Best Plot Twist in a Game EVER

[bigfatcarp93]

Pretty simple: what, in your opinion, is the best, most shocking/gripping/unexpected/well-presented Plot Twist ever in a game?

And listen well:

YOU.

WILL.

USE.

SPOILER.

TAGS.



And kindly denote WHAT GAME the spoilers are for, obviously.

For me, it has to be Portal 2:

Spoiler

Wheatley becoming corrupt halfway through the game. I never would've seen it coming, and it was such a punch to the jaw.

 

[goodman528]

Call of Duty: everyone dies

 

[The Madman]

Hmm... I don't think it's the best one out there, most people will have seen it coming from a mile away really since it was so heavily foreshadowed, but even so the twist in Thief: The Dark Project has got to be my favourite simply because it's just so damned disturbing yet stylish.


Another one that gets full credit with me is the twist in System Shock 2. Again, pretty easy to see coming really but as the ol' saying goes execution is everything, and that twist was brilliantly done in System Shock 2.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Also, I suppose that honorable mention from me should go to the end of Arkham City. You know what I'm talking about.

 

[Zhukov]

"Would you kindly..."

Hands down.

 

[BernardoOne]

Jak and Daxter 3

Spoiler

Jak's father. Holy crap

 

[DoPo]

Legacy of Kain: too many to enumerate. It's about a quarter of the series. I'm not really exaggerating (well, maybe, but not by much).

Other than that

Spoiler: Spec Ops: The Line

Ooh, boy. It's so sweet, I can hardly describe it. The entire plot twist revolves around not actually being about the plot but about you the player. So good.

Also, a game that gets too little mention around here:

Spoiler: Second Sight

This one is really good. I didn't see it coming and it was really engaging. So - start off, the main character - John Vattic, wakes up in a scientific facility with little memory of what happened. And he finds out he has some supernatural powers (ESP, telekinesis, etc, although he gradually gains knowledge and usage of them) and John has to escape as well as find out what happened. As the game goes on, you get to live through some flashbacks that shows that Vattic was a non-military attached as an advisor to a secret marine operation, which apparently failed. The game goes on as Vattic unlocks more and more of his powers, find more information about what happened in the failed mission and the flashbacks reveal even more than that. And suddenly, the twist - the flashbacks are the actual present in which he lives. The time where he wakes up with amnesia and so on, is, in fact, the future - his latent ESP triggered and showed him a horrible vision of what would happen, if he didn't act to prevent the failure of the operation.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

Spoiler: InFamous

Kessler is actually Cole from the future and is trying to make Cole stronger so he can save the world

 

[Eddie the head]

Spoiler: InFamous

Kessler is actually Cole from the future and is trying to make Cole stronger so he can save the world

Yep Infamous, I kind of saw it coming but that one is by far the best.

 

[NinjaSniperAssassin]

Jak and Daxter 3

Spoiler

Jak's father. Holy crap

Don't forget the reveal of the Precursors! Maybe not the best twist ever, but hands down one of the funniest!

 

[alphamalet]

Silent Hill 2

Spoiler

James Sunderland had killed Mary

Metal Gear Solid 3

Spoiler

The Boss had been in on the mission the entire time and let Big Boss kill her

 

[BernardoOne]

Jak and Daxter 3

Spoiler

Jak's father. Holy crap

Don't forget the reveal of the Precursors! Maybe not the best twist ever, but hands down one of the funniest!

Aahaha, yes , funniest and and not expected . But the one I said was shocking, especially the rough way it was delivered.

 

[Jdb]

Any plot twist that makes you think a game is over, but instead opens up a post-game that's almost as long as the original content.

 

[MisterShine]

Knights of the Old Republic hands down.

Spoiler

You are Revan. The amnesiac leader of the Sith. Mind Blown!!

Love that one, especially as a female character..

Spoiler

Revan's gender is NEVER mentioned, not even as a pronoun. Always Lord or Darth Revan. Until AFTER the reveal, then people will sometimes use it. I just assumed Revan was a guy. Mind = Explodeded

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Bioshock's, even though it didn't make sense and I was starting to predict it based on the actions of some characters (not Jack's, mostly Andrew Ryan and Atlas's).

Portal 2, though I saw it coming seconds before it happened, just that glorifying "Oh shit, what did I just do?" moment.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Call of Duty: everyone dies

Is that before or, after everyone betrays you? To be fair, I haven't played Modern Warfare 3 but it seems like MW2 was nothing but backstabbing...

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Knights of the Old Republic hands down.

Spoiler

You are Revan. The amnesiac leader of the Sith. Mind Blown!!

Yeah, I can't say you ninja'd me because I would have been astonished if I was the first one to have mentioned this one.

So that being said, I guess I'll have to move on to my favorite Final Fantasy related one twist!

Spoiler

Titus isn't actually a living person but, an...uh...Eidalon? I can't remember what they called Espers/GFs/Summons in that one honestly. Anyway, Titus is one and bonus points go to Auron also being one...I think he was also one...or was he just not passed on? (can't remember what that was called either)...man I suck at this...Maybe I should have played X-2 just for some freaking clarity...

 

[Gatx]

I think the one in Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is pretty neat. Gives me a lot more closure than other Silent Hill games.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

1st. Knights of the Old Republic
2nd. BioShock
3rd. AssCreed2. (The very end).

 

[Jimmy Sylvers]

"Would you kindly..."

Hands down.

This.

Probably the best twist in any medium I have ever encountered.