8 Video Games That Accidentally Included Things You Weren't Supposed To See

8. The Alternate Ending (Shadow Of The Tomb Raider)

Unless you're talking about Infamous, or Quantic Dream's recent games (or some other title with a heavy emphasis on player choice) video games usually have a single, definitive ending. And even in those rare cases where multiple conclusions can be unlocked, only one of them is usually considered canon, like the heroic ending in Infamous 2.

2018's Shadow Of The Tomb Raider did things differently here though, with Eidos Montreal considering multiple post-credits scenes during development. And not only that, but they even went ahead and built some of these alternate endings, fully aware that only one of them would make it into the final product.

Or so they thought.

As discovered by a fan who played an unpatched version of the game at launch, the devs had forgotten to remove one of these alternate sequences, which showed Lara Croft receiving a letter from Jacqueline Natla, the villain in the original 1996 Tomb Raider game.

The ending that players were supposed to get was totally different, showing Lara sat at her desk while pondering the uncertainty of her future.

What's funny about this situation is that some players got the proper ending, while others got the non-canon one. So there was quite a bit of confusion on message boards when people started discussing how the game wrapped up!