most surprising plot twist in a game? : Othor Games

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:59 am

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what plot twist surprised you most while playing a game?

for me, i gotta go with a scene from Final Fantasy 7 where:

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Aeris (aka Aerith) Dies...first time playing that part of the game i just went "WTF?! okay, it must of been a double or something.. right? they can't kill off my only healer!"

what plot twist in gaming surprised you the most?

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:09 am

I'm sure I can think of a much better one, but right now the only one I can think of right away is in Neverwinter Nights:

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Where it turns out that the Princess Aribeth was working with the big bad because of "reasons"(I can't quite remember, it's been a loooonnggg time). Given how fanatical she seemed to be against evil in all it's forms, and how "FOR JUSTICE" she is, I didn't particularly see it coming.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:37 am

I guess mine would be KotOR

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when we find out our character is Revan.

» Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:16 pm

I would say in Jade Empire where... Wait, is this whole thread just going to be everyone posting their first Bioware game?

» Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:14 pm

Hmm, not sure, but when it comes to the Bethesda games I think the best plot twist was 铆n the DLC The Pitt for Fallout 3.

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the cure turns out to be a baby

» Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:26 pm

I have to say the original Deus Ex. No need for a spoiler tag, those of you who麓ve played it knows what I麓m talking about

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:36 am

Bioshock

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Absolutely ingenious twist, the character is a slave, created to do the bidding of one man and controlled by a phrase. Will never forget the moment where you finally confront Andrew Ryan.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:22 am

Oh, yeah! This one as well!

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:39 pm

Yeah I was surprised as well. Excellent game.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:16 am

In Super Mario Bros., the princess...

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...was in another castle the whole time! That twist was so effective, that they used it seven times, and I fell for every instance of it.

Okay, perhaps a more serious twist would be Shadowrun: Dragonfall.

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Turns out your enemy was not Feuerschwinge as you were led to believe, but the guy you were looking for the whole time, Adrian Vauclair. At first it seemed like an anticlimix that your crew was just dealing with a regular conspiracy rather than a dragon cult...but once you finally come face to face with him, you get another twist when the dragon is revealed to have a place in the plot after all, and in a most unexpected way.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:27 am

Yes, Dragonfall plot had a good one.

But is it really a plot twist anymore that the obvious bad guy isn't the true bad guy? :hehe:

Edit: and also yes to the below too, he turned out to be surprisingly intelligent and deep villain, instead of just being a "Durr, i'm a dragon!" :wink:

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:31 pm

Most recently to recollection was Yakuza 4 because that game was pretty much PlotTwistception the Game.

Dragon's Dogma also had a pretty interesting plot twist:

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I hadn't expected the Dragon to be anything more than a two dimensional cardboard cut out enemy to fight and save the land against. I wasn't expecting defeating him to lead to the collapse of the major settlement and the road to becoming Seneschal of the World.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:06 am

I have to agree with those who said KotoR, looking back it's not the best hidden plot twist, but during my first playthrough of the game it blew my mind.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:49 am

I can't speak for anybody else, but KotOR was not my first Bioware game.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:45 am

When

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Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense

Also, I don't know if it's much of a Plot twist, but

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When you come Face-to-Face with the real Mr. House in New Vegas.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:56 am

The Neverhood - when you keep the crown and suddenly turn evil That really surprised me when I was a child.

» Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:25 pm

Planet of the Apes

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You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! [censored] you all to hell!!

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:18 pm

Charleton Heston was not a happy camper that day...

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:33 am

Certainly was an annoying twist at the end of Divinity II:Ego Draconis, when you find out

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...that instead of saving the world, you've been tricked into releasing the Big Bad, who seals you in a crystal prison where you watch as the Evil Army sets off to conquer the world.

:wallbash:

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:29 am

KOTOR

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When you find out you are Revan.

» Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:54 am

Baldur's Gate 2 was my first BioWare game.