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Possibly a bit of [[Truth in Television]] or videogames rather. Interceptor body armor for the most part stops bullets outright but breaks down after soaking up one or two hits, making it effectively a free bullet to the chest before dying card.
Compare [[Call a Hit Point
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* ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' uses "realistic" personal shields.
** In ''[[Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark Zero]]'', body armor will mitigate the effect of being shot, although it will still undergo [[Critical Existence Failure]] and stop working, and is useless against melee. This actually makes sense, as kevlar vests in real life are designed to absorb bullet impact, and do nothing against a knife or club.
* The second ''[[
* Played with in the early ''[[Rainbow Six]]'' video games. Without heavy armor, the player character can go down in as little as [[One-Hit-Point Wonder|one bullet]].
* The shields from ''[[Halo]]''.
* ''[[Half Life]]'', and the infamous HEV suit. Power in the HEV suit works like actual armor. Minor things will just chip away the power, but bullets will still take off HP.
* Played straight in ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004
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* Armor in ''[[Dystopia (
== Literature ==
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* In ''[[Starcraft]]'', the Protoss have the "Deflector Shields" version.
* Armor upgrades in ''[[Dawn of War]]'' increase hit points rather than damage resistance. This is because the game engine relies on armor type to determine damage taken.
* In ''[[
== Role Playing Games ==
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* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' deflector shields roughly fit this (armour is the standard D20-style where it makes you harder to hit); there's a maximum damage quantity they can take, although they also have a time limit and a maximum they can absorb from any one attack.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' plays the trope straight, with a third layer devoted to biotic barriers or shields. Most boss-type units in ''Mass Effect 2'' have at least armor or shields. On [[Harder Than Hard|Insanity]] difficulty, all enemies have armor or shields, and boss-type units have shields/biotic barriers, armor and finally health. Especially tough boss-type units have biotic barriers, shields, armor and health. However, huge or purely mechanical enemies ''only'' have armor, not health. Once their armor is depleted, it's assumed the last shot hit something vital and killed/destroyed them.
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== Stealth Based Game ==
* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' also does this. Each armor upgrade adds another segment to your health bar, but does absolutely nothing to improve your resistance to damage.
* ''[[Covert Action]]'' has as optional equipment body armor that allows the player character to take 4 hits before knockout instead of 2.
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* ''[[Rifts]]'s'' Mega-Damage system basically ''replaces'' your normal SDC/Hit Points with the armor's MDC, given that even light Mega-Damage to a normal human will usually [[Chunky Salsa Rule|kill them outright]].
** Other Palladium games have body armor work as additional SDC, though it is also a slight aversion to the trope due to a mechanic called Armor Rating. It's dependent on how much of the body is covered by armor. Any strike roll that goes over the A.R. does damage directly to the character, anything under the A.R. damages the armor itself.
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== Third Person Shooter ==
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* In ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak 3 and TLF]]'', you start with around half a circle of hit points. Each armor upgrade gives you a couple extra points.
* ''[[Oni]]'' uses the [[Deflector Shields]] version with the Forcefield item absorbing attacks from guns.
* ''[[James Bond]]'', yet again. In ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]'', it's implied that one hit will kill you, and your HP meter is the effectiveness of your armor. In ''[[From Russia
== Turn Based Strategy ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' has no defense stat. Instead, armor just increases HP. Since you get a ''maximum'' of 2 HP per level, it's vital to make sure you have quality armor.
* The first ''[[
* In ''[[Sword of the Stars]]'' all armor techs add to the health of your ships, but they also dramatically increase the chance of physical weapons simply ricocheting off the hull with no damage. Weapons in the 'Polarized Plasmatics' tree are dangerous because they negate that bonus.
* ''Battle Isle'' series has hitpoints called "Armour", whether on vehicles or infantry.
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* In ''[[Spore]]'', adding armor to the animal increases the hitpoints, though the increases don't stack.
* In ''[[Eve Online]]'', spaceships have hitpoints split into three types: Shields, Armor and Structure which take damage in that order. There are modules you can fit that will increase the hitpoints of each type, thus increasing your ship's "life".
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Prototype (
* In the classic computer game ''Auto Duel'', your character has 3 hit points and can buy body armor at any truck stop, which provides another 3 hit points. Unlike your body, though, the armor can't be fixed once it's shot up, so once it's sustained the full 3 points of damage, you'll need to [[Breakable Weapons|buy new armor]]. (Oh, and if you're thinking that 3 hit points is a puny number, keep in mind that the game is designed around the concept of ''vehicles'' blowing the crap out of each other.)
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