Just Shapes and Beats, of all things. It tells a very basic story in such a charming way and the characters are simple but easy to get attached to. Friend of mine had the same experience when I gifted him the game.
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MyHouse.wad, a Doom 2 map about friendship and loss that really hits hard and awesome. Read the initial post, read the supplemental material on the Google Drive, if you feel like it and then play it.
Super Mario Galaxy also hit me but more for the joy and amazement at the innovative levels and gameplay. One of the few games I played with my wife to 100 % completion.
Stardew Valley never fails to make me get all weirdly emotional.
Thomas Was Alone.
How great writing works
I really cared for these literal blocks on screen.
Haven't seen Before Your Eyes mentioned yet. It's not a long game, but it's got a good story reliving the main character's life through their eyes. Also, you control it by blinking! As soon as you blink, there will be a time skip.
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Same! Loved Before Your Eyes. It was short and not necessarily replayable many times, but very emotional and unique. I'd love to find other unique games like this, where the main game/mechanic is new or different in some way like the blinking control was, but not sure how to find them!
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Eliza. If you are a software engineer working on product there's no game that will come as close as being relatable than this. It's just perfect. Is very short and there's barely any interactivity. The "scifi" layer than runs the main plot is good, as it's extremely believable and well done, but its nothing groundbreaking that has been talked about in other places. But the characters, good lord, the way they speak and experiences they tell... I swear that I have met carbon copies of some of them. Probably the best description of burnout and long days I have ever seen. If you don't work with software this is just a short, flawed VN. But if you do, I highly recommend it.
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Disco Elysium. IMHO the best writing in any game, and by a fucking mile (planescape was good as well but found DE much better). The phone call was ridiculously relatable and there were several other emotional moments that hit hard as well. The silliness was too much at first but it grew on me as it made the rest of the game much more palatable without becoming dark satire.
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Mass Effect. Okay it isnt as well written as the other two above but still manages to pull emotional strings with the characters. Specially Thane and Mordin.
Dragon Quest 11. Once with a mermaid side story, once with the main bit.
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This War of Mine, Quantum Break and #1 by far: Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
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Katawa Shoujo.
Pentiment. Just it.
I'm playing Ratchet and Clank: A Rift Apart and it's doing a good job of making me feel ways about stuff.
I really loved Cyberpunk 2077 for this, too.
Rocket League also makes me feel emotions. Mostly anger.
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you finally earn them their freedom, never to see them again... or when the possibility of their freedom suddenly becomes impossible, doomed to remain forever in the near-inhospitable Downside. And at the very end, when the choice happens, it's HARD to make.
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I pressed older brother's interact button in the final chapter.
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