History InterfaceSpoiler / RolePlayingGames

** ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2 [[UpdatedRerelease Record Breaker]]'' claims that Yamato Hotsuin does [[RetGone not exist]] in the Triangulum Arc, and that the Anguished One cannot be found. The Fate Level menu shows two empty spots for them.

** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' with a keen eye may notice that when they first defeat some of the Divine Powers leadership (Krishna, Maitreya, and Inanna in particular), [[spoiler:they're not made available for Fusion yet, as is typical of more modern ''SMT'' games; it wouldn't make sense for you to be able to fuse boss demons if they're still running around. This is a tip-off that they're not truly defeated. Also, Krishna simply vanishes the first time you defeat him, instead of shattering like the other bosses.]]
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'', the Amatsu, an ''entire'' race of Demons that has been readily available for fusion in previous games, are left completely missing from the fusion list. [[spoiler:Most of the Amatsu were actually wiped out at Armageddon, with Aogami (Susano-O) and Tsukuyomi being the sole survivors.]]
** Rule of thumb for this franchise: If the game presents what appears to be the final dungeon or the final boss, experiment with some fusions. If you come up with any results more than about ten or so levels above where you are currently, you're not at the finish line yet.

* In ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'', the FanArt exposition is presented by [[BigGood Ventuswill]] in her human form, which you can normally only see once you have completed pretty much everything else in the game.
** The item description for poison powder mentions that Leon might like it, despite it being available as a monster drop or random chest item before Leon's first appearance.

* ''VideoGame/ChildrenOfMana'' has a similar situation: there are slots in your equipment screen for several weapons that you don't start with, and the gem inventory screen can rather taunt you with its emptiness.

* Shows up in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'': The game leads you to believe that [[spoiler:opening the gate to the Sanctuary of Mana and acquiring the [[CosmicKeystone Sword of Mana]]]] will be the game's big finish. It's somewhat undermined by the fact that unless you've spent an inordinate amount of time LevelGrinding, you're nowhere near the level needed for your [[PrestigeClass second class change]], and at that point in the game, have no obvious way of getting the {{MacGuffin}}s needed for it anyways. (They can be obtained early, but it is unlikely to the point of GuideDangIt; they're plentiful later.)
* In ''VideoGame/{{Albion}}'', shops sell weapons none of the party can wield (in the early game), though it is justified and otherwise would be plenty of FridgeLogic. The weapons, themselves, are described with a list of character classes which can wield them, revealing whom you can expect in the party later. And equipment in ''Summoner'' actually lists the name of everyone who can use it, including equipment solely for characters you haven't yet recruited.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''
** During a flashback, when Frog is recalling Cyrus's demise at the hands of Magus, Ozzie's dialogue is prefixed with OZZIE's name in all-caps, as you'd expect of an NPC, but Magus's dialogue is prefixed with a very PC-looking 'Magus'. The DS version rectifies the problem.
** The worst offender is the DS version's "Dojo", which shows Magus in tech ''screenshots'' and it shows his two techs. ''Before'' you get him. The Item Encyclopaedia also shows weapons, which includes a portion of the list with scythes. Now who do we know that uses that type of weapon?
** As soon as the player starts getting the Rocks that allow for Triple Techs without Crono when you CantDropTheHero, they'll become suspicious that [[HeroicSacrifice something]] will happen to him.
** As ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'' points out, the Hero Medal's description is "Ups critical hit rate of Masamune," and Frog is the only one able to use it.
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'':
** Before you even leave the first town, you get to talk to a vendor, who offers the game's blacksmithy screen. On the blacksmithy screen you can see a huge box, mostly blank, reserved for characters who can equip the particular weapon, spoiling very early on that this game will have tons upon tons of player characters.
** Later in the game, when you encounter the [[DiscOneFinalBoss disc one final boss]], the fact that your character box is not even half full yet is another tip that this is not nearly the end of the game yet.
** When you confront the [[spoiler:completed Dragon God, the battle menu calls the boss the "[=TimeDevourer=]", even though the real Time Devourer is a different entity who isn't fought until a bit later as the FinalBoss. However, dialogue after the battle reveals that the Dragon God was consumed by the Time Devourer and [[MouthOfSauron acting as its mouthpiece]], so the mislabeling might have been [[InvokedTrope intentional]].]]
* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'': During the prologue, Prince Gage briefly joins Arielle to return to the castle. Unlike Phillip, he's shown in the menu as a playable character, despite being aligned with the ObviouslyEvil Arkadyan Empire. [[spoiler:He ends up joining the party in order to oppose Emperor Noraskov.]]
* ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy'' has a few examples of this. The "SP" folder on the inventory screen blatantly spoils two key item collection quests, and Jaster's TechTree unlocks the dual tech "Fated Passion", whose description (and animation) detail a romantic subplot that comes almost completely out of left field.
* In ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsCovenant'', you can quickly see how many characters will join your party at the end by looking at the vertical spaces left in the main menu. That's assuming you didn't read the manual, of course.
** The game also tries to trick you into thinking Nicolai is a main character. He's listed alongside the rest in the booklet, he's in your party at the very beginning, and is even the first character you control outside of combat. But checking his bio not only reveals that he is not what he claims to be, but is a bad guy as well!

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', you can tell if a companion will join your group permanently because their character and inventory screens have an [[RelationshipValues approval bar]], while those of temporary followers do not. Temporary followers also don't gain any experience. Also, characters from the various origin stories that will show up later in the game have a background to their character portrait, but ones that will leave forever have a plain black background.
** They try to avert this in the ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'' ExpansionPack. [[spoiler:Mhairi will never survive her Joining]], but she will acquire experience and gain/lose approval in the brief time she's with you. But it's revealed in another way: if you check the character info screen, you'll notice her contribution to overall party damage always stays at 0% even after she's attacked.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', every companion has a special [[SkillScoresAndPerks skill tree]] unique to them, except for one, which tips you off that they're a temporary companion. It's [[spoiler:Bethany/Carver, who leave after Act 1, either dying in the Deep Roads, becoming a Grey Warden, or joining their respective organization (Carver joins the Templars, Bethany is forced into the Circle of Magi). However, if they do not die, they can be brought back for the two DLC expansions (''Mark of the Assassin'' and ''Legacy''); in this event they do have unique skill trees.]]
