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Forced polymorph

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Some beings in the setting can force others to take some other form. Commonly lasts only a short while.

48
games
19
platforms

Alternate names: Forced shapechange
Name variations: baleful polymorph

Heretic II (Linux)
Heretic II
LIN 1999-12-08
Ascend: Hand of Kul (Xbox 360)
Ascend: Hand of Kul
X360 2013
Heroes of Newerth (Mac OS X)
Heroes of Newerth
OSX 2010-03-30
Hexen (Saturn)
Hexen
SAT 1995
Heroes of Newerth (Linux)
Heroes of Newerth
LIN 2010-03-30
NetHack (Windows)
NetHack
WIN 200?
NetHack (MS-DOS)
NetHack
DOS 1985
League of Legends (Windows)
League of Legends
WIN 2009-10-27
Hexen II (Windows)
Hexen II
WIN 1997-08-31
Heroes of Newerth (Windows)
Heroes of Newerth
WIN 2010-03-30
Heretic (MS-DOS)
Heretic
DOS 1994-12-23
NetHack (Linux)
NetHack
LIN ? *
In rare cases this is permanent, but in them usually it can't be used on the protagonist or similar Important Character.
See also: shapeshifters and shapeshifting

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Parent group

Loss of player agency

Games by year

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The first Forced polymorph video game was released in 1985.

DevTeam, Valve and Nintendo published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 10
Linux 10
MS-DOS 4
Mac OS X 3
Mac OS Classic 3
Unix 2
Amiga AGA 2
OS/2 2
NeXT 2
SNES 1
Saturn 1
Solaris 1
N64 1
BSD 1
Atari ST 1
GP2X 1
X360 1
GamePark 32 1
3DS 1

Most common companies

DevTeam5
Valve3
Nintendo2
Activision2
GT Interactive2