This one is the best for me. FF7 had some big ones too. Portal 2 has a nice one.
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Twists that blew your mind
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Snacks the sober sea lion
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I can't believe people played Deus Ex and
You cowards.
The Federation in Metroid
abandoned Paul, never realizing they could save him.
The Federation in Metroid
isn't evil so much as amoral. Using Samus as a tool is definitely not good-guy material, but it makes sense to keep Ridley and the Metroids around for research. They're more like the reckless, conceited military archetype than anything willfully evil.
Crash Station
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999/ VLR were good for me after the fact as I didn't fully register them right away. Same with Ever 17 which Uchikoshi reused the twist of for ZE.
The twist that really caught me off guard was the reveal in Danganronpa 2 that
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It's both an incredible subversion of the first game and a total game changer on its own as it makes you reevaluate everything.
The twist that really caught me off guard was the reveal in Danganronpa 2 that
the entire cast is literally ISIS with amnesia
It's both an incredible subversion of the first game and a total game changer on its own as it makes you reevaluate everything.
Hey now once I sat there and
killed EVERY MIB in the Ton and never realized the trigger was to go out the front door.
SchrodingerC
Member
Wait, how was SOMA's ending a twist when the game explains what happens to copies and those that the copies are based on.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
The Witcher 1
The main villain (Grand Master of the Flaming rose) is the adult version of Alvin your adopted son, after he accidentally travels to the past during a battle with non-humans, the lessons you teach are later spewed back to as the reasons for him doing his horrific shit
Off-Kilter
Banned
I pretty much detest this game but this right here might've been my favorite twist in all of gaming because I had no idea that was coming. Completely stunned me.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I feel like back in 1998 I was the only person on the planet who hadn't figured out Zelda was Shiek in Ocarina of Time. This shit was the equivalent of ,"no, I am your father!"
I WAS DONE!
I WAS DONE!
First post gets it.
I was also taken for a ride by Danganronpa 2 and Ghost Trick's twists respectively. But a twist from something I played fairly recently that really got me was Steins;Gate and the revelation that (Endgame spoilers)
Okabe from the future is the one who killed Kurisu in the beginning of the game
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Holy shit. I need to go back to this game now.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Can someone explain the VLR twist ?
I played through the game only one time and don't remember much, I think I also got a bad ending with
I am not seeing myself playing that game ever again, so hit me with the spoilers, please.
I played through the game only one time and don't remember much, I think I also got a bad ending with
that one girl you were stuck in the elevator just leaving. I trusted her :/
I am not seeing myself playing that game ever again, so hit me with the spoilers, please.
Bolivar687
Banned
I think I completely missed that. Wow I feel horrible since I liked W1 so much!
Thank you
Mr. President
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
One of my favorites. I loved the letter from him you can find in The Witcher 3
DiipuSurotu
Banned
They mustn't have seen the
post credit scene.
But yeah, Catherine explains that
copies and originals don't share the same mind, they may share the same memories but only the copy will have memories of being transferred over.
I played this with my GF's little brother and he didn't grasp the concept of copies and originals. He thought the original would die and carry on as the copy.
You didn't really play through VLR at all, lol.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Not as much of a narrative twist per see, but Okami blew my mind by keep going and going every time I thought I had just beaten the game.
Infamous 1 is one of my favorite endings of all time!
Kessler, The man who caused the destruction of the city in order to give Cole his powers, is actually Cole from the future, where a conduit called the beast caused mass destruction and killed all of his friends, so Kessler (future Cole) used his strongest power to travel back in time and orchestrate a campaign to make sure that his past self was strong enough to fight and kill the beast, and would have no obstacles blocking the way, such as family or friends. It was brutal, efficient, and totally epic.
Man, you really need to go back and get every ending. I thought nothing could beat 999's insanity until I played VLR.
Or find some videos of the endings at least. prepare for the third game.
Nocturnowl
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I loved this so much, especially when I got the hunch that this was the case.
