Substance Abuse Benefit (Concept)

Substance Abuse Benefit

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Games where abusing alcohol and/or drugs gives the players an in game benefit - such as additional health, bullet-time, or other abilities.

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Examples of substance abuse benefits in games

Max Payne series

Max Payne (Character) can take painkillers to regain any lost health. By Max Payne 3 (Game), Max's reliance on painkillers has made him an addict.

Fallout series

The protagonists can discover or create a variety of status altering drugs such as Jet (Object), which increases their Action Points, and Psycho (Object), which increases their damage output. Other more mundane drugs include various types of alcohol, which can give boosts to Charisma and Strength at the cost of Intelligence. Every drug also includes a chance of becoming addicted when used, causing the player character to have decreased base stats while not under the effect of said drug.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Ethan Thomas (Character) has become an alcoholic during the time between Condemnedand Condemned 2. His over-reliance on alcohol has made it so he needs it to, ironically enough, better steady his aim with firearms.

Dead Rising series

The protagonists of Dead Rising (Franchise) can drink, amongst other fluids, entire bottles of alcohol to heal themselves -- alcohol often tends to provide the largest amount of health at that. However if the player character drinks too much alcohol within quick succession, they will routinely throw up for a short while, leaving them extremely vulnerable to attack.

Yakuza series

Characters in the Yakuzagames can drink alcohol to gain access to certain 'HEAT' attacks, with minimal downsides.

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