Favourite video game twists...

[DJPooka]

~Warning - this might result in spoilers!~

Ok, so we've had threads for best and worst bad guys, and I'm guessing there's one around for the OMGKoolist hero, but what about the non-characters in the games? What's your favourite twist in any video game? The one part of the game that leaves you speechless in shock the first time you ever come across it....

For me, it's got to be KOTOR, when you suddenly discover who you really are. You spend the whole game chasing around the galaxy behind Malek and Revan, only to discover that.... (spoilered below, in case you've not played it, but it's in black....)

You are Darth Revan!

I really was shocked when I first found that out, I really wasn't expecting it, and it made the whole story that much more intense!

[CCDaDon]

Vat a tweest!

[RockBandRocker]

#1) When we find out that Bruce Willis has been a ghost the entire movie.
#2) When the gal leaves the village of 1860, and it's really 2005.

(What? We aren't talking about M. Night Shama-llama-ding-dong movies?)

[topperharley]

You already listed my #1 twist.

[monkeyfish]

"Thank you, Mario, but our princess is in another castle!"

[Swivle]

Bioshock's meeting with Andrew Ryan blew my mind.

[RockBandRocker]

"Thank you, Mario, but our princess is in another castle!"

That always ticked me off! :mad:

[monkeyfish]

That always ticked me off! :mad:

Me too. It means, out of eight, then seven, then six, then five, then four, then three, then two castles, I walked all the way to the ONE castle that is not only guarded by Bowser, but doesn't even have the ****ing princess in it. -_-

[DethTung]

That always ticked me off! :mad:

What ticked me off even more was when you had to play Ghosts 'n' Goblins all over again because your first go was apparently a hallucination. The first time that happened to me I just thought this:

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUU...

[Rocket2Russia]

Samus = Girl (I actually learned this when I first played SSBM, always playing as "the astronaut", and a friend of mine asked why I always said "he".)

[Kariodude]

Samus being a girl isn't a twist. That's just you not knowing something that's generally common knowledge. Before I ever played a Halo game, I thought Master Chief was the alien thing that turned out to be the Arbiter.

Biggest twist for me was Shephard killing Roach and Ghost in Modern Warfare 2. I knew he couldn't be trusted, but I never thought he would go that far.

[Oscar-Rio]

Samus being a girl isn't a twist. That's just you not knowing something that's generally common knowledge.

No, that is actually a twist, and a large one at that.

[CCDaDon]

My favorite twist so far this gen is *UNCHARTED 2 SPOILERS* Harry Flynn betraying you in the beginning of Uncharted 2.

[Sgt Pepper]

The end of MGS2 comes to mind, but I'm not sure if it's my favorite twist or my least favorite.

[CCDaDon]

The end of MGS2 comes to mind, but I'm not sure if it's my favorite twist or my least favorite.

If you hate being confused by that ending, I'd advise you not to get into Assassin's Creed...

[Runesmith]

Samus = Girl (I actually learned this when I first played SSBM, always playing as "the astronaut", and a friend of mine asked why I always said "he".)

And Bridget. Oh, Bridget, you silly, silly crossdresser, you.

[instantdeath999]

KOTOR most immediately comes to mind.

Metal Gear Solid 3 had a fantastic one, involving The Boss.

Also, Bioshock.

[FlyGuyLXI]

The encounter with Andrew Ryan in Bioshock. Won't spoil anything.

[Sgt Pepper]

If you hate being confused by that ending, I'd advise you not to get into Assassin's Creed...

Assassin's Creed lets you know pretty early that it's going to get weird. MGS had...Master Miller. Then the sequel was pretty normal up until the last hour or so, when you find out that the mission isn't real, your wife isn't real, Campbell isn't real in this one, something about the Russian woman and her baby, the army of RAYS, dead Philosophers, Fission Mailed, Solidus is the presidenaaaAAAAGGGH

Oh, yeah. Ummm...*spoilers.*

[instantdeath999]

Assassin's Creed lets you know pretty early that it's going to get weird. MGS had...Master Miller. Then the sequel was pretty normal up until the last hour or so, when you find out that the mission isn't real, your wife isn't real, Campbell isn't real in this one, something about the Russian woman and her baby, the army of RAYS, dead Philosophers, Fission Mailed, Solidus is the presidenaaaAAAAGGGH

Oh, yeah. Ummm...*spoilers.*

That confused the hell out of me the first time I played. Honestly, more of it was real than you think. Rose was real, and was replaced near the last hour of the game. Really, the only things that weren't real were Foxhound, Cambell, and the mission objective.

