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Author: Tuckerscreator

Mar 6th 2013 at 9:41:21 PM

The idea of the trope sounds valid, but many of the added examples don't seem to fit it. Some of them are too early for game changers or don't change much.

* In ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'', the war on the ring progresses in a military fashion, with humans beating back [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Covenant]]. Then the ring turns out to have been carrying an EldritchAbomination, which is set free and proceeds to start infecting anyone it encounters. A later game changer is when the ring turns out to be a superweapon, which [[GoMadFromTheIsolation its insane curator]] is trying to fire [[WellIntentionedExtremist to contain the infection]].
** A meta one in ''{{VideoGame/Halo 2}}''. The game opens with Master Chief's bold defense of Earth. But the Covenant carrier flees and the second half of the game turns into a political plot playing as [[VillainProtagonist the Arbiter]].
** ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}'': Master Chief and the UNSC break a hole through the Covenant's defenses so that they can deactivate the Ark artifact on Earth. [[spoiler:The artifact turns out to not be the Ark, but a ''portal'' leading to the Ark, which is outside the Milky Way galaxy.]]
** ''{{VideoGame/Halo 4}}'': Master Chief and Cortana hurry to activate a satellite so that they can escape the abandoned planet they're trapped on and be rescued. [[spoiler:The satellite turns out to be [[SealedEvilInACan actually a containment pod of a Forerunner]], who breaks free and resumes his genocidal campaign on humanity.]]

* ''{{VideoGame/Metroid}}: Zero Mission'': Samus destroys Mother Brain and blows up the Space Pirate's base on Zebes, just as she did in the original game. [[spoiler:Then pirate ships ambush her starship and send her crashing back down to the surface, now suitless, weaponless, and with little hope of escape.]]
** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime 3: Corruption'': After the game's first mission, Samus is infected with an alien substance called Phazon that allows her to briefly supercharge her abilities [[spoiler:but corrupt her if she uses it for too long]]. It's a game changer for the ''Prime'' series as a whole, as previous games had Phazon be a hazard you were trying to destroy.