Most surprising story twists in gaming (Spoilers)

[TristanBelmont]

I cba to write spoiler tags so I won't actually say it, but anyone who's played Black Ops 1 to the conclusion- Victor Resnov. Biggest 'oh shit' story moment in a game came from a Call of Duty.
EDIT: Also, not so much a story twist but a genre twist, that bit half way through Uncharted 1 where it stops being an adventure game and starts being an Indiana Jones game.

It gets less impressive when you remember Fight Club did it first, but still, I'm surprised Call of Duty was sophisticated enough (even for a moment) to take cues from something like that...

 

[bz316]

Bioshock Infinite's revelation of how you, Elizabeth, and Comstock are all tied together blew my fucking mind. Seriously, at one point in the game I was just guessing crazy crap that might be part of the story when I actually guessed what the "big twist" was before immediately dismissing it out of hand as "too crazy" ^_^

 

[Auron225]

I think Bioshock Infinite blew my mind the most. Almost all the way through the credits, I just sat there with my mouth hanging open as in my head everything was coming together at the same time. It was freaking wonderful

Honourable mention to the first Bioshock though and also to Heavy Rain. That one didn't make sense but it blew my mind nonetheless.

Spoiler: Heavy Rain spoilers

By which I of course mean Shelby being the culprit. It was the last thing I was expecting since he was a player character, but at the same time made no sense for that very same reason. I distinctly remember a certain shop in which you control him the entire time yet what he does and what you controlling him do turn out to be very different things. All I could do was sit there and think "But... that didn't happen. I would know - I was there controlling him! That wasn't even an option!"

 

[Nouw]

Ever 17's true ending just drops twist after twist so I'm going to say: all of it; not many twists in anything had me stand up and walk around for a while because of how much my mind was blown.

You have been mentioning that a lot lately, heck you have even won me over. (I'm also guessing your avatar is from it too. >.<)
I'm going to play it at one point now, even if I don't usually like Visual Novels with multiple protagonists. :/

Better add "ef - A fairy Tale of the Two" on there as well.
So much to catch up on. XD

Well I'm glad my efforts paid off then! And yup, she is indeed from it[sub]*cough*best-girl*cough*[/sub]

It's fairly long but seeing as how you've played Clannad it should be a breeze.

Enjoy, and be sure to get back to me once you've finished.

 

[L. Declis]

I have to say for me the "would you kindly" gottcha' from the original Bioshock. though it wasn't smart of poor Andy to order his own murder to prove a point.

This hit me like a brick. It turned an "all right" game into a game that I will always bring up in a slightly preachy way. It came from nowhere and hit me in the gut, and yet when I think about it, all the signs were there.

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Spec Op: The Line.

All of it. The White Phosphorus. Getting to the end. Same as above.

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Corpse Party.

When you find out who the real murderer is. Just... damn.

 

[maconlon439]

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

This game was full of decent twists, although they petered out in the final chapter.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds created the best twist I can remember.