biggest surprise in a game

[Space Spoons]

Finding out that the cannon outside Princess Peach's castle in Super Mario 64 does, in fact, serve a purpose. This was before myself and many of my friends had taken our first shaky steps into Internet Land, you see, so rumors were everywhere about the fabled Top of the Castle, and what might be waiting up there.

From the Key at the Bottom of the Lake, to angling your fall when you die in that all-clouds-and-red-coins stage, to jumping over the invisible wall blocking you from the Princess Peach/Bowser painting on the first floor over the castle, I'd heard all of the supposed methods... Except getting all 120 stars. Apparently, none of my friends had thought of that.

I was utterly shocked when I got that last star and stepped outside to find the cannon unlocked and ready to blast me to the top of the castle... And the prize couldn't have been greater. 99 lives, a special third jump, and a Yoshi cameo! It was amazing, at the time.

 

[mjkthedarkrabbit]

Two words, Dog, Window.

Seconded


Metal Gear Solid 4

Only one really surpriseing part. Getting to drive frakking Metal Gear REX finaly after what 4 games and countless offshoots?

 

[Thaliur]

I had two quite impressive surprises in two games:

Flying Saucer:
"The Greys destroyed our world... We, the Cyners, came to help you..." turning to "The sight of a Cyner colony ship usually means the destruction of the concerned planet"

And then there was Two Worlds... Gandohar, you sneaky bastard...

 

[kbag08]

Metal Gear Solid 4

Only one really surpriseing part. Getting to drive frakking Metal Gear REX finaly after what 4 games and countless offshoots?

Seconded but i also loved going back to mgs1 - nice surprise

 

[ephemeralM]

FF7:
No, I'm talking about the end-boss. Loosely quoting my inner speech here: "Wait, that was the end-boss already? I was just poking him a bit and still buffing up, preparing to unleash full carnage in a few rounds. And he's already dead? I knew that guy was a wimp from the moment I saw him, killing girls to make himself feel better, going all anguishy over everything. You can go stick it Sephy. You can't even grow a proper pair of wings."

lol i remember beating FF10's final boss 1hk with rikku... i was like "wait.. what? that's it?" this is what you get when you try to finish any final fantasy title in 100% D: a final battle that's not amusing or rewarding at all..

also, this:

Seconded but i also loved going back to mgs1 - nice surprise

 

[Yargaflarga]

Watching Roman get shot in the back of the head in Gta 4. Why do they always kill the funny guy?

 

[this_was_a_mistake]

The scene with Andrew Ryan in Bioshock is still one of the most fucked up moment I encountered in a game.

 

[tobyornottoby]

The plot twist of Baten Kaitos... never seen that one in a game

MGS is pretty good at wtf moments too ^^

 

[TheButteryGoodness]

either KotOR with "you are reven" or bioshock with "would you kindly".
or just anything for MGS.i mean WTF?!

 

[GloatingSwine]

When you get to the point in System Shock 2 where you find out who Polito really is.


That is the scariest moment of gaming. Bar NONE.

I wasn't surprised by that, I'd spotted it coming. But I was shivering with insane fanboy glee. SHODAN is one of my favourite gaming villains. Ever.

 

[OuroborosChoked]

When you get to the point in System Shock 2 where you find out who Polito really is.


That is the scariest moment of gaming. Bar NONE.

I am such a big fan of that game that it took a while for me to not think of something else when the title of a thread is "biggest suprise in a game"

What is it you fear? The trivial end of your existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence...

I AM SHODAN.

 

[Schmidty728]

Metal Gear Solid 4

Only one really surpriseing part. Getting to drive frakking Metal Gear REX finaly after what 4 games and countless offshoots?

Seconded but i also loved going back to mgs1 - nice surprise

I agree, all of Act 4 was awesome in my opinion, with that amazing final sequence.

I also liked the conversation you have with Sovereign in Mass Effect. Just learning whats pulling Saren's strings was cool for me.

And the part in Resident Evil 4, Chapter 2-3 I believe. When you are trapped in the house with Luis. I kept a save file at the part and play it every now and then for fun. Man that was crazy the first time through. Same can be said for pretty much that whole game!

 

[tuglowz]

in metal gear solid 2 i played up to the lift and was surprised to see snake go up the lift and who the guy was i was controling that really threw me through a loop XD

 

[videot76]

The final boss confrontation in The Witcher has been the one twist in recent games I didn't really see coming...nice one, too.
(The whole "Atlas is Fontaine" thing I saw coming two chapters ahead or so though. The Ryan "connection" was not as obvious.)

 

[jamesworkshop]

Zelda: OoT Sheik being princess Zelda
Reading that the rocket launcher in Crysis was a laser guided missile after having completed the game twice!

 

[nikomas1]

In recent memory... When Kate dies in GTA4... It was a 5 - 10 minute long WTF just happened moment.