Most unexpected story twists

[Whiskycat]

Possible spoilers obviously.

So what storyline twist surprised you the most in any game you played? Why? I understand that most of the games have pretty straightforward storylines which you can guess half way through but sometimes one or two events may slip past you. Here's 2 of my favourites.

• Bioshock - "Would you kindly?"

I just didn't expect it. I thought the tattoos on the main characters wrists were suspicious but this caught me by surprise the first time I played the game. Atlas was fishy but I have to admit I trusted him all the way through. "A man chooses, a slave obeys." and then that golf club moment.

• Spec Ops: The Line

Halfway through the game you start getting hints that whatever is happening the ruins of the city is happening in the main characters head as well. It was a bittersweet ending for me.

[JackofTears]

Possible spoilers obviously.

So what storyline twist surprised you the most in any game you played? Why? I understand that most of the games have pretty straightforward storylines which you can guess half way through but sometimes one or two events may slip past you. Here's 2 of my favourites.

• Bioshock - "Would you kindly?"

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Not a huge shocker but I spent the entire game of Bioshock Infinite hoping Booker and Elizabeth might hook up ... still felt that way at the end of the game but it became more complicated.

[Whiskycat]

Yeah, that too. But after Bioshock 1 & 2 I was expecting something that will do a 180 haha.

[Chris Simon]

Anybody played Remember Me? Great story and also a really interesting twist. The kind of twist in Remember Me is my favourite. Not that I wouldn't be able to predict it, but I like when the game totally fools you that you don't even expect there to be a twist in the first place!

[Whiskycat]

I wanted to play it when it released, I actually got into the first hour or so but for some reason I dropped it. Perhaps I should visit it again now.

[Imnotanybody]

Kotor 1 and who the player character actually is.

[Chris Simon]

Oh yeah, KOTOR one is incredible.

Also Borderlands 2. And although it really doesn't count as a proper "plot twist", but I really enjoyed the twists and turns the story took in the recent Prey game.

[isturbo1984]

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow before the devs just told everyone you played as Dracula in the sequel. A very heartbreaking origins story.

[Noobc0re]

Subsurface circular. Didn't see that one coming.

[Sorain]

I can think of two.

Jade Empire. There IS a flaw in your fighting style, and it's deliberate. That twist completely blew me away in how well set up it was. It was the best twist I'd had in a game since...

SPOILERS FOLLOW.

Colony Wars: Vengeance. "Everything I believed in has been proven a lie." Holy feth. The player character for this game narrates it and he's not kidding. I'd played Colony Wars and gotten the Cannon ending, which leads into Vengeance. (See here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG1k...youtu.be&t=245 ) That's right. I was Khron. Fething blew me away and to this day I can't hear that classical piece (Dvorak #9) without hearing his final triumphant narration over it. Because the twist meant defeating him was that cathartic.

I've had good twists in other games, Bioshock deserves it's mention. KOTOR 1 is a grand piece. "Yo buddy, still alive?" gets at me. But THIS is the one that I can't forget until the day I die.

[Whiskycat]

I can think of two.

Jade Empire. There IS a flaw in your fighting style, and it's deliberate. That twist completely blew me away in how well set up it was. It was the best twist I'd had in a game since...

Agree with Jade Empire. Which reminds me I should replay it. Played it only once but I remember the experience was great, the storyline mostly.

[Aidy]

[*]Bioshock - "Would you kindly?"

I loved the twists in Bioshock Infinite. All the way through the game I was wondering what difference my choices would make, like the cage or the bird, draw your gun at the station or demand the tickets...so many choices and when I found out the effect they had on the game my mind was blown!

[Whiskycat]

Indeed. The developers and writers had a good with the whole Bioshock franchise. Unfortunate that the franchise had to die.

[ethansito]

The biggest twist I've ever encountered was playing We Were Here with a friend.

We made it through all of the puzzles and arrived at the exit. Being the good friend I am, I hopped on the pressure plate to lift up the gate, and then that bastard ran off without me, leaving me to die. I was shocked, but it was also hilarious.

[Whiskycat]

Haha. Same thing happened in my case. She didn't even look back, but later said that she thought I was right behind her.

[Aidy]

Spoiler ahead for: every game where you start with amnesia

















You're the bad guy

[Sorain]

I can't express how hilarious I find this post given one of the examples I used in a 'most emotionally invested in a character' was Prototype. Especially for how it plays on this post's expectation.

[ethansito]

Spoiler ahead for: every game where you start with amnesia

















You're the bad guy

Maybe they should make a game where you have amnesia and play as an evil person and then find out at the end that you were actually a good guy, and you just destroyed everything you were trying to protect.

[ryan_]

It's not exactly a twist, because they keep twisting it and untwisting it, but I thought the whole thing of "Did Ashley kill his family or did bandits?" in Vagrant Story was pretty compelling.

[ConspiracyLance]

MGS V when you are forced to kill your own men. I knew there was contamination there but I never expected to have to kill these guys until I was facing the cold hard truth.

While not exactly a "plot twist" in the proper term, I never expected to have to go that far.