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In shooters, this tends to occur with [[Sniping Mission|Sniping Missions]]s, in which your character is tasked with using a sniper rifle to kill or [[Escort Mission|protect]] someone, despite the fact that your character has never been acknowledged as a sniper or marksman until now. NPC allies tend to be struck with [[Artificial Stupidity]] such that they are incapable of defeating anything but the most basic [[Mook]] even when armed with the same weapons as the player.

* Justified in ''[[Darksiders]]''. The Charred Council sends War on a mission to hunt down the Destroyer with only the Watcher as his companion/jailor because they believe he started Armageddon before all Seven Seals were broken. War himself offered to take up this mission to atone for his supposed crime. It's personal for him too -- hetoo—he wants payback on whoever is responsible for his disgrace. {{spoiler|Of course, the Council knew all along that War was innocent. They sent War out early on purpose to foil Abaddon's attempt to bend their laws and framed War for triggering Armageddon so he that he would offer to hunt down Abaddon himself. The Council couldn't just order the Horsemen to do it since they have a hard enough time controlling the Horsemen already, and the Horsemen would never agree to serve as common assassins. They chose War for the deed because, according to the backstory, he was the most difficult Horseman to control and had already rebelled against the Council once.}}

* Justified in a particularly cruel manner in ''[[Ghostbusters]]: The Video Game.'' You're ''always'' the one who has to go in first whenever there's obvious danger, handle all the grunt work and also get all the neat toys first (and sometimes exclusively). This is because you're the new guy, and thus less valuable than the old hands -- ifhands—if ''you'' get killed by whatever obvious danger you're leading the way into, or the dangerous, experimental technology based on nuclear power and theoretical particle physics ends up melting you into a puddle, they can just hire someone else and it's no huge loss, and why waste the experienced people on turning cranks or the like when you can have the newbie do it? Also averted, to a degree -- thedegree—the other Ghostbusters ''will'' fight and defeat enemies with little or no help from you, if it comes to that. One boss in particular is probably most easily defeated by letting the others do the actual fighting, while you act as medic/bait.

* The MMORPG ''[[Wizard 101]]'' has the Dumbledore [[Captain Ersatz]] telling you that [[Big Bad|Malistaire]] is up to stuff that (gasp) might destroy the entire Spiral (the galaxy (I guess) wherein the various worlds exist) - but far be it from the high-powered head of the school to shut down the school for a few weeks and run off to stop the [[Big Bad]] himself: [[It's Up to You]]. Why he thinks it's a good idea to put this grand task in the hands of a first-year student is anyone's guess. But the way in which [[It's Up to You]] is stressed makes it ''very'' hard for an adult player to keep their [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]].

* ''[[Grim Grimoire]]'' is an amusing example, where the main character Lillet Blan finds herself trapped in a persistent [[Groundhog Day Loop]], repeating the five days leading up to a powerful mage killing everyone at her school of magic. Due to being a complete novice she spends the first few times around informing her teachers of what’s going on…¦ inevitably leading them to screwing things up even worse than before. She gets the hint eventually.

* While the campaign of ''[[Dawn of War]] 2'' is not a complete example, as proper use of allies is essential to victory, it still remains that a dozen [[Space Marine|Space Marines]]s are required to defend three planets from an [[Our Orcs Are Different|Ork]] WAAAGH!, [[Our Elves Are Better|Eldar]] incursions and a ''friggin' [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Tyranid Hive Fleet]]''. Partially justified by a) the Chapter suffering a horrific defeat that depleted their numbers, so it really ''is'' All Up To You, and b) anything in ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' being notorious for its [[Unreliable Narrator|Unreliable Narrators]]s and the whole thing playing like one big propaganda film, leaving one with the impression the numbers weren't quite so one-sided as the game depicts.

** Just about EVERY main series Pokémon game features this-- whythis—why is it that it's always a kid with level 20 Pokémon that saves an area from trouble while there are plenty of adults with Level 25 Pokémon just a few steps down the road and, of course, Gym Leaders and the Elite Four?

* Handwaved in ''[[Persona 3]]'' -- the—the player is chosen to lead the party in the Journey, much to the irritation of one of his companions, because he has the wild card. His friend gets even more frustrated when he begins leading the party over much, much more experienced SEES members. Aigis in The Answer is dubbed party leader for the same reason - again, much to the chagrin of [[The Lancer]] from the previous game.

** In the first two ''[[Fallout|Fallouts]]s'', if a party member had a higher skill in something than you, they would attempt to do the task in your stead. Unfortunately, they were rarely better than you (if you specialized in something), let alone good enough to perform any of the tasks requested. Typically, that meant you had to do anything important.

** In the ''[[Ghost Recon]]: Advanced Warfighter'' games, the player controls only Captain Mitchell. Although there are several infiltration/recon missions where he must go solo, the majority of the game provides him with up to three specialized "Ghost" units --rangingunits—ranging from heavy artillery, medic, sniper, and infantry. These units can turn the most difficult missions into [[Curb Stomp Battle|cakewalks]], but only if the player utilizes the Ghosts effectively, instead of leaving them behind. For example, this editor completed the final mission of the first GRAW game solely by providing cover fire, while the heavy weapons specialist and his shoulder-mounted rocket launcher took on the [[Big Bad]] one-on-one.

* Averted in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'', despite having a [[Chosen One]]. Most of the game consists of playing as the various [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]]s who contribute to the fight to save humanity, and almost every chapter ends with its player character dead or insane. At the end, {{spoiler|everybody comes back in ghost form, one at a time, to attack [[The Dragon]], and the guy who died at the beginning of the game gets to seal away the [[Big Bad]].}}

* It's implied, in ''[[Crusader: No Remorse|Crusader]]'', that your character of the Silencer is just one of many operatives--otheroperatives—other Rebels are mentioned as taking on missions. However, for a barely-trusted recent defector, you sure end up handed a lot of critical missions. Even {{spoiler|when the mole takes over the base}}, you are given a mission that {{spoiler|could expose the traitor, assuming you survive}}.

* Averted in the 3rd-person tactical shooter ''[[Winback]] 2''. Two characters from your three-man squad are assigned to each mission, and you play the first one... During which time, several opportunities are given for you to accomplish things outside the scope of your mission. ''Then'' you play as the ''second'' character, and receive bonuses when the "first character" helps you out (for instance by helping open a locked door, or by picking off some [[Mook|Mooks]]s).

* ''Kind of'' averted in the latest ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' video game. The player takes the role of Rogue, the only survivor of an ambush that slaughtered the rest of his genetically-engineered [[Super Soldier]] pals. Having said that, part of the soldiers' cybernetic augmentation is "biochips," which [[Brain Downloading|preserves their consciousness]] for download in a newly-grown body; in the meanwhile, Rogue installs his three friends onto his [[Swiss Army Weapon]], [[Bag of Holding|Backpack Of Holding]] and helmet. All three items are now capable of independent action (the rifle can be set up as a sentry gun, for instance, and the helmet can project a holographic decoy), and frequently [[Voice with an Internet Connection|chat amongst themselves]]. While [[It's Up to You]] still, at least your [[One-Man Army]] is allowed to multitask.