[ham736]

The MW2 one listed earlier was good, also *InFAMOUS spoilerz* Cole goes around hunting the guy in the white suit only to find out he is you and traveled back in time to help you get ready for the beast.

[n4sc4r]

Inb4FF7.

I'm going with the first Metal Gear Soli. Don't want to post spilers so I'll end it at that.

[Daemius]

Final Fantasy Tactics (the original, not that GBA crap) was full of them.

Deus Ex: The Conspiracy also had tons of great twists.

FFVII's was fairly shocking for me when I played it for the first time as well. Not the events of the end of the first disc mind you, moreso the events at the beginning of disc 2.

*Bioshock Spoilers*

I knew Atlas couldn't be all he was cracked up to be in Bioshock, so him being Fontaine wasn't that surprising. But the encounter with Andrew Ryan was still a surprise in that I didn't think the main character was just a puppet for Fontaine and had a fabricated life up until the plane crash.

[goodbyetonight]

In Dead Space when you find out that...

SPOILER Nicole is dead

Also the Andrew Ryan encounter in Bioshock that a lot of you mentioned.

[zack10house]

I really do need to finish Bioshock...lol

[Wiiman95]

That moment in GH3 when your manager turns out to be Lou.
Totally did not expect that.

[trueguitarist88]

MW2 when Shepeard killed Ghost and Roach.

also when in "Prisoner (i forget the #)" you breach the door to where the prisoner is and when he punched me and i saw the name "Cpt. Price" on the screen.

[Soratar]

Yeah, KOTOR had the craziest spin I've ever seen on a game. It was so awesome!

[Lameboy19]

Shiek is Zelda!

blew my mind

[AKALink]

Tetra was Zelda in Wind Waker. It was my first Zelda game so I was like "WHAAAATTTT???????"

[NoMoreVillains]

When you go to the Tower of Salvation for the first time in Tales of Symphonia.

[Pwnz0r3d]

In Dead Space when you find out that...



Also the Andrew Ryan encounter in Bioshock that a lot of you mentioned.

Just because the first letter of every level in the game spells Nicole is dead and that her possessed corpse killed you doesnt mean that.

Oh, and Would you Kindly....

[MisterMixelpix]

Shadow of the Colossus. Far and away.

FFVII's revelation of who Cloud really is was also amazing.

[Sarge51]

Samus being a girl isn't a twist. That's just you not knowing something that's generally common knowledge.

You're not a big fan of Metroid, then. It was a huge plot twist in the original Metroid at the end of the game, if I remember correctly. Just because everyone knows it now, doesn't mean it's not a plot twist...


How about in GTA: Vice City when Lance turns on you. I mean, sure he was kind of shady, but after awhile you got to kind of trust him. ...Then BAM he turns on you. Then you end up at exactly where you were at the beginning of the game... only much richer and another mansion.

[goodbyetonight]

Just because the first letter of every level in the game spells Nicole is dead and that her possessed corpse killed you doesnt mean that.

I nearly peed myself when I realized that it said that. They did the same thing with Extraction too but it wasn't nearly as good.

[Pwnz0r3d]

Ugh, Extraction.

That game was a pain in the ass for me, and was too long for a light gun game.
I dont even know how many times i yelled at my 5 year old brother "SHOOT THIER ARMS AND LEGS! THE ARMS NOT THE HEAD THAT JUST PISSES IT OFF!!"

[AKALink]

When you go to the Tower of Salvation for the first time in Tales of Symphonia.

This... and when you find out certain bad guys are actually good guys.

[Kariodude]

You're not a big fan of Metroid, then. It was a huge plot twist in the original Metroid at the end of the game, if I remember correctly. Just because everyone knows it now, doesn't mean it's not a plot twist...

Well yeah it was a plot twist in the first game, but he was talking about finding out while playing Super Smash Bros.

