Wildest Examples of Plot Armor in Video Games

GameRant rounds up video game characters who survive impossible odds because the story needs them alive.

Examples span Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 3, The Last of Us Part 2, Halo, Xenoblade Chronicles, and more.

The piece argues that this kind of plot armor can strain internal logic but helps keep major narratives moving.

It highlights the tension between believable survival and the demands of long-running game stories.