The Second Game That Has Put Tears in My Eyes

I finished MGS4 tonight. No spoilers, I promise. All I'd like to say is that there is no other game out there that has been so emotionally satisfying on every level, that puts every kind of emotion imaginable in your head. It is, like the title says, only the second game that has ever made me cry.

The first? Final Fantasy 7 which I played a long long time ago when I first experienced the storytelling techniques of videogames. The death of Aeris was so shocking and so out of nowhere that I didn't know what to think. Then the reactions of the characters, the music, and the burial seen brought the tears to my eyes and, for the first time ever, I felt emotionally connected to a game beyond excitement.

No game since then has been able to affect me like that though I've been invested in some way or another. But upon completing Metal Gear Solid, I felt a rush of emotion that came out of nowhere and tears welled up in my eyes again. This, in my mind, is the mark of something perfect. The gameplay isn't revolutionary and there is still an abundance of cinematics but as a longtime Metal Gear fan, I don't care. It was the very reason I got a PS3 and it was money well spent.

I don't know if the game has affected you like it affected me, but it has put Kojima on a whole other level in my mind. Whatever he does next, I will be paying very close attention.