*** Late in Act 1 of the game, you will receive a quest from a minor nobleman asking you to find his wife, whom he believes ran off with her lover. Too bad that immediately upon finishing the conversation you receive the notification that you accepted the quest "The First Sacrifice", which not only implies that there is more to this than a lovers' spat and that you're unlikely to find this woman, but also that this is likely to become a problem ''again'' later on. [[spoiler:Three years after this quest, the killer also takes the life of the player character's mother, which they spend the rest of the game blaming themself over.]]
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the PlayerCharacter is not crowned Inquisitor until a certain point in the story, so before that all [=NPCs=] and party members refer to them as "Herald of Andraste" or just "Herald" in dialogue. The game slips up a few times, though, with one of Vivienne's greetings, a banter between her and Cole, and a few minor [=NPCs=] calling you by the wrong title too early.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'': [[spoiler:Shandra]] dies a plot related death a while before the end of the game, but functions in all ways like a normal party member, including an approval rating and even what seems to be a romance option... [[spoiler:[[PlayerPunch which can never be completed]].]]
* One of the access points in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' is labeled "Near the Tower" in the fast travel menu, even before the Tower actually appears.
* ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom'' has a rare case of a ''sprite'' spoiler, although it's rather subtle: [[spoiler:Lufia's in-battle and menu sprite shows her wielding a polearm, though it's not her actual weapon of choice in gameplay. Female, blue-haired and using a polearm]]--think back to the beginning of the game. Who else meets that criteria?

* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'':
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''
*** The fact that enemies you don't use Tattle on have their entries given to you for the log (by searching in Professor Frankly's trash) if you can't fight them again supplies some spoilers. In particular, there's the fact that [[spoiler:while Marilyn and Beldam are fought again, Vivian is not.]]
*** Each time you get a Crystal Star, the game will tell you about its special powers in battle and what they do. So when you get [[spoiler:the Ruby Star in Chapter 4]] only to move on without learning about its abilities, you know something's up. Another big hint is the fact that [[spoiler:if you happened to have been using the W badge at the time Mario suddenly changes to his default clothes out of the blue after the fight]].
*** Whenever Goombella uses Tattle on an enemy, their place of origin, so to speak, is mentioned in their entry. Because certain enemies can be encountered before then (Most notably in the Glitz Pit and the Pit of 100 Trials), this can lead to you finding out about a particular place before you actually get there.
*** A minor glitch produces a minor spoiler: if you get the secret party member [[spoiler:Ms. Mowz]] at first opportunity, have a different party member active, and use a healing item outside of battle, it will allow you to use the item on [[spoiler:Bobbery]], even if you haven't ''met'' him yet.
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''
*** The pause menu has a "Chapters" tab that shows descriptions of the chapters you've visited so far in the game. [[spoiler:When Dimentio "ends your game" and sends you to the Underwhere, you unlock the description for Chapter 7-1, even though you aren't supposed to know that the Underwhere is Chapter 7-1 yet!]]
*** You can obtain Tippi's card rather early in the game, potentially during the second chapter, by completing only the first 10 floors of the Pit of 100 Trials. The card contains a ''glaring'' spoiler in its description that is clearly written with the intention of the player doing the Pit late into the game, outlining the fact that [[spoiler:"Her name was Timpani before Merlon turned her into a Pixl."]] possibly long before either the fact [[spoiler: Tippi [[WasOnceAMan was human]] or that her name was Timpani - which is especially egregious as Timpani's name will have ''already'' been seen and continue to appear in the mysterious intermissions between chapters -]] are revealed.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'':
*** The Toad Alert accessory is a bell that rings when you're near a Toad on the overworld. It also rings a lot while fighting the Paper Macho Gooper Blooper and Mega Pokey, spoiling that you're going to free Toads trapped inside them after you defeat them.
*** The Sidestepper is an enemy you can fight in the second streamer area. If you check its description in the MonsterCompendium, it says that it's "[[spoiler:as sharp as Scissors]]"; notice the capitalization. Being the last streamer boss in the game, and how it fits the theme of the others, you can easily predict its surprise appearance ahead of time.
*** You can get a statue of the Paper Macho Buzzy Beetle in the Ice Vellumental Mountain, halfway through the fourth streamer. This is an optional miniboss that you might not have fought yet. However, if you read its description, it says "[[spoiler:The personal pet of Scissors, stripped of its paper armor and Kamek's magic.]]" You're not supposed to know about [[spoiler:Scissors]] nor [[spoiler:Kamek getting captured]] at this point in the game, and these happen at the end of the fifth streamer area.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'':
** The records screen shows the names of all your party members, including a guest, right from the beginning. Especially noteworthy for giving away that [[spoiler:Asch will be fighting on your side later on in the game, who early on is portrayed as an antagonist. But if you check Asch's status screen while he's with you, you'll notice his pool of Titles is much smaller than the rest of the party, which hints that he won't be staying for long.]]
** In Baticul, one of the citizens mentions that Princess Natalia is a master of the bow. The store in Baticul sells bows. None of your other party members can equip bows. Granted, since Natalia is shown in the opening, this could count as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'', the game gives you battle tips after winning fights early in the story. It's possible to receive a tip on [[spoiler:using Princess Alisha, which mentions her by name before she even gives Sorey her name in a cutscene.]]
* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series does this as new menu items are added. Especially in the remakes, where new ones that weren't in the original are added -- in the PSP version of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', you have to play through the bonus mode to unlock an option.
** The ''Disgaea'' character creation/reincarnation screen also "spoils" the existence of class tiers once you start unlocking them, though the levels needed for each tier to unlock varies with each class, and there are certain classes that don't unlock unless you meet special requirements. Same with ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''.
** In ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'', however, character creation occurs on a RingMenu where new choices expand the ring.
* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', the first time the player meets a future member of the party, an entry about him/her appears in the journal, in the "Party members" section. It is a kind of spoiler, because some of them join the player's party late after the first meeting.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'':
** When you reach the Tower of Salvation, Remiel tells you [[spoiler:the reason Colette was brought there was to die and become the new body for Martel. Colette then proceeds to complete the transformation into a lifeless being]]. This would be an emotional scene if not for the fact that right after [[spoiler:Colette completes the transformation and]] is supposedly dead you get a message that says "[[spoiler:Colette Learned Judgement]]!"
