8 Greatest Video Game Twists (With Zero Build-Up)

8. Master Miller Is Liquid Snake - Metal Gear Solid

Nobody does a plot twist quite like Hideo Kojima, and in terms of sheer WTF shock value, he's arguably never topped the delicious Master Miller reveal near the end of the first Metal Gear Solid.

Throughout the game, Solid Snake's old pal Master Miller provides moral support via codec calls, but after Snake uses the PAL keys and unwittingly activates Metal Gear REX, Miller reveals himself to have tricked Snake into doing so all along.

At this point, Colonel Campbell interrupts the call to tell Snake that somebody is impersonating Miller, and the real Miller's body was just discovered at his home, having been killed three days earlier.

"Miller" then reveals himself to be Liquid Snake, Solid's brother and the game's main villain, who has been posing as Miller for the entirety of the story.

Even though this is basically an un-guessable twist up to the point that it's revealed, the bait-and-switch is so damn brilliant - that we've been conversing with the antagonist for the whole game - that it's near-impossible to dislike.