Games that have you play as a child in 1 or more levels

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Batman: Arkham Asylum puts you in the cowl of the iconic Dark Knight, fighting his way through Arkham Asylum to stop the Joker from enacting a sinister plot that would have grave consequences for Gotham City.

Games that have you play as a child in 1 or more levels

#1 Edited by Jedted (1917 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

After playing Arkham Asylum for the 4th time i got to thinking, what other games have you play as a young version of the main protagonist for one level?

Of the top of my head i can think of:
-Batman: Arkham Asylum
-Deadly Premonition
-Fable 2
-Fallout 3(you play as a baby in the begining and later as a teenager)

Any other games come to mind that use this? I'm somewhat curious and i think it's a great narrative device.

#2 Posted by c1337us (5751 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Fahrenheit/ Indigo Prophecy

#3 Posted by CharlesAlanRatliff (5226 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Bayonetta has it!

#4 Posted by Shirogane (3405 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Does AC2 count?

#5 Posted by c1337us (5751 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Aren't there a bunch of Mario and Luigi games where you play as the baby versions as well?

#6 Posted by schizogony (962 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Bully

#7 Posted by truewhipsnade (11 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

There are a few or just one Mario and Luigi games but I cannot think of the name. Possible it could be confused with the actual full kid versions like Paper Mario, which won't count.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

#8 Posted by DCFGS3 (1054 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

AvP 2 and I assume AvP 1. You play as a face hugger and chest burster, does that count?

#9 Posted by BeachThunder (8877 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Commander Keen

Are you going to make a concept page for this?

#10 Edited by MythDarK (507 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

The Sims games totally have that feature.
@BeachThunder said:

" Commander Keen Are you going to make a concept page for this? "

This page is should be enough though.

#11 Posted by ChrisOVC (113 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Heavy Rain

#12 Posted by schizogony (962 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Resident Evil 2

#13 Posted by Hilbert (320 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

#14 Posted by dudeglove (6253 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

@Hilbert: Ugh... creepy.

#15 Posted by schizogony (962 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Persona 1, 2, 3, 4

#16 Posted by GunstarRed (4024 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

Bioshock 2 and resident evil 2

#17 Posted by Hilbert (320 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

@dudeglove said:

" @Hilbert: Ugh... creepy. "

Messiah from Shiny entertainment. no one remembers this game. i'm old...

#18 Posted by EdIsCool (1122 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

@Hilbert said:

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@dudeglove said:

" @Hilbert: Ugh... creepy. "
Messiah from Shiny entertainment. no one remembers this game. i'm old... "

I do bought it at a removals sale, wouldnt run on the crappy computer I had at the time, it looked cool, possesion of people etc.

#19 Posted by Hilbert (320 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

@EdIsCool said:

" @Hilbert said:

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@dudeglove said:

" @Hilbert: Ugh... creepy. "
Messiah from Shiny entertainment. no one remembers this game. i'm old... "
I do bought it at a removals sale, wouldnt run on the crappy computer I had at the time, it looked cool, possesion of people etc. "

Yeah. The levels that I played where incredible at the time but it had more bugs than "a bugs life" and it just wouldn't run on allmost any computer.

#20 Posted by RobJ (398 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

There were, I believe, two "Eco Quest" games years ago from Sierra where the main character for both was a child.

#21 Posted by ztiworoh (692 posts) - 2 years, 11 months ago

@MythDarK: Do you know if there's a concept page for cases like Arkham Asylum where you play as the child version of the usually adult protagonist?

#22 Posted by InKtOiD (100 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

I saw it listed above. Bioshock 2 has the parts where you play as a little sister, it's a great narrative tool and shows you why they actually call the dead bodies "angels." Because they actually see everything in a very vivid and dreamlike way, where all of the carnage and destruction is actually viewed to them as happy and comforting things.

#23 Posted by GetEveryone (4448 posts) - 2 years, 9 months ago

@Hilbert: Didn't all of Penny-Arcade's original jokes have something to do with Messiah? Or was that Daikatana?

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