** Another example is when you finish said DiscOneFinalDungeon and aren't told to insert the actual second disc yet.
* In ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'':
** In the first area you visit outside of your DoomedHometown -- the road to some seemingly-unimportant swamp ruins -- the minimap reads "The Mere of Dead Men". Now, the player ''character'' knows the apt name of the creepy swamp their home village is built on, but the player isn't supposed to know that yet. Also, one of the initially greyed-out prestige classes is [[spoiler:Neverwinter Nine]], potentially spoiling the offer [[spoiler:Lord Nasher]] makes to you much later in the game.
** Since the developers didn't bother to change the names of [=NPCs=] on-the-fly and weren't willing to outright lie to the player, you can tell that someone's going to try and deceive you about their identity if the overhead label that appears when you mouse over them says something vague, like "Man", instead of their actual name. ''Mask of the Betrayer'' demonstrates a plot-scripted character name change (Kaelyn the Dove can append a similar animal moniker to the end of your name), so we can put this down to Obsidian not caring enough.
** The identity of the main enemy of act one, the Githyanki, is revealed to the player by the interface almost immediately, but it takes most of the act for the characters to learn.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mass Effect|1}}'':
** In both this game and its sequel, the squad selection screen has silhouettes of unrecruited party members.
** A minor one: when Shepard, Anderson and Nihlus view the transmission from Eden Prime, the subtitles identify the name of one of the soldiers under fire as Ashley, a good 10-15 minutes before she's properly introduced, while giving the other soldier a generic rank.
** The moment you gain control of Shepard in the first game, you can go to the Squad screen with three points to give to your character. When you check out the Charm and Intimidate skills, it cheerfully informs you that you'll be allowed more points for them once you become a Spectre. This despite the fact that you're still a whole cutscene away from even knowing you're up for it.
** During the opening moments of the first mission, you're given the option of removing Shepard and Alenko's helmets, but not Jenkins. [[spoiler:Jenkins dies the moment they enter combat]].
** During the Noveria mission, the player comes across some bugs which, when aimed at, are identified as "Rachni". Naturally your party cannot see this, and will wonder what those bugs were until TheReveal.
** The target of Garrus's personal mission claims he's someone else. The subtitles don't agree.
** Right at the beginning, on the ship, there's a greyed out option to open the galaxy map. If you try, it tells you that only the captain can do that, which is a pretty strong indicator that you will soon be in charge of the ship.
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
** The silhouettes are replaced with datacards with information about your future party members, since the point of the main quests is to recruit them. However, others that Cerberus wouldn't have been aware of (or would they?) like [[spoiler:Legion]] also have a datacard on your squad menu.
** In the prologue, the identity of your rescuers is initially unknown and Jacob makes a big point of telling you that it's Cerberus. Except that each of the five or so computers that you can interact with prior to that point are all named 'Cerberus Laptop'.
** [[spoiler:Legion]] is addressed by the name in the subtitles upon your first meeting, then reverts to [[spoiler:"geth"]] the next time you speak.
*** The existence of a [[spoiler:geth squadmate]] is also partially spoiled by one of the upgrades you can pickup in the levels unlocked after Horizon being "[[spoiler:Geth Shield Strength]]". However, they try to disguise it by having its description refer to "squad members who use [[spoiler:Geth shield technology]]",
** When you go into the Collector ship and find out the truth about them, the dialogue wheel, as usual, pops up before TheReveal has actually been said, and one of the dialogue options reads [[spoiler:"The Collectors are Protheans!"]]
** If you go and customize your armor after the first mission (post-resurrection), you're allowed to pick what clothes you wear on the ''Normandy'', which at this point is totally illogical given that the ship was destroyed in the tutorial level. Thus, the appearance of the second ''Normandy'' is somewhat less surprising.
** One of the DLC packs available on the Cerberus Network explicitly notes that it is an alternate costume for [[spoiler:Garrus]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'':
** If you import your character from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', the game gives you a quick review of all the decisions you've made thus far. Most of them are expected, but one of them is the choice of whether or not you saved Maelon's data, which is treated as a fairly minor decision when you make it. This makes it clear that the data is going to have an impact later on regarding [[spoiler:the genophage cure]].
** Scanning all of the systems for Search-and-Rescue assets as soon as possible makes searching for similar assets later in the game a breeze. Each system has a percentage marker (up to 100%) located next to it that dials down after some main missions. Thus, it's easy to see at a glance what systems need to be visited (even for side missions that may have popped up), taking a lot of the guesswork out of the supposedly-sprawling galaxy.
* The "fill-in-the-blanks" party menu also appears in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. Basically, Creator/BioWare is '''very''' fond of this.
** The "Force Sight" ability in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'' is not learned until you get Visas Marr in the party, unless you use first-person view with Kreia. If you happen to do that in the Polar Academy [[spoiler:you will see that Atris is shaded slightly red, revealing that she is gradually falling to the dark side]].
** In ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'', Wild Flower has ''two'' portraits, one for each spirit possessing her. When Ya Zhen (the evil spirit) reveals that he may aid you in return for your support, it comes as little surprise.
** Some of the portraits are obscured with a big ol' "?" (and they're only silhouettes of heads) so it can be hard to tell who you can end up with. Even if you ''were'' expecting there to be [[EleventhHourRanger another party member]] during the Siege of Dirge since there was an open spot, you might not have expected it to be TheDragon. (You might have, if you were paying enough attention to the dialogue, but that's legitimate {{Foreshadowing}} and not this trope.)
* ''VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction'' features a Quip mechanic, where sometimes lines that characters say in cutscenes become equippable. They can gain these lines before they join your party, however, highlighting your incoming members.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenI'':
** There's a somewhat subtle one in that Sanchez, who you go to to change your team, is not listed on the Tablet of Stars, which reveals which of the 108 Stars of Destiny you've recruited. [[spoiler:It's because he's not on your side; he's TheMole.]]
** Also, you know if any character you talk to is important to the story: Their face appears in the text box if they're important.