I love how bullshit the twists are in Layton, I'm still not sure what the pinnacle of silliness is but Pandora's Box seems like a frontrunner.
The entire town was hallucinogenic due to gas seeping out of the nearby mine, that vampire you just had an elaborate fencing battle with? some really old geezer, everyone was tripping balls basically.
As for Layton 3 it basically pulls a double dosage,
Time travel clearly isn't possible so the actual twist is a giant underground city that makes no conceivable sense....except swerve, there actually is time travel involved.
It has to be 999 & VLR. I can't believe a game can so elegantly incorporate complicated twists into the gameplay mechanic. It is majestic.
But VLR's twist is even more impressive considering you what went through 999.
Wow. You have to play each ending. The game's story is linked to you getting a new ending after every playthrough until you get the true final ending. You haven't even scratched the surface of VLR.
But VLR's twist is even more impressive considering you what went through 999.
You already know Zero has to be one of you but you wouldn't suspect yourself!
Wow. You have to play each ending. The game's story is linked to you getting a new ending after every playthrough until you get the true final ending. You haven't even scratched the surface of VLR.
uncleslappy
nethack is my favorite dark souls clone
OG
Ganondorf was still alive in Twilight Princess. I never followed the game prior to release. I actually picked it up from the Gamecube bargain bin in GameStop months after it released. I literally had no idea I was going to fight Ganondorf until after I was in the throne room. Took me completely by surprise.
uncleslappy
nethack is my favorite dark souls clone
Yeah, dude. The whole point of the game is the
multiple playthroughs - that concept is built into the overarching story. You gotta keep going.
Crash Station
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First of all, did you play 999? Because that reads like someone that didn't play 999.
Second, getting an ending is not beating the game or even beating 1/10 of the game. These are deconstructive visual novels that REQUIRE multiple playthroughs. They're not RPGs with multiple endings, the multiple endings ARE the story.
Yeah lol. The only thing mind-blowing to me was how the main character - after the numerous explanations and actual examples throughout the game - apparently STILL did not understand the concept. %)
Great game though. Played all of it with a buddy watching (he requested that after seeing the beginning of the game).
OniBarubary
Banned
I love that almost every single twist from World Ends With You was said in this thread except for possibly the biggest of them all that
Like holy shit.
Mr. H is a fucking Angel from a Higher Plane and not even that but that he's probably a Fallen Angel.
Like holy shit.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I really need to play 999 and VLR then from the suggestions
Sky Interloper
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I see that Danganronpa and Zero Escape have already been mentioned.
Disregarding those and the original Phoenix Wright trilogy:
The events after
in Xenoblade Chronicles.
The mastermind's identity in Ace Attorney Investigations 2.
Disregarding those and the original Phoenix Wright trilogy:
The events after
Mechonis Core
The mastermind's identity in Ace Attorney Investigations 2.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Metal Gear Solid 2. The entire game.
The ending of pacifist and genocide in Undertale.
But I don't think I've ever lost my shit harder then at the end of metal gear solid 4 when you know who shows up. A mix of confusion, hysteria, anger and laughter
The ending of pacifist and genocide in Undertale.
But I don't think I've ever lost my shit harder then at the end of metal gear solid 4 when you know who shows up. A mix of confusion, hysteria, anger and laughter
Elitist1945
Member
Makoto Yuki
Banned
One of the best twists of all time. I felt like I was defeated so badly after this point.
Others that blew my mind include what really happened in Cloud's past, and all of MGS2's ending.
Yeah, I can only repeat what the others aleady said. You didn't play through the game once, you didn't even experienced 10% of the game.
While there are technically multiple endings, there is actually only one ending.
The Last Wizard
Member
This one was amazing for me since I realized it literally before the reveal and was like :O
I think Square Enix have denied that in one of their Ultimania books.
Funyarinpa
Member
you do indeed.
the first game is 20 bucks for DS on Amazon. Give it a whirl. You will not regret it.
Also, congrats me. I think I just spoiled Ghost Trick for myself. It was even tagged.