Most mindblowing plot twists ever

[Joa_Belgium]

I watched oldboy a couple of weeks ago. Man...that film wouldn't have gotten made here. But I recommend it if you like having your mind blown.

The ending of that film blew my mind wide open. One of the very few Asian movies I really liked a lot.

Even the plot outline was intriguing when I read it: releasing an innocent man after 15 years of captivity so that he can find out who locked him up and why.

Final Fantasy 10.

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Sin is Jecht

Seymour is evil

The Final Aeon will kill Yuna


Tidus is just a dream of the Fayth

Auron is dead

Fucking awesome game.

Assassins creed 2...

Spoiler: Spoiler Warning!

The pope uses magical powers.

Ezio talks to a moon lady.

It turns out that Desmond is the only hope to save earth from a polarity reversal.

I spent time an hour laughing and screaming about how ridiculous it was.

Bioshock's "Would you kindly..." That quote blew my mind and when you relaise it had been happening throughout the entire game it is like a slap in the face, just a realy good slap in the face?

Ding, ding, ding. These are all plot twists that I really loved as well, they completely took me by surprise. That final line before the credits rolled in Assassin's Creed 2 just read my mind: "What. The. F***."

F.E.A.R. 2 also had a surprising ending:

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Getting raped by Alma while you're fighting a hallucination and finding out she is pregnant with your baby? I mean: Wow. Just wow.

And I've gone through my gaming library, I've got a few more that blew me away.

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots:

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Ocelot fooled the Patriots into thinking he was Liquid, Big Boss is still alive after all those years, makes amends with Solid Snake before finally dying and Zero appears to have been behind the Patriots, even though he was living like a plant.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2:

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I know Infinity Ward littered the game with shocking moments which made them lose some of their effect, but I didn't expect Shepherd going rogue on the playable characters. He actually kills Ghost, mortally wounds Roach and then sets them both on fire in a ditch. My jaw literally dropped on the floor at that point. Same for the ending: pulling the knife out of Soap and then throwing it straight into Shepherd's face was extremely satisfying. The bastard deserved it.

The Darkness:

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The scene where Paulie kills Jackie's girlfriend was another scene that just completely left me speechless. The player has to watch helplessly as she gets shot in the head. I recorded the scene a few years ago and uploaded it on Youtube, here it is:

Half-Life 2: Episode 2:

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The death of Eli Vance. Say no more.

Quake 4:

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There is a scene where the player is taken captive by the Strogg and "rebuilt" to become one of them. That was one gruesome unexpected scene, getting your legs sawed off, a chest plate bolted on your chest ...

I think I might have missed a few, but those are the ones I can come up with now.

 

[Aloran]

Gotta say, for me one of the most poignant ones was the ending of the Hellsing manga.

(this is of course, one that I don't think anyone's said so far)

Spoiler: So

By drinking the blood of the teleporty- person (I think it's a man...not sure...) Alucard basically becomes one with everything and as such disappears into an existance of being everywhere in the world at any given point. At least that's how I interpreted it...

And all the ones mentioned in the above post.

Assassin's Creed, both 1 and 2.
Modern Warfare 2
The Darkness as well...that just plain sucked.

 

[Katana314]

There's some strong ones in the Phoenix Wright cases, usually in the final cases. Thankfully, the reveal is never that your defendant is really the murderer, as Phoenix is able to check with a lie-detector thing.
And the murderer is...!

Spoiler: First game, fourth case (originally final)

...The prosecutor of the trial, a man who has never lost a case in his extraordinarily long career

Spoiler: First game, fifth case (extra)

...NOT the overbearing jackass you all expected, but an innocent girl who for many years after the incident, did not even KNOW she had killed someone.

Spoiler: fifth case AGAIN

Second reveal finds out it WAS the first guy, but doesn't reduce the impact of the first twist. I know, this all sounds lame, but not if you play through it.

Spoiler: Second game, final case

...a highly-trained assassin working for...your defendant. (a first for the series)

Spoiler: Third game, final case

...the opposing prosecutor, who until the reveal, no one suspected of being anywhere NEAR the scene of the crime, no one suspected of having a MOTIVE, and no one really even suspected of being cruel enough to kill someone. Awesome video of ti here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3F_r6DFWjU

 

[ffxfriek]

being set on fire while alive in Mew too

 

[zidine100]

ever 17

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you travel in time, you find out your inside someone else, you find out the seccond accident wasnt really an accident just a way of trying to wake up *insert forgoten name here* , and the people left behind from the first accident are saved and the little girl is a little bit (well i cant describe it, but hell she somehow became omnipitent or some thing), and you is the same person from the first accident now with added cure virus, sorry but mind was blown away by all of that.

