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Games in which you rescue others as part of the gameplay

Hey GAF, a random thread idea came to mind. Which games feature rescuing others as part of the gameplay? Megaman X5 and X6 come to mind. Also The Wonderful 101. And The Stretchers for Switch too. What about you, GAF? Which games do you know about that feature rescuing others as part of the gameplay?
 

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
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GHG

Gold Member
Oddworld series.

Oddysee (remastered as new n tasty):




And the upcoming remake of Exoddus (called soulstorm) :

 
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Birdo

Banned
Sink or Swim (AKA: S. S. Lucifer: Man Overboard) (SNES, MD, Amiga, GG, DOS, ST)

A platformer where you rescue sailors from drowning in the rising water.




Rescue on Fractalus! (Atari 8-Bit, C64, Apple II)

Lucasfilm game where you fly around a planet and pick up stranded pilots (Uses Fractal technology)

 

Omali

Member
Duke Nukem 64 where Nintendo required them to alter the content so not only can babes not be killed, they can be saved.
 

01011001

Banned
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in this game, which was the very first game by Rocksteady btw!, you often have to save people from burning buildings and as some sort of mini boss battles you will regularly save hostages from their hostage takers, which will result in the bad guy getting killed in brutal and sometimes very cool ways!

WHAT IS A REAL CRIME IS THAT THIS GAME IS NOT YET BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE ON XBOX ONE/SERIES X|S!!!

but now with retroarch I gotta try getting the PS2 version up and running on Series X!
 
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Resogun.

Lego Harry Potter - There are plenty students in peril.

Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey (maybe Valhalla) have outposts with prisoners.

Super Mario

I'm sure there are loads of games with a couple missions where you need to rescue someone at some point, Dying Light, Mass Effect, Halo, Uncharted, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, GTA, you name it, it will probably have at least one rescue mission or sequence.
 

01011001

Banned
seems a bunch of people don't understand what "as part of the gameplay" means.

which is not surprising given that nowadays holding the stick forward for 10min qualifies as gameplay
 
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Megatron

Member
Batman Arkham Knight. I didn’t mind the bat mobile stuff that everyone else hated, but I really didn’t like having to personally drive the hostages back to the police station every time.
 

sainraja

Member
seems a bunch of people don't understand what "as part of teh gameplay" means.

which is not surprising given that nowadays holding the stick forward for 10min qualifies as gameplay

Most of the games we play involve us moving sticks and hitting buttons. What's your point? 🤨

That is the standard form of interacting when it comes to video games. It doesn't matter what or how you say it. It simply comes down to moving sticks and hitting buttons.
 

Nymphae

Banned
Yeah, I suppose but you fight to save someone, so you could say that shooting monsters to save someone is part of gameplay.

I disagree, a narrative premise is not gameplay. Your actions are 100% murdering and throwing switches, you never see these people, hear their names, anything.
 

Psos

Neo Member
So I remember one game from 2000s that is called Sheep. You have to escort a flock of sheep to the transport truck.


This way we can also say that Lemmings is a game in which we save them.
 

Nymphae

Banned

Yes how did it take so long for this to be mentioned. The hand holding mechanic was great.

I can hear people arguing SoC as well but again I would argue that saving someone is the narrative premise while the gameplay itself consists entirely of murder and traversal.

Ico you are literally rescuing a damsel in distress the entire game and need to lead her by hand
 

cireza

Banned
My number one game were I save people is Burning Rangers. Such an awesome game.

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And people cried because Sonic Team was not doing a Sonic game. They were simply making Nights et Burning Rangers, two gems.
 
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Trunim

Member
I kind of got rescued in Death Stranding sometimes by fellow guys throwing me stuff to help defeat the boss or just a ladder for climbing an obstacle.
 

salva

Member
Counter-strike 😋
Specifically cs_office or cs_italy are my faves
Hostage secured
 
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