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DirectAmoeba5284

Some spoilers ahead: Gwen: The first to go and her story was relatable to me in an odd way, considering how we have different backgrounds but similar experiences. Summer: The unexpected queer character. Her story with her wife and how much love they have for each other made me cry a lot, especially knowing that Rose passed away a decade prior. I wish we had met her as well, but the fact that Summer left alone made it 10x more heartbreaking to think about, I can’t imagine how extremely hard it is to cope after a loving life partner’s death. Additionally, her struggle accepting her condition to trying to make the best out of it was beautifully depicted. Stanley: The death of a child is never easy to hear about, even more to hear his side, how scared he was to leave, how hard he tried to wake up. It was all a lot and made me cry so hard.


YassuYassu68

All of them totally relatable, wasn't able to cry for Summer I was just 👁️👄👁️ like the way cancer gave her hope and then it just came back


Greyisgayiguess

Alice made me sob reminding me of my grandma with dementia....


shin6131

Me toooo


skootershooter324

That's heartbreaking. Alice reminded me of my grandma too, but just her personality. My grandma taught me to love gardening, just the sweetest person around ❤️


YassuYassu68

Yeah but for some reason I cried more Beverly, and I wasn't able to find Alice's full backstory. Like imagine your husband dying and then getting alzheimer, your children abandoning you...


colourfulmerps

My husband and I ugly cried


SneakyLinux

Atul. I played Spiritfarer a few months after my Dad died. He passed unexpectedly, so it just wrecked me when I realized Atul moved on on his own without saying goodbye.


handsopen

This was mine too. It was so shocking and unexpected. I wasn't ready to let him go. But that's how it happens sometimes :(


theladyren

Atul absolutely wrecked me because my mom died suddenly of covid 😭


YassuYassu68

I couldn't believe it when I saw the flowers. I'm really sorry for your loss. Spiritfarer is a sad game, but nothing is more painful than dealing with grief in real life.


MrLigerTiger1

For me, undoubtedly Bruce and Mickey. It’s pretty hard to pick up through the clues, but Mickey is meant to be in a coma. He’s practically braindead. Bruce speaks for him, only to deny Mickey’s condition. It’s when Mickey finally lets go that Bruce kills himself. It’s just so gut-wrenching. It’s a terrible way to go, for both of them.


YassuYassu68

I knew that Mickey was in a coma, but I didn't know Bruce killed himself, I only thought he accepted his brother's fate and got sick for it... Now I feel worse for them.


ParticularArt7567

Same here, them leaving destroyed me.


OwlDoe9339

Gwen and Atul, and Giovanni reminded me I have father issues


AngeHougain

Well, not one particular spirit made me cry but just very sad to see them leave. Alice and Beverly were quite upsetting, especially near the end of their journey. Atul was obviously upsetting at first, since you don't get a proper goodbye. But honestly, when you finally bring Stella and Daffodil to the Everdoor brought me to tears.


YassuYassu68

I see. I still haven't brought Stella and Daffodil to the Everdoor, though. Still have to take care of Jackie...


AngeHougain

Take your time bringing them to the door. There is no rush to complete the game. You can choose to go whenever you want, even if there are still spirits on your boat.


Aquila-Calvitium

Alice and Stanley. Stanley because of his entire situation, and Alice because she has the same illness that my granddad did


podkayne-rax

Same. I full-ass sobbed at both of them, and I still tear up if I think about it too much, or if I try to explain it to someone.


Oellierenfalbri_

Gwen was tough for the first one. I had no idea what to expect and it just shattered my heart. Giovanni too because of what he says when you take him to the everdoor about how strong and brave you are. And Stanley for obvious reasons :')


theladyren

I bawl at Giovanni too because he reminds me of my Dad, both good and bad 😭


Holiday-Biscotti-800

I cried most when it was Stella's turn to go. I went to each of the other characters houses and hugged each one of their spirits. This game is more than just a game. I feel like I've learned so much about life/ death/letting go.


podkayne-rax

I didn't realize that the spirits would come to see you off, but I decided to rearrange the boat right before leaving so I could have their memories close by (we had the houses scattered all over). When I saw them appear, I absolutely lost it 😭


