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Inept veteran

Other (objects, etc.) theme

The protagonist is presented as a veteran, but they're surprisingly inept despite this.

81
games
30
platforms

Alternate names: Incapable veteran, Inexperienced veteran

Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
Mass Effect
X360 2007-11-16
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (NEC PC9801)
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
9801 1989-07-28
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (NEC PC8801)
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter
8801 1988-04-22
Warframe (PlayStation 4)
Warframe
PS4 2013-11-15
Ancient Ys Vanished - Ys I·II Eternal Story (PlayStation 2)
Ancient Ys Vanished - Ys I·II Eternal Story
PS2 2003-08-07
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished DS (Nintendo DS)
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished DS
NDS 2008-03-20
Ys V Expert (Super Nintendo)
Ys V Expert
SNES 1996-03-22
Mass Effect (Windows)
Mass Effect
WIN 2008-05-27
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (MSX 2)
Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
MSX2 1989-10-20
Ys Eternal I & II (Windows)
Ys Eternal I & II
WIN 1998
Ultima VI: The False Prophet (MS-DOS)
Ultima VI: The False Prophet
DOS 1990
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter (MSX 2)
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter
MSX2 1988-07-15
Not to be confused with a taste of power or lost powers though there's some possible overlap.
Usually lampshaded via amnesia, some inexplicable strength loss (being severely wounded), being reincarnated, having had a drinking binge, etc. and they're now getting their mojo back, explaining also the rapid growth in how skilled they become, though fails if you have multiple characters in your team who along with you gain "power".

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Games by year

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The first Inept veteran video game was released in 1988.

Nihon Falcom, Origin and Exult Team published most of these games.

Related site

Related article at TV Tropes (Restart At Level One)

Platforms

Windows 17
Linux 6
MS-DOS 6
PS2 5
PSP 4
SNES 4
Mac OS X 4
X68000 3
PC Engine CD 3
Nintendo DS 3
NES 2
Xbox 2
X360 2
MSX2 2
NEC PC9801 2
NEC PC8801 2
Mac OS Classic 1
GP2X 1
Mega Drive 1
Amiga 1
Atari ST 1
Win3.1 1
PS3 1
PS4 1
PS 1
Pandora 1
MICRO 7 - FM7 1
Zaurus 1
Saturn 1
Sharp X1 1

Most common companies

Nihon Falcom11
Origin4
Exult Team3
Electronic Arts3
Spiderweb Software3
Origin Systems3
Konami3
LucasArts2
Falcom2
Microsoft Game Studios2
Basilisk Games2
Digital Extremes2
JoWood Productions2
Taito2