Games That Make You Cry

So, in the industry people are apparently trying to use, "games that make you cry" as a means of defining if video games can be considered an artform or not. Which always confuses me... as I've cried, plenty of times, because of video game stories.

Take Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Which I just passed last night on my flight out of D.C.

The last case ended with this sentimental moment of sisters reuniting, and some emotional statement of life, in general. That is, the past happens. Sometimes the past is really bad. But, really, you just have to forgive those things and people. This will then open you up to experiencing new joys.

Deep. Profound. Made me weep. (The dude sitting next to me, who couldn't stop trying to get in my pants, was probably weirded out. Not enough though because he'd always try to talk to me and ask me out on dates for when we're landed. FYI - I'm not a "pane talker". You Oregonians need to learn to just STFU!)

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Although, maybe it's an American game developer problem. Japanese games, for some reason, have always moved me much more emotionally then American ones. Maybe I'm just old school. Maybe Japanese devs, "just get it". I dunno... . . .