There have been movies where it drove me emotional at times. Usually, these films are made by good filmmakers and a excellent film crew who knows how to push the right buttons. The musical score and acting as a lot to do with it as well, not just good directing or a good script.
But in a game, it's tough to feel that same emotional surge or be touched on the same level. A movie, after all, is live-action with real people portraying realistic things. For example, I never cried or got emotional with a animated movie, hand-drawn nor CGI, so games are kind of the same. But on the contrary, the only animated film that ever got me emotional was Grave of the Fireflies. And this movie proves that even an animated movie can have the same powerful effect as a live-action movie.
In other words, it's not that games can't be emotional like films or whatnot, but like Grave of the Fireflies, it just has to be done right. This is my own personal critique on Japanese developed games, particularily RPGs, but they do tend to be a little too melodramatic at times. But there was only one series that really did touch me in a genuine way and it was Suikoden II & III. I won't give away spoilers but the endings for these games was impactual because it dealt with the characters rather than the state or circumstances of the world.
I always believed that characters make a great story and so I just encourage RPG developers to make stories that deal with universal themes that deal with the characters so that players can relate to what's going on. That one game, Trusty Bell looks like it can be quite emotional since it deals with touchy themes.
Anyway, this is what I think about it.
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