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** In ''Half-Life 2'': Episode Two the G-man's endgame reports have been replaced with Vortessent messages, the most amusing of which comments that "the Magnusson's misgivings about the Freeman were completely justified" if the player fails to protect the base.
* ''[[Rise of Nations]]'' has two kinds of Game Over: the normal defeat, when your opponent simply wins, and the [[The End of the World as We Know It|Armageddon defeat]], which happens if you [[Nuke'Em|drop too many nukes]], and basically means everybody loses. Similarly, the [[Cold War]] campaign has two Game Overs: the normal defeat, where the opposing side wins, and the Nuclear Holocaust ending, where everybody fires [[Mnogo Nukes]].
** So does ''Theatre Europe''. Notably, you [[Unwinnable|can't win]] as Warsaw Pact under the hardest difficulty, as NATO will, as a desperate measure, launch a major nuclear attack against you, leading to an [[EndoftheThe End of the World Asas We Know It]]. (Conversely, when playing as NATO your goal is to defend yourself for a requisite number of turns; if you ever enter the Warsaw Pact territory, the enemy will start a global nuclear war. You can also trigger it deliberately, or by provoking the enemy by launching one too many nuclear missiles against them.)
* ''[[Fire Emblem]] [[Fire Emblem Elibe|7]]'' has an interesting case - in one of the sidechapters, the completion goal is to make it to the other side of the map and talk to the boss, [[Pirate|Fargus]], in order to earn being ferried by his crew to the Dread Isle. If you so choose to attack Fargus, he'll probably kill any unit you have at the time. But if you [[Lord British Postulate|somehow defeat him]], the mission ends with him telling you that you now have no way to continue. '''Game over'''. Even [[Failure Is the Only Option|if you didn't kill him]], he would then refuse to take you to the Dread Isle, resulting in a similar '''Nonstandard Game Over'''.
* In ''[[Silent Hill 3]]'', if you die a certain way or in a certain place, Valtiel is shown carrying away Heather's body.
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