Strange plot devices

[irishstormtrooper]

Have you, in a game, seen anything happen plotwise that made absolutely no sense?

For example and clarifying purposes, in Lost Planet, you fight and kill the gigantic creature that killed your father, and go through what is unmistakeably and ending, only for a person you have never heard of to pop up and suddenly turn into your nemesis.

 

[APPCRASH]

In GTA3 when 8ball tells you to "Lay low for awhile" while you stare at the screen in dumbfoundment while you get your weapons and tank cheat ready for an hour of murdering innocent civilians...with a tank.

 

[NotAPie]

In GTA3 when 8ball tells you to "Lay low for awhile" while you stare at the screen in dumbfoundment while you get your weapons and tank cheat ready for an hour of murdering innocent civilians...with a tank.

You know, I have just realized that I have never beat GTA3.
I gotta find the copy right away.

 

[Hazy]

Oblivion.
The game sets you up for being some big epic main character, only to find out you're taking second to a man named Martin.
Thanks Bethesda..

 

[dmase]

When you find out in general hospital for the ps3 that clarabell is actually jake's father not adopted step sister. In all seriousness no i havne't found many twists that i haven't already expected, but i guess when aeris dies in FF7 that threw me for a loop i wasn't expecting it and i was about a decade younger at the time.

 

[daribian]

Prince of persia, don't want to give away the end but needless to say the price is a idiot.

 

[HT_Black]

The Mask of the Wraith in WW. Strangest Most unforseen (albeit coolest) deus ex machina ever.

 

[Trendkill6]

Prince of persia, don't want to give away the end but needless to say the price is a idiot.

Don't get me started on that damn ending!

 

[Shapsters]

Prince of persia, don't want to give away the end but needless to say the price is a idiot.

Don't get me started on that damn ending!

That pissed me right off too! All that work, all those hours and orbs collected just so I can-

Calm down Shapsters, calm down

 

[Sketchy]

Prince of persia, don't want to give away the end but needless to say the price is RIGHT! .

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Dead Rising's ending.

Spoiler

You think you're saved when you go up to the helipad, only to find out that your helicopter (and only way out) is about to explode, when the pilot gets eaten by a zombie that was hiding in the back.

 

[klakkat]

In FF10, right at the beginning where Tidus is transported through time/whatever to end up with Yuna. Fair enough, they did a decent job after that, it's just never explained why that happened. At least he didn't have amnesia.

 

[oliveira8]

In FF10, right at the beginning where Tidus is transported through time/whatever to end up with Yuna. Fair enough, the did a decent job after that, it's just never explained why that happened. At least he didn't have amnesia.

I don't think you payed much attention to the game plot...

 

[Zyxzy]

Have you, in a game, seen anything happen plotwise that made absolutely no sense?

For example and clarifying purposes, in Lost Planet, you fight and kill the gigantic creature that killed your father, and go through what is unmistakeably and ending, only for a person you have never heard of to pop up and suddenly turn into your nemesis.

And that, along with several other reasons, is why Lost Planet's plot sucks.

 

[MK Tha Rebel]

In Ratchet and Clank 2, when it turns out that...oh, wait...

Spoiler

That Fizwidget was Captain Qwark the whole time and was using you to make his comeback.

It wasn't bad at all, it was great, but it was just so random...and that made it good, because, if you played the first game, it made sense.

But here's one that was pointless from Prototype

Spoiler

Cross, that guy who was sent in to kill you (The one with the arm-mounted grenade launcher), helps you later on in the game for no reason....and then turns into a giant monster.

WHAT THE HELL!?

 

[klakkat]

In FF10, right at the beginning where Tidus is transported through time/whatever to end up with Yuna. Fair enough, the did a decent job after that, it's just never explained why that happened. At least he didn't have amnesia.

I don't think you payed much attention to the game plot...

It has been awhile. I do remember not understanding why that happened, and understanding even less why his 'father' is now a monster destroying the world. That said, other than perhaps 6, 10 is probably the strongest of the FF series in my opinion, though I didn't play the ones before 6. I guess all the other stuff they did made up for the initial stupidity; It does help that all the highly unlikely details occur right at the beginning and the story works from there, rather than occurring in the story as a deus ex machina. Doing it in that order is better literary technique.

 

[UnearthedArcana]

Lost Planet

Spoiler

Basil blowing herself up so that you can escape...but that was completely unnecessary, since a) You were way ahead of the advancing army and b) A reasonably skilled player could have destroyed the lot of them.

Kingdom Hearts II

Spoiler

Axel's suicide attack against the Dusks, and all the other times Sora says 'I'M ARBITRARILY GIVING UP NOW.'

Fable II

Spoiler

When Lucien shoots the dog. It's not like I wouldn't have just gotten back up again if he'd killed me. Still, they succeeded in making me hate Lucien for shooting my dog.

Street Fighter IV

Seth. Just...Seth.

 

[scnj]

Fahrenheit. Just Fahrenheit.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Assassins creed...

 

[oliveira8]

In FF10, right at the beginning where Tidus is transported through time/whatever to end up with Yuna. Fair enough, the did a decent job after that, it's just never explained why that happened. At least he didn't have amnesia.

I don't think you payed much attention to the game plot...

It has been awhile. I do remember not understanding why that happened, and understanding even less why his 'father' is now a monster destroying the world. That said, other than perhaps 6, 10 is probably the strongest of the FF series in my opinion, though I didn't play the ones before 6. I guess all the other stuff they did made up for the initial stupidity; It does help that all the highly unlikely details occur right at the beginning and the story works from there, rather than occurring in the story as a deus ex machina. Doing it in that order is better literary technique.

They explain all of that, quite often.