Best mysteries in videogames

[MickZan]

What are some your favourite mysteries in games? Compelling plots that peak your interest and keeps you pushing forward.

I myself am i sucker for murder mysteries, and one that stands by me these last few years was the serial killer in RDR2. For some reason that was the most compelling thing keeping me going in that game, even though in the end it's only like 1% of the story in the game.

 

[dorjjj]

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[Pascal]

 

[Kinthey]

Not to forget the endless search for Gavin

(game is RDR2)

 

[ThereAreFourNaan]

The whole game of Planescape Torment is a series of nested mysteries which unravel over the course of the game. The central mystery is about who you are and why you are immortal, and you quickly discover that "you" are many people who have lived many lives, and discovering what impact you've had on the world and the people around you in each of these lives is another fascinating thing for you to discover. After you find out how you became immortal, you are eventually left with the unanswered question of why it was that you wanted to be immortal in the first place. Most of the party members are their own little puzzle boxes for you to tease out as you travel with them, too, and are often intricately linked with the plot and your own past.

 

[DeckardWintermute]

Who/what is the G-Man?

 

[Jason Frost]

Mount Chiliad Mystery (GTAV)

 

[Monster Zero]

What is the World Tree in Xenoblade 2? Whats at the top?

 

[Mr. Snuffleupagus]

Ghost girl in the recent Pokémon games, unless Serebii knows of any further info behind them that I do not.

 

[Mathieran]

I like learning how the apocalypse happened, and games have been delivering pretty well on that front the last couple years.

my favorite one is Horizon: ZD. I love how everything unfolds and how we slowly learn the truth until at one point we get a huge info dump and the truth is laid bare.

special mentions to Days Gone and Death Stranding.

Secondly I just played Control, and I loved that game's story. It's not really an apocalypse but there is chaos and it's fun watching it unfold, and learning about the background of the FBC.

 

[Asbsand]

Ace Attorney, the DL-6 incident.

just play the first game and pretend the sequels don't exist.

 

[Asbsand]

Who/what is the G-Man?

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Answer: An embodiment and personification of game development. He watches what you do in the levels you play, and has planned most of it out in advance. He stops you right before the game ends to remind you that you can't extend deadlines any further and he warps you to whichever place or world or timeline that had been decided without your input. He represents a business-interested fellow like the investors that hold a stake in the video game's production and he wants you to complete the game in the way it was designed to be completed because the product has to be exactly the way that was negotiated.

 

[DeckardWintermute]

Answer: An embodiment and personification of game development. He watches what you do in the levels you play, and has planned most of it out in advance. He stops you right before the game ends to remind you that you can't extend deadlines any further and he warps you to whichever place or world or timeline that had been decided without your input. He represents a business-interested fellow like the investors that hold a stake in the video game's production and he wants you to complete the game in the way it was designed to be completed because the product has to be exactly the way that was negotiated.

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Yeah, but like...I would like a definitive answer from Valve and not fanfiction.

 

[SeriuzBiznus]

The Danganronpa games. Some trials are easier to predict than others, but the plot in general goes way beyond what I could predict.

 

[Flevance]

Legend of the Golden Witch, there's so much mystery around this one! Thinking alongside the game was one of the most enjoyable moments I've ever had in gaming

 

[Jane]

Ace Attorney series, all of it (except the bad ones)
Also Danganronpa 2, all of it, lol

 

[Vico]

I think I'm going to go with Outer Wilds. Unraveling everything that's happened in the Galaxy is really crazy.

Another pick would be the entire build up to the ladies of the wood's face off in Witcher 3. Shit was scary and haunting.

 

[GymWolf86]

I don't know if we can considerate this a secret, but breeding a gold chocobo in ff7 without a guide was kinda absurd to achieve.

I just hope that square doesn't cut this thing from the remake.

 

[Vitet]

I have to admit FFX Tidus mystery and the Al-bhed pushed me through the game back in the day.

 

[Asbsand]

Yeah, but like...I would like a definitive answer from Valve and not fanfiction.

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That answer would probably end up not being made by Marc Laidlaw and it would be a fan theory in disguise. Marc has already suggested explanations for some of his writing choices for the franchise. He talked about how video games are "worldless", in the sense that nothing is canon unless the game assets can be there first, so a writer is often at the mercy of what is possible for the game development. I think that thought is the inspiration behind GMan and all the business discussions Marc observed surrounding the creation of the first game, as well as certain classic sci fi inspirations.

I think GMan can never have a satisfying in-world explanation.

 

[hanmik]

Watch this video... and be ready to be amazed...

 

[Zombine]

This was a "mystery" to every kid in the 90s

 

[RestEerie]

Mystery: Can Lord Gaben count to 3?

 

[Vulcano's Assistant]

Finding out how to solve triangles in The Witness

 

[theaface]

Another "best <blank> in video games" thread where Ghost Trick is a valid answer.

 

[Celine]

Was there nudity in Geist?

 

[Stantastic]

Recently, the Ascians in in FFXIV.
They are the games long running, stringpulling bad guys. For the longest time their while deal has been kept quiet but id never really expected much from it thank to thier tendency for mustache twirling villainy.
That was until the most recent expansion quite unexpectedly went way in on everything about who they are, what they were, and why they are doing what they are doing, and it was all so much more compelling than anything i would have guessed.

 

[HMD]

1. Rat man is an amazing mystery that gave the og Portal world a lot of depth.
   
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn... everything about Zero Dawn was just masterfully revealed, mindfuck after mindfuck.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

What exactly happened in Guardia in A.D. 1,005