck. Bs. I still lose sleep over this all these years later.

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u/Correct_Giraffe7976 8d ago

Bioshock Infinite for sure

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u/8_bitzgaming 8d ago

Sally Face

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u/dethlord_youtube 8d ago

Bioshock infinite. There was one other game but I've forgotten it.

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u/PewPewPorniFunny 8d ago

I might be an odd one out here.. but Alan Wake

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u/GrimesMcNasty 8d ago

Far Cry 3

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u/W1nter_Shadow 8d ago

Super Mario Galaxy

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u/TLPYETE 8d ago

Signalis

I've seen every ending, and none of them feel even the least bit hopeful. I've become fairly certain that the game's message is supposed to be "there's nothing you can do to make things better" and that honestly breaks my heart.

"She'll never dance with us again."

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u/Connorheats 8d ago

Ghost of tsushima, one of the most emotional endings I've seen in a videogame.

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u/IzzyTheDragonborn 8d ago

Hellblade: Senua's sacrifice

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u/hello14235948475 8d ago

when I finally beat the bungie halo games.

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u/no_-_-_-_-_u 8d ago

Fallout 4 and new vegas

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u/NoSanityLeft90 8d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2

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u/Ok_Classic6739 8d ago

Finishing tlou 2 was depressing. Finishing both of the newer God of War’s had me excited for the next. I just love those games. Another one is when I finished Ghost of Tsushima (SPOILERS) I ended up choosing kill and omg when she started singing I almost cried. I feel like it fitted more. Also I never finished rdr2 but the ending I cried a lot.

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u/Kukri_Cuts 8d ago

Halo. All of them. Except 4 and 5. Also, The Bureau XCOM Declassified

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u/Sea-Session-1630 8d ago

Conkers Bas Fur Day….. Lost his gf :/

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u/slvrtngs 8d ago

The Devil in Me

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u/Thoracias 8d ago

The original Silent Hill

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u/Elemental_Aura11 8d ago

Red Dead Redemption II

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u/Little-Apartment-437 8d ago

KH3…it was the build up from my childhood dreams leading into adult disappointment

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u/GrandMoffGage 8d ago

O m o r i

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u/Shaggydevinator 8d ago

honestly, it would have to be botw

i was like, "is there really nothing left to do?"

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u/phatshit450 9d ago

Life is strange

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u/doggggggggggu bean.ng 9d ago

beamng.

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u/MrLordMonkey 9d ago

Brothers

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u/Two-Pixel 9d ago

Red Dead Redemption 2. Its easily one of the best games period. There is so many different ways to play the game and so many different side quests with unique choices. The fact it came out almost 6 years ago to is crazy to me. Rockstar out did themselves then out did themselves again.

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u/Viccerz21 9d ago

Spec Ops: The Line

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u/Few_Secretary_8846 9d ago

I wani hug that gator

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u/FPIforgottheNUM8ER 9d ago

Soma is literally this. Too bad I got it spoiled so I didn’t get this moment. But otherwise, I didn’t lay there sad. But Alan wake 2 had me staring at the credits. Pls don’t spoil the ng+ btw. I haven’t played it yet.

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u/BenjaminoBest 9d ago

I think Hellblade. Bioshock. Evil Within. I’m trying to think of some older games but it’s hard off the top of my head. Mafia is one I’m reminded of though.

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u/chive2468 9d ago

COD4 TWL playoffs

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u/Onepiece_0 9d ago

Farcry 5 had me like this because I was sad there was not much left to do but hyped for the next game cause it was ended on a cliffhanger. Then we got New dawn which was… alright.

