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* Hell, if you really wanna get down to it, Resident Evil in general. The premise. The whole town of Raccoon City: innocent women, children, the elderly, hell [[And Your Little Dog, Too]], being infected, killed, and resurrected into flesh-eating, shambling corpses, that [[You Bastard|YOU]] have to kill. The worst part? This could have been avoided if Umbrella weren't such dicks.
** Maybe somewhat similarly, in ''REmake'', just clear the mansion as much as you can, wander the halls, and ponder the deaths of the other members of S.T.A.R.S. for a little while. Especially Edward ([[What Happened to Mommy?|poor little teammate Rebecca]]), Forest (Jill's version of the scene where he's discovered dead does have impact), or Richard (especially if you fail the [[Timed Mission]] that ensues after first running into him). All a bunch of brave and perfectly likable men who had no idea what they were up against and ended up brutally murdered. They had a certain amount of backstory, character, and all of that. And you know what? Most of S.T.A.R.S. were kind of friends. And you have to turn out to be just too late to help them out. Seriously do factor in characters' histories with each other the best you can, too - fail the aforementioned [[Timed Mission]] as Chris and Rebecca has to watch the guy who showed her the ropes as a S.T.A.R.S. member die; Chris and Forest were somewhat close as well as friendly rivals, and if the latter's zombification doesn't hit you a little bit during a Chris playthrough, have a peek at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CgbQnI_oeA this], focus on Chris at the very end and listen to the zombie's moans niiiice and closely... Oh. Also Enrico. There was a mission in ''Umbrella Chronicles'' from Rebecca's point of view in which she and Richard are searching for their captain, sure that once they find him, everything will be all right. Yeah. Not only does he die, he's last in the game's body count. Not only is it painfully clear that he wasn't able to save his men, the last thing he realizes is that it's because they were all betrayed that all of this had to happen to them. Whether or not any of this actually gets you crying depends on who you are, but it's bound to at least spark a "...son of a ''bitch''" kind of reaction.
*** Might be slightly mitigated by the fact [[Everyone Lives]] in the canonical version of
* It's a small moment, but in the habitations/save room in the Treatment Plant stage of ''[[Resident Evil
* The remake/port of the first game on the Gamecube has one. If you are playing as Jill, {{spoiler|when you meet Barry in the underground of the mansion, he points his gun at her since Wesker manipulated him by using his family as blackmail. Jill wrestles the gun out of his hand and aims it at him. The monster that has been stalking the player appears and Barry frantically begs Jill to give his gun back. If you say yes, you'll be on the road to the good ending. Say no, and you'll see Jill hesitate, which at this point, the monster attacks Barry, knocking him into the abyss as he drops a photo of his family near Jill.}}
** For that matter, the story behind the monster, {{spoiler|Lisa,}} herself, {{spoiler|she was once a little girl whose father designed the mansion and unfortunately knew its secrets. She and her mother were kidnapped when Umbrella muredered her father. The two were experimented upon with what would become the T-virus until her mother died. Lisa wasn't as fortunate; she mutated into a grotesque form and her mental faculties degenerated. Lonely, and obsessed with her mother, Lisa went insane. It gets really depressing when you read her diary and the messages from her parents dotting the game.}}
*** "mom, where? I mis yuo" (typos are from the original, due to {{spoiler|Lisa's}} mental degeneration). [[Sincerity Mode|Nothing that horrible should happen to a child.]]
*** Combine {{spoiler|Lisa}}'s diary, {{spoiler|her mother}}'s letter ("I wish I could touch your face and hold you in my arms right now..."), {{spoiler|her father}}'s diary ("Because of my ego, I got both of you involved in this whole damned conspiracy. Forgive me."), and add that pitiful moan at the end on top of it all, "Mo...ther..." Dear God...that last little touch is like twisting a knife that's already embedded in your heart.
* ''[[Resident Evil 2
** Which in the A scenario, has probably the saddest piece of music in the game.
** See also [[Narm]] due to cheesy voice acting.
** In fairness, [[Narm Charm|most RE fans have a high tolerance for this]]. Of course, the ''novelization'' of that scene hits a lot harder, mostly because we as readers have gotten to hear a lot of Ada's thoughts over the course of the story, and have consequently grown more attached to her as a character.
** Sherry meeting her almost dead mother in Claire B.
* ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]'', when [[Tragic Monster]] Steve changes back to human form, but then dies.
