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* Ditto with [[Real Time Strategy]] games which features real world military / civilizations, such as ''[[Age of Empires]]'' or (duh) ''[[Civilization]]''.

** Samurai versus Vikings!

* The ''[[Command ~~and~~ Conquer]]'' series have lots and lots of this, particularly when you get tier 3 you can start to pump out really awesome stuff like dual barreled tanks with rocket launchers, alien tripods with EMP and triple lasers and stealth robots armed with dual lasers and flamethrowers.

* The ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' series have lots and lots of this, particularly when you get tier 3 you can start to pump out really awesome stuff like dual barreled tanks with rocket launchers, alien tripods with EMP and triple lasers and stealth robots armed with dual lasers and flamethrowers.

** The spin-off [[Red Alert]] series takes the [[Rule of Cool]] and turns it [[Up to Eleven]]. Actual battlefield scenario: mortar-equipped hovercraft are launching parachute-equipped cyber-bears while getting shot at by dolphins whose sonar has been weaponized; the bears' mission is to take out a giant mecha factory before they get gunned down by a immensely-psychically-powerful Japanese schoolgirl who is being backed up by fellow young ladies in rocket packs. While on the other side of the map, amphibious destroyers are getting nailed by tesla coils and tanks the size of city blocks. ''Yes.''

* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' is about defending your house from zombies by planting cute plants. The awesomeness of the zombies rises as you progress through the game.

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* ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''. [[Sand Worm|Thresher Maw]] versus [[Eldritch Abomination|Reaper]]. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Thresher Maw]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|wins]].}}

* The ''[[Warcraft]]'' franchise has this in spades. The most obvious example would be the Alliance Versus the Horde. That's essentially humans, [[Our Elves Are Better|Night Elves,]] [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|Dwarves,]] [[Our Gnomes Are Weirder|Gnomes,]] [[Humanoid Aliens|Draenei]] and [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Worgen]] versus [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs,]] [[The Undead|Forsaken,]] [[A Load of Bull|Tauren,]] [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls,]] [[Our Elves Are Better|Blood Elves,]] and [[Our Goblins Are Different|Goblins.]]

* ''[[Super Smash Bros]]''. Come on, seriously, [[Metroid|intergalactic bounty hunters]], [[Metal Gear Solid|super soldiers with IQ's of 180]], and [[Star Fox (series)|space mercenaries]] couldn't possibly get together without invoking this.

* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. Come on, seriously, [[Metroid|intergalactic bounty hunters]], [[Metal Gear Solid|super soldiers with IQ's of 180]], and [[Star Fox (series)|space mercenaries]] couldn't possibly get together without invoking this.

* ''[[Touhou]]'': [[Planet Eris|Take your pick]]: [[Shrine Maiden]] versus Vampires, [[Ninja Maid]] versus half-ghost samurai gardener, vaguely-lesbian Witches versus Immortal Aliens, Dumbass Fairy versus The Judge of The Dead, [[Shrine Maiden]] versus Gods, Witch allied with [[Mad Scientist]] versus Nuclear-powered Raven from Hell, Paparazzi versus everyone... explained by Gensoukyou being the last refuge for fantasy.

* According to the ''[[Game Informer]]'' article, in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', we will have a {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination|Reaper]] fighting a [[Sand Worm|Colossal Thresher Maw.]]}}