 

[The Spectator]

Sixth Sense had an AWESOME plot twist. Didn't see that coming. Also Saw gets an honorable mention. But the best in my opinion is the Shawshank Redemption twist.

 

[David_G]

There's some strong ones in the Phoenix Wright cases, usually in the final cases. Thankfully, the reveal is never that your defendant is really the murderer, as Phoenix is able to check with a lie-detector thing.
And the murderer is...!

Spoiler: First game, fourth case (originally final)

...The prosecutor of the trial, a man who has never lost a case in his extraordinarily long career

Spoiler: First game, fifth case (extra)

...NOT the overbearing jackass you all expected, but an innocent girl who for many years after the incident, did not even KNOW she had killed someone.

Spoiler: fifth case AGAIN

Second reveal finds out it WAS the first guy, but doesn't reduce the impact of the first twist. I know, this all sounds lame, but not if you play through it.

Spoiler: Second game, final case

...a highly-trained assassin working for...your defendant. (a first for the series)

Spoiler: Third game, final case

...the opposing prosecutor, who until the reveal, no one suspected of being anywhere NEAR the scene of the crime, no one suspected of having a MOTIVE, and no one really even suspected of being cruel enough to kill someone. Awesome video of ti here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3F_r6DFWjU

God, that last one was such a *****. I was stuck at that and I had to look it up on the internet, I mean who would've thought that

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fucking Godot

was there, it didn't make any sense, but after the big reveal at the end, it does.

 

[RavingLibDem]

it is indeed, but did u play the european version? after you get to the kinda endgame bit with the airship the game goes batshit insane hard! And the final boss has about 400,000hp?

(clue: guess where im stuck)

Aren't 95% of all JRPGs like that? You can cruise-control through the entire (or half) of the game, than thers an insane end-game (or mid-game) boss whom you cant beat and have to either grind levels or come up with convoluted strategy involving protective buff spells and items you've never used before through the entire game.

hmm, some perhaps, but I haven't run into the problem to the same extent, the thing is in the European version for FFX they decided to make it even more hardcore, you have to be careful about backtracking through any area (which you have to do to get various items and weapons) because in some areas randomly, or in other areas definately, a 'dark' summoner will appear, shout 'UNBELIEVER' or something along those lines, and then unleash an attack that does about 99999 damage, when your health is capped at 9999 unless you get special very difficult to obtain items.

That is kinda the ultimate dick move in my book ^^. Especially since I looked it up and it turns out that you are expected to be able to beat them. Not to mention some of the bonus bosses that have literally 1 and a half million hit points. I mean, who does all that stuff?

However, to cap an epically long post, there are some games, like the good JRPGs that don't do this, tales of symphonia is difficult, but emminently achievable without any extra grinding or strategies, FFIX doesn't really have any similar choke point, so I think FFX is exceptionally annoying in that respect.

 

[Thaius]

Well Star Wars, for one. You all know what I'm talking about.

The Sixth Sense was freaking mindblowing. Probably the most amazingly well-pulled-off plot twist I've ever seen in film.

Finding out the true purpose of the rings in Halo was quite surprising.

Final Fantasy VII, when you find out what Cloud is, what's going on with Sephiroth, and everything goes insane.

And finally, Bioshock. One of the greatest moments in the history of storytelling. "Would you kindly..."

EDIT: AND BRAID!!! Holy freaking crap, that dropped my jaw. Just the way it was done, the slow realization of what's really been going on this whole time... just... wow.......

 

[LloydEsaka]

Clannad After Story. Its the saddest thing I've ever watched, and the twist i'm talking about is so twisty because it goes against everything I came to know about movies. I was sitting there thinking "this isn't going to happen" and then it does. For the record, its near the middle of it and involves a lot of snow.

 

[kotorfan04]

Ending to series 4 of Dexter. and the end of season 1.

I second this here. Here are my thoughts on the finale.

