The Biggest Video Game Spoilers, Ever [WARNING: NOTHING BUT SPOILERS]

There are a lot of games out there with iconic plot twists. For obvious reasons, we don't usually talk about these twists openly. We don't want to be that guy that ruins things for everyone.

But our usual 'no spoiler' rule doesn't apply here. That's because that's all this story is: Spoiler after glorious spoiler for some of the biggest and best games of all time. (NOTE: All of these games were released in the year 2015 and before, so we're not ruining any new releases.)

Do you have the courage to brave through the gallery?

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There's a lot of mystery surrounding main character, Tidus, at the start of this game, and for good reason. It turns out he's actually been dead for 1,000 years.

He finds rest after killing the game's apocalyptic big bad, Sin, who also happens to be his dad.

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Joseph! Edward! Forest! They're dead! They're all dead!

And it's because S.T.A.R.S. Captain Albert Wesker betrayed them all, as he was working for the Umbrella Corporation the whole time.

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"Would you kindly" is more than just a polite way to request a favor of you: In the original BioShock, it's a mind control trigger.

The importance of the phrase is revealed when Andrew Ryan uses it to order you to kill him with his own golf club. As he says of his fate, "a man chooses, a slave obeys."

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Sure, we all expected the Joker to show up eventually.

That said, it was still a shocker when you learn that the Joker has kidnapped and tortured criminal kingpin Black Mask, and had assumed his identity to target you with a $50 million bounty.

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In this 2010 psychological thriller by Quantic Dream, you spend a portion of the game as private investigator Scott Shelby, collecting evidence that pertains to the Origami Killer mystery at its center.

The crazy twist? Shelby himself is the Origami Killer. He's collecting the evidence to destroy it.

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Lore-hungry fans of the Dragon Age series know all about the elven trickster god Fen'harel, also known as the Dread Wolf.

As such, it's a pretty big deal when Solas, your elven mage companion, is revealed to be the Dread Wolf in the game's ending cutscene.

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After obtaining the aid of Princess Zelda in the past, the mysterious Sheik guides Link in the Ganondorf-dominated future in his quest to awaken the sages. But -- decades-old spoiler alert! -- Sheik is actually just Zelda in disguise.

The twist showed that Zelda is a lot more than a damsel in distress.

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Master Miller, the survival trainer of Foxhound, stays in constant communication with you via codec to impart tips on how to beat Revolver Ocelot, brave an interrogation, and survive the dangerous Alaskan cold.

He helps, that is, until it's revealed that the person you're talking to isn't Master Miller at all, but your nemesis Liquid Snake.

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When Celes and the rest of the Returners reach the floating continent, it seems as if your adventure is coming to a close. The world map has been fully traveled, and a grand confrontation is teased.

But instead of facing a final battle, Kefka uses the power of the Warring Triad to kill Emperor Gestahl and annihilate the world below. The game goes on, offering a huge new (ruined) world to explore.

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In the initial timeline, Cole runs from "The Beast," even though he has the power to fight it, ultimately resulting in the death of his family and the destruction of the world. Grief leads Cole to travel back in time, assuming the identity of the game's antagonist, Kessler.

In the new timeline, Kessler manipulates events to give his younger self the Ray Sphere and ultimately die at his own hand, readying Cole to face The Beast.

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The first seven Bowsers are all fake. As are their princesses.

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It's not a surprise that, after spending much of the game searching for him, you finally find your long-lost son. It is a surprise when your son turns out to be "Father," the head of The Institute and your primary antagonist.

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You rescue Aeris. You spend time leveling her up. You go on a romantic date with her. (Or maybe you dated Barret; no judgment here.)

But it's all for naught -- halfway through the game, this poor girl is getting run through with Sephiroth's katana. And there's nothing you can do to stop it.

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There are plenty of games these days with female protagonists. But it that wasn't the case in 1986, when Metroid was first released for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

As such, gamers were absolutely blown away by Metroid's closing sequence revealing that hero Samus Aran is actually heroine Samus Aran.

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In a brutal Wild West double-cross, protagonist John Marsten gets gunned down by lawman Edgar Ross after hunting down the remnants of Dutch's Gang for him.

Not even the "Dead Eye" system can save you from your fate.

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Whether you walk the path of the Jedi or turn to the dark side of the Force, your character has already made some choices without you.

It's an absolute jaw dropper when you learn about your past as Sith Darth Revan, which was wiped from your mind by a Jedi Knight, before you were retrained as a Padawan.

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In one of the series' most heartbreaking story arcs, adorable black mage Vivi comes to learn that he is a manufactured being created to wage war, with a lifespan of roughly one year.

His final words in the game's ending: "Farewell. My memories will be part of the sky."

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At the end of the game, Desmond is given a choice: He can endure the apocalypse, be revered as a god after death, and continue the cycle while keeping Juno imprisoned, or give up his life to protect the Earth from the coming solar flare.

Desmond chooses to sacrifice himself, and frees Juno.

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Though Sgt. Paul Jackson survives the initial helicopter crash caused by Khaled Al-Asad's nuclear blast, don't make too many long-term plans for him.

There's no way to survive the next stage of the blast. Jackson merely lives long enough for you to witness the annihilation firsthand.

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In this game, GLaDOS prods you through a series of tests with the promise of cake. Well, we have some bad news for you: The cake is a lie.

Your reward for completing the final test is, instead, an attempted incineration. Or an actual incineration, depending on how bad you are at using your portal gun.

(The cake is shown after beating the game, though Chell never actually gets to taste how moist it is. Which is for the best, as it contains fish-shaped ethyl benzene.)

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In this horrifying game, you return to the town of Silent Hill after getting a letter from your dead wife, killed by a chronic disease three years ago.

Except that she didn't die from a disease. You euthanized her.

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Nevermind the dead wife -- we have an even bigger, horrifying secret for you. The true mastermind behind Silent Hill 2's horrors is this lever-pulling, headset-wearing dog.

It's one of our favorite joke endings of all time.

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