10 RIDICULOUS Plot Twists From Recent Video Games

10. Eli's Death Gets Retconned - Half-Life: Alyx

The mere fact that Half-Life: Alyx exists at all is enough of a plot twist for most fans, but Valve held absolutely nothing back when it came to the VR game's show-stopping jaw-dropper of an ending.

Given that Alyx was confirmed to be a prequel set five years prior to the events of Half-Life 2, it seemed that the game wouldn't be addressing the agonising cliffhanger posed at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, where Alyx's father Eli was killed by a Combine Advisor.

But at the end of this game, Alyx encounters the mysterious G-Man, who sends her to the future and shows her what happens to her father, while offering her the opportunity to change his fate.

And so, the game concludes with Alyx preventing his death by destroying the Combine Advisor, before she's sent into stasis by the G-Man, and Gordon and a now-alive Eli vow to rescue her.

For a new Half-Life game to not only exist but retcon a cliffhanger ending that had tortured fans for 13 long years is a whole new level of bold.

That it also left most fans satisfied and eager to see what comes next, then, is nothing short of miraculous.