10 Video Game Hero Transformations You Didn't See Coming

7. The Boy - Inside

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Inside is a mesmerising and unforgettable experience from start to finish - and especially to finish.

The bulk of the game sees players controlling an unnamed boy as he scales an oppressive, dystopian landscape and attempts to avoid death's cruel clutches.

But he certainly gets far more than he bargained for at game's end, when he comes face-to-face with the Huddle - a giant fleshy blob that appears to be a crude, experimental mass of human bodies, per the various limbs sticking out.

At this moment, the boy is pulled into the Huddle and becomes part of it, seemingly forever. The player then takes control of the Huddle as it stages an insane escape from the lab, before coming to settle at a sunny coastline.

One can only begin to imagine what the hell was going through the boy's head once he was dragged into the Huddle. We can see that he's been transformed physically, but what has become of his consciousness?

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