We all love a good twist in game. When the villain was actually your best friend or that all the problems you dealt was to help the bad guys, but when it's too awesome or confusing, it makes you say what the f**k? Hello and welcome to this top 10 games with WTF moments.
10. The Zelda Timeline
The Zelda series is great, but what's up with the mixes in time? I mean, this one had Adult Link and the next had Kid Link? What's up with that? The fans made theories and tried to make sense of it all. There has been some greater than others and some that just made no sense. We kept making our own predictions which game was first and which was last until Miyamoto gave us something to work with. That something was the Zelda Timeline. Apparently there are three different time lines of which showed Link fail to stop Ganon, was a kid or an adult. Sounds simple to any causal fan, but the mega fans out there find these things weird and unable to memorize. Each game came out of order which puts some of the new games either early in the timeline or in the middle right next to the NES game. What makes this more confusing is how the placement for Ocarina of Time always changes since Link is both a kid and an adult. And who knows what Breath of the Wild is going to do with it! it might even make a new timeline since Link can be a Girl in that one.
9. Fallout 3 End Game
People loved this Fallout sequel. It has been a favorite among fans of the franchise, but the one thing that made anyone who played this, fans to new players alike, hated how it ended. It wasn't anything about the ending it was that it ended. The credits rolled as we thought we would continue the game afterwards, but the outcome of this was sacrifice yourself or your friends. It's very heart-wrenching, but most of us completed the game at level 7, not experiencing anything else, but the main storyline. Most players demanded refund while others just replayed the game over again. This was a minor WTF moment, but when Bethesda got the reception, the decided to charge their players to have an alternate ending. What the hell, Bethesda?
8. Mass Effect 3's Ending
We all want to forget this fateful day, but there is no way to avoid it because of its legendary ending. You did you best to keep all of your favorite characters alive and you are glad you did. It was hard work and it's an achievement for most. When you played through the game's campaign and noticed the legendary Shepard's good luck fade, all your hard work went down the drain. You had three choices, but all of them had your favorite characters die in different ways. This angered the fans and people wanted to riot at the company's door step. We could see that the devs were angry that we didn't like it, but they caved in to make a DLC to have a better ending. Yes, another story changer DLC to buy. I believe it was 20 bucks to buy, but the fact that they wanted us to buy the ending instead have it as an update was a big WTF on Bioware's part.
7. The Cow Levels
This is more of a funny thing than a spiteful statement on devs. People have heard rumors of a secret level in Diablo 2. The way to access it was impossible people said and then a dev gave the players the instructions to get to that level. They ended the announcement with a... Cow mooing? Well, it was a strange thing to find that there was a level full of Cows that said Moo instead of make the sound. This made fans raise one eyebrow in confusing as the devs laughed at what they gave the players.
Then they said the same with the newest Diablo 3. Players found the ghost the cow king or whatever and was sent to a magical candy land full of things that want to hug you to death. Unicorns and Fairies alike, this was all a joke to those who called the game a bright fantasy story.
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6. Joel's Choice
I hope many of you played The Last of Us and already know this part of the game. I mean, it's such a great part of the game. You and Ellie, after going through almost everything you can encounter in the world, find the Fireflies, but in a strange way. They knock you out and bring you and Ellie to their hideout. They have you in a hospital bed and tell you that Ellie is sacrificing herself to find a cure. They leave you their with a guard to make sure you don't try and save her. Of course, you kill this guard and try to find Ellie before she dies.
What makes this part of the game so memorable is how you're attacking the good guys. You fought cannibals, raiders and even corrupted military soldiers, but the people trying to find a cure for this fungal disease? That's just a moment no game has tried to do, besides Spec Ops. And the game isn't doing it for you, you are doing this. You are forced to do this to complete the game. You leave with Ellie, killing the Queen of the Fireflies and lie to Ellie's face that they didn't find a cure. This left most players speechless while the other strong hearted players just screamed "What!?" at the top of their lungs. I mean, wow Naughty Dog. Wow.
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5. The Twist of Spec Ops
This is a great game and a twisted one at that. The game has you make strange choices and do some risky things. The game shows you kill hundreds of civilians, kill one of two men hanging below a bridge, shoot out in a town full of innocent civilians and listen to what sounds like a mad general in command. This game gives you hints that the man your taking orders from is making you the blame for what he making you cause. So, after ignoring some awful orders, you find him in his hideout HQ and find that's he has been dead for weeks. You start to go mad as you see your commander in a mirror trying to say you were the one giving the orders. This imaginary friends starts to mock you and tempts you to shoot him, as the game gives you a choice: shoot yourself and commit to your sins or fire at the imaginary commander in defiance against him. Either way, you still live to suffer your own misdeeds. What the f**k... What the f**k indeed.
4. Metal Gear' Turned into a Dead Horse
We all hate Konami and we all already established that. Kojima's last while working with them was a great disappointment to most fans, but we still loved it. The game has about 3 chapters in the game, but with the last one not being finished. The end of the game made it even more tragic since there was no more to play and left on an unfinished cliffhanger. If you got the collector's edition of the game, you received a DVD that contains the final chapter ending. This was meant to be a collector's item, but most see it as a mockery of Konami. What lets us know that Konami hates the fans and Kojima is how they made Pochinko Machine theming Metal Gear and how they're releasing a game that will make the game more dead than it already is. Seriously, Konami? A Zombie survival game with fan favorite character to be in the game? Horse much do you have to beat a horse to get these ideas?
3. See What it's Like to have Your Eyes Crushed
In God of War, you play as a gruesome Demigod named Kratos who got the title God of War among the Gods of Olympus. Those gods on the highest mountain to peek the clouds are mad at you. Why? Your causing havoc on Earth by having every Roman scream your name in battle. They try to kill you for someone else to take the title of God of War. So, you try to take revenge on them by killing each god, one by one. As go along the line, you fight a god. I forget which, but it's a one of the gods. You get to him as Kratos grabs his skull and attempts to squash his eyes in his skull. What makes this a WTF moment is how the game lets you see it in his eyes. This moment, in my opinion, was the most gruesome of them all. I almost turned it off as my dad watched saying "What the Hell!?"
2. Would You Kindly
You all knew this was going to be on this list! This is one the best WTF moments out there and has continued to be since. I mean, you heard the saying since you met Atlas. How could you not hear it? And when you noticed, it blew your mind. A brainwash trigger word that had you do whatever the person who said it wanted. You were being told what to do as you walked on a narrow path to the goal you were heading to. A game that made you question why you're doing what you're doing in a game. An eye opener indeed and a total WTF moment.
1. Be Baptised and Come Out a New Man in Columbia!
Bioshock gave us some awesome moments, but the one that mas everyone screaming for is the one in Infinite. We played the game and saw a generic shooter with little to say is a magical wonderland. Once you've gone to Elizabeth's mother's grave, the game changed. Other worldly ghosts and seeing other alternate worlds. You start to go back to Rapture under the sea and see other alternate versions of yourself. Your actions created new worlds and multiple versions of yourself failing to save Elizabeth. You soon walk to this religious lake that baptising those who want it and you're up next. You see versions of Elizabeth where you failed to succeed. They tell you to be baptised and Booker accepts. They drawn you and they all disappear as the credits roll. This left most speechless while others questioned their life.
Well, that's the list! I hope you liked this little blog. It was hard to write and most of it had to be researched. For some reason, I couldn't find out which god got killed that way. Any God of War fans out there who know? Well, 'til then...
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