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* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', Helgen, where you first get control of the character, gets attacked by a dragon, forcing you to escape through caves accessed from the Keep. If you return to the ruins of Helgen later on, bandits will have set up camp there. Also, during the Civil war questline, depending on what side you fight on, the cities of Solitude or Windhelm will end up being the sites of the final battle. If you joined the Stormcloaks, you'll also have to fight through Whiterun to conquer the city.

* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is almost entirely set in Hollownest, an enormous, underground, decaying kingdom of insects. In its heyday, Hollownest was a civilization that included enormous cities, laboratories, sewers, and botanical gardens, and was well-connected via a mass transit system of elevators, trams, and tunnels with large insect runners as vehicles. While an apocalyptic event caused the kingdom to collapse and drove most of its inhabitants to death or insanity, much of the planned and built structures of the kingdom still remains by the time the game takes place:
** The City of Tears is the current name for what was Hollownest's old capital city. It has several merchants, explorers, and hermits attempting to eke out a living, but is mostly inhabited by its crazed former citizens and guards who will attack you on sight. It somewhat serves as a [[HubCity Hub City]] since it is physically adjacent to many of the other areas in Hollownest and is the only area to boast Stag Stations.

** The Distant Village, located in the far left corner of the map, is still functionally inhabited by villagers that want to kidnap the player.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'': Po Town, which is Team Skull's headquarters. The entire town is run-down and lacking basic utilities, populated only by Team Skull, who will battle you every step of the way through the place. Even the Pokemon Center is out of action, though the Skulls in the Center will still heal your team for a price (a paltry 10 Pokedollars).
** Spikemuth in ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. It's a long horizontal trek filled with nothing but Team Yell trainers and Mr. Mimes that make ''literal'' invisible walls in a VideoGame/StreetsOfRage homage. Complete with neon "Go!" signs! It has a Pokémon center and a gym, though.

-->-- [[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/554041-final-fantasy-iii/faqs/39863 Djibriel's GameFaqs walkthrough]] of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'':

* ''VideoGame/FearAndHungerTermina'' has the game mostly set in [[Ruritania Prehevil and the surrounding countryside]], which not only was caught in the middle of the [[FantasyConflictCounterpart Second Great War]], but the location of [[MadGod Rher’s]] [[DeadlyGame three Termina festivals]], with the game proper taking place during the third. Common foes involve the [[OurZombiesOurDifferent Moonscorched]] townsfolk and the partially Moonscorched occupying Bremen Army.

* All of the towns in ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG'' are at some point either A) Occupied by enemies; B) Under attack from a neighboring area; or C) Contain some kind of BonusBoss.

* Early in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Dawn Of Sorrow]]'', Soma comes across a derelict village overrun with monsters (some of which are implied to be [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie the former inhabitants of said village]]). Later on the village gets occupied by two friendly [=NPCs=] (Hammer, who sells weapons, and Yoko, who upgrades them)... Who help you out nonchalantly while monsters are still lurking right outside their doors.