Killed Off for Real: Difference between revisions

** Aerith is able to communicate beyond the grave, however, in her spirit form. She can even use Limit Breaks beyond the grave. And cure cancer.

** Zack and Angeal similarly are dead for good, though only the former can communicate beyond the grave.

** In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', [[Heroic Sacrifice|Tellah dies]] after casting [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|the ultimate magic Meteo to defeat Golbez]]. In a title positively ''dripping'' with [[Unexplained Recovery|Unexplained Recoveries]], this is a little jarring.

*** To add insult to injury, [[Senseless Sacrifice|Golbez survives]].

* The game ''Evil Genius''. If one of your henchmen is defeated 3 times, they're gone for good.

* Most every Roguelike game has this in effect for the player; dying deletes the save for the character, meaning any player death is permanent. Often times in these there are randomized dungeons involved that can very easily lead to player death for something small or impossible to see coming, like a very powerful creature showing up well before the player is ready, or a trap destroying critical pieces of the player's equipment. Slightly subverted in those that have an item (Amulet of Life-Saving in ADOM) that will resurrect the player immediately after death (usually breaking to avoid invulnerability).

** Funnily enough, two of the characters have [[Plot Armour]] that doesn't come off until endgame. Those two are Ethan - who can be killed by the police or commit suicide - and Shelby - who dies either by getting shoved into a grinder by Jayden, shot by Jayden/Ethan/Lauren or impaled by Madison.

* After being an immortal villain for almost the entire series up until ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'', Albert Wesker turned into a monster and was finally -according to [[Word of God]]- [http://ps3.ign.com/articles/100/1006931p1.html killed for good]. Word of God ''also'' said ''[[Resident Evil]]'' would definitely [[Flip-Flop of God|never come back to the Playstation]], so make of that what you will.