Another big twist is in Lost Odyssey. If you like RPGs of any kind I suggest you play it. It has become my new favorite. It came out two years ago but I just now played it. When you find out your daughter is still alive and the two kids you ran into are Kaim's grandkids, it's pretty OMG for a while.

[Sarge51]

To be honest, SSB is where I found out she was a girl. :p But, then again, I didn't really know a whole lot about Metroid at the time.

[Starfleet_Rambo]

Just because the first letter of every level in the game spells Nicole is dead and that her possessed corpse killed you doesnt mean that.

Oh, and Would you Kindly....

Issac don't die! He returns for Dead Space 2 which will have multiplayer.

Online dismemberment FTW!!!

[svartikins]

Shadow of the Colossus. Far and away.

This. You get screwed over (hard). Not to mention, you feel bad for killing 12 Colossi. (I know there are 16, but a few of them had it coming.)

The MGS2 one I had been told about, so while it was confusing, I had heard so much about it that, well, it was spoiled.

[Stew]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Silent Hill 2, it is still one of my favorite twists in video games around.

It turns out that the main character James actually killed his wife.

That **** blew my mind the first time I saw it!

Also the Bioshock fiasco was pretty good too.

[CyanFunk]

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn:

Soren is essentially the true heir to Daein and almost Goldoa

Sure, post credits (Plus if you look at his maternal grandfather, it explains why he can be a bit indifferent), but damn.

[Cubecubed]

Bioshock....Far and away.

also, i agree on the SOTC thing.

[MisterMixelpix]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Silent Hill 2, it is still one of my favorite twists in video games around.

It turns out that the main character James actually killed his wife.

That **** blew my mind the first time I saw it!

Well it depends on which ending you got. There were, I believe, three wholly different endings depending on your actions throughout the game.

[DrumStix]

MW2 when Shepeard killed Ghost and Roach.

also when in "Prisoner (i forget the #)" you breach the door to where the prisoner is and when he punched me and i saw the name "Cpt. Price" on the screen.

When "Cpt. Price" appeared on screen, I literally yelled


WWWUUUUUTTT!!?!?!!?!????

One of my favorite video game twists is in Jak 3, where *SPOILER* Jak finds out that Damas is his father, and the kid from Jak 2 was actually Jak himself.*SPOILER*

Another one is in Uncharted 2 where *SPOILER*Flynn betrays you, and where the scary monsters appear at the climax of the game.*SPOILER*

[Stew]

Well it depends on which ending you got. There were, I believe, three wholly different endings depending on your actions throughout the game.

Regardless, the twist was still the same, it was part of the actual game not any of the endings.

[MisterMixelpix]

Regardless, the twist was still the same, it was part of the actual game not any of the endings.

Oh yeah. It's been too long since I played that game...

And I just want to reiterate Shadow of the Colossus. It's really one of the only games where the ENTIRE premise of the game was yanked out from under you.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Bioshock
Crackdown

[Cubecubed]

Bioshock
Crackdown

I loved Bioshock's but Crackdown's was just kind of like ****ting on your face at the end of the game.it pissed me off.

[Stew]

Oh yeah. It's been too long since I played that game...

And I just want to reiterate Shadow of the Colossus. It's really one of the only games where the ENTIRE premise of the game was yanked out from under you.

True, that was a good one too

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I loved Bioshock's but Crackdown's was just kind of like ****ting on your face at the end of the game.it pissed me off.

Well I didn't even know the ending of Crackdown was the way it was until I read the Crackdown 2 article in Game Informer.

[FlyGuyLXI]

I loved Bioshock's but Crackdown's was just kind of like ****ting on your face at the end of the game.it pissed me off.

Crackdown's plot twist felt like one of those things that the editors had to throw in something at the end to make sure it gets a proper sequel. It's cliche I admit, but hey, sequel.

[The Highway To Hell]

My favorite plot twist of all time is in Metroid Fusion.

*Spoiler*
You think that Metroids have been extinct ever since the events of Super Metroid, but then you stumble upon a Federation Metroid lab in the B.S.L Station (The Federation are the people that told you to exterminate all of them in Metroid II). And after that, you find out the federation wants samples of the X. And you find out who the computer is, and it just leads to a bunch of ZOMG moments.*Spoiler*