15 Most Mind-Blowing Video Game Plot Twists Of The 2000s

5. "Raiden, Turn The Game Console Off Right Now" - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

Was the craziest part of MGS 2 either A) Realising there's half-vampire man who can run on water and regenerate his own brain tissue, B) That an ex-President of the United States is now wearing octopus-style armour and commanding a terrorist cell, or C) That your commanding unit was actually an A.I. all along, and your actions were an elaborate computer program designed to replicate the events of the first game? Well, if you answered C), Well done! Not even the twist of playing as Raiden for the majority was as balls-to-the-wall "WHAT!?"-inducing as Hideo Kojima's final flick of the wrist. The best part was the implementation of your puppet strings made real is done by shattering the fourth wall and addressing the player directly. The now-delirious Colonel phones up and asks you to turn the console off, the screen cuts to a fake game over prompt (Fission Mailed), and both the Colonel and girlfriend Rose start talking in low-pitch demon voices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNNP4Iubrjk It's all a bit strange, and something that's simultaneously the thing fans point to as a reason to adore the franchise, whilst detractors do the exact opposite.