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Best Plot Twists In Video Games
Topic Started: Mar 17 2013, 10:39 PM (810 Views)
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So, before you even begin to read this thread, please note that there will be major spoilers here. If you have a game in your back log and it is mentioned here, it is at your own discretion you read what is written about said game, no one is responsible for you reading it but yourself.

That being said, please be courteous and put the twists in spoilers, I have several games in my own back log that have a very good chance to be mentioned here and I plan to not read them if they are mentioned. So please, be courteous to others and put key points in the story/plot twists in spoiler tags. That being said, I will start off with one of my favorites in a video game ever:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic


If you'd like to comment on it feel free to, or post your own. I'm a sucker for good stories and I will literally play an entire game I hate if I enjoy the story, it's also probably one of my favorite things to talk about when talking about games.

So, what are some of your favorite plot twists/story moments in games?

For the record, I know there is a best stories thread, but I consider this different. If it should be locked however, so be it.

"And I'll scream
So loud that everyone in this place
Will hear every word I say
Cause this is my time, this is my time to shine
Let nothing stand in our way"
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Yeshua
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Hoo-boy, this should be good. I'm gonna go off the top of my head for some stuff.

Chrono Trigger

Xenoblade Chronicles

Metal Gear Solid 3

Metal Gear Solid 4

The Walking Dead

Assassin's Creed III

Tales of Symphonia

Batman: Arkham City

Final Fantasy XIII


And quick notes that everyone knows:

Mass Effect 3 - lol nothing matters
Metal Gear Solid 2 - Raiden's the main character
Metroid - Samus isn't a dude
Legend of Zelda - Zelda's the chick
Edited by Yeshua, Mar 17 2013, 10:56 PM.
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Mother 3
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Yeshua
Mar 17 2013, 10:50 PM

Xenoblade Chronicles


Baconboy
Mar 17 2013, 11:15 PM
Fire Emblem: Awakening


Mother 3

Ah, you plot twist revealing bastards. I was gonna' say those.

Portal 2



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Allow me to beg your indulgence for a moment.

My name is Simian Dandow, I am your Arcade Champion, and I've come to help the Internet.

I do not venture into this topic to ruin someone's anticipation of an ending or an event that leads in the next act of a story.

I have come to discuss what "plot twist" truly is deserving of the title of "best".

"Best" is an ignorant way of describing a change of tone. Each one of the events listed have various effects in the history of videogames.

If this forum wants to choose the "Best" event that changed the mood of a plot. Then we would first how to rate their effect.

I say we start with the use of foreshadowing. A common literary device used in videogames used to give a subtle hint to the player that this character will become vital to the story in some considerable way.

Some "plot twists" have little to no foreshadowing. Such as the reveal of Samus Aran, Metroid is a third person space shooter with a small spacesuit sprite. It would be near impossible for a common man to prepare for it. (Unless the original Metroid had a game booklet that already gave away the backstory and Samus's Gender, in that case, anyone who was still shocked by the ending is a clear ignoramus.)

Other plot twists actually have large amounts of hidden build up. Such as the big reveals in games such as Portal 2. Where if you rescue a certain character, the seemingly unintelligble garbage they say will foreshadow the entire second act.

I wish to prompt a discussion on whether we define the "best" plot twist, by the overwhelming amount of foreshadowing, or the lack of it.

In layman's terms: To what extent is the use of foreshadowing essential to creating a memorable plot twist in videogames?
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Simian Dandow
Mar 19 2013, 08:46 PM
Where if you rescue a certain character, the seemingly unintelligble garbage they say will foreshadow the entire second act.
Oh Simian, no matter what they say, I'll always love you. You're for me what Nooky is for Spirit.

But you don't get to talk about Wheatley like that. Ever. Mmkay?

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Mar 19 2013, 09:51 PM
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Mar 19 2013, 09:48 PM
Simian Dandow
Mar 19 2013, 08:46 PM
Where if you rescue a certain character, the seemingly unintelligble garbage they say will foreshadow the entire second act.
Oh Simian, no matter what they say, I'll always love you. You're for me what Nooky is for Spirit.

But you don't get to talk about Wheatley like that. Ever. Mmkay?
Ms. SkittleE, I'm flattered at your claims.

However, you misunderstood my post. The character I was citing was the Turret that you saved from the Redemption Line.
Edited by Simian Dandow, Mar 19 2013, 10:25 PM.
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Mar 19 2013, 11:40 AM
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that's just epic.

Another, is zelda twilight princess

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