4.) Would you kindly not spoil BioShock for me?
A powerful phrase from one of gaming's great is enough to clue you in on one of the best plot twists in video games. The phrase "Would you kindly?" from Bioshock has a special meaning inside most gamers' hearts. Businesses have even capitalized on it by putting it on apparel and accessories,
There are a handful of revelations made in this game, but the one that sticks out the most would have to be the impact of the aforementioned phrase. It was a twist that played on the linearity of the game by revealing that the player is compelled to obey a request followed by "Would you kindly?"
We often think nothing of linearity in video games because of the medium's understandable limitations. It's impossible to program all the possible scenarios even in the most complex narrative branching games. Most of the time, we follow what the game tells us to do without question. Irrational Games took the opportunity to blow our minds when we realized that we were actually being manipulated the whole time.
Like all the other games on this list, some people (count me in) probably won't get the chance to get their minds blown because of how often we see the phrase capitalized in businesses and used in the gaming industry.
Next on, I promise there will be cake when we look at Portal…
