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** Surprisingly, ''Halo: ODST'' somewhat rolls back to the original health system in this regard. Just replace "Shield" with "Stamina".
** ''Reach'' which is set before Halo 1 and the aforementioned biofoam injectors, returns to the health pack system.

* ''RedFaction II'' has a restoring health meter, thanks to your character's nanomachines, in addition to health packs that are expended when the meter completely drains.

* ''TheGetaway'' allowed characters to regain health by leaning against walls for a breather.

* Due to its FramingDevice Altair in ''[=~Assassin's Creed~=]'' has "Synchronization" instead of health, which is basically how well you, the player, are matching Altair's actions (presumedly, he never got himself killed, so getting injured reduces your Synchronization). Synchronization can be regained by staying hidden, or completing various goals.

* A justified variant in ''DestroyAllHumans'', where Krypto is a OneHitPointWonder with a ForceField; if you go about seven seconds without being hit, the shield will regenerate even if completely destroyed.

Ask an older gamer about this, odds are they will tell you it's dumbed down shit ruining gaming.

That's the technique that a number of recent FirstPersonShooter games use for restoring health; is a player finds himself nearing death, all he has to do is go hide somewhere or dodge attacks until health regeneration kicks in. It's still one of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality, since the character recovering health -- even at an unusually fast rate -- isn't any less absurd than him instantly healing by simply touching [[HealThyself medikits]] and [[HyperactiveMetabolism implausibly healthy beefburgers]]. It also has the advantage of avoiding {{Unwinnable}} situations where the player literally has no chance to get through the level because he's run out of both ammunition and healing items, but tends to invoke ItsEasySoItSucks in the process. Instead of making the game about conserving the resources of the level ([[BreatherLevel or game]]) as a whole, the player has to mostly worry about surviving individual encounters. Setpiece shootouts become the order of the day, as does [[TakeCover searching for and using cover]].

One of the many things that has [[RuinedFOREVER ruined gaming FOREVER]].

* EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest has Monkey doing this

* EnslavedOddyseyToTheWest has Monkey doing this

* ''Kane and Lynch'' uses a similar system in single player, down to the use of cover, though if the player is knocked down too many times in too short of a period, they'll OD on the adrenaline shots administered to revive them.

That's the technique that a number of FirstPersonShooter games use for restoring health; is a player finds himself nearing death, all he has to do is go hide somewhere or dodge attacks until health regeneration kicks in. It's still one of the AcceptableBreaksFromReality, since the character recovering health - even at an unusually fast rate - isn't any less absurd than him instantly healing by simply touching [[HealThyself medikits]] and [[HyperactiveMetabolism implausibly healthy beefburgers]], and it has the advantage of avoiding [[{{Unwinnable}} unwinnable]] situations where the player literally has no chance to get through the level because he's run out of both ammunition and healing items. Instead of making the game about conserving the resources of the level ([[BreatherLevel or game]]) as a whole, the player has to mostly worry about surviving individual encounters. Setpiece shootouts become the order of the day, as does [[TakeCover searching for and using cover]].

That's the technique that a number of FirstPersonShooter games use for restoring health; is a player finds himself nearing death, all he has to do is go hide somewhere. To be fair, the character recovering health - even at an unusually fast rate - isn't any less absurd than him instantly healing by simply touching [[HealThyself medikits]] and [[HyperactiveMetabolism implausibly healthy beefburgers]], and it has the advantage of avoiding [[{{Unwinnable}} unwinnable]] situations where the player literally has no chance to get through the level because he's run out of both ammunition and healing items. Instead of making the game about conserving the resources of the level ([[BreatherLevel or game]]) as a whole, the player has to mostly worry about surviving individual encounters. Setpiece shootouts become the order of the day, as does [[TakeCover searching for and using cover]].

* Optional in ''[[{{Banjo-Kazooie}} Banjo-Tooie]]'' -- upon returning enough pages to Cheato the spell book, Cheato will eventually give you the "HONEYBACK" cheat, which when turned on will let you recover health at a steady rate. An alternative is the Snooze Pack ability, available whenever Banjo is solo. In execution, Banjo jumps into his pack and ''sleeps it off''.

* ''AfroSamurai'' allows the player to regain health by ''killing people''. Grabbing teddy bears you find around the playfield instantly refills your HP. Of course, you can't walk it off anymore at [[IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels Number One Headband]] difficulty.

* Being literally a "Fantasy ''Harvest Moon''", in order to limit the amount of early-game work you can do, ''Rune Factory'' makes any action taken without Rune Points (think MP) reduce your health, and it is possible to collapse (or, in a cave, die) from performing an action at incredibly low health. Thankfully, eating is not on the list of actions that cost health (for [[HyperactiveMetabolism obvious reasons]]). However, neither is running - which wouldn't seem so weird if not for the resulting confusion of being able to run around all day for hours at a time without ill effect, while ''tipping a watering can'' can ''kill you.'' Not so much a case of WalkItOff as just a really weird incongruity.
** The other HM games are more or less the same, swapping Rune Points and Health for Stamina and Fatigue. And several games use the trope straight, when equipped with the proper item.

Some games have other bars, such as the BulletTime, LimitBreak or ManaMeter, which are replenished over time.

See also TraumaInn.

That's the technique that a number of games use for restoring health; is a player finds himself nearing death, all he has to do is go hide somewhere. To be fair, the character recovering health - even at an unusually fast rate - isn't any less absurd than him instantly healing by simply touching [[HealThyself medikits]] and [[HyperactiveMetabolism implausibly healthy beefburgers]], and it has the advantage of avoiding [[{{Unwinnable}} unwinnable]] situations where the player literally has no chance to get through the level because he's run out of both ammunition and healing items. Instead of making the game about conserving the resources of the level ([[BreatherLevel or game]]) as a whole, the player has to mostly worry about surviving individual encounters. Setpiece shootouts become the order of the day, as does [[TakeCover searching for and using cover]].

** In Gears' multiplayer mode, Col. Hoffman has exactly this as one of his quotes when he revives a downed ally.
*** Dom does also, though he also adds in 'you pussy' after it.
** ''Kane and Lynch'' uses a similar system in single player, down to the use of cover, though if the player is knocked down too many times in too short of a period, they'll OD on the adrenaline shots administered to revive them.

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