10 Video Games That Open On MAJOR Plot Twists

10. Morgan's Apartment Is A Simulation - Prey

2017's Prey reboot opens with one of the most audacious and unexpected rug-pulls in recent gaming history, with protagonist Morgan Yu waking up in his apartment and heading off to join a research team on the space station Talos I.

But first, the player is transported to a lab to perform a series of tests, effectively serving as the game's tutorial.

At the conclusion of this sequence, the scientists and soldiers on the other side of the plexiglass are attacked by the vicious aliens known as the Typhon, while Morgan passes out as a sedative gas is released.

Morgan wakes up back in his apartment, and after a moment it's clear that something isn't right.

He's warned to quickly exit his apartment, leading the player to shatter the literal facade of their apartment window, revealing it to actually be a simulation intended to make Morgan think he's still on Earth.

In fact, Morgan is already on Talos I and has been for three years, and the Typhon outbreak witnessed prior has actually happened for real.

Talk about an opening that toys with player expectations and sets an "all bets are off" vibe from the outset.