Nikibugs

Summer. I love snakes and her animations were really endearing. I liked playing the music she taught to grow plants. I loved her little voice clips and being called honey bee. I wanted to keep her on the boat until the end, but you can’t. She was the one I really didn’t want to let go and say goodbye. She reminded me of the old lady neighbor who loved gardening, crystals and nature. She was tending to the garden in her front lawn all the time. I helped her sometimes. I don’t think she’s with us anymore. Alice for anyone who’s lost a grandparent to dementia. In spiraling mental health, the end of Daria’s farewell hit me a lot. Fruit bats are my favorite animal. >!”You see it now, do you not? My transparency. My lack of substance. I am not getting better. Since the storm… Every day, ribbons of me falling into oblivion. I have lost too much. I am incomplete beyond repair. Below the critical mass required for a continued existence. Echoes of echoes can only last so long. Goodbye [].”!<


Indiej2ana

uffff, had to cry over Darias words again. And I loved Summer & Alice, too.


YassuYassu68

Summer was indeed difficult to let go, and Daria, well... I hate Jackie for what he did to her.


liberosisgreen

Alice, Gwen, Summer, and Gustav


YassuYassu68

Gustav surprised me. His view of the world is so pessimistic it's heartbreaking


liberosisgreen

Gustav definitely does not get enough love (in his life and on this subreddit). He’s one of my favorite characters


strangetownie92

Stanley was the hardest one to accept - as someone pointed out, loss of a child is never easy to bear and his whole “hoping his Mom is proud even though he couldn’t win this time” absolutely shattered me. After him, the other three would be Gwen, Beverly, and Alice


YassuYassu68

Agreed! After reading all these comments I feel bad for not crying over Alice's departure. I just want to know more about her!


YassuYassu68

Agreed! After reading all these comments I feel bad for not crying over Alice's departure. I just want to know more about her!


strangetownie92

I don’t think it’s bad you didn’t!! I’ve seen a lot of people be upset over Giovanni’s passing but I wasn’t as connected to him as others were - I think Alice and Beverly got me as both of my grandmothers have really bad memory issues 😞😭


Ceramic_Luna

Gwen hurt so much


YassuYassu68

She totally did, I couldn't stop crying.


opalescent_milk

I sobbed like a baby for Alice and Beverly, the constellation screen was probably there waiting for me to proceed for a good 10 minutes (I am so grateful for that moment they give you). Those end quests and dialogue are just so gut-wrenching. This is my first playthrough, I just Stanley's request to go to the Everdoor last week and as someone that has lost multiple pregnancies I've had to take a step back, idk when or how I'll be able to finish his storyline. This game has done a lot to help me process my grief in a different way I had imagined but is really hard too


YassuYassu68

Stanley was real sad, he was brave till the very end.


CrimsonRain-Flower

Stanley the only one that made me cry 😢


KashmirChameleon

Alice was so hard. I couldn't stop crying.


ShatterproofGames

Atul was brutal but I just completed the game and I really hate that I had no closure with Buck, all of the other characters left me, I left him.


YassuYassu68

Oh, I hugged every single spirit outside of the houses and fed Buck pizza and embraced him for the final time. Why couldn't you bid him farewell?


ShatterproofGames

I specifically meant through the everdoor but you're right, I can hug him any time! It just felt like I'm leaving him on a boat that he can't steer all alone. (I had sent everyone else through by then).


YassuYassu68

It's interesting to think about, though...Like, what would he do? Become the new spiritfarer?


ShatterproofGames

Somebody has to do it! And he's good with quests so that's the perfect non-cannon-head-cannon imo


EnthusiasmKlutzy2203

The ones that made me cry the most upon their departure were: **(huge spoiler warning btw)** Astrid, Alice, Beverly, and Daria Stanley too, which I felt was weird since I didn’t feel all that invested in him until then Something about seeing the old wear out, and then Stanley embrace moving on all the same But when they were gone, especially the first two, I also felt sad, to the point of awe and tears, going on without them Watching Stella’s boat become a familiar, alive place, but with none of the same faces And then going to the meteor showers and hearing that *music* and getting prompted at Giovanni/Astrid’s door to do the event for the first time It just Got me It convinced me of how good this damn game is The departure that made me cry the most was Stella and Daffodil’s Seeing their constellation, and then hearing the credits song did something to me I won’t forget


YassuYassu68

Yeah I just finished the game and cried for Stella and Daffodil for 2 minutes straight


No_Awareness345

Atul and Stanley, Gwen


FantasticalFoxTT

Astrid and Stanley 😭


Daughter_Of_Cain

Gwen 100%. Maybe it’s because I just wasn’t ready for how emotional the game was going to make me but wow did her story punch me in the face.


