Line #9 PlayingWith/Backtracking

Context PlayingWith / Backtracking

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1	'''Basic Trope''': You return to areas you have already visited.
2	* '''Straight''': Beating the game requires visiting several areas multiple times.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': You have to go through the entire game at least five times in order to beat it.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Only few areas are required to visit twice and it doesn't really get annoying.
5	* '''Justified''': There are no shortcuts that take you back to plot-relevant towns once you complete an objective at the end of a path, meaning you'll have to return through that same path in order to progress in the game.
6	* '''Inverted''': You are not even able to return anywhere.
7	* '''Subverted''':
8	** After some adventuring, you get a tool that you can use to get into earlier towns as much as you want.
9	** Turns out the [[RemixedLevel entire old area is now different]], after an event that turns every inhabitant in the said area into zombies.
10	* '''Double Subverted''':
11	** And then you lose that tool.
12	** But then you have to revisit the same area over and over again, with nothing changed.
13	* '''Parodied''': The tool you find has transformed every single area in the game into a duplicate of one of the areas you've already visited, creating a loop.
14	* '''Zig Zagged''': There are only some points in the game where you must revisit old areas. Other times, it's straightforward.
15	* '''Averted''': You get said tool in the very start.
16	* '''Enforced''':
17	** The developers want to add content, but there's limited space in the game world.
18	** MetroidVania.
19	* '''Lampshaded''': "Are you sure you're not just lost?"
20	* '''Invoked''': The BigBad destroys the built-in teleporters and seals off shortcuts, forcing you to go on back on foot using the same path.
21	* '''Exploited''': The {{Mooks}} set up traps at places that they know you have to go through.
22	* '''Defied''': The main character obtains a personal teleportation device, allowing him to skip already-visited areas.
23	* '''Discussed''': "Why is there no shortcut?"
24	* '''Conversed''': ???
25	* '''Played For Drama''': The tool you find launches a WorldWreckingWave, fundamentally changing the entire game world. Every area you revisit (that hasn't been destroyed) is forever altered by the wave.
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29	%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
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31	%%* '''Implied''': ???
32	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
33	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
34	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

Context PlayingWith / Backtracking