10 Video Game Reveals You Can Spot Early (If You Really Look)
3. Nicole Is Dead - Dead Space
Dead Space ends with the revelation that protagonist Isaac Clarke's girlfriend Nicole has been a Marker-induced hallucination for the game's entirety, having previously committed suicide to avoid becoming a Necromorph.
This of course leads to the game's unforgettable terrifying jump scare of an ending, where a ferocious final hallucination of Nicole attacks him before we cut to black.
But developers EA Redwood Shores (later rebranded as Visceral Games) included an hilariously obvious hint to this truth, albeit one which will probably only be apparent to anyone who looked up a strategy guide while playing the game.
Basically, the first letter from each of the game's chapter titles spells out "N.I.C.O.L.E. I.S. D.E.A.D.", ensuring that anyone who took a prolonged glance at the chapter lists in order might've had that brutal final rug-pull spoiled for them.