![]() The final stage ties it all together as you can see the distressed princess seemingly running away and trying her very best to thwart any attempts of you reaching her. ![]() As you progress, texts will appear that eventually help you put two and two together, that this man you are playing is relentlessly terrifying. She is ‘held captive’ by a monster in a castle and you have to navigate through various puzzles and defeat monsters to get to her. It’s creepy when you think about the amount of effort you put into hunting her down and kidnaping her, all without realizing it. You’re just a creepy stalker that wants to steal the princess away. Braid Photo Credit: Number NoneĪt first, this game starts out with a typical Mario saving Princess Peach idea in mind, but as you get to the end, you realize that you are no Mario. It’s a small bit of retribution to balance it all out and undo all that you’ve done as Haytham. It’s enough to make you feel dirty.Īt least you can make up for it through Connor by destroying the Templars. All the violence and cruelty the Templars have imposed and you’ve added to the list. It’s one of those revelations that don’t really sit well with players after its reveal, as everyone is very much against the Templars and their tyrannical rule. Basically, everything you did was to establish the tyrannical New World Order that the other character, Ratonhnhake:ton aka Connor is trying to destroy. After all the assassinations and heists, you end up finding out that you were playing as a Templar the whole time. Yay team! Assassin’s Creed 3 Photo Credit: Ubisoft Montreal Interestingly, it worked! Although living with the burden of knowing who you were and what you did could eat you alive, you decide to turn over a new leaf and be the good guy instead. Apparently, you were betrayed by Darth Malak and then brainwashed into being one of the good Jedi. So… one of the most wanted and evil men in the Empire. So it turns out you are playing Darth Revan, the master of Darth Malak, and literally the Dark Lord of the Sith Empire. This is also why you had no idea you were the villain the whole time… Understandably. But that’s a summary of how you came to be. Waking up with no memories on a random ship that is under attack doesn’t sound like a good time at all. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Photo Credit: Aspyr Just know that you both exist at the same time, you are the villain but you are not evil. Truthfully, it’s too convoluted to be explained in a few paragraphs so I’m not even going to try. Although, you did make some questionable choices in several aspects of the game earlier on. You’re just an alternate universe version of the villain that took up a different name, so it wasn’t exactly you that committed all his evil deeds. The big plot twist is that you, the protagonist, are the same person as the crazy guy that you’ve been trying to annihilate all this time. Bioshock: Infinite Photo Credit: Irrational GamesīioShock: Infinite and the Bioshock universe itself gets a little confusing and twisty, especially with its various alternate universes and all that time-traveling business. It feels as though a sequel is long due, so we’re excited to hear that a sequel might be in the works. There is a hint at retribution, with his loved one coming back to life and picking up an infant at the exact same place the ‘protagonist’ had vanished. As the realization that you’ve been killing innocent colossal beings whilst unleashing an ultimate evil on the world hits you, you’ll be crushed. Except, in this case, you didn’t know that what you were doing is bad.Īlthough the ending is pretty vague, you do get the idea that you messed up. You know the phrase “I would do anything to bring you back to life?” Yeah, that. ![]() Shadow of the Colossus Photo Credit: Team Icoīlinded by the idea of resurrecting the life of your loved one, you go on a quest to kill all the colossal beings in the world. This article has enough spoilers to turn you into our unsuspecting enemy. ![]() Well, these are some games that will prove you wrong. We’re all so used to playing the good guy in games that we automatically assume that every role we take on is for the greater good. That’s what these games try to teach us as they twist things around and turn us into the unsuspecting villain. No matter how righteous you might think you’re being, you could also be very much in the wrong. Sometimes, you might be the villain in someone else’s story.
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