Game over, man, game over (Column)

[James]

Game over, man, game over (Column)

Is permament death the ultimate game feature?

[Jagtiger]

It is interesting feature to bring adrenaline into mix and make it horror (sort of).

I knew a couple games back in days that had this feature. One I remember was flight sim, where one have to start game over in case of being shot down or just missing landing strip by a centimetre...

The other one, Rage of Mages in online mode, where one can lose all items+armor on death. Some items are expensive, while others may take forever to collect all over again. Imagine that in modern MMORPGS.

[DeaDm0nkeY]

The flight sim was Red Baron II if I'm not mistaken. There were probably others, but I clearly recall a campaign coming to a horrible fiery end if you flew one relaxed patrol.