** This Troper clings to the small hope that Steve is alive. Because, otherwise... * sniff*
** And when Steve had to kill his dad... Definetely a tear jerker.
*** Heck, what happened to Steve throughout his backstory and ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica|Code: Veronica]]''. He's in prison because his dad was caught leaking information. His mom was killed because of it, so now he has major trust issues. There's a biohazard and the two survivors are Alfred (who's fucking nuts) and Claire. But, since he has those trust problems, he doesn't trust Claire at first. He has to kill his own dad after he became a zombie. They eventually escape, only to end up in Antarctica. Then they try to escape, only to be foiled by Alexia, who {{spoiler|injects him with the t-Veronica virus, which causes him to mutate horribly. He attempts to kill Claire. And dies. Then his body gets stolen by Wesker.}}
** This troper may or may not have a little of a sibling complex, but she finds {{spoiler|the twins' "reunion" after Alfred gets owned}} rather twistedly moving. {{spoiler|He gets shot, falls down a huge pit, and still manages to drag himself to the spot where Alexia's frozen leaving a bright red blood trail all the while just in time to see her wake up - the last things he sees and probably in his eyes the best thing he could've picked, having literally missed her [[Villainous Crossdresser|like]] [[Split Personality|crazy]] while they were apart. As for her, oh, what a fine thing to wake up to, and while herself doesn't change expression at all she blows up Claire and Steve's snowmobile from probably miles away, proceeding to cradle her dead brother, stroking his hair and singing him a lullaby. Somehow it makes it all the worse that with the time Alexia's been frozen for, this is the first time - and obviously ends up being the ''only'' time - they've seen each other since they were kids.}}
* What happens to Manuela in ''[[Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles|Darkside Chronicles]]'' if {{spoiler|you get the bad ending. Make sure you take less than ten minutes to avoid it, please.}}
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** Now Wesker {{spoiler|is dead. Quite dead.}} This troper vaguely remembers seeing (very) early screenshots of ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' where Chris found a mysterious girl in suspended animation. Obviously, this did not make it into the final game, and the girl in the pod {{spoiler|turned out to be Jill Valentine}}, but Sherry will not be happy that the man who promised to not forget/abandon her not only went back on his word, but ([[Fanon|possibly]]) killed her adoptive father. Angst + [[Psychic Powers]] = very bad for Chris.
*** First off, Leon was the one who dealt with her, Chris never encountered her once. Second, no psychic powers. Third, Wesker's Report said that Wesker had her. No idea when they'll deal with that plot point again.
*** Wesker's Report, or at least that part of it, seems to have been [[Retcon|Retconned]] out of existence. ''Darkside Chronicles'' makes it explicitly clear that Sherry and Leon were captured by the US government after [[Resident Evil 2
** Her parents don't seem to care very much about her? Not even close. It's implied that both William and Annette cared very much for Sherry, but were simply too busy with their work to be able to spend any time with her, and cherished every moment they could spend together. If anything, the fact that the Birkins were a close loving family makes their tragic fates all the more heartwrenching.
* MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!
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** YMMV on David not suffering either. Through the entire game he seemed enraged at the entire situation and most determined to survive. Then consider that his fighting could all have been in vain... "I'm supposed to feel awful, but I felt like laughing. Why? Well it really doesn't matter now...does it?"
* Despite ''[[Resident Evil 5|5]]'' being so actiony, what really got to this troper was after {{spoiler|you fight Jill. She admits that she couldn't control herself and was forced to do horrid things. And you see part of that when she's wearing the bird mask, like infecting the first Uroboros victim.}}
** Oh, heck, the whole scene with {{spoiler|Jill}} after she's freed of the control device. She seems so physically tired and so very very ''sad''... Maybe it's just a male thing, but that brought out ''all'' of
** How about the people in the Uroboros facility in those pods? They are all people kidnapped from all over the world to be experimented on. If they're rejected, their bodies are dumped out. That one conveyor belt, you know ''that one'', where they jump up to kill you? They're the experiments that are being dumped out. Mixing [[Tear Jerker]] and [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] together, they will never see their families again, are probably in agony, and half of them are being incinerated ''alive''.
*** The same happened to personnel in the labs. You can find an e-mail in which a scientist is glad to return soon to his friends and family. A couple levels later you will find a report on how all who worked here were put in coma by sleeping gas, terminated and cremated. Yes, everyone, [[Fridge Horror|including that scientist]].
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* May be a meta example, but while looking through the resident evil crowning pages I noticed there was nothing on heartwarming. This troper became rather sad when he couldn't think of anything to add.
* At the beginning of the trailer for RE 6, Leon is forced to kill the President of the United States, who has become infected with a virus (presumably the T-Virus) and turned into a zombie. Keep in mind that he's a personal friend of Leon.
** Especially when you're one of the people that theorize Leon doesn't havevery many close friends. The one friend he had turned into a zombie. This man went through many scenarios where he jumped to kill the once human monsters with no hesitation. In
* Leon in general. As mentioned above it's theorized Leon doesn't have very many close friends. He screams Luis' name at his death, a man he knew for less than a day. His comrade, Krauser, went evil and they had to have a fight to the death. Ada is constantly backstabbing him (although it's comforting to know she does care for him and actively avoids having to kill him.) Sherry is used to blackmail him into a government job. The only real friends he has at this point are Claire and Hunnigan. The man's went through a lot and it's a wonder he hasn't gone crazy.
* {{spoiler|Rachael's death}} in ''Revelations''. {{spoiler|Trapped and cornered, as an Ooze kills her she desperately pleads for help, tearfully wishing this was all a bad dream. And then she becomes the very thing she fought against...}}
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