10 Cheapest Plot Twists In Gaming History

By Alexander Pan /

7. Final Fantasy X - It Was All A Dream

Final Fantasy X brings us the latest in emo protagonists that look like Japanese pop stars, the obligatory tragic backstories, scantily-clad young women, crazy hairstyles, and even crazier clothing, all wrapped up in a story where some big scary evil is threatening to destroy the world (again). After hours and hours of fighting large monsters in the world of Spira, awesome CGI cut-scenes, some backstory about Tidus and his home city of Zanarkand, and a little blitzball, it is revealed that Zanarkand was actually destroyed aeons ago. Tidus and Zanarkand are really just dreams from the remaining Zanarkand survivors called the €˜fayth€™. No amount of awesome world-building or character development can hide the fact that the developers actually had the gall to play the 'it's all a dream' card. Look, we can forgive stuff like subtly naming one of the antagonists €˜Sin€™ and spelling €˜faith€™ with a €˜y€™ instead of and €˜I€™, but after giving us previous game-changing plot twists, such as Aeris€™ death and Kefka€™s face-heel turn, the developers have shown that they could have (and should have) dug deeper into the narrative pool instead of focusing their attention on Lulu's gothic belt skirt.