10 Video Game Plot Twists EVERYONE Saw Coming
3. Jill Is The Bird Lady - Resident Evil 5
The Resident Evil franchise really doesn't like killing off characters for good, and so few fans bought into Capcom's claim that the legendary Jill Valentine had been killed off-screen before the events of Resident Evil 5.
Even though the marketing focused on Jill's grave, and Capcom even took out a glossy magazine ad showing Chris kneeling at said grave, it was howlingly obvious that Capcom was giving fans the runaround.
It didn't help that one trailer showed a woman waking up out of stasis, and while some fans thought she might be Sherry Birkin, the stone cold consensus was that we were looking at an alive and well Jill.
Capcom couldn't let what remained of the mystery lie, though, because in the game's final trailer they showcased a sequence where Wesker started to unmask the mysterious Bird Lady character, while telling Chris he thought he'd be happy to see her.
Gee, who could it really be other than Jill at that point? And indeed, the Bird Lady was ultimately revealed to be a brainwashed Jill, just as Capcom made evident.