10 Monumental Video Game Plot Twists Nobody Saw Coming
5. The Boss' Sacrifice - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
If there are two things Metal Gear and Hideo Kojima know how to do, it’s ridiculously intense stories and ridiculously intense boss fights. Case in point for both: The Boss. Her double/triple/quadruple agent status and sacrifice allowed Snake to get the Philosopher’s Legacy into American hands.
After an emotional and hard fought battle against his former mentor, Snake emerges victorious against The Boss and gains the microfilm dubbed “Philosopher’s Legacy” from her. Escaping to Alaska with his partner EVA, she then double crosses Snake, explaining she is actually a Chinese operative sent to acquire the microfilm and that Boss was actually a fake defector, with her mission to intentionally surrender the microfilm to the United States.
AND THEN post credits you find out Ocelot actually works for the CIA! What!?!
By this point in the series, fans had become accustomed to narrative twists and turns, so it came down to what the twist would be, rather than if there would be one. Instead you got a triple whammy of surprises that directed you straight to the online forums to discuss it with fellow Snake Eaters.