** Another one is if you pick up on a plot point about the Soul Eater rune: every time someone important to Tir dies, another spell of the Soul Eater is unlocked. Considering you start off with one level, you can imply there will be three important plotline deaths. One of them can be subverted if you meet the conditions for the GoldenEnding.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' avoids this by taking a while before it gives you the Tablet of Stars. [[spoiler:In doing so, it hides that one of your allies, Sialeeds, is set to betray you.]] However, there is another interface-based hint that [[spoiler:Sialeeds isn't actually a Star of Destiny liked you'd expect her to be from her role in the early story]]. Specifically, [[spoiler:her rune slots. She's a mage who's stuck a permanently-attached Wind Rune on her right hand, unable to upgrade to the more powerful Cyclone Rune (something that's decidedly less common in ''Suikoden V'' than it was in earlier games of the series), and more tellingly she never unlocks a left hand slot (let alone a head slot) no matter how hard you LevelGrind her, which ever since multiple rune slots were introduced in ''Suikoden II'' has been practically unheard of for mage characters]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'''s pause screen includes a section devoted to Dragoon Spirits (enough to hold 8 of them) and the Addition section has a column devoted to SP gain (the meter built up that allows Dragoon transformations). Furthermore, the status section lists Magic Attack and Magic Hit (accuracy) on each profile, a stat that can only be useful to Dragoons. It's quite clear early on (after Lavitz gains his) that everyone in your party will eventually become a Dragoon.
* ''VideoGame/StarOcean'':
** In ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'', [[spoiler:in the weapon compendium, while the actual weapons are not revealed until you get them, it is staggered by playable characters. As soon as you get Lymle, you'll see that Faize's total amount of weapons is significantly smaller than Edge and Reimi's, revealing how he'll leave the party eventually.]]
** In the remake of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', each playable character's name is rendered in ALL CAPS, so it's easy to determine who will (Or has the potential to) join the team.
** ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'''s EncyclopediaExposita has the party members listed at the top of the Peoples section. Harmless enough with most characters joining as soon as you meet them, yet problematic for Albel and Mirage, the former [[HeelFaceTurn starting out]] as [[BloodKnight a vicious enemy soldier]] and the latter spending over 3/4ths of the game on the sidelines due to [[PromotedToPlayable not originally being in the]] [[UpdatedReRelease party at all]]. If you're the kind of person who looks through the Encyclopedia thoroughly, you can find some spoilerific details on Maria a couple of dozen hours before you even meet her.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', if you find an NPC with unusual dialogue options, even if they don't cause anything to happen at that time, odds are they will be involved with a quest at some point in the future. The same is also true if the NPC simply ''lacks'' the usual dialogue options (latest rumors, little advice, little secret, etc.) This example can also apply to most of the other games in the series as well.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', in the quest journal, there is decorative knotwork surrounding the name of the quest. This varies depending on the type of quest (main quests, guild quests, Daedric quests, etc.) For many quests this isn't a problem, but for some of the Daedric quests, [[spoiler:"A Night to Remember"]] being a perfect example, it may not be obvious at first. Finding this out can be a major twist.[[labelnote:example]]like when [[spoiler:Sam Guevenne]] is revealed to really be [[spoiler:Sanguine]][[/labelnote]]
* The game ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' uses static sprites for its enemies, which are usually larger than your characters (that is to say, they occupy 2x2 squares at least, while party members occupy 1x2). So when you encounter an enemy that has animation and is the same size as your party members, you know they'll be fighting alongside you at some point (unless that enemy [[spoiler:was already playable, like Oersted or Straybow)]]. This happens no less than three times.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' reveals the eighth Gym Leader's identity if you check the statues at the Gym's entrance. Hilariously, the Gym guide didn't know and he's stationed ''right next to them''.
** Another one from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', though minor. When capturing a Pokémon, the ball will shake up to 3 times before stopping to indicate a successful capture as a means of building suspense. Except how many times a ball will shake is actually a rough indicator of your chances of capturing the Pokémon outright. For example, when going up against a legendary and your chances of capture are say less than 10%, once you see the ball connect, it's a capture, as every other time it'll simply "miss." This basically ruins any sort of suspense this was supposed to create.
** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' have a "Braille Code Check" heading in the credits displayed upon beating the Elite Four. Unlike ''Ruby and Sapphire'', Braille doesn't appear anywhere in these games until ''after'' the Elite Four, so the credits spoil its inclusion in a post-game quest. (As does [[{{Feelies}} the braille guide packaged with the game.]])
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', the fact that you get to explore Kanto after beating the Johto League was meant to be a surprise. The remakes make no secret of the fact that they contain two regions instead of just one.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' introduces the seemingly random (though rather strange) N, who challenges you to a Pokémon battle... and gets an animated sprite, an honour reserved for significant characters only. He also shares similar views to [[AnimalWrongsGroup Team Plasma]], wholeheartedly believing in their Pokémon liberation goals, and constantly guilt-trips the player character into not battling. Sure enough, that's the BigBad... until [[TheManBehindTheMan Ghetsis]] is introduced.
** Can be invoked through the miracle of Wonder Trade in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', ''VideoGame/PokemonOmegaRubyAndAlphaSapphire'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''. It's possible (but ''very'' unlikely) to Wonder Trade one of your ComMons and receive a Pokémon that you normally cannot obtain until the post-game. Bonus points for if you happen to get [[spoiler:one of the Ultra Beasts]] in ''Sun and Moon'', or a Solgaleo/Lunala and you wonder why it's named "[[spoiler:Nebby]]."
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', the eight gyms' emblems being available for your profile by default gives away the relatively minor spoiler that [[spoiler:Team Yell and the Dark Gym are one and the same organisation]].
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', Togekiss's "number defeated" task has exactly ''one'' entry, as opposed to most non-legendary 'mons who get multiple entries with increasingly-larger numbers. So if you happen to obtain a Togekiss before [[spoiler:fighting Volo]], it gives away the fact that you'll be fighting one important trainer who uses a Togekiss.
