Lost Odyssey/Tear Jerker


 * Lost Odyssey had its moments in the main story - primarily the death of  - but it's in the sub-section The Dreams of a Thousand Years that the tears really start flowing. While having no impact on the actual game-flow or story, these tidbits of memory from Kaim's thousands years of life - watching people being born, grow up, and die, being happy or in despair, dying young or in ripe old age... with atmospheric music and artisticly-rendered background imagery, these simple, written tales don't just tug your heartstrings - they play them like a harp. Which is probably a good thing, since that's basically the only point of their existence.
 * Well, that and the achievement.
 * The ending, with all the characters
 * Lost Odyssey still has me reaching for tissues on every part of A Thousand Years of Dreams, especially the first one, Hanna's Departure. Watch and you will understand.
 * For this troper it was "Don't forget me, y'hear!" because his grandmother was in a very similar situation between having a stroke and her death.
 * "Letters from a Weakling" deserves a mention: Kaim's friend Alex marries a woman named Myna and brings her to his home town, a small and insular village. Myna is of a different race and doesn't speak the language well; she tries, but no one in the village accepts her. The entire time, Myna writes to Kaim, lying about how happy she is - Alex intercepts the letters in order to read them and forges answers from Kaim telling Myna to stay strong and that he'll visit soon, while sending his own letters begging Kaim to visit.
 * , in the ending. And if you're not bawling your eyes out at A Thousand Years of Dreams, you are one ice cold bastard.