History Main / RemilitarizedZone

* At first, the fourth mainland in ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey IV'' (Cloudy Stronghold) is heavily patrolled by the aerial forces of the Empire. Being spotted by one of them will result in the party's skyship being gunned down, resulting in the characters bring brought back to Tharsis with critically low health and any food gathered lost. By the time you complete the fourth Stratum (Echoing Library) things change for the better, not only letting you wander around the Stronghold freely but also being able to hire Imperial-class characters for your party. The Echoing Library itself remains an example of this trope, however: Those robotic F.O.E. will continue patrolling the rooms like they own the place (which is why the stratum revolves around sneaking through the corridors without being spotted, though in one instance you ''have'' to have them chase you as they're obstructing the path to the boss room).

** The tank parade in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' combines this with LevelsTakeFlight in the form of airship levels, which sees Mario take on Bowser's air force and confront the Koopalings. They return in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', being led instead by Boom Boom and Pom Pom. ''Super Mario Bros 3'' also has the terrestrial (tank) and naval (warship) military levels of the Dark World.

** A subversion is Bob-omb Battlefield in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', which contains references to a war between two groups of Bob-ombs, but the only actual fighting seen is when the Bob-ombs on the mountain shoot bubble cannons at Mario in the first episode. After that (and even before it), it's more of a pretty standard GreenHillZone.
** Wario's Battle Canyon from ''VideoGame/MarioParty.''
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' have both several examples of this, which become [[ThatOneLevel Difficult to tackle]] when it comes time to collect Purple Coins in them (except the Bowser and Bowser Jr. levels, which only have 1 star each in the first game and 2 in the second).

* The War levels of ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'' had lots of tanks and bombs. You even rode a missile at one point!

* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games use this every now and then.

** The tank parade in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' combine this with LevelsTakeFlight in the form of airship levels, which sees Mario take on Bowser's air force and confront the Koopalings. They return in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', being led instead by Boom Boom and Pom Pom. ''Super Mario Bros 3'' also has the terrestrial (tank) and naval (warship) military levels of the Dark World.

* Shadow Moses in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]].''

* Planet Norion and Pirate Homeworld in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption''.
* Ichor in ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini''.

* All ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games feature these prominently, of course.

Stand to attention, player! You're not in GreenHillZone any more! This [[VideogameSettings videogame setting]] suddenly has a lot of guns, bombs, [[TankGoodness tanks]], warships, soldiers, barbed wire, trenches, smoke, and mines, often in stark contrast to the rest of the game. Often seen in platformers to mix up the usual mix of generic level types.

* The Rikti War Zone in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes''. Also the Shadow Shard, [[ScrappyLevel though not as well known for it...]]

* Sometimes {{Inverted}} in ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'': while the game is about (at times wacky) war, some areas have little to no killing machines trying to kill you. Of course, there are always ''something else'' [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill you]]...

* [[DeathWorld Planet Helghan]] from ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'' looks like this beside all the other stages in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' (at least until it gets invaded by ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'''s [[GiantMecha Goliath]] and an army of [[MascotMook Pipo Monkeys]]).

* Code C.H.I.M.P., the [[DiscOneFinalDungeon penultimate level]] of ''VideoGame/{{Ape Escape}} 2'' fits this quite well. Most of the [[MascotMook Monkeys]] in the level are heavily-armed and decked out in military uniforms, the Mooks are either [[StuffBlowingUp rocket-happy]] [[MechaMooks robots]] or [[CallaRabbitaSmeerp Porkies]] dressed up as [[TankGoodness Tanks]] (in a game where the grand majority of non-catchable enemies are assorted MixAndMatchCritters), and the soundtrack is a sinister military beat. Plus, it's the second of two levels in the game where you get to use a Tank yourself.

* The War chapter of ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''

* ''{{VideoGame/Xenoblade}}'' has Sword Valley and Galahad Fortress, one explored early on in the game, and the other a lot sooner.

** Secret Base Base Zone in ''{{Sonic Advance|Trilogy}}''.

* ''{{VideoGame/Cuphead}}: Werner Werman Murine Corps''

* ''{{VideoGame/Cuphead}}: Murine Corps''

* Non-Videogame example in the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Adventure Path: "Reign of Winter Part 5: Rasputin Must Die!", in which your MedievalEuropeanFantasy-ish party travels to RedOctober-era Russia to take on soldiers, vampires, tanks, and clouds of sentient mustard gas in a prison camp before trying to give UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk himself ''another'' [[RasputinianDeath brutally overdone death]].

* Non-Videogame example in the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Adventure Path: "Reign of Winter Part 5: Rasputin Must Die!", in which your MedievalEuropeanFantasy-ish party travels to RedOctober-era Russia to take on soldiers, vampires, tanks, and clouds of sentient mustard gas in a prison camp before trying to give RasputinTheMadMonk himself ''another'' [[RasputinianDeath brutally overdone death]].

* All the levels in ''VideoGame/HeavyWeapon'' are like this. Justified as they're invaded by the [[DirtyCommunists Red Star forces]] and it's your Atomic Tank's job to clear them out.

* All the levels in ''Heavy Weapon'' are like this.

* Pretty much ALL the levels in ''Heavy Weapon'' are like this.

** The tank parade in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' combine this with LevelsTakeFlight in the form of airship levels, which see Mario take on Bowser's air force and confront the Koopalings; they return in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', being led instead by Boom Boom and Pom Pom. ''Super Mario Bros 3'' also has the terrestrial (tank) and naval (warship) military levels of the Dark World.

* Pretty much ALL the levels in ''HeavyWeapon'' are like this.

* The Kingdom of Anger, Volk, from ''VideoGame/Klonoa2LunateasVeil'', a kingdom consisting entirely of people who do nothing but fight ''all the time''.

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* The aptly named Planet Batalia in ''RatchetAndClank'' (the first one).

** And thus, Shadow Moses in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]].''

** And thus, Shadow Moses in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl''

** Piranha Tank in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld/PiranhaIsland'' is a fleet of the Piranha Wizard's finest tanks and battleships used to protect Piranha Castle. The tanks are constantly moving, so if Mario touches the ground, he gets squished flat and loses a life.