* There is a minor case in ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia''. It's easy to tell from the Reyvateils' status screen that exactly [[spoiler:three]] of them will join the party at some point.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'':
** The Area Jump menu in ''GO 2'' has an icon for each area, with the areas you can't visit yet displaying static. There are 6 icons, which would imply that there are 6 areas in all... except this trope is subverted when you gain access to a 7th area, and the original 6 icons move over to make room for 7 more (6 of which initially display static). This is subverted ''again'' in the EndgamePlus, where on two more occasions several icons scoot over to make room for another, eventually ending up with 15 icons that take up every last bit of real estate on the screen.
** In the first game, looking up one of your starting team members (Minamisawa Atsushi) in the Player Binder lists his recruitment method as "other", while everyone else who joins during the storyline is listed as "story". [[spoiler:So it comes as no surprise when this player leaves the team early on, and shows up as an opponent later.]]
* ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' has a "Story" section on the menu in case [[NowWhereWasIGoingAgain you lose track of where you should be headed]] that shows a diagram of events. Given the game's [[TimeyWimeyBall mechanics and plot]], this is pretty much required. However, any event where you can do something more will have a line trailing off where another event connects later. Following up on the mysterious loose ends is a good way to figure out when you need to go to solve plot-related problems. Whoever decided to name certain skills has some explaining to do. [[spoiler:Was it ''really'' necessary to name half the DeadAllAlong guy's skills things relating to ghosts and/or death?]]
* Do ''not'' examine the achievements of ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' too closely if you don't want to know that [[spoiler:Adria ends up betraying the heroes, since one achievement is for defeating her as a boss, with a demonic portrait.]] Or who dies early in the game ([[spoiler:Deckard Cain]] has no conversation achievements outside of the act in which you met [[spoiler:him]]). Or who the Stranger is (it's less obvious, but several of the Stranger's conversations are listed for [[spoiler:the archangel Tyrael's]] conversation achievement).
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'' rather cleverly. The different armor types in the game have "racial mods" (i.e. bonuses) for three races: human, elven, and dwarven. Despite this, you never actually recruit a dwarf in the entire game.
* The [[ZipMode Bonfire travel menu]] in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' expands to fit only the areas you've uncovered for most of the game. However, once you reach [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalDungeon Drangleic Castle]]]], the menu shows how many locations are in the game, blacking out the ones you've not been to. [[spoiler:There will still be about a half-dozen blank spots after Drangleic Castle, indicating that it's not the final dungeon as you've been led to believe.]] It will also show the bonfires in each location in order, showing if you missed one by there being a blank spot between two usable ones.
* In ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'', there are blank, greyed out squares in the skills menu blocking the ultimate skills for every character, which only open up after you complete Chapter 8. However, at the end of Chapter 7, [[spoiler:one of your allies reveals themselves to be TheMole, betrays you to the BigBad, and leaves the party. While you may think they will have a change of heart and rejoin later so that they can learn those skills, they do not, ultimately subverting the trope. Oddly enough, the interface does not lie. The traitor can learn their ultimate skills, but only on a NewGamePlus.]]
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'': You're at the end of chapter 4, you've apparently defeated the BigBad and you're going into the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon to activate the Earth Crystal. But wait... there's still two more empty slots in the Job screen!
* ''VideoGame/FantasyLife'':
** The game makes new areas available via progression of a storyline divided in several chapters. Another mechanic lets you unlock new game features as a reward for certain in-game accomplishments. One set of these makes new items available in shops and works in such a way that the possibility to get extra items in the shops from the second town only becomes visible once it has been unlocked for the FirstTown. The story initially gives the impression that there are only three places that qualify as towns in the game and that unlocking the option for the third town is the only way to buy some of the crafting materials. Hey, what do you mean "choose this for extra items from travelling merchants and the store in Elderwood." ? ''What'' store in Elderwood? That place is just a forest full of monsters with no settlement of any kind. Well, it does have a strange statue and a bridge that can't be crossed...
** The challenges needed to rank up in some classes will also mention the locations meant to be secret until a certain point of the story by name.
** The existence of some job ranks is initially hidden, but there are two blank spaces between each set of job+rank combinations in the achievement list.
* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'' displays race icons in the status window when you mouse over an NPC. This can ruin a bit of a surprise if the character's race ''wasn't'' intended to be obvious, as in the case of [[spoiler:Gar the "World's Smartest Orc"]], who is revealed to be a human before you even talk to him, despite the fact that figuring out his secret requires decent conversation skills. The Mysterious Apparition is an even worse example, being a projection of the BigBad: [[spoiler:his icon is that of a human, but at that point of the story everyone still considers the main villain to be Arronax, who is an elf, and the truth isn't revealed until the final dungeon]].
* The in-game map in ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' lets you view the (empty) sections for Telepath Towers and Millennium Puzzles ''long'' before you'll come across -- or even ''learn about'' -- either of these types of locations.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'' includes a tab for every act in the game in the quest log, so you'll know just how long the story will last and that you're not going to be killing the BigBad whenever you face him, or who you ''think'' is him.
* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'':
** Reading up on the Bestiary will often reveal what kind of monster you'll be facing in a side quest, even when it's supposed to be a mystery. Also, creatures that you fight will have their weaknesses displayed for you, so you'll know that you won't be killing any Godlings, [[spoiler:but will eventually face the Crones]].
** In ''Hearts of Stone'', just seeing the new Gwent cards for Gaunter O'Dimm will be your first clue that he's not just some powerful mage as you're initially led to believe, but something ''more'' insidious.
** Another Gwent related one. The Mysterious Elf, whose identity remains a secret for much of the game has Gwent card of his own. When playing against opponents who use this card it is simply labeled "Mysterious Elf". However, it's possible to get a copy of your own before learning the Elf's identity in story, and the 'new card' notification practically blurts out his real name: [[spoiler:Avallac'h]].
* In ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', sometimes the game's loading screen tooltips (which change with each chapter) actually hint at events in that chapter. [[spoiler:For example, the one in the endgame that tells you what fearsome and lethal creatures werewolves are - one of the game's last bosses is a werewolf, and it's an unkillable PuzzleBoss]]. It's also not exactly a great idea to play as a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Malkavian]] on the first playthrough, partly because the jokes are funnier once you understand the subtext, but mostly because a Malkavian PlayerCharacter [[MadOracle will pre-empt big plot reveals]] and reference them in dialogue. For instance, when playing as a Malkavian and meeting [[MsFanservice Jeanette]] for the first time, the Malkavian will flat-out tell her that [[spoiler:s/he knows that her and her sister are actually just different sides to an individual with multiple personality disorder]], though in a roundabout way that uses a metaphor about Roman gods.
