10 Out Of NOWHERE Video Game Transformations

10. Assassin's Creed III - Who's Really Good And Evil?

Right up until the release of Assassin's Creed III, players were led to believe that they'd only play as Connor throughout. So, expectations were slightly subverted when you start as his father, Haytham Kenway.

With a merry band of colleagues, Kenway comes across as a lovely, wonderful Assassin in the game's prologue. That is, until a "Say whaaaat" moment sees him inducted as a Templar instead.

That, in itself, is a pretty massive twist. Well done, Assassin's Creed, for hoodwinking us early on.

But it's what comes next that changes the game. When playing as Haytham, other members of his Order come across as decent, honourable people. Yet when it switches to Connor, so do his (and our) perceptions of them.

Charles Lee, for example, is normal and full of good intention in Kenway's eyes. As Connor, he's as sinister as Captain Hook, complete with disgusting and disheveled appearance. It's not comically obvious, but noticeable over time.

Whilst the Templar twist is renown, it's how we see certain characters from differing perspectives afterwards that is a surprisingly need and subtle transformation here.