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* At one point in ''[[Postal]] 2'', you find yourself in a library that's just been set on fire. Predictably enough, there's only one safe route out. |
* At one point in ''[[Postal]] 2'', you find yourself in a library that's just been set on fire. Predictably enough, there's only one safe route out. |
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* There's a hotel in ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' that consists of a bunch of rooms located around a central shaft. In the climax of one Ronin mission you end up [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|parachuting down this shaft while the hotel explodes around you.]] |
* There's a hotel in ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' that consists of a bunch of rooms located around a central shaft. In the climax of one Ronin mission you end up [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|parachuting down this shaft while the hotel explodes around you.]] |
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* ''[[BioShock (series)]]'' begins with one: there's only one path through the flaming airplane wreckage, and it happens to lead directly to an island with a handy bathysphere... |
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* [[Enter the Matrix]]. The post office explodes but there's a way through. Of course, this being the Matrix reality is a bit funky. |
* [[Enter the Matrix]]. The post office explodes but there's a way through. Of course, this being the Matrix reality is a bit funky. |
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* ''[[Descent]]'' is possibly the ur-example from 1995. On each level you have to destroy a reactor, then escape through an emergency exit before being caught in the explosion. No matter how much time is left on the clock, the escape sequences always have the fire chasing right behind you through the escape. |
* ''[[Descent]]'' is possibly the ur-example from 1995. On each level you have to destroy a reactor, then escape through an emergency exit before being caught in the explosion. No matter how much time is left on the clock, the escape sequences always have the fire chasing right behind you through the escape. |
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