redconfession | Day 9 - Saddest Game Scene

~~Day 1 - Your very first video game.~~
~~Day 2 - Your favorite character.~~
~~Day 3 - An underrated game.~~
~~Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game.~~
~~Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were).~~
~~Day 6 - Most annoying character.~~
~~Day 7 - Favorite game couple.~~
~~Day 8 - Best soundtrack.~~
Day 9 - Saddest game scene.
Day 10 - Best gameplay.
Day 11 - Gaming system of choice.
Day 12 - A game everyone should play.
Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times.
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
Day 15 - Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes.
Day 17 - Favorite antagonist.
Day 18 - Favorite protagonist.
Day 19 - Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Day 20 - Favorite genre.
Day 21 - Game with the best story.
Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you.
Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Day 24 - Favorite classic game.
Day 25 - A game you plan on playing.
Day 26 - Best voice acting.
Day 27 - Most epic scene ever.
Day 28 - Favorite game developer.
Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
Day 30 - Your favorite game of all time.

I don't have to delve too far into my gaming past to find my saddest scene--it's from one of the last games I've played. In Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, you have access to optional memories involving Ezio's brief flame from II, Cristina. They all deal with him crossing paths with Cristina while on his path for revenge and his rise as an assassin. In this one, the second memory, Ezio revisits the day his brothers were killed.

Art by TheMinttu

I've never had a problem with playing a game before, but as I had to take the bodies of Ezio's dead family members one by one and carry them to a nearby boat so he could properly bury them, I'll admit I had issues. A couple of times I had to walk away and come back to it. I'm pretty sure I cried. It was just so powerful, so incredibly sad, that I couldn't do anything else. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in a game emotionally, and the saddest scene I've ever witnessed.