Don't you just love it when...

[DooM_RO]

You are installing a new game and the installer shows video files that spoil the story such as SceneWhereThisCharacterDies.bik?

Gotta love those moments.

[Koko Ricky]

Uh...so who actually looks at these files while they're installing?

[DooM_RO]

GoatLord said:

Uh...so who actually looks at these files while they're installing?

I sometimes do, out of curiosity to see the %.

[HavoX]

Well, that's... unusual. Unless I've been living under a rock, I've never had something like that happen.

[Mithran Denizen]

I don't remember which movie it was, but I had an old DVD that spoils the major plot twist by listing the chapter titles on the main page of the DVD menu.

[wildweasel]

Mithran Denizen said:

I don't remember which movie it was, but I had an old DVD that spoils the major plot twist by listing the chapter titles on the main page of the DVD menu.

I'm remembering the one DVD I ever saw that went out of its way to NOT spoil major plot twists: GalaxyQuest. There's a mysterious "OMEGA 13" button on the main menu, that won't work if you haven't played the movie first.

[Fonze]

This makes me think of Romeo and Juliet... Damn that Shakespeare for spoiler-ing the ending of his own play!

What was that old saying; it's not about what happens, but how it happens.

[Aliotroph?]

Some old games have hilariously elaborate installers that probably slow down the process. C&C comes to mind. Theirs tended to only hint at things like the various units you could build, though.

[Avoozl]

Some games had achievements which spoil things.

[Jaxxoon R]

Which game was this?

[wheresthebeef]

Fonze said:

This makes me think of Romeo and Juliet... Damn that Shakespeare for spoiler-ing the ending of his own play!

What was that old saying; it's not about what happens, but how it happens.

The difference is Romeo and Juliet is intentionally ruined as it helps the specific story and was created with this in mind; you are supposed to know they are doomed lovers from the start to make it all the more bittersweet.

If you play a game and know a spoiler but the developers didn't intend on you knowing beforehand, it can sour the experience. Doesn't mean it will be a bad one, just might not have been as good.

Spec Ops: The Line is a really good example of this, there are things in that game that if they are ruined, you can still appreciate the game, but it is a much bigger experience if you go in blind.

[Doominator2]

I always find those installers entertaining, but usually its just pictures of the characters they show in them.

[Da Eediot]

What game were you installing?

[Voros]

Tbh, most games I have played always had those story related media files labeled like YYYXX (YYY is a word/initialism/gibberish and XX is a number) for example strwf01, strwf08, etc. those were not real examples.