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Escape sequence

Video game concept

Includes a sequence where the player must escape, either because they're presented with an opponent they can't hope to defeat, overwhelming odds, or some other danger that threatens the protagonist and can't be countered.

59
games
11
platforms

Alternate name: Retreat sequence

Renegade Ops (Windows)
Renegade Ops
WIN 2011-10-27
Pound of Ground (Windows)
Pound of Ground
WIN 2010-11-05
Splatter (Windows)
Splatter
WIN 2013-06-25
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Wii U)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
WIIU 2013-03-31
Aliens vs Predator (Windows)
Aliens vs Predator
WIN 2010-02-16
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Linux)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
LIN 2010-09-08
Warp (Windows)
Warp
WIN 2012-03-22
The Saboteur (Windows)
The Saboteur
WIN 2009-12-08
Alien Swarm (Windows)
Alien Swarm
WIN 2010-07-19
Thief (Windows)
Thief
WIN 2014-02-25
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Windows)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
WIN 2009-11-12
Far Cry 3 (Windows)
Far Cry 3
WIN 2012-10-10
This is useful for points in game where they encounter an enemy that they can't defeat, either because it's simply unbeatable (story demands it and therefore is invincible), endlessly spawning opponents (in case this is different behaviour from the rest of the game), or there's some other danger that prompts hasty departure.
Related:
* Juggernauts - besides places blowing up, these are common cause for escape sequences.
* Timed sequence
* Survival sequence
* Escape - when the whole point of the game is to escape from somewhere or something.
* Timed sequences

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Parent group

Sequences

Games by year

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The first Escape sequence video game was released on April 1999.

Electronic Arts, Sega and EA Partners published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 27
Linux 8
PS3 7
X360 5
Mac OS X 5
PS2 2
Wii U 1
Xbox One 1
PS4 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Xbox 1