Darvan Korematsu Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Today was my first time in a long time to play the FPS phenomenon Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Now forgive me for you FPS fans on Reborn, but I never liked Multiplayer that much, preferring to stick to Campaign mode. But anyways, for those of you who haven't played Black Ops 2 before, you essentially play as either Alex or David Mason, and occasionally Frank Woods or Raol Mendenez. Alex and David are both father and son, Woods is a cranky old Army veteran who has something up his ass about most stuff, and Mendenez is a Hispanic crime lord who is the main villain of the game, with a near omnipotent influence. The missions take place in either "present-day" 2025, where you usually play as David Mason or in flashbacks in the 1980s where you usually play as Alex Mason or occasionally Woods or Mendenez. What really got me was a mission you play in a flashback in 1989 where you have to capture the dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, and take him as prisoner. The first different thing I noticed is that you play as Woods rather than the usual Mason in this flashback. Now this isn't unusual since you had to play as a very pissed off Mendenez in a flashback prior in Nicaragua a few years prior, where you cut down Army guys with a machete like a boss. Back to the story, you do the usual one man army mowing down soldiers and getting to objectives like CoD is known for. Where the mission gets weird is when you get Noriega and then you're told the objectives have changed from capture to prisoner exchange. Some time after, you are seperated from Mason and have to escort Noriega to a prisoner exchange checkpoint. Woods gets pissed off wondering why exactly there was a prisoner exchange rather than the original capture plan, and you are told that Raol Mendenez is the prisoner to be exchanged. Woods gets so pissed at the betrayal that of orders that he pulls out a Barret .50 cal sniper, and you're given the choice to shoot the guy who is presumed as Mendenez, who has a bag over his head. Being the usual shortsighted inattentive ass-hole I am, I put a bullet right between his eyes. Or at least what I thought was between the eyes. Anyways you go down there, where Noriega is chuckling and Woods gets paranoid asking why he's chuckling. Afterwards, the bag is pulled up and it's revealed you shot Alex Mason, instead of Mendenez. I felt so fucking violated I did the mission over, because it turns out that exact action has a drastic difference on the ending. I should have seen the subtle signs, like for instance, how Alex is never revealed in the "current" storyline, and is only talked about in flashbacks by David Mason and Frank Woods. Then there's also the fact Mendenez is alive and well in missions you played in the "current" storyline prior to the flashback. Needless to say, I was misled. The question I ask is, have you ever been mind fucked by a game, and even when subtle evidence is present, do you ignore it at the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Games that are misleading / mindfucking you: Spec-Ops: The Line I mean... if you don't know what happens in the end... HOLY COW! ... although there are subtle hints to it throughout the entire game... if you manage to catch them Bioshock 1 / Bioshock Infinite The first time I played Bioshock 1 ... the reveal... dayum... Bioshock Infinte... over the course of the game I knew something was fishy... but I only could piece it together right before the big reveal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peepeepoopoo Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I LOVE Bioshock 1, the reveal was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuthorReborn Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 The KOTOR games both have something like this in it. I obviously won't spoil either of them, but both have their own shock to them and both heavily relate to your character's veiled past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Soul Sacrifice, Phoenix Wright, Persona, and No More Heroes has some serious WTF moments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega_Ra1der Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Danganronpa 1 true ending, screwed my mind around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foovy10 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Yeah I remember the part in the story you were talkin about. Oh and the beginning confused me after i read the rest. Did u play the campaign before or no cuz u said u went back to cod b02 but u dont play multiplayer so... me confused unless u talking about ur first reaction a while ago and u just replayed it and thought about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 yer thats why you never shoot yer best mate in the head lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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