10 Massive Video Game Spoilers The Internet Totally Ruined

1. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

The major spoiler: YOU are the mysterious villain, Darth Revan

Equally as notorious as the Vader twist from the Empire Strikes Back, Knights of the Old Republic's galaxy-altering shocker is an absolutely stellar reveal - one of the best in gaming history.

The revelation that you were in fact Darth Revan, and not the hero (or maybe villain), you thought you were really did come out of nowhere, despite the fact that there were suspicions to be had. Yet, whilst the gaming community all seems to display a sense of reverence for the twist, everyone just talks about it nonchalantly, irrespective of whether or not fans have yet had the experience of playing it. It's the same issue with Empire, in that most people will go into KOTOR already with the knowledge that they are in fact the villain, like most go into Star Wars' fifth episode fully aware that Vader will tell Luke he's his father in the third act and be done with it. It makes the twist feel just a little bit less special, and consequentially makes the story that much less gratifying for would-be first play-throughs.

We should all be considerate of spoilers, even if titles are old. Rebutting someone complaining about them with the simple claim that "you should expect this" or "you should've gotten it sooner" just isn't valid in the slightest, because, even if fans can take certain precautions to ward off against potential spoilers, they shouldn't have to. It's simple internet etiquette to be mindful that when you're discussing literature, you make sure you're not going to be ruining a story for someone, and that practice should very much be applied to video games.

Were any of these games spoiled before you got the chance to play them? Or did you beat the internet to the punch? Let us know in the comments below!