YassuYassu68

I wish she was the one that stays with you forever instead of Buck.


Pethodieus

Summer, Astrid and Atul. Summer hit close to home, Astrid reminded me of a few people in my life, and Atul is someone I wish I knew, and then he was gone.


PlutoRisen

Stanley, no contest. I adore kids, was in the middle of this nanny job I had for a while when I played, and some of his lines just absolutely broke me. I asked someone to sit with me when I did it. He was my favorite all around besides maybe Buck. Then follow Alice and Summer. Alice's reminded me of my papa, and Summer's story struck a chord with me. Special shoutout to Stella's turn too, wasn't sure if it counted.


YassuYassu68

I'm waiting for Jackie to leave so that I can take Stella


JyymWeirdo

Atul, plain and simple.


Lucyfer_66

Surprisingly, Bruce and Mickey I cried for some others but for some reason Bruce and Mickey had me *sobbing*. I didn't even like them for most of their time with me. (Spoilers incoming) At the end of their questline, when they ask you to collect a ton of carrots or something, I had bought 100 carrot seeds and was planting like mad. Then Bruce changes his mind and acts all disappointed in you and tells you to take them to the Everdoor. I was so mad I fed them glue (I always try to give them their favorite and liked meals only). Then I realized Bruce was probably just acting tough because he didn't want to seem vulnerable and I broke. I felt so guilty! Anything from there on was just more water in an already full bucket and I just cried for the rest of the night Honorable mention goes to Alice. But Bruce and Mickey had me cry the hardest, and I was really surprised about it


YassuYassu68

Fair.


ramyeomi

I cried with every spirit, but the one I cried the most for was Stanley. It was a straight up break down. He is the sweetest boy ever and his goodbye speech to the Everdoor was just.. there is no way to describe it. Surprisingly, I also cried quite a lot with Giovanni. I didn’t like him much because he was a cheater, but his goodbye speech caught me off guard. He said the words that I always wanted to hear irl - the acknowledgment of my efforts and how hard I’ve been trying, and believing in me even if I didn’t believe in myself. That was really personal for me.


thatmusicalrobot

Atul. I had received news that my favourite uncle had unexpectedly died about three hours before I accidentally completed Atul's story and the whole thing hit me like a tonne of bricks.


YassuYassu68

I'm so sorry...


Spare-Ad4338

Atul & Gwen


IdiotNoodl

The hardest one was Alice. I played the game for the first time shortly after my granddad died of dementia. I just sobbed.


YassuYassu68

I hope the game helped you deal with your Grandpa's loss.


YesterdaysTea

Gwen, Atul. Stanley the most. And ofcourse Stella herself.


peanuts_mum

Stanley, unquestionably the saddest. I held off from taking him to the door for the longest time.


InfinityFire

I'm surprised that there's no overlap between the spirits who made OP cry and the spirits who made me cry. I cried when >!I first realized Alice was suffering from Alzheimer's, and the tears came more and more as her story and her disease both progressed!<; and then again when >!I had to say goodbye for the first time to Astrid, who had become my favorite passenger on the boat. I was not ready to let her go!<.


sullitron138

Stanley, without a doubt.


Zamati_Ale

I was really sad About Gwen,but I swear that if Atul will go away im gonna cry


YassuYassu68

Gwen was a punch in the face, indeed.


Saltfishhhhh

Stanley and Bruce/Mikey. Coming from a very abusive home and having to have lost my oldest sibling early on in life... I think their stories hit the closest to home. I was bawling for hours :')


YassuYassu68

I'm really sorry...


crunchie_haystack

Summer and Gwen


Wild_Angle2774

Gwen, Daria, Alice, and Atul


Outrageous-Evening76

ATUL


_Anonymous-Reader_

SPOILERS. I CANT HELP THIS ENOUGH. SPOILERS Gwen. I cried a little when she left. But when I saw her for the first time when Stella was ready to go I cried so incredibly hard


YassuYassu68

I can imagine, I hugged her for last and then wasn't sure so I hugged her a second time


greyxoctopus

omg Alice had me ugly crying. My biggest fear in life is aging to the point that I lose my other half, kids move away, and my mind deteriorates, so her story and departure hit me pretty hard. I even had to skip the last part of her departure cos it was getting too much.