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Well Dex sure killed that trinity killer, but hey it seems like he is turning a new leaf. Maybe the next season he and Rita will settle down and Dexter will actually be rehabilitated while Deb looks into his past more. Yep, now he and Rita are going off to have their honeymoon, he is calling her up as he gets to the house, alright... wait why the fuck is her phone still in the house? Did she forget it? Oh, she forgot her passport. Hmm, the light in the bathroom is on and oh fuck she is dead. The Trinity killer killed her, sick as ************, and oh damn it the baby has been sitting in his moms blood all day fuck. Well this just sucks. What the hell is going to happen now? Oh it is the end of the season well double fuck, I liked Rita and now she's dead, just fuck.

Actually it was just one prolonged "FUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKK" but you know, that shit ain't spoiler worthy.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

Fight Club
BioShock
Final Fantasy X
Tales Of Symphonia

The Darkness:

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The scene where Paulie kills Jackie's girlfriend was another scene that just completely left me speechless. The player has to watch helplessly as she gets shot in the head. I recorded the scene a few years ago and uploaded it on Youtube, here it is:

Just watching that scene again makes me wanna curl up in a corner again.

I hate that guy...

 

[Lyri]

I watched oldboy a couple of weeks ago. Man...that film wouldn't have gotten made here. But I recommend it if you like having your mind blown.

You just reminded me I need that film.

Also for topical sakes, Kotor 1.

 

[Beartrucci]

The end of Saw.
End of Assassin's Creed 2.
The plot twist in the final chapters of Watchmen.
The end of Gran Torino.
The end of Episode 26 of Death Note.

 

[Kathinka]

the brittish movies "snatch" and "lock, stock and two smoking barrels". basicly consisted of ludacrous twists^^ fight club was kind of spoiled for me because i happened to have read the book by pure random chance when nobody knew it even existed, before the movie was made. although i still was pretty young and did not get half of what happened^^

as for games i'll probably go with the darth reavan thing in KotoR I.

 

[ohellynot]

I only watched the 1st season. And that still made no fucking sense. Will EVERYTHING be explained in the 2nd?

Indeed, it reveals all that is going on, and why it is happening.
I prefer it to the first, to be honest. It is definitely worth watching, even if only to make sense of the first season.

Wait, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai, I was only aware of the 1st one

Indeed, it is the 'Resolution' season, and as I said above, most worth watching.
There is also a 5 episode 'season' called Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei, the 'Gratitude' season. Part of it is good, but it was just made in gratitude to all the fans of the franchise. It has some 'fan-service' on the first episode, but a couple of the episodes are more in the true higurashi fashion.

To wikipedia

 

[Nemeskiz]

I agree on most of the movies mentioned. My personal favorite is ofc. Fight Club.

Two movies I didn't see anyone mention was: "Dark City" & "The Nines"

 

[ben---neb]

SNIP

I for example think Asimov's "Foundation" series should be read through an entire year in school as part of a "Reading" or "literature" class or whatever they call it. The reason being is that as it goes on, it pretty much analyzes and generates thought about pretty much every social and political system to exist on any major level in the last few levels, and as it goes on the philsophy lionized and "saving the day" in one story doesn't nessicarly fare so well in another. The ending (which took him a long time to get there) is pretty incredible, and let's just say it winds up supporting a system that I don't agree with, however I believe that's half the point of the story especially given some of the final comments. Not to mention that if you've read it all as of the climax on earth's moon everyone is going to have their own opinions as to what the right path for humanity should have been.

I'm one of those people who would say Foundation is quite probably the best and most continously relevent science fiction series every written.

I love the Foundation Series! Don't think I read at an age old enough to entirely pick up on its deeper political meaning...might re-read it and see how its aged. What I loved about it at the time was how Star Wars stole so many ideas from it - everything from Trantor (city/planet) to the Empire. Oh yes and the ways in which the Foundation won were always really cool. "Violence is the last resort of the ignorant" Wonderful. Not too sure about his final book in the series though.

 

[RobDJClark]

In Metal Gear Solid. The Truth About master Miller. I wasnt given any heads up or anything. Total WTF moment for me.

 

[luke10123]

First time I watched Sixth Sense.

Never saw it coming.

grr i was all geared up to watch it for the first time then Dr Cox from scrubs ruined it for me

moving on. my choice would have to be the big twist in Knights of the Old Republic