History Main / DamageIsFire

* ''{{Clonk}}'' has it where when any building, ANY building takes enough damage, it will start to burn down. Before the damage limit is reached, there is no fire at all on the building, though.

* Critically damaged components in some {{MechWarrior}} games will smoke and burn.

* ''JustCause'' does this with vehicles. If it's on fire, you'd better jump out quick.

* Taken to it's logical conclusion in {{Game/Goldeneye}} (64). If you shoot a box enough, it Explodes and is partially deformed. Shoot it more and It'll explode again and look like it's falling apart. Shoot it MORE and it will explode AGAIN! finally being reduced to a few blackened remains.

* ''Knights of Honor''. most buildings in town assault can be attacked by archers or siege Weapons, who light there respective ammo aflame, which lights the building on fire. the building then slowly burns down. (they can also do this to soilders but the Marshal needs to [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing train a skill]] for this.)

* Knights of Honor. most buildings in town assault can be attacked by archers or siege Weapons, who light there respective ammo aflame, which lights the building on fire. the building then slowly burns down. (they can also do this to soilders but the Marshal needs to [[YouHaveResearchedBreathing train a skill]] for this.)

* ''StarWars: Galactic Battlegrounds''

** The Rebel Fortress structure in ''GalacticBattlegrounds'' produces a flame approximately the size of an Imperial AT-AT walker when it's being torched.

* ''Aztec Wars'', an obscure RTS, also uses this. {{Subverted}} in that, IIRC, the fire actually does decrease the buildings' health a little.

* ''Aztec Wars'', an obscure RTS, also uses this. {{Subverted}} in that, IIRC, the fire actually does decrease the buildings' health a little.

* ''DevilMayCry 3''
** Those crazy lock things/style test things that you get a combo on and flames ignite in a circle around them? I don't think Agni and Rudra count, since they ignite things as a consequence of damage, not to show it.

* ''TeamFortress2'': Sentry guns smoke and spark if damaged.

* ''TeamFortress2'': Sentry guns smoke and spark if damaged.

** Some of the buildings are obviously made out of ''stone''. The most likely scenario for fire destroying a stone building is that the fire would burn down wooden supports; the unsupported stone would then collapse. However, in Age of Empires, it just looks like the stone ''itself'' is on fire. Also the buildings stands until they are rebuild or are destroyed by the enemy never being consumed by the flames which never extinguish.

** Some of the buildings are obviously made out of ''stone''. The most likely scenario for fire destroying a stone building is that the fire would burn down wooden supports; the unsupported stone would then collapse. However, in Age of Empires, it just looks like the stone ''itself'' is on fire.

* ''Clonk'' has it where when any building, ANY building takes enough damage, it will start to burn down.

* In ''{{Starcraft}}'', Terran and Protoss buildings display this, with Terran buildings burning orange and Protoss buildings burning blue-white. Unusually, Terran buildings ''will'' take additional damage if their health bars are red, and will eventually burn down if not repaired. Zerg buildings bleed instead of burn because they are {{organic technology}}, and will slowly repair themselves over time.
** Blue=advanced? Or, more scientifically, hydrogen flames are blue and the Protoss might use hydrogen-based fuel cells.
*** Oh, the [[IncrediblyLamePun Protossity]]!
** Or maybe it's [[AWizardDidIt psi]].
*** Burning minds?
** Some battlefields take place [[YouFailPhysicsForever in a vacuum]], so it even makes less sense then.
*** Unless they are leaking oxygen.

* In ''TheGodfather'' game, vehicles will catch fire once they have taken enough damage, while a bombed building will be on fire.

* ''GrandTheftAuto 3'' and up implement the vehicular version, where the car begins to smoke as it is damaged. However, once it catches on fire it's time to get out.

* ''{{Populous}}'' - buildings light up when hit by certain spells and lose the equivalent of a hit point. Then the fire stops until lit again by another spell.