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* ''[[Contact (video game)|Contact]]'', where You Are You, except when you're a Controller for the protagonist Terry, except you're actually Advising him, except you're not, and—aaaaahhhrgh!
* The original ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' goes out of its way to pretend it's really communications software, with the installation programme referring to itself as installing EVA, the interface used in game.
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** Notably, Artanis didn't show up until the expansion pack ''Brood War''. Starcraft II largely retconned the Magistrate's/Cerebrate's existence.
* In ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', you are generally the Controller but at some points, Max will demonstrate the awareness of your presence: in one level, you can make him shoot a loudspeaker playing annoying music and he will thank you for that. Later, in a nightmare, Max realizes for a moment that he is the player character of a Third Person Shooter (but ignores it later).
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** ''[[Operator's Side|Lifeline]]'' operated similarly, although it did ascribe some characteristics to the guy in the control booth (he's specifically male, a guest on the space station, and has a girlfriend called Naomi), making them not a pure avatar for the player.
* The ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' series is a double Controller -- the player actually takes control of Desmond, and ''he'' is in a computer taking control of a computer reconstruction of one of his ancestors.
** Parts of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations|Revelations]]'' add another layer, as the player controls Desmond reliving Ezio's memories of reliving Altair's memories. [[Inception|Assassinception]]!
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'': Raiden's soldier dogtags [[Anyone You Know|have the player's name on them.]] [[Mind Screw|This is never explained.]]
* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]'' takes the Advisor path: you're [[Main Character|Briggs']] "spiritual guide". Annoyingly, Briggs sometimes knocks on the screen to deliver condescending advice to you.
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* The ''[[Pokémon]]'' series has you as Advisor to your team of Pokemon, a [[Heroic Mime]] when dealing with human characters, and You are You when battling and trading with other players.
** The first ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' game takes the You are You approach when the PC is a Pokemon. Apparently the player {{spoiler|agreed to get [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] and get turned into a Pokemon. This makes [[I Choose to Stay]] ending an [[Esoteric Happy Ending]].}} The second game drops any possibility that the PC is you but still keeps the personality test.
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* ''[[Loco Roco]]'' has the player directly controlling a [[Heroic Mime]] planet who has to indirectly control the protagonists where they want them to be.
* ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse'' has a [[Framing Device]] where You Are You, telling the story of the game to gain entry into the Midnight Society. The story-telling takes the form of a standard Controller for the main characters Terry and Alex.
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