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It also allows all the storytelling and character interactions to happen non-interactively (often in [[Cutscene|cutscenes]]), which actually increases realism, as these sorts of scenes are nigh-impossible to do well interactively.

 

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'''Examples:'''

* In the movie ''[[Twenty Eight Days Later|28 Days Later]]'', main character Jim [[Abandoned Hospital Awakening|wakes up in a deserted hospital]] after England has been ravaged by the [[Hate Plague|Rage virus]]. This leads to a "last man on earth"-type scenario, at least until he stumbles upon some zombies and ends up being saved by survivors who actually know what happened.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'': Can you say "Assemble an away team to explore the derelict/ruin"? How about "Jim, this man is dead!"?

** There are a few examples, though, which fit this trope especially well:

*** "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead:" the Doctor and companion (and an archaeological expedition) arrive a century after the "event"

** Averted at the same time though: As Jay starts going through the tapes, it becomes apparent that {{spoiler|he had much more to do with the party [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|than he remembered]]}}

* ''[[Empire From the Ashes]]'' includes this in each book. First book: "What happened to Dahak's crew?" Second book: "What happened to the Fourth Imperium?" Third book: "What happened to Pardal's techbase?"

* In ''Hero's Chains'', Derek arrives several centuries late to a world gone from a sci-fi utopia to a fantasy hellhole.

* ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Shatterpoint]]'' has ''the Clone Wars and the Republic at large'' be late to the "party" known as [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Summertime_War the Summertime Wars]. Basically, conflict between offworlders and natives led to a war that starts when the winter snows melt and end when the autumn rains began. Each year. For thirty years as of the start of the book. The natives only support the Republic because the offworlders are supported by the Separatists. Mace Windu, the narrator, notes that his young native companions do not speak of [[Retirony|what they will do " after the war]]". Because it's all they've ever known. {{spoiler|Which makes it kind of heartbreaking when Nick admits his feelings about what he wanted to do with Chalk ''if'' the war ever ended, while holding her corpse.}}

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