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* ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' waits until the player has been lulled into a suitable sense of security before it shows its true colors—it seems upbeat enough for a medieval war game for two thirds of the plot. Then there's Battlefield 40, where you begin your invasion of [[The Empire]] for the sake of protecting [[The Kingdom]], and {{spoiler|have to slaughter an entire town of civilians [[Go Through Me|determined to defend their homes]]}}. And it gets worse very quickly from here.
* ''[[Digital: A Love Story]]'' starts off as a simple 1980's email simulator, then {{spoiler|the players 'go to' website crashes, and they lose all contact with Emilia}}. They then receive an email from the websites administrator that reveals {{spoiler|Emilia was sending them an email desperately begging for their help before the crash}} and things get very dark very quickly.
* [[Knight of Cerebus|ZODIAC Virgo]] from ''[[RefleX]]''
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' gives you the events of the Wrathgate. {{spoiler|The Forsaken unleash the New Plague.}}
* In ''[[Mass Effect 1]]
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'':
** In the first game, the remarkably easy-to-do and remarkably gory-for-the-time Pit Stage Fatality; at the time, it let Fighting Game fans know this was ''not'' going to be some clone of ''[[Street Fighter II]]''.
** Scorpion's original Fatality, where he reveals there's nothing but a bare skull under his mask, served as a Gut Punch for this strange ninja's story.
** Much like Scorpion, figuring out how to do Mileena's Man-Eater Fatality in the second game was a shock that told fans this lady was much more than the typical ''femme fatale'' fighter.
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