The Most Surprising Plot in a Game

[Darkblaven]

Ummm... the secret part at the police station on Saint's Row 2.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Ummm... the secret part at the police station on Saint's Row 2.

This was indeed awesome, and it'd be more epic if the games were known for their story (which I have enjoyed)

 

[Same River New Water]

The World Ends With You.

I'll second that. Ten minutes after the game began I thought it would have an awful story filled with awful JRPG stereotypes, but it rose like a phoenix...

 

[zahr]

I have to say, that spot in Jade Empire where

Spoiler

Sun Li kills the player

definitely surprised me.

 

[hagaya]

CoD4 when Paul dies. That was pretty screwed up. Also, the UFO ending in Silent Hill 3, its not canon, but if those endings were the real ones, that would really kill the seriousness the game had.

 

[brewbeard]

Fire Emblem IV for the SNES, where

Spoiler

the entire cast dies half way through the game and you play the rest of the way as their children.

 

[FISHFINGERS]

Has to be Super Mario Sunshine.

Spoiler

Peach is Bowser Junior's Mamma

I was supprised, shame they tried to undo that entire thing. Because when you start looking at the Mario universe that way it all starts to make sense.

 

[PauL o_O]

What was that game? The oddysey or the oddity or something? It was a really wacky xbox(1) game, where you were a weird cowboy animal thing in a weird western universe. Then it turns out that your some sort of minotaur.. I know my explanation sounds wacky, but it was a great game.

 

[NeutralDrow]

All three of my favorite games (Tsukihime, Fate/Stay Night, and Tales of Symphonia) had their moments like these. Honorable mention to ToS for starting out with a cliched plot and sucker-punching you with most of its twists.

What was that game? The oddysey or the oddity or something? It was a really wacky xbox(1) game, where you were a weird cowboy animal thing in a weird western universe. Then it turns out that your some sort of minotaur.. I know my explanation sounds wacky, but it was a great game.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.

 

[Scunner]

Actually, the ending to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 I didn't see coming. While I don't think Ep 2 was the best, the story and in particular the ending from it has me hanging out for the next episode.

 

[KXZ501]

Tom Clancy's HAWX. I really did not see that whole Atrtemis thing coming.

I'm with you - that part actually caught me off guard.

 

[LowFatLoki]

The World Ends With You.

I just finished playing this and I have to say it was nice to play something new.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Actually, the ending to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 I didn't see coming. While I don't think Ep 2 was the best, the story and in particular the ending from it has me hanging out for the next episode.

Yep, it's one of the few cliffhangers in a game that didn't piss me off.

 

[mkg]

Chrono Cross threw me a loop.

 

[LowFatLoki]

If anyone has played Project: Snowblind. I found that to have an original storyline... even if it was about 9 hours long

 

[Hazy]

The dog ending from Silent Hill 2

Spoiler

He was behind it the whole time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUDcSeUvkOw

 

[K_Dub]

Jak 2. When I first played the game it was all very surprising to me. But going back, the game was actually very poorly written

 

[Exploding8]

Maybe its because I literally JUST beat it, but I thought Braid's ending was pretty surprising. I definitely didn't see it coming.

 

[PrimeSynergy]

Folklore

It started slow, but picked up really quick and by then end I was just completely blown away at how well it was done.

 

[gigastrike]

Portal, as I was surprised that it actually had a plot.