10 Best "Everything You Know Is A Lie" Moments In Video Games

3. Shadow Of The Colossus (2005) - The Colossi Weren't Evil

The plot of Shadow Of The Colossus was so simple and perfectly executed that it's likely nobody saw the ending coming.

At the start of the game, protagonist Wander brings the body of his recently deceased girlfriend, Mono, to a sacred temple. It's here the disembodied voice of a godlike being called Dormin informs him that it is possible to reclaim her soul if Wander succeeds in destroying the idols in the temple.

To do so, however, Wander must travel across the lands and defeat gigantic stone beasts, each of which represents one of the idols. There is, however, Dormin warns, a price to pay for these actions.

As far as objectives go, Wander's couldn't be more straightforward. And with the goal of bringing back his loved one, players likewise have no reason to question the morality of his intentions.

But the slaying of each colossi begins to have a physical toll on Wander, who grows paler and sicklier as the game progresses.

It's only with the death of the final Colossi that players realise that they've been deceived. The beasts were preventing the malevolent Dormin from escaping his imprisonment, and you foolishly released him by killing innocent creatures.