Tell of your favorite plot twist in a game *spoiler*
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 06:16
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Just thought I'd give this one a working over, cause there's a stack of scen designers out there racking their brain for an idea that makes GIFTSs stand on their mandibles. My favorite one (for lack of being able to think of anything else) is when you turn out to be Revan in StarWars: Knights Of The Old Republic. That was a cheerin plot twist - even more completely out of left field, cause I played as a female, and Revan's kinda portrayed as a dude throughout the game. Posts: 304 | Registered: Monday, October 1 2001 07:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 06:22
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Entering Polito's office in System Shock 2, by a mile. -------------------- Rate my scenarios! Areni Revenge To Live in Fear Deadly Goblins Ugantan Nightmare Isle of Boredom Posts: 1423 | Registered: Sunday, October 7 2001 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 13:53
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My favorite plot twist? Hmm. 'Max, you are in a video game / graphic novel', for novelty. (Those who do not get the reference do not deserve to.) Adam Cadre's 'Shrapnel' can be safely defined as a game in a plot twist, although it's a unique case. I would mention the time when Big World-Shatteringly Powerful Superpowerful Self-Insert 37B was revealed to be Big World-Shatteringly Powerful Superpowerful Self-Insert 22G in disguise in Echoes, but, well... The second Hugo game had a pretty good one for a SCUMM-ish program. In Europa Universalis II and Victoria, a 'plot twist' can actually be defined, in a strange way, as history either taking a bizzare, untoward turn -- Sweden establishing a massive colonial empire, for instance -- or actually going the way it's supposed to in spite of all of your mucking (the USA stretches from western Canada to northern Mexico and owns half of Africa, is two-tenths socialist, and the Confederates still split off?). I enjoy this sort of thing because I am a sick, sick man. 'The princess is in another castle' might count as a plot twist, but that's cheating. Similarly, AoE2 taking the historically accurate route with a brief reconquest of Tenochtitlan -might- also count. But the best plot twist? Who knows. I'd have to think on it, because I'm currently drawing a blank. I'll be back. -------------------- AnamaFreak (3:59:56 AM): Shounen-ai to the MAX ...there really is nothing that can compare to hot gay sex with a mythological icon. --665 Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 15:29
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The big puzzle in Spider and Web. Posts: 269 | Registered: Saturday, May 24 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 16:53
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The revelation of Samir Duran's treachery in Brood War. It wasn't awfully surprising, but it was eminently well done. -------------------- Stughalf "The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others."- Theodore Roosevelt, 1903. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 17:35
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Naomi and FoxDie + Meryl Ending in Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes. Seriously, I suspected everybody to be a traitor except *Spoiler* Master. Grey Fox was also a surprise. -------------------- Live teh fez. Posts: 1233 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Thursday, April 15 2004 19:10
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I'm putting FO and FO2 under this one for 'favorite twists', actually. FO's big one involves killing the boss (or one of them) in a completely unique way, and FO2's twists are many and very interesting. The best of them, I'd say, is one like Stughalf's -- the revelations of the Enclave. They're not too non-obvious, but they're still very interesting and well-presented. -------------------- AnamaFreak (3:59:56 AM): Shounen-ai to the MAX ...there really is nothing that can compare to hot gay sex with a mythological icon. --665 Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, April 16 2004 06:41
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Finding out the full form of H.A.R.M in No One Lives Forever would qualify as a sudden twist. Posts: 13 | Registered: Thursday, April 15 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 04:32
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Plot twist, huh? Hm. Well, in Thief: The Dark Project, when it turns out that Constantine is really The Trickster, and he fooled Garret into getting The Eye, a powerful evil magic gem, for him. Then Viktoria turns out to be a crazy plant lady, and she rips out one of Garret's eyes with her vines so they can use the real eye to make The Eye work properly, or something. It's been a while. It was a spiffy plot twist. -------------------- Check out the DIARY, why doncha? It won't bite. Probably. "We were heart companions, We were companions in the woods, We were fellows of the same bed, Where we used to sleep the balmy sleep. After mortal battles abroad, In countries many and far distant, Together we used to practice, and go Through each forest, learning with Scathach". Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 05:29
