10 Cruel Tricks Horror Video Games Played On Players
3. Ellie Saves Isaac AFTER The Credits Roll - Dead Space 2
The original Dead Space ended with a player-trolling final jump scare, so fans were primed to expect a similarly downbeat ending to the sequel.
Dead Space 2 ends with protagonist Isaac Clarke stranded on the space station The Sprawl as its reactors melt down and his life support system starts to fail. He knows his goose is cooked, and so he simply sits to take a front-row seat to the annihilation.
At that moment, the game's title flashes up and the end credits start rolling while dramatic music plays. Yet after around a half-minute, the carnage is interrupted by Ellie, who turns up in a gunship to rescue Isaac.
The player is then given control of Isaac one final time as he flies to keep up with the ship and eventually comes aboard.
Hilariously, the scene then lingers on Isaac as it appears that he's about to have another horrifyingly violent vision - just like the end of the first game - only for Ellie to look at him like he's a total weirdo and simply say, "What?". Cut to black, The End.
Well played, Visceral Games, well played.