30-day video game challenge :~: game with the best cutscenes

final fantasy: xiii (2009 / 2010)

“don’t worry, this tear will be her last. i’ll make sure of that.”

“i was just like you. my parents died. i had to be strong for serah, so i thought i needed to forget my past. and i became lightning. i thought that by changing my name, i could change who i was. i was just a kid. lightning. it flashes bright, then fades away. it can’t protect. it only destroys.”

“and what if that gets people around you involved? what happens when your actions end up ruining someone’s life? what if someone dies? what then, snow? how do you pay for what you’ve done? …nora estheim. she was my mother. and she died because of you!”