8 Secret Video Game Cutscenes That Change EVERYTHING

5. The Shadow Comes – Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Amnesia: The Dark Descent plays on the real fears of the human psyche like no other. The player controls the mysterious Daniel, who awakens inside a dark and empty room of Brenneburg castle, with no recollection of anything beyond his name.

Shortly after regaining consciousness, Daniel stumbles upon a note which informs him that he in fact wiped his own memory, to save himself from remembering the nightmarish “shadow” - a supernatural being which stalks the castle.

The note also includes one of the only clear instructions the game presents to the player… find and kill the castle’s owner, Baron Alexander.

If the player somehow manages to find the courage to do this near the end of Daniel's frightfully mind-alerting experience, they are rewarded… by being captured and put in a cell.

Although you can technically escape, if you feel you can’t go on any longer (I won’t judge) and instead do nothing, a haunting cutscene will play. The player will hear the screams of a little girl, the roar of the shadow, and then be ripped apart.

Finally, the Baron’s voice rings out: “Thank you, my friend. Your sacrifice won't be forgotten”.