History Main / InjuredPlayerCharacterStage

* Near the end of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', Mitchell's ArtificialLimb is disabled. For the remainder of the game, you can't use grenades or two-handed weapons, and you can't reload. If you run out of ammo you'll need to either kill enemies with your knife or [[ThrowAwayGuns grab a new gun.]] Fortunately, Mitchell can use MiniMecha with only one functional arm...

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 2'': The game's intro continues from the ending from the previous game where Zero wanders off and fights a lot of mooks hounding him for a whole year, and it didn't appear that he has gotten himself repaired or even rested once during this time. As you're playing in the intro stage, you'll see that he always holds his shoulder (something you normally only see if his health is critical) and his weapon upgrades are [[BagOfSpilling lost from the previous game]]; the Triple Rod weapon from the previous game is also unusable because it's broken during the interim. His status screen is also the one from the first game, until it's updated to the one used in this game after the intro stage.

* Subverted in the final chapter of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' when [[spoiler:Lee]] gets bitten by a walker and can opt to saw off his own arm to slow the infection. The only thing on his mind is [[spoiler:rescuing Clementine]] and he already knows he's a dead man, so it turns him into an unstoppable ImplacableMan who's not slowed down one bit and ultimately [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome walks down a crowded street of walkers armed with nothing but a butcher's knife]]. '''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And makes it]].'''

*** During the boss battle with Lurtz, Boromir is shot every time Lurtz loses a life, reducing his health bar's maximum length. During the final phase of the battle, he can barely move and [[OneHitWonder dies in one hit]].

* Lego adaptation games:
** In Lego Indiana Jones, at the beginning of first level of the Temple Of Doom Indy is poisoned, can't jump and can only walk slowly. [[spoiler:player has to bribe some mooks so they will give him an antidote.]]
** Lego Lord of The Rings has two examples.
*** During boss battle with Lurtz, Boromir is shot every time Lurtz loses a life, reducing his health bar's maximum length. During the final phase of battle, he can barely move and [[OneHitWonder dies in one hit]].
*** In game's final level, [[spoiler:until boss battle with Gollum]] Frodo, weakened by The One Ring, can barely move and can't jump.

* Subverted in the final chapter of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'' when [[spoiler:Lee]] gets bitten by a walker and can opt to saw off his own arm to slow the infection. The only thing on his mind is [[spoiler:rescuing Clementine]] and he already knows he's a dead man, so it turns him into an unstoppable ImplacableMan who's not slowed down one bit and ultimately [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome walks down a crowded street of walkers armed with nothing but a butcher's knife]]. '''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And makes it.]]'''

* Essentially the entire ''flipping'' game of ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity''. Batman early on is poisoned by The Joker, but due to being TheDeterminator he pushes through everything the city throws at him. At one point the poisoning starts really getting to him, including a reduction to the health bar and InterfaceScrew effects like blurred vision and tilting camera; he comes back from it by [[spoiler:conning some Lazarus Pit water out of Ra's al Ghul and Talia]], but even that's just an extension to the deadline rather than a full cure.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 2'': The game's intro continues from the ending from the previous game where Zero wanders off and fights a lot of mooks hounding him for a whole year, and it didn't appear that he has gotten himself repaired or even rested once during this time. As you're playing in the intro stage, you'll see that he always holds his shoulder (something you normally only see if his health is critical) and his weapon upgrades are lost from the previous game; the Triple Rod weapon from the previous game is also unusable because it's broken during the interim. His status screen is also the one from the first game, until it's updated to the one used in this game after the intro stage.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' Garnet is injured *psychologically* after [[spoiler: her home kingdom is attacked and suffers heavy casualties with her unable to do anything to defend it as queen]]. For awhile she will fail to cast spells or do attacks when told because she is to busy replaying the scene in her head. She also does not speak in game at all during this section.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' Ignis is [[spoiler: left blind during the confrontation with Leviathan in Altissia]]. The next dungeon afterwards requires the player to walk slowly to allow him to keep up; failing to do so results in being told off by Gladiolus.

* Downplayed in one mission of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2''; Roxas's stats are halved because he's "having an off day". [[spoiler: It's only later that we find out this was caused by Xion draining his power]].

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'': During the prologue, [[KnightInShiningArmor Seth]] is wounded by [[BloodKnight Valter]] and as a result, starts out on the first map with less than half of his maximum health. However, being TheAce of the Renais army and averting OverratedAndUnderleveled, he is capable of wiping the floor with the enemy mooks regardless.

* ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'': During Mission 3, a [[{{Solar Flare Disaster}} solar storm]] occures, damaging both of the player's ships and nearly disabling their engines, crippling both ship's mobility. The rest of the mission involves trying to hide from pirates until the engines are repaired, and then escaping from the pursuing pirates.

** ''A Thief's End'' has a brief one when [[spoiler: Nate makes it to the Libertalia island after surviving a boat crash]]. Like in ''Uncharted 3'', he isn't explicitly injured, but is clearly incredibly low on energy; climbing is now a huge strain on him, and certain jumps will wind him upon landing and have him literally fall flat on his face. It culminates in a bad fall that knocks him so hard he fades out until morning ([[UnexplainedRecovery after which he'll be moving just fine]]).

This, however, also has the potential to result in quite a bit of FridgeLogic, especially if the Player Character frequently suffers such injuries in normal gameplay, and even more so if they are able to quickly get over said injuries either by RegeneratingHealth or the use of [[HealThyself medkit pickups]]. The former raises the question of why the character can't just walk off this particular injury like all the others and the latter will necessitate absence of health pickups, which can come across as rather jarring when they were previously fond, if not in abundance, then at least with some frequency.

This, however, also has the potential to result in quite a bit of FridgeLogic, especially if the Player Character frequently suffers such injuries in normal gameplay, and especially if they are able to quickly get over said injuries either by RegeneratingHealth or the use of [[HealThyself medkit pickups]]. The former raises the question of why the character can't just walk off this particular injury like all the others and the latter will necessitate absence of health pickups, which can come across as rather jarring when they were previously fond, if not in abundance, then at least with some frequency.

* The second act of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'' ends in a flashback sequence where you, as [[spoiler:Yuri]], have just taken a [[HandCannon Deagle bullet]] to the chest [[spoiler:at the hands of Makarov]], and have to ''[[HeroicSecondWind get the fuck up]]'' and stop him. Stop him from what, you might ask? [[spoiler:The airport massacre in "No Russian", from the previous game.]] However, because your bleeding and injuries are so severe, you stagger about and cannot aim properly, and [[spoiler:your intervention is unsuccessful]] as a result.

Injured Player Character Stage is a video game trope and a subtrope of GameplayAndStoryIntegration. An injury taken in a cutscene or scripted event has an impact on your abilities in the next level. Movement is usually reduced to a slow limp, often staggering or collapsing periodically. Most of your abilities are usually locked, especially the ability to run or jump. Pressing one of these buttons might do nothing, or even cause your character to collapse.

* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'': In the TrappedBehindEnemyLines mission that follows the successful defense of desert Valkyrur ruins, Alicia's leg is injured, her movement animation is that of limping, and her maximum movement per turn is penalized greatly. The map has several spots with wild herbs, which can be used for injury treatment, effectively reducing the penalty.

* The mission "The Woodland Snare" in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' takes place after Welkin and Alicia have fallen from a great height. Alicia has sprained her ankle, and hence for the duration of the mission her range of movement is limited and she walks with a limp.