History PlayingWith / ContinuingIsPainful

* '''Enforced''': One way we can up the difficulty without going so far as [[FinalDeath Final death]] is to punish the players for dying.

* '''Exaggerated''': All temporary and permanent power-ups are lost, you can't get them back, you lose 10% of your stats, and you don't receive the special power-up for defeating the boss because your rating is too low.

* '''Exaggerated''': All temporary and permanent power-ups are lost, you can't get them back, you lose 10% of your stats, you don't receive the special power-up for defeating the boss because your rating is too low, and you're better off just starting a new game.

* '''Lampshaded''': The briefing before the mission reminds you of the consequences of failure.
--> ''"Failure is an option, but you ain't going to like it".''

* '''Exaggerated''': All temporary and permanent power-ups are lost, you can't get them back, you lose 10% of your stats, and you don't receive the special power-up for defeating the boss because your rating is too low.

* [[AC:Played Straight]]: After dying, all the temporary powerups are lost, but you may try again.
* [[AC:Exaggerated]]: All temporary and permanent powerups are lost, you can't get them back, you lose 10% of your stats, and you don't receive the special powerup for defeating the boss because your rating is too low.
* [[AC: Downplayed]]: You are forced to sit though a 15 second lecture of why you suck before you continue with everything you had before you died.
* [[AC: Justified]]: A new ship won't have all the upgraded features of the old one.
* [[AC: Subverted]]: The process of being resurrected cause you to be [[CursedWithAwesome Cursed With Awsome]]
* [[AC: Double Subverted]]: ... however you are prohibited from gaining special powers from defeated bosses.
* [[AC: Inverted]]: [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist Death Is A Slap On The Wrist.]]
* [[AC: Parodied]]: The boss comes back to life for round 2, but is much weaker due to being resurrected.
* [[AC: Averted]]: The game does not have the concept of death or game over.
* [[AC: Deconstructed]]: We could punish you for dying by stripping your powers, but that would just further frustrate you.
* [[AC: Reconstructed]]: The convience price for not having to start over, is that the game will be harder now.
* [[AC: Zig Zaged]]: Dying is usually a minor inconvience, unless you do so during the final boss, but beating the final boss after continuing is needed to fight the true final boss.
* [[AC: Enforced]]: One way we can up the difficulty without going so far as [[FinalDeath Final death]] is to punish the players for dying.
* [[AC: For Laughs]]: After dying, you get to continue with your comrades constantly bantering you about how you failed.
* [[AC: For Drama]]: Dying doesn't make the rest of the game harder, it just requires you to make a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal with the Devil]] and gives you a worse ending.
* [[AC: Lampshaded]]: The briefing before the mission reminds you of the conquences of failure. "Failure is an option, but you ain't going to like it."
* [[AC: Exploited]]: Although your powerups are removed, due to a bug, the level time is reset allowing for an easy way to get a recorded fast time.
* [[AC: Defied]]: "Game Over, Continue?" NO! I'm just going to load my game.

* [[AC: Inverted]]: [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist Death is a slap on the wrist]]