10 Worst-Kept Spoilers In Video Game History

2. Portal – GLaDOS Is Evil And The Cake Is A Lie

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While “the cake is a lie” might not be a clear spoiler in itself just by hearing it, its cemented legacy as such a famous and quoted video game line makes questions surrounding its origin answerable with a simple “GLaDOS is evil and tricks you into making you think you can escape her.”

While a lot of people use “the cake is a lie” as an idiom separate from its specific Portal-related meaning, knowing that GLaDOS wants to keep you trapped in the Enrichment centre is itself a pretty unavoidable spoiler.

With the puzzle element of Portal being the main draw, the fact that its remaining strand of plot lies in a huge twist at the end makes it pretty much the only way you can explain the gist of the story.

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