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The Happiest Plot Twists in Video Games

September 14, 2020 by Red Stewart

Red Stewart presents heartwarming moments in video games…

Plot twists are typically designed to shock people into sadness. You are seeing something that has now completely changed your perspective on the prior narrative, turning it into a hodgepodge of existential demise.

Or does it have to be so? Sometimes plot twists are used for the opposite- to make audiences happy. You’ve been riding through a lane of morbidity only to arrive at a junction that shows there is hope for the future. From indie titles like Gone Home and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream to AAA classics like The Last of Us and Batman: Arkham Knight, here are five happy plot twists in gaming…

SEE ALSO: We Really Shouldn’t Laugh, But… Darkly Funny Moments in Video Games

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Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Flickering Myth TV, Red Stewart, Scott Watson, Video Games Tagged With: Batman: Arkham Knight, Gone Home, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, ico, the last of us

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