10 Legendary Video Game Plot Twists - Ranked From Dumb To Genius

Kojima, you crafty little fox. There’s some people who would definitely have this twist right at the bottom, buried underground with gallons of cement poured on top. When you play a Metal Gear Solid game though, you really have to roll with the punches.

In a move they’d struggle to keep secret these days, Konami and Kojima pulled the wool over everybody’s eyes. It’s not just the hugely publicised falling out which would stop this happening today, but with so many leaks and betas spreading across the internet like wildfire, you just couldn’t keep this under wraps.

Though the game starts out letting you play as series hero Solid Snake, it quickly switches gears and puts you in the shoes of Raiden instead. The blonde, pasty agent is the antithesis of Snake in almost every way, and though more modern iterations of the character have been more popular, at the time he was widely despised.

You bought the game to play as Snake, not this wet newspaper.

It’s an incredibly dumb twist, one done purely to infuriate the fans. It fits in perfectly with Metal Gear Solid’s sensibilities though, so drags itself up the list.