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Quite a good game there Captain. In Thief 2: The Metal Age it's quite the plot twist when you have to help Viktoria fight the evil mechanists that are killing off all the plants in the city. That was quite the shock. [ Saturday, April 17, 2004 05:29: Message edited by: Firedrake ] -------------------- "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster... when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes back into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche "There is no dodging the quad laser." -Ignignok Posts: 469 | Registered: Thursday, November 14 2002 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 15:34
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quote:Yeah, that was funny. Also, in Max Payne 2 in the dream sequence where he's at the police station, if you walk around by his desk, there's a big easel that says "You are in a video game!" or something on it. -------------------- -- Zell_1388 Posts: 13 | Registered: Sunday, March 28 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, April 17 2004 17:58
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I am suddenly reminded of how few PC games I have played. Md. Posts: 304 | Registered: Monday, October 1 2001 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Sunday, April 18 2004 06:44
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I didn't find the twist in Thief 2 surprising since at the time I hadn't played Thief. Alec, check the events folder. The secession of the Confederacy is probably a pre-set event. -------------------- "I particularly like the part where he claims not to know what self-aggrandisement means, then demands more wing-wongs up his virgin ass" Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Sunday, April 18 2004 10:39
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True, but it relies on all sorts of arcane and bizzare variables. What disappoints me is that Nigeria can't go Confederate without messing with the USA and CSA events.  -------------------- AnamaFreak (3:59:56 AM): Shounen-ai to the MAX ...there really is nothing that can compare to hot gay sex with a mythological icon. --665 Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Sunday, April 18 2004 21:30
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My favorite plot twist would definitely have to be the one in Max Payne 2, where you beat the game on the hardest difficulty... it was worth playing for me, considering how depressed the ending made me when I played on 'fugitive' difficulty. I also loved that Max Payne 'you are in a computer game' thing. Hell, even the Vlad thing was enjoyable. ...Yes, I am a huge fan of Max Payne. The twist when you join the NSA in Deus Ex is pretty cool too. Posts: 69 | Registered: Tuesday, May 28 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, April 19 2004 05:24
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The Mechanists were plotting to kill off more than just the plants in the city, my friend. "You think your body, with its noxious gases, and leaky orifices is glorious in the eyes of The Builder?" But yeah, it was fairly odd to see Viktoria, who ripped out Gar's eye in the first game, sacrifice herself fighting the Mechanist combat bots. -------------------- Check out the DIARY, why doncha? It won't bite. Probably. "We were heart companions, We were companions in the woods, We were fellows of the same bed, Where we used to sleep the balmy sleep. After mortal battles abroad, In countries many and far distant, Together we used to practice, and go Through each forest, learning with Scathach". Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, April 20 2004 14:18
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Propably in Metal Gear Solid when it turns out Liquid is your brother, or in Metal Gear Solid 2 when it turns out Colonel is an AI, or when it turns out Solidus knew Raiden, or when it turns out Occelot betrayed everyone, or when... I'll think I have to stop, or I will go on forever! :rolleyes: But the Revan thing (post 1) was also kinda cool, and the Deus Ex stuff, but that didn't suprise me very much, I figured Paul worked for the NFS rather early in the game. And yeah, the fact that Vlad betrayed you also came as a shock, but the fact that Mona vorked for Wooden was a bigger shock, and so was the Vlad/Winterson affair. The fact that Yuna has to die in order to defeat Sin in Final Fantasy X was a sad suprise. I am suddenly reminded of how many PC (and PS2) games I have played. Bg. [ Tuesday, April 20, 2004 14:31: Message edited by: Black Griffon aka. StD ] -------------------- For Ancelot the ancient cross of war for the holy town of gods Gloria, gloria perpetua in this dawn of victory The one and only StD! 33111-CRUSADER-4849 Posts: 662 | Registered: Friday, September 13 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, April 28 2004 21:07
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quote:Eeee hee hee hee hee... Wooden...  Posts: 69 | Registered: Tuesday, May 28 2002 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Thursday, April 29 2004 01:54
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Then what is it? [ Thursday, April 29, 2004 13:23: Message edited by: Black Griffon aka. StD ] -------------------- For Ancelot the ancient cross of war for the holy town of gods Gloria, gloria perpetua in this dawn of victory The one and only StD! 33111-CRUSADER-4849 Posts: 662 | Registered: Friday, September 13 2002 07:00 |