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* ''[[Darksiders]]'' starts War off with eight [[Heart Container|Lifestones]], a maximum power [[BFS|Chaoseater]] and the ability to use [[Super Mode|Chaos Form]] indefinitely. A couple of battles later, War suddenly loses Chaos Form and four of the Lifestones. After the first [[Boss Fight]], War is brought in front of his masters, the Charred Council, who accuse him of starting [[The End of the World as We Know It|the End War]] early and siding with the demons. They then strip him of all of his powers and leash him with an [[Exposition Fairy]] before letting him go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
* ''[[NieR]]'' starts off with Nier accepting power from Grimoire Noir {{spoiler|and becoming the Shadowlord}} in order to protect Yonah. He levels up like crazy and quickly gets access to the Sealed Verses that you have to quest for in the real game.
* In ''[[Assassin's Creed| Assassin's Creed IV: Black Sails]]'', upgrading your own ship to where it's as powerful as those commanded by the most famous of pirates is a long, costly, time-consuming process that could well take the entire game, if you even succeed. However, in one early mission, you befriend Blackbeard himself, who lets you command ''his'' ship for one mission. '''[["Hell Yes!" Moment| Holy Crap.]]''' The ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is quite possibly the best ship in the game, and taking control of something with enough firepower to sink an entire fleet - even for one mission - brings the [[Catharsis Factor]] [[Up to Eleven]].
=== [[Action Game]] ===
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=== [[Hack and Slash]] ===
* ''[[God of War
** Similarly, shortly into ''[[God of War III]]'' the third game, he
▲** Similarly, shortly into the third game, he {{spoiler|falls into the river Styx, losing almost all of his power in the process.}} Hardly the worst excuse ever, though.
* ''[[Chaos Legion]]'' starts the main character off with {{spoiler|Thanatos}} as his legion, whose powers include wiping out everything and anything that happens to so much as look at you. You lose it once you meet the [[Big Bad]] at the end of the tutorial stage, and have to reassemble it.
* In ''[[Guardian Heroes]]'', Han starts off with the powerful Sword of Legend. He loses it to the Golden Hero after the first stage, but may gain another, equally powerful sword if he follows the right path.
* When you start ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'', you get to play as Darth Vader - that's right, '''Darth Vader''', one of the most dreaded of the Sith in all his Force Choking, Force Throwing glory - as he slaughters an army of Wookies, can't get any more awesome than that. Unfortunately, it doesn't last, as once this tutorial-intro is over, you switch to the actual protagonist, and start working up from the beginning.
=== [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]]s ===
* In some MMORPGs, when creating your character, it is depicted wearing very impressive looking, high level equipment. Once your character is actually created though, you only have basic, dull gear.
* ''[[Aion]]'' has a version of this around level 5-6, with a couple of {{spoiler|flashback}} quests that take place in The Abyss, a much-higher-level PVP area. You're in impressive-looking armor, can fly, and characters around you are calling you their hero. In the second quest you'll also be facing off against some really tough-looking enemies who nonetheless go down easily before your "might", {{spoiler|plus a "legendary" hero from the other faction, who ultimately kicks your butt in a cutscene}}.
* In the 2D MMORPG ''[[Maple Story]]'', making an [[Blade on a Stick|Aran]] places you through a tutorial in the form of a flashback. It introduces you to the Aran's basic playstyle by allowing you to use a maxed out Triple Swing/Final Blow, a 4th job skill combination.
* ''[[Fallen Earth]]'' starts with a max-level character, but your DNA data [[Restart At Level One|gets corrupted]] when the cloning equipment is damaged.
* Two missions added in the August 9th patch of [[Lego Universe]] temporarily give new players special armour that has roughly the power of level 2 faction equipment and 4 extra hearts in order to fight the [[Spider Queen]].
* In ''[[Battlestar Galactica Online]]'', one plotline mission gives you a chance to take an Escort-type starship for a spin. If you accept that mission as soon as it's available, it'll probably be the first time you're going to get to use an Escort if you haven't been [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]].
* The very first mission in the story arc that leads to acquiring [[A God Am I|Incarnate powers]] in the endgame of
=== [[Platform Game]] ===
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=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130601221544/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=080731 Parodied] in the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' storyline "Years of Yarncraft." When Torg first creates his character for an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], he's got a cool looking sword and some impressive armor. These are almost immediately revealed to be a cardboard cutout concealing the ''real'' character, who's only got some cheap clothes and a small dagger. The game then takes away Torg's dagger and gives him a stick.
{{quote|'''Torg:''' "Well that didn't take long!"}}
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