* In ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaReBirth1'':
** The party learn at one point that an arms deal between Avenir and [[spoiler:the fake Blanc]] is about to go down at Avenir Storage No.2. The dungeon that's unlocked a couple of cutscenes later, and which you travel to to try and bust the deal, is named "Avenir Storage No.''4''". This is a pretty big giveaway that the party have been fed some fake info: [[spoiler:the arms deal is actually going on elsewhere while Ganache keeps the party occupied]].
** The Steam achievements for the ''Re;Birth'' remakes also spoil the existence of certain playable characters, such as the ability to unlock [[spoiler:the CPU candidates]] in ''Re;Birth 1''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** Played with during the friendship event with Undyne; when she asks you what you want to drink, each option has a little text for its description; the one for tea says that it is the "blatantly correct choice."
** The soundtrack has a track named "Song that might play when you fight Sans" that [[ZigZaggingTrope plays with expectations]]. It's never played in the game and is in fact not even in the game files. Additionally, you normally don't fight Sans. And when you do, it's to the tune of Megalovania.
* ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'':
** In the Steam version, one of the achievements spoils the name of the FinalBoss. This is especially bad since said boss' name contains the name of another character, who is initially presented as good but turns out to be evil.
** Two playable characters die: [[spoiler:Millenia and Mareg]]. You gain an item that refunds all of the Special Coins you spent of the latter's moves, but no such thing is done for the former, implying a DisneyDeath.
* ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'':
** The skill tree [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sc4Gt8aM2ss/UlIJaAF-UUI/AAAAAAAAHbw/4WalsuOtrfE/s1600/PathOfExile+Passive+Skill+Tree.png is a gigantic web of attributes and bonuses]], with each of the 6 character classes beginning in the area of the web best suited to their core stat. An astute player will notice that there's a 7th slot in the middle of the tree, and will be tipped off to the existence of a secret 7th class.
** Early on in a new league, the game announces to all players whenever someone reaches a milestone for the first time, such as killing endgame bosses. In Harvest league, this told everyone that the league's new NPC ended up [[FaceHeelTurn turning against the player]].
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' has three characters (in the console versions, at least) marked with a question mark at all times in the selection, making clear some unlockables are there. And the identity of one is spoiled by the Review Computer, where one of the collectible items listed is "ComicBook/IronMan armor".
* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', potential party members are clearly marked on the map by name, the only thing on the map to be so highlighted, even if they're not yet ready to join you. Particularly noteworthy in the case of Grieving Mother, who, shrouded in her PerceptionFilter, looks and acts like a generic village NPC and would otherwise be easily mistaken for a minor quest giver until the player starts a conversation.
* In ''VideoGame/FateExtra'', looking at the playable Caster's information can spoil her true identity as [[spoiler:Tamano-no-Mae]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'': By the time you reach the castle of [[BigBad The Dark Lord]] you may notice that the journal sections for Monsters, Grub, Armor and Weapons are halfway full at most, spoiling that there's still plenty of stuff happening after it.
* ''[[VideoGame/TrailsSeries The Legend of Heroes - Trails]]'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' is bad for this.
*** Though absent from the original PSP releases in Japan, the English PC releases featured voice acting for party members, even those who didn't joint until the sequel games. This is rather notable when you face [[spoiler:the bracers in Grancel]], as two of them are voiced and two of them are not. Guess which two become party members in future games.
*** In ''Second Chapter'', you briefly get [[spoiler:a seemingly-innocent 11-year-old girl named Renne]] to join your party as a non-combatant NPC. However, if you happen to look at [[spoiler:her health, you'll notice that it's far higher than your party members, and far, ''far'' higher than any allied NPC you have ever encountered. It's a pretty big giveaway that she's actually an Ouroboros Enforcer in disguise.]]
** ''The 3rd'' features a guide-book that lists off the benefits provided by "support" characters. This includes a comprehensive list of all the party members you get over the course of the game, including spoiler characters like [[spoiler:Renne and Richard.]]
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'': From ''Cold Steel III'', players can see a map that covers the entire nation of Erebonia. During the field exercises that take place each month, the students of the branch campus make camp at locations called Ex Camps. When one sees the map of Erebonia, they can also see all the locations marked "Ex Camp" on the map, no matter how early in the game they are. This can spoil the locations of the future field exercises if the player hasn't progressed far enough in the story.
* Possibly the biggest hook of ''Advent Dark Force'', an updated re-release of ''VideoGame/FairyFencerF'', is that you get to play two new gameplay routes with new stories. These are the [[spoiler:Vile God Story and Evil Goddess Story and the fact that there even ''exists'' an Evil Goddess is intended as a pretty major plot revelation in the Evil Goddess Story as there is nothing in the other two stories that even hints at this. However, the trophies/achievements for these are named "Vile God Story Cleared" and "Evil Goddess Story Cleared" and trophy guides for ''Advent Dark Force'' don't generally go to any effort to hide the names of these story modes.]]
* A minor one in ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''. At one point, Lancer joins your party after having been an AffablyEvil villain for most of the game up to that point. If you open the menu, [[spoiler: he clearly isn't listed among your party members, spoiling that he will leave very shortly after, before you get any chance to use him in a battle. In fact, you never even get to fight with him in your team]].
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'':
** As you go around the world you can unlock the eight character's jobs as sub-jobs for the others in special shrines, but once you unlock all of them, you will see there is a big gap between them in the job menu. [[spoiler:This spoils there are 4 additional jobs, each guarded by a powerful OptionalBoss.]]
** In the Steam release, the achievments for completing chapters have visible descriptions of the events that happen, completely out in the open for everyone to see.
** A minor but useful one: enemy weaknesses always follow the same order (Swords → Polearms → Daggers → Axes → Bows → Staffs → Fire → Ice → Lightning → Wind → Light → Dark). This makes it easier to guess at any remaining weaknesses you haven't uncovered yet. For example, if an enemy has a displayed weakness to Daggers and still has an empty box to the left of that, you know it has to be either Swords or Polearms.
