10 Most Shocking Video Game Plot Twists Of 2018
2. The Fate Of The Obra Dinn - Return Of The Obra Dinn
2018’s Return of the Obra Dinn only makes use of two colors: black and white. Conversely, that is absolutely not the case when it comes to the game’s narrative and ending scenarios, which can be vastly different depending on how much information the player collected during their investigation.
Brought to us by Lucas Pope, the indie developer behind 2013’s morally-mortifying hit Papers, Please, Return of the Obra Dinn has players stepping into the role of an insurance adjuster from the East India Trading Company intent on determining what exactly happened to the mysterious vessel. With the help of the Momento Mortem, players view the fates of deceased crew members and slowly peace together exactly what happened.
Hidden aboard the Obra Dinn is a tale involving mermaids, a kraken, and a cursed sea shell. The extent to which this is revealed is up to the player’s investigative abilities, but the full picture can’t be seen until the end of the game.
One year after the return of the ship, the protagonist receives a monkey’s paw in the mail which reveals that the crew made a deal with a mermaid to return the ship to port in exchange for the shell.