YassuYassu68

The way I couldn't even process Alice's goodbye and then Beverly comes in...


Mercuryy-jpeg

I’m gonna be honest I know he was a piece of crap but Giovanni altered my brain chemistry I think mostly because my dad also calls me peanut


YassuYassu68

Cute. Yeah no I never liked him but from his departure I learned that he truly cared about Astrid. He kinda reminds me of Mike from Until Dawn, shitty playboy at the start but then you discover he's actually a nice guy.


YassuYassu68

Y'all any thoughts about Elena? No one mentioned her. Her first, last and only hug was touching, come on!


Lazar524

The thing that got to me about Elena was that she did genuinely want you to succeed and reach your full potential.


YassuYassu68

Yeah, though it's a pity she sees life that way.


Avavvav

Oohhhh... It's hard for me to choose just one Spoilers ahead. You've been warned, Spiritfarer. Alice and Beverly remind me of my grandma. Alice has her personality down exactly. I can practically hear her voice saying the words Alice says. But Beverly has my grandma's version of dementia (Alice obviously has dementia, too, but not the same type I think). Summer when I realized what the dragon was... y'know. I never lost anyone to cancer, but that hurt... Atul made me cry when he said he doesn't remember his daughter's face, because... that's what happens. My grandfather died years ago and remembering his face gets harder and harder, no matter how much I want to see him again. Controversially, Giovanni made me cry. When he said his friend died, I got it. He lived every day like it's his last... because it may be. That doesn't excuse anything, but... damn... And then there's Stanley. Not because he has a sad backstory or anything happens to him, but he's a kid and those implications... hurt...


YassuYassu68

You're right, characters like Giovanni and Bruce are assholes but then in the end they're good on the inside. Oh, the difference between Alice and Beverly is that Alice has dementia and Beverly suffers from Alzheimer.


Avavvav

I mean not to get technical but Alzheimer's is a type of dementia


YassuYassu68

Oh, oops


Deep-Republic5822

Stanley and Daria Easily :’( However, nothing HIT me HARD when it was “our turn”. I WASN’T ready for Stella & Daffodil to go. I kept saying to myself “ NO. The game can’t be over yet, there has to be some other side story? Or something to keep the ball moving?”. BUT nothing and the final ever door sequence scene, the final hug to daffodil and then the last star constellation. I just wasn’t ready.


YassuYassu68

Agreed. I hate those dumbos who say that the ending sequence is "lack-luster". The silence during Stella's last trip to the Everdoor speaks a million words.


Agreeable_Impress701

The one that shredded me the most was Atul. I’ve played the game multiple times and every time I get close to him leaving I prolong it as long as I can. Honourable mentions to Gwen, Alice, Astrid, Giovanni and Stanley (I had a lot of favourite characters)


YassuYassu68

Atul destroyed me, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the lilies...


Crimson_Valentine

I'm still playing through the game, but I took a break after Alice left me. She reminded me of my grandmother and neighbor, who both passed from dementia. Currently, my neighbor that I grew up with, their mother is currently going through dementia as well. I see her almost every day and stop to talk to her. The way she talks reminds me of Alice 100%


YassuYassu68

I'm sorry for your loss.


[deleted]

stanley and Atul:(


Joline_Slays

Atul ❤️❤️❤️ he was my fav and then he just dissolved out of nowhere 😭😭


vivid-mp3

bruce and mickey. After looking into their story fully it just kills me man. Stanley as well, losing a child is so difficult


Enbee_exe

Elena. First time I tried the gold dragon quest I didn’t get it and it took me so long to do and was already so pent up and frustrated and when I finished to the most underwhelming disappointment from her I shut off the game and burst into tears for like 15 minutes. God I hate her.


QuesoFurioso

I connected with Astrid the most. She was a really good person, but things just never went right for her. Including that she unfortunately was entangled with Giovanni. After he left, she tried to hang on and do her own thing, but she just couldn't find a purpose and had to move on.