5. Scott Shelby Is The Origami Killer
It's the kind of revelation that still makes me go 'Wait...what?' even though I have found out who the killer is about four times now. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Scott Shelby, the portly PI is the Origami Killer in a plot twist that is not only unexpected but really makes little to no sense whatsoever. In a flashback straight out of Lost, young Scottie is playing hide and seek with his brother John in the stupidest construction yard ever. When Scottie finishes counting, it seems that Johnny boy has decided to hide in some rather deadly rushing water coming from an open pipe. Of course not, the little blighter fell in, and Scottie is left trying to pull his beloved brother out of the pipe before the water rises and inevitably kills him. John has his leg stuck because of reasons and it all looks a bit bad, especially when Scott runs back to get his dad who is drunk and couldn't care less. So John dies and Scott gets taken off by a foster family to become a killer who is searching for a father who would give anything to save his son. You may be thinking that that's fine, but the real problem with it is that this motivation comes out of nowhere and is a 'reason' that could have easily been copy/pasted onto any character. Hell, give the backstory to Shaun Mars and he suddenly stuck himself in a stormdrain to test his father, because of the death of his brother Jason. Actually that could have been more satisfying than what we actually got. The worst thing is that the player has been actively taking part in Scott Shelby investigation sections, where he is trying to find the killer. He is trying his hardest to effectively catch himself, and although the revelation that he has merely been cleaning up evidence is cool, it doesn't work in all of his segments. You can read Scott's thoughts, where he apparently has no clue he is the killer either. It's really rather unbelievable how stupid it is. But the worst thing? Scott flat out kills someone in a section where you play as Scott. Somehow you don't see it, even though there are no cuts or transitions.