** A quite large one occurs with a certain sidequest available in Bolderfall after finishing Therion's first chapter. The fact that it's titled [[spoiler:"Daughter of the Dark God"]] blatantly gives away that [[spoiler:Lyblac isn't an ordinary woman and is up to something involving Galdera]].
* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'':
** A non-menu example. At each of the inns you visit, your room will contain exactly eight beds. No points for guessing how many people end up joining your party. (Granted, this doesn't spoil the GuestStarPartyMember in Chapter 7, who doesn't stick around long enough to use any of these inns).
** The music credits list every song in the game, roughly in the order that you hear them. They reach the ending, where you're at... and then keep going for quite a while, spoiling much of the extensive post-game content. The last few tracks are missing the contextual subtitles, which Tat least preserves the surprise of how they're used.
* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' takes place over several days with each new day acting as a chapter for the game. You fight the BigBad at the end of day five, but then the game transitions to day six, hinting that Eve's defeat isn't the true end of the game. You're also given the opportunity to collect and sort items you had Wayne hold onto as well as getting several healing items for free without being told why. Moments later, you're fighting the TrueFinalBoss.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/CosmicStarHeroine''. After a certain character betrays the party, in the final dungeon, you acquire their ultimate weapon. You're getting that character back, right? [[spoiler:You fight her as a boss immediately afterwards, and the fight ends in her death. The weapon might as well never have existed.]]
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'':
*** Checking the achievement list in will more or less make clear [[spoiler:Fiora rejoins you at some point]]. To be fair, it's the most telegraphed spoiler in the game and bigger reveals are much better covered, but there you go. There's also one empty space in the affinity chart artwork for the party.
*** The fact that the quests you get in some places, such as [[spoiler:Alcamoth or Mechonis]] are ALL "timed", meaning you can't do them after a certain point, will also spoil for you that some large scale event is likely to occur in (or to) these places, and that the quests present will become [[PermanentlyMissableContent lost forever]].
*** There's also the fact there are no Heart-to-Hearts anywhere on [[spoiler:Mechonis]]...
*** And then there's the fact that the [[WombLevel Bionis' Interior]] and Prison Island have a collectibles list, but seemingly no collectibles to find. The former's map also clearly expands far, far beyond what can be explored upon your arrival.
*** An early point in the game features a notable Aversion that practically qualifies as an Interface RedHerring. During the attack on your DoomedHometown, [[spoiler:Dunban]] temporarily joins your party. If you go to his equipment screen, you'll notice his current gear can't be removed. Naturally the player would suspect he'd either be KilledOffForReal (heck, he pretty much has all the qualities of a SacrificialLion) or at least would never join your party again. In fact... [[spoiler:he ''does'' rejoin you later as a fully customisable, playable character. It's his ''sister'', the protagonist's ChildhoodFriend / LoveInterest, who's killed in the attack, and she ''did'' have fully customisable equipment at the time.]]
*** Played straight with Dickson, Mumkhar, and [[spoiler:Alvis]], who are temporarily controllable but have fixed equipment, lack a Skill trait, and only have two very basic Arts. It's pretty clear they'll never be permanent party members.
*** The Strange class of collectables are "named" by certain party members. The Rumble Box collectable, which was named by Riki, can be found before you first meet him.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''
*** There's an area in NLA called the [[spoiler:Mimeosome Maintenance Center]].
*** The first time you have a Heart-to-Heart with each of your different party members, you'll receive an achievement for it. Not so much for characters that are DownloadableContent for Japan [[spoiler:and ''The Master Sniper'' though...]] Heart-to-Hearts are also recorded on the map when they're found out and/or completed, and there's also an achievement for maxing out a party member's affinity, unless they're once again for said DLC characters in Japan [[spoiler:and for Lao]].
*** During character creation, you can pick from a rather wild variety of skin, hair and eye colors, as well as some extremely non-human eyes. Moreover, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight nobody feels moved to comment about it]] if you do. [[spoiler:This is because you're customizing your mimeosome, rather than a biological human body. Nobody comments because they all know you're a tricked-out robot, even if you don't at first.]] For that matter, in character creation ''none'' of the eye designs [[spoiler:look all that natural]].
*** Chapter 3 introduces you to the Prone race with the implication that they were behind the destruction of Earth, and the base you encounter them in also has [[MechaMook Puge and Pugilith]] support. Chapter 4 then formally introduces the Ganglion coalition as a whole, which the Prone are just one race in. However, the enemy index entries on the Prone, Puges and Pugiliths (accessible as soon as you engage any of them in combat) mention the Ganglion before you even hear of them in-story. On another note, the entry for the Prone lists them with "Cavern Clan" in parentheses, [[spoiler:indicating that not only are the Prone divided into two races/clans, there are a few mission-exclusive fights with Tree Clan Prone, the aforementioned second Prone clan that becomes one of your allies]]. On a ''further'' note, there's an Achievement called [[spoiler:Cavern Clan Immigration]], implying [[spoiler:the seemingly AlwaysChaoticEvil clan of Prone will become allies too.]]
*** The "[Race] Immigration" achievements usually don't spoil much seeing as the race names won't mean much until you meet them, with two exceptions: the one listed above is one, but you get "[[spoiler:Definian]] Immigration" for completing a quest that involves the HeelFaceTurn of ''one'' of their race, and it isn't until the post game that only a couple more join in.
*** It might seem a little odd that the Enforcer healing skill is called "Repair". It removes debuffs as well as heals, so maybe it's just named a little thematically for the high-tech setting of ''Xenoblade Chronicles X''? [[spoiler:Well, yes, but there's a bit more to it than that. This even ties in to Irina mentioning getting repaired during an early affinity mission and she herself having the art.]]
*** Ever wonder why the empty bottom left section of NLA has a survey percentage number like the rest of the districts?
*** Irina and Gwin of Team Irina can join you on missions, despite technically being part of another BLADE team, with Irina even leading it as Team Irina. They have another member, Marcus, who curiously never actually becomes playable. [[spoiler:There's a fairly good reason for that, and it involves a lot of Ganglion missiles.]]
