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Plot twists can be a gamer’s best friend.
These plots make up some of themost unforgettable moments in video game history.
Developers who put in the effort to execute such events in their games deserve credit.
Throughout the decades, these developers push through the normal depths of their game narrative to tell amazing stories.
These are the kinds of plots that manage to flip our expectations with cleverly executed twists.
With that said, let’s dive in.
The game developer, Capcom, however, managed to salvage the title in regards to story execution.
Fans were thrown on a spin to the reveal that the head of the S.T.A.R.S.
department, Albert Wesker, was secretly collaborating with the Umbrella organization the whole time.
The double agent is eventually killed, and the player proceeds to battle the Tyrant.
The game also features multiple endings depending on whether or not the playing character defeats the Tyrant.
Who in this case, is the final boss.
That’s what the developers of this 2002 classic did inSilent Hill 2.
The plot is centered around our main protagonist, James.
Jamees is constantly haunted by the circumstances surrounding the death of his wife; all while grieving her loss.
Based on his deeply manifested guilt, he begins to unravel repressed grief that takes him through unimaginable horrors.
All this leads to a heartbreaking revelation, which James runs into in the form of a videotape.
This tape depicts James smothering his ailing wife with a pillow as a form of euthanasia to death.
From this point, he faces various haunting events that have manifested in his psyche due to his guilt.
The story is centered around Nate, a desperate father trying to find his son, Shaun.
The boy had been prematurely stolen from a cryptofreeze by two strangers who also killed the protagonist’s spouse.
Shortly after these events, Nate is forced into cryogenic sleep and only wakes up when the machine malfunctions.
He is unaware of how much time has passed while he was in cryosleep.
Most of the world is in ruins, and everyone thinks Nate is the sole survivor.
This event inFallout 4makes for one of the best plot twists in gaming history.
It also places the player in one of the most challenging positions when it comes to decision-making.
All possible choices seem to have an inevitable, drastic outcome.
An underwater city hidden from the surface world.
Jack is immediately finds himself in the war between two top dogs in the system; Fontaine and Ryan.
Who is revealed to be is his birth father.
It is only after this revelation that Jack chases Fontaine into his evil lair to seek revenge.
There are a lot more plots in theBioShockstoryline, but this event is the most compelling.
We get to believe that he joined the dark forces and gone rogue, waging war against the Republic.
The big reveal is something that can undoubtedly weigh heavy on any player.
After a series of events, we find out that all along, the player is Darth Revan.
However, this is unbeknownst to him as a result of his mind being wiped by the Jedi.
Evans I. Karanja is a freelance writer who loves to write about anything technology.
When not writing, he can be found playing video games or watching F1.
