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* [[Lemony Snicket]] Book the Twelfth. ''The Penultimate Peril'' has simultaneous arcs with each of the three siblings, which is especially confusing when {{spoiler|they each meet one of the twins at exactly the same time}}.
* In ''[[Treasure Island]]'', while Jim Hawkins is on the island witnessing Silver's murder of one of the last loyal crewmen, and then meeting Ben Gunn, three chapters are narrated by Doctor Livesey detailing the departure of the officers from the ''Hispaniola'', the setting of camp in the old stockade, and the death of Tom Redruth. Just as Captain Smollett is setting down to write his log, Hawkins returns and resumes the narrative for the remainder of the book.
* The ''Double Diamond Triangle Saga''. [[Forgotten Realms]] series of ''nine'' novels, with the plot threads approached in different context depending on the order in which you read them (as seen [http://www.o-love.net/realms/head_dia.html here] - arranged in, well, Diamond + Triangle). This was done after ''[[The Green Mile]]'' attracted attention, possibly [[Follow the Leader|trying to capitalize on the new "thing"]], but this format gives interesting possibilities for [[Gambit Pileup]] in the setting notorious for those. Alas, this project was doomed [[Executive Meddling|by obvious mismanagement]].
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* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'''s Cold War Crisis campaign covers the same conflict from four different character's perspectives, in chronological order. There is a lot of overlap in the events, particularly towards the end. For example, in one mission, where you play as a special forces saboteur, the number of enemy tanks you manage to sabotage is directly linked to how many tanks you face in battle the next day, where you play as the tank commander character.
* ''[[Remember 11]]'' uses this, with the entire story being told first from the perspective of Kokoro, and then restarting from the beginning, seen through Satoru's eyes.
* ''[[Dreamfall]]'' shifts its narrative between three main protagonists, Zoe Castillo, April Ryan, the protagonist of the first game, and the elite Azadi soldier Kian. The three characters cross paths several times throughout the game and end up all coming together to some extent towards the climax.
* Some of the Tortage quests in [[Age of Conan]] work like this, where different class archetypes do quests giving different perspectives on the story.
* The second ''[[Tenchu]]'' game operates like this. Only by playing through multiple times can you get the full story.
* ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' has all of the characters' stories take place in roughly the same time. There's even a handy timeline showing all cutscenes and levels together for orientation. All of the arcs lead up to the final epic battle involving every playable character.
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* A storyline of ''[[College Roomies from Hell|College Roomies From Hell!]]'' does this, following one character at a time over the course of the same week. It's kind of confusing until the end, but awesome nevertheless.
* Book Eleven of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' involves the crew splitting up to raise money for repairs, but early on, the [[Lemony Narrator]] informs us that in seven hundred or so hours, they will be summoned back following an ominous call from Petey to Kerchak. Each of the Toughs' groups then have their own story, with the Narrator frequently butting in to inform us the exact time until the fateful call occurs.
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* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' often overlaps [[Rotating Arcs]], with protagonist and her suitors, rescuers and/or antagonists facing various problems at the same time, while one tries to find another.
* ''[[Sinfest]]'' often delves into this, most notably the recent separate arcs regarding [[Cerebus Syndrome|the Patriarchy]], and the developing love story between Criminy and Fuschia.
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