*** One of the categories in the Enemy Index is [[spoiler:Chimeroids]], and a category of Criticals Up and Slayer augments exist for this enemy type, all of which can be seen long before you encounter them.
*** After you defeat Luxaar for good and go through the cutscene, you earn a story achievement. [[spoiler:But because the progress says ''4/5'', you know there's still more...]]
*** Subverted before proceeding to Chapter 11. Both of Gwin's Affinity Missions need to be completed to begin, [[spoiler:but nothing happens to Gwin at all]].
*** During ''Serial Thriller'', Eleanora provides two leads on a serial killer at large. One is located in Sylvalum, the other in Oblivia. Taking one good look at the [=FrontierNav=] grid, the Affinity Chart, or simply remembering the names of every NPC will indicate which one is the correct lead.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'':
*** You gain access to the [[{{Mons}} Blade]] Library, which keeps track of all the unique Blades you've summoned/obtained. It also shows the silhouettes of every single Blade you haven't obtained yet. Some of them will look rather familiar and they also appear at the top of list alongside those of Rex, Nia, and Tora's, [[spoiler:which makes it evident that both Morag and Zeke become party members eventually]].
*** The fact that [[spoiler:Mòrag will join the party]] is practically given away if the party decides to do a sidequest in Mor Ardain the second it becomes available. The sidequest in question leads to a murder investigation, but you are [[AbilityRequiredToProceed blocked from proceeding until you get the help of someone familiar with Mor Ardain]]. At that point, there's really only one candidate for this: [[spoiler:Mòrag]].
*** Similarly, while the game tries to avert this by giving a GuestStarPartyMember a full skill tree, exp gain, customizable moves, and favored consumables, the fact that they can't bond with any Blades besides their starting one, and that said starting Blade's affinity level never increases, should raise some eyebrows.
*** Some items will list the names of locations you haven't actually been to yet in their "Obtained at" description.
*** Done with Floren in the Mercenary Missions menu. Assigning Floren to a job that requires a Blade of a specific gender reveals that Floren's a guy, but the boy himself never tells the party this until the end of his sidequest, in which they all react with complete surprise.
*** During chapter 1, Nia, Jin, and Malos all join Rex's party. The fact that Nia is the only one of the three whose party artwork is in the same style as Rex's should make it clear which of the three will end up being a permanent party member.
*** The Indoline Praetorium doesn't have any Heart-to-Hearts, there are no quests after the initial ones, and there aren't any Merc Missions to increase its stores' inventories, a clue that something major will happen to the place later on.
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Zig-zagged. Similar to the previous game's Blade Library the game features a Hero Roster that showcases the game's recruitable Heroes. It's played straight in that once again you can see the silhouettes of Heroes that you haven't recruited, [[spoiler:one in particular is clearly a silhouette of a Consul/Moebius, the game's main enemy faction, while another is clearly one of the robot assassins you occasionally fight in sidequests, neither of which you'd ever expect to assist the heroes, let alone join the party]]. Additionally, it manages to spoil a certain plot point, as two of the silhouettes are [[spoiler:Smoldering Cammuravi and Glorysong Miyabi, the former of whom ''dies'' during the story and the latter of whom has ''been'' dead since the start, indicating that [[BackFromTheDead neither of them are going to stay dead]] if they end up joining the party.]] However, it also averts it in that it DOESN'T show the silhouettes of the final two Heroes, which hides that [[spoiler:Melia and Nia from the first and second games respectively return as post-game Heroes]].
* In ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'', several revelations can be spoiled like this:
** Camellia wears a mysterious necklace she dismisses as an ornament, but mousing over it in the inventory shows that it makes her CharacterAlignment undetectable. She's also a divine spellcaster, and she's able to use the scrolls of "Protection from Good" and "Protection from Law" that your evil enemies drop, which require you to be of the opposing alignment. [[ChaoticEvil Guess what?]] Trying to level up as a paladin or other class that requires a good and/or lawful alignment will also tell you why you can't. Of course, not that it isn't clear from her [[ObviouslyEvil blatantly shady and bloodthirsty attitude]].
** Nenio is subtler and requires paying closer attention. Close inspection of her stats will show that she doesn't get a bonus skill rank or feat, despite being human, and that she has two increased abilities and a decreased ability, as opposed to a human who would have one increased ability. [[AsianFoxSpirit She's actually a Kitsune]].
** Wendaug can be identified as a demon worshipper early by looking through all her special abilities, which lists her deity as the demon goddess Lamashtu. This is also revealed if the player levels her up in a divine class such as cleric or inquisitor.
* Mostly due to its Citizen Menu, ''VideoGame/Vampyr2018'' does this in a number of ways:
** It's pretty easy to figure out there's something up with Dorothy Crane when she's introduced as a nurse in the Pembroke Hospital but listed in the citizen menu as the pillar of Whitechapel, making her a major figure in a completely separate district.
** Depending on if and when you study the Swanborough Cordial, you might learn about Mason Swanborough's existence and role in the scheme almost a full chapter before being able to speak to him at all.
** Harriet Jones having no hints and being completely absent from the citizen menu despite seeming fairly unremarkable makes it pretty clear that something's going to happen to her.
* ''VideoGame/{{Recettear}}'': Each recruitable character in the game uses a specific type of weapon. All weapon types are listed in the item fusion menu from the beginning. This includes the oddball [[spoiler:"Claw" and "Parts"]] weapon types, hinting that [[spoiler:Griff, the brooding demon]] and [[spoiler:Arma, the robot girl]] can eventually be recruited (which doesn't happen until very late in the game).
* ''VideoGame/TechnoMageReturnOfEternity'': Throughout the game, Melvin discovers the [[PlotCoupon Crystals of Eternity]], which have a specialised part of the inventory to be held in. Once he collects the fourth one, due to that many being seen in the visions they grant him, he assumes he has the whole set. The specialised inventory space shows an empty slot, spoiling the fact that there's a fifth crystal.
* ''VideoGame/KlonoaHeroesDensetsuNoStarMedal'': You know a leaving member of your party is gonna come back eventually when you can still buy weapons and gear for them. For instance, you can still buy gear for Guntz after he leaves to chase Janga, and shops will still have gear for Klonoa after he's put in a coma by Janga's poison.