History GondorCallsForAid / VideoGames

* The Minutemen in [[VideoGame/Fallout4]] operate in this manner. A settlement under attack will call for aid, and it is generally up to the player to answer (the player can leave the situation alone and the attack will succeed or fail based on how well the player prepared defenses beforehand). On the flip side, the player can call for aid from other Minutemen, eventually up to and including [[spoiler: artillery support]].

* The Minutemen in [[VideoGame/Fallout4]] operate in this manner. A settlement under attack will call for aid, and it is generally up to the player to answer (the player can leave the situation alone and the attack will succeed or fail based on how well the player prepared defenses beforehand). On the flip side, the player can call for aid from other Minutemen, eventually up to and including [[spoiler: artillery support]].
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* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', near the end, should Shepard decides to [[spoiler: save the Council]], cue the Alliance Fleet pouring through the Relay and immediately pull of a BigDamnHeroes moment, in addition to turning the tide of the battle.

* The Courier can pull this off at the ending battle of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' by doing enough of the right favors to the smaller factions in the Mohave.

* In going against [[spoiler:Bodhi's guild]] towards the end of ''BaldursGate II'', the player character can form an alliance with a paladin order, the thieves' guild, and the Companions of the Hall (Drizzt Do'Urden and friends) against them. Doing so naturally makes the battle much easier.

* The ending of ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', of course. Rather unusual in that Gondor never actually called for aid; rather, everyone just showed up because they knew that the heroes were the only ones crazy enough to go head-to-head with the BigBad, and wanted to join in on the fun.

* VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite: [[spoiler: Bianca]] calls for the Unova Gym Leaders to come and fight versus Team Plasma [[spoiler:at N's Castle, after the Elite Four challenge.]]

* To fight against [[spoiler:Nero, Blanck, and eventually Tartaros]] in ''{{Solatorobo}}'', Red [[spoiler:enlists the help of Opéra and the Kurvasz]], who then put out a call for ''everybody'' to help. And they do.
* Diablo III: An obvious homage, a quest in ACT III has your character being instructed to light five signal fires along Bastion's Keep's walls. [[spoiler:Somewhat averted since the King of Westmarch, the leader of the arm you're asking help from, dismisses the request since they did not believe Bastion's Keep was really being attacked by demons.]]
* In the fourth level of {{Iji}}, you're tasked with sending a distress signal to the Komato, a race of aliens who are at war with the aliens already invading Earth, in the hopes that they'll take care of the problem for you. This backfires '''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero massively]]'''.

** FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that Martin Septim is voiced by SeanBean, who previously played Boromir in the Creator/PeterJackson ''Lord of the Rings'' films.

* In ''{{Okami}}'', the [[spoiler: prayers from all the people of Nippon, inspired by Issun, are what revives Amaterasu and restores her full divine glory]]. Cue the ThemeMusicPowerUp and the final boss fight.
* Pick any RTS game. If it's any good, it will most-definitely feature a mission where [[HoldTheLine you have to defend yourself for a set amount of time]] [[TheCavalry before reinforcements come.]]

* At the end of ''SpaceChannel5'', Ulala fights alongside her rivals Jaguar and Pudding, and every person who she's directly or indirectly helped throughout the game come out to lend their support and dance energy.
* The second-to-last mission of ''AceCombat 5'' starts with squadrons [[spoiler:from both the Osean and Yuktobanian armies supporting you in disabling the Belkan super weapon control station after hearing their leaders' speeches]].
** Mission 12 of ''AceCombat 6'' requires you to evade no less than 30 enemy fighter jets. After a few minutes of dodging missiles for your dear life, [[spoiler:every air squadron in the game comes to your aid (including a squad of electronic support planes).]]

* The Jedi Consular's arc of ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' is ''entirely'' this, from Act 2 onward. There's an alliance of powerful, but politically neutral worlds that don't much like the Republic, but like the Imperials even less. The Consular gets tasked by the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic to essentially go door to door and enlist their help. By the time you roll into Imperial-occupied Corellia, you have [[spoiler: the largest droid and weapon factories in the Core from Balmorra (and their most notorious "[[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Freedom Fighter]]" as a party member), medical supplies from Manaan (with oceans producing a near-miraculous healing substance), a Voss Mystic (who normally are forbidden to leave the planet due to their value) and his entourage of healers and commandos, the Shakari army looking to avenge an attack on their monarchs and the murder of their Senator (and under the command of the Consular's ''padawan''), and an army of Esh-Ka (a species not even the [[AbusivePrecursors Rakata]] wanted to cross swords with when they conquered most of the galaxy)]]

* This is pretty much what Neptune is doing for most of the game in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia'' to fight off against [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil monsters roaming around the world]]. Of course, the other goddesses would rather not bother with it since [[ConsoleWars they all hate each other for various reasons]].

** Then, at the end of the game, [[spoiler:'''Everyone''' prays to give your party the strength to defeat Zeromus. Even Tellah and his daughter Anna show up.]]

* Depending on your alignment, the final phases of the second ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' game invokes this. A light-side hero will see the Khoonda Militia, TSF Forces, Onderon Royalists, and Mandalorians rally to their side.

* To fight against [[spoiler:Nero, Blanck, and eventually Tartaros]] in ''{{Solatorobo}}'', Red [[spoiler:enlists the help of Opéra and the Kurvasz]], who then put out a call for ''everybody'' to help. [[FightingForSurvival And they do.]]

* Pick any RTS game. If it's any good, it will most-definitely feature a mission where [[HoldTheLine you have to defend yourself for a set amount of time]] [[TheCavalry before reinforcements come.]] The first ''Dawn of War'' game seems to be the only exception...
** You're playing Space Marines. [[SpaceMarines You]] [[TrainingFromHell don't]] ''[[PoweredArmor need]]'' [[BadassArmy aid]].
*** Before you showed up, the Imperial Guard were getting the crap kicked out of them. YOU are the one responding to the call.

* In ''[[{{Dothack}} .hack//G.U.]] Redemption'', Haseo and Zelkova use their influence to get help from all the players of "The World" to assist them in stopping Cubia.

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* In ''MassEffect'', near the end, should Shepard decides to [[spoiler: save the Council]], cue the Alliance Fleet pouring through the Relay and immediately pull of a BigDamnHeroes moment, in addition to turning the tide of the battle.

** In the ''Leviathan DLC'', [[spoiler: Shepard even gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' on their side, part of TheRemnant of the ''first'' race harvested by the Reapers and whose form the Reaper modeled themselves after. Yes, ''[[AbusivePrecursors that]]'' race!]]

* In the fourth level of {{Iji}}, you're tasked with sending a distress signal to a race of aliens so they'll help wipe out the aliens already invading Earth. This backfires '''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero massively]]'''.

** In the ''Leviathan DLC'', [[spoiler: Shepard even gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' on their side, part of TheRemnant of the ''first'' race harvested by the Reapers and whose form the Reaper modelled themselves after. Yes, ''[[AbusivePrecursors that]]'' race!]]

** In the ''Leviathan DLC'', [[spoiler: Shepard even gets an ''EldritchAbomination'' on their side, part of TheRemnant of the ''first'' race harvested by the Reapers and who's form the Reaper modelled themselves after. Yes, ''[[AbusivePrecursors that]]'' race!]]

* You spend the main part of the game doing this in ''[[DragonAge Dragon Age: Origins]]''. The bulk of the questline involves solving whatever problems are preventing them from being able to dispense said aid. The Elves, Magi, and Dwarves all greet your Warden with variations on, "We'd love to help you, ''but''..."