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* The ''AssassinsCreed'' games had gaurds that would hunt you down if acted too...assassiny. Like running, or riding a horse really fast. Or climbing up the walls buildings or brachiating along beams. Or stabbing people of course. There were ways to kill enough of them to make the alarm level go back down but if you triggered it again there'd be more gaurds. It was usually easier to run away or find a hiding spot.
** As [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] noted, "too fast" on a horse seems to be any gait faster than a trot.

->-- '''TheClash''', "I Fought The Law"

The TropeNamer, of course, is the chorus to "I Fought the Law" by TheClash.

->Breaking rocks in the hot sun
->I fought the law and the law won
->I fought the law and the law won

These aren't your average, overweight [[DonutMessWithACop donut-munchers]]. These law-enforcers, whether they're plate-armored [[City Guards city-guards]] or patrol-ships in outer space, are suicidally brave, tough as nuts, and/or attack in endless waves. It doesn't matter how hard you are - the only way to survive is to run. If you try to take a stand, you'll be trounced sooner or later, and they NEVER STOP. So just pick up your [[UpgradeArtifact Upgrade Artifacts]] and your Level-Cap and get outta town before I run ya in for loitering, punk!

* This can happen in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, overlapping with ShopliftAndDie. If you're in a dungeon and attempt to steal from the Kecleon shop merchant, you'll find out just how ridiculous it gets--in the first game, they're level 90. In the second, level 49 with max stats in everything but HP. Either way, when they're after you they're permanently at double speed and they spawn infinitely until you reach the staircase to get to the next level. Their moveset consists of Fury Swipes (instant death for most if it connects), Faint Attack (instant death that never misses), Screech (for the rest, this will make the aforementioned attacks instant death) and Substitute (your only hope at a reprieve...given that you're traveling alone). I must not also forget to mention that you can't use Escape Orbs and the like while they're chasing you. You'd only steal from Kecleon for two reasons: to gain a hefty profit--assuming you're actually strong enough to handle it--and to attempt to recruit the bastards...

* This can happen in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, overlapping with ShopliftAndDie. If you're in a dungeon and attempt to steal from the Kecleon shop merchant, you'll find out just how ridiculous it gets--in the first game, they're level 90. In the second, level 49 with max stats in everything but HP. Either way, when they're after you they're permanently at double speed and they spawn infinitely until you reach the staircase to get to the next level. Their moveset consists of Fury Swipes (instant death for most if it connects), Faint Attack (instant death that never misses) and Screech (for the rest, this will make the aforementioned attacks instant death) and Substitute (your only hope at a reprieve...given that you're traveling alone). I must not also forget to mention that you can't use Escape Orbs and the like while they're chasing you. You'd only steal from Kecleon for two reasons: to gain a hefty profit--assuming you're actually strong enough to handle it--and to attempt to recruit the bastards...

These aren't your average, overweight [[DonutMessWithACop donut-munchers]]. These law-enforcers, whether they're plate-armored city-guards or patrol-ships in outer space, are suicidally brave, tough as nuts, and/or attack in endless waves. It doesn't matter how hard you are - the only way to survive is to run. If you try to take a stand, you'll be trounced sooner or later, and they NEVER STOP. So just pick up your [[UpgradeArtifact Upgrade Artifacts]] and your Level-Cap and get outta town before I run ya in for loitering, punk!

* ''Starflight'' a memorable 1986 space exploration sandbox game, uses this trope as copy protection. Upon leaving the space station, the player is asked to look up a number on a code wheel. If he fails, the game lets the player fly around - for a while. Eventually, you encounter a group of very well-armed ships and receive an incoming transmission: "PULL OVER! THIS IS THE INTERSTEL CORPORATE POLICE. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST. DROP ALL SHIELDS AND DISARM ALL WEAPONS. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF INTERGALACTIC SOFTWARE THEFT LAW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESIST." The player has one more chance to answer the copy protection correctly. If the player fights, he dies. If the player gives the correct code, the police disappear. If the player cannot answer, the game ends without a chance to save.

* ''Starflight'', a memorable 1986 space exploration sandbox game, uses this trope as copy protection. Upon leaving the space station, the player is asked to look up a number on a code wheel. If he fails, the game lets the player fly around - for a while. Eventually, you encounter a group of very well-armed ships and receive an incoming transmission: "PULL OVER! THIS IS THE INTERSTEL CORPORATE POLICE. YOU ARE UNDER ARREST. DROP ALL SHIELDS AND DISARM ALL WEAPONS. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF INTERGALACTIC SOFTWARE THEFT LAW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESIST." The player has one more chance to answer the copy protection correctly. If the player fights, he dies. If the player gives the correct code, the police disappear. If the player cannot answer, the game ends without a chance to save.

** Happens in ''{{Crackdown}}'' if you kill too many [[strike:cops]] peacekeepers or civilians too quickly, the peacekeepers will go nuts and start mass-spawning all around you. Mind you, they are RedShirts and you're a SuperSoldier, but if you keep killing them the hate-meter stays topped and they'll never stop coming.

* The ''Assassin'sCreed'' games had gaurds that would hunt you down if acted too...assassiny. Like running, or riding a horse really fast. Or climbing up the walls buildings or brachiating along beams. Or stabbing people of course. There were ways to kill enough of them to make the alarm level go back down but if you triggered it again there'd be more gaurds. It was usually easier to run away or find a hiding spot.