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Army of One

Other (objects, etc.) concept

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The protagonist deals death as if they were a whole army company. Especially if the opponents treat them as such.

155
games
29
platforms

Name variations: One Man Army

In modern games this tends to be lampshaded with the enemies (and possibly allies) expressing disbelief and even fear upon learning of a single man, woman, or whatever-you-are killing company after company of their fellow mooks.

In older games this was largely made due to technical limitations, though often enough this is simply done for sake of coolness or feeding the munchkin inside every (male?) gamer.

Shmups should NOT be tagged as this is the norm in them.
Related:
* High fantasy (a.k.a. epic fantasy)

Contrast:
* One of Many
* Group

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Parent group

Tropes

Games by year

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The first Army of One video game was released in 1989.

Capcom, Blizzard, Bungie Software and LucasArts published most of these games.

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Platforms

Windows43
Linux28
MS-DOS10
X36010
Mac OS Classic8
Mac OS X6
PS25
PS35
Xbox4
Pandora4
PS3
TizenOS3
Wii3
PS53
Xbox Series X3
BeOS2
BSD2
PS42
Nintendo DS1
Zeebo1
Amiga1
Internet Only1
Atari ST1
NES1
GameCube1
Switch1
Pippin1
Xbox One1
PSP1

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