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u/Exotic_Bad_7133 9d ago

The coffin of Andy and Laylay

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u/theparmersanking 9d ago

far cry 5

the fact that after everything you did >! none of it mattered, all your friends died, joseph won and he was right the whole time!< was a huge kick in the head

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u/Silverrrmoon 9d ago

Undertale without a doubt

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u/JollyEast509 9d ago

Yakuza 0

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u/askaboutcults 9d ago

Emily is away 2

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u/Ornery_Appeal_3311 9d ago

I wish I could replay Planet of Lana again soo bad

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u/SwerdnaJack 9d ago

Portal 2

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u/Areaofunknown2 9d ago

Spec ops the line. Played it forever ago and think about it often left me feeling shocked

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u/Sil80s 9d ago

Fran Bow

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u/GrandWheel348 9d ago

Hollow Knight.

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u/fizzer13 9d ago

Fallout: New Vegas. Did I make the right decision? Maybe I could’ve saved those ghouls? Maybe the legion is the true answer to the IRS I mean NCR? So many questions

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u/TheOriginalOrenji 9d ago

Before Your Eyes. It was more of a gut punch than a feeling of emptiness

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u/Hamter1023 9d ago

Ngl it was titan fall two

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u/AdBright1226 9d ago

Doom Eternal as I played it for months and then it just ended and it was amazing

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u/WhiteLaundry 9d ago

To The Moon The rapid combos of emotion at the end just made me lose faith in experiencing anything close to equivalent

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u/Luna_Senshu 9d ago

Oneshot.

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u/THROBBINW00D 9d ago

Soul reaver 2

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u/theunstablelego 9d ago

Halo reach

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u/Electronic-Vast-3351 9d ago

Dark Souls 1

Metal Gear Solid 2

Metal Gear Solid 4

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u/Johnnydtuff 9d ago

God of war Ragnarok

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u/IAmVERYBoredHelpMe 9d ago

Portal. I spent the whole damn game trying to get out only to be dragged right back down? Scam

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u/saifster9 9d ago

Heavy Rain

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u/Ghost_82x 9d ago

Disco Elysium. Game was a masterpiece despite all of the controversy

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

Half life

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u/lakemmekal 9d ago

to the moon and katawa shoujo both are more like visual novels but man they stuck with me

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u/Grim_Reaper_1511 9d ago

Divinity original sin 2. This game is THE best that was EVER created

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u/PandaMayFire 9d ago

Amnesia: The Dark Descent. A bit dated at this point, but a masterpiece nonetheless.

I loved the ambience, music, characters, and story. I wouldn't mind a remake. The second game was interesting.

The third game was awful. The newest game is okay. So, the first is still my favorite out of the series of four.

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u/HazeConfluxNexus 9d ago

Playdead's INSIDE

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u/Yaykozoltz 9d ago

Half life alyx. Such a great game Sadly not that much people can experience it, I hope it will change soon

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u/AD03_YT 9d ago

Stray

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u/Avarant 9d ago

The original Nier. I played it before Automata with no expectations on what it would be at the end and the revelations that hit during new game plus were just crushing.

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u/spintrackz 9d ago

Scorn was straight up disturbing.

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u/NegotiationHeavy6733 9d ago

Sounds very stupid but dishonored had me like that,(bc i Made the Bad ending)

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u/GoldenWind2998 9d ago

Mother 3 played this and then my grandmother died shortly after

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u/AgileField2735 9d ago

Easily the Airport in MW2. As a kid I didn’t have the game but I remember playing it and being like “Bruh… wtf did we just do?” Just to get clipped at the end of it is CRAZY.

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u/PuzzleheadedJoker 9d ago

Omori 😵‍💫

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u/SlavicBoy99 9d ago

Trepang2

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u/maks9999999999999 9d ago

однозначно mafia 2

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u/xEdwardTeach 9d ago

Cyberpunk

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u/13toycar 9d ago

Black Mesa

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u/OkDiamond2686 9d ago

Ddlc nuff said

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u/Soft-Turnover-5468 9d ago

Subnautica

Metal Gear Solid 3

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u/V1P3R_HAX 9d ago

Titanfall 2

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u/soda_pop77 9d ago

cuphead tbh lol i

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u/SonicEchoes 9d ago

Phantasy Star II for the Sega Genesis. After 32ish years after its release I finally beat it lol