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Run, Don't Walk

295 statements
56 feature instances
65 referencing feature instances

Run, Don't Walk	type	FeatureClass
Run, Don't Walk	label	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk	page	RunDontWalk
Run, Don't Walk	comment	Once upon a time, player characters walked by default. So, players held the run button down in action games, or counseled new players in MMORPGs to hit the run/walk toggle. For convenience, many games now have the player characters constantly running unless they deliberately switch to walking—if that's even an option—since that's what players would do anyway. Sometimes, the only choices are run or run faster. With the use of analog controllers, characters now do have walking animations, but walking tends to be extremely slow, much slower than any natural walking gait. Occasionally, the only way to slow down is to move in a crouch or stealth mode. Alternatively, the character may not be able to slow down at all, usually in contrast with ambient civilians. See also: Sprint Meter Examples
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Run, Don't Walk / int_1670bd19	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_1670bd19	comment	Averted by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. titles. The default speed is a light jog. Sprinting depletes your Sprint Meter quickly, while walking is more silent, though not as silent as crouch-walking and requires the walk key to remain pressed. The same walk key can be held while crouching to go into an even lower crouch (not quite prone) that brings no tangible benefits.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_1852cbb9	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_1852cbb9	comment	In Starbound, the player character can initially only walk, up until the graduation ceremony. After that, they have good reason to run as fast as they can, and they never stop even after escaping.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_1c25db94	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_1c25db94	comment	The original Suikoden actually required a fairly rare Rune to be equipped to one of the team in order to run whatsoever, which meant that you wasted a slot that could have had powerful magic. Thankfully, the sequel corrected this. Also, another character, Stallion, comes permanently equipped with a rune that doubles his speed on the overworld as well within map screens.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_2a04866b	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_2a04866b	comment	You can't walk in Guild Wars unless you've got some spell or something slowing you down. Or walking backwards, which doesn't really count. But if you are slowed, then you walk, with a perfectly fine walking animation... and probably some mob on your case. A shame, since the game is kind of pretty (in some places). Granted, it would probably be quite the unhelpful feature given how it's much, much easier to grief in the game by being intentionally bad at it than by being unevenly matched....
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Run, Don't Walk / int_2a893b9b	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_2a893b9b	comment	Despite using the same engine as Half-Life, walking is actually useful in Counter-Strike. Most players run all over the place Quake-style, so sneaking can get you an advantage, as you can hear them coming but they don't hear you.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_33dd1d8f	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_33dd1d8f	comment	In Half-Life and most of its mods, and games that use the GoldSrc engine, it's possible to walk by holding Shift, which slows you down, and crouch by holding Ctrl, which slows you down even further. Either option makes your movement silent. Half-Life 2 has no "walk" option, though the binding is still present in the menu and a distinct walk speed can be set via the console or through mods.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_40b716af	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_40b716af	comment	Assassin's Creed has the player walking as default, since running tends to make guards suspicious.
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Assassin's Creed (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_40b716af
Run, Don't Walk / int_4407fa9a	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_4407fa9a	comment	Golden Sun: Dark Dawn does the complete opposite by making you run by default with the D-pad, which made it too easy to over shoot a door or a tree you're tying to go to. Using the touch screen allowed you to walk if desired.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_45501b8c	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_45501b8c	comment	Super Metroid uses a run button, which makes Samus go faster than normal and also triggers the Speed Booster power when she collects it later. This button is notorious for being frequently overlooked; new players would inevitably get stuck on the noob bridge, where it is first required. The later 2D installments, Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission, do away with this system; instead, you run all the time (especially fast in Zero Mission) and the Speed Booster kicks in on its own when you run far enough. This was done to accommodate the GBA's fewer buttons, and it's convenient, but unfortunately eliminates the Good Bad Bugs from Super that work by monkeying around with the run button to hit top speed faster.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_49ad83ee	comment	World of Warcraft The game has an annoying tendency for Escort Mission characters to walk, as opposed to the running (or even mounted) players. They do walk faster than the players normal walk speed aswell, forcing the player stop every once in a while or switch between run and walk mode.note You can often run backward, and match their speed. It is, however, worse when the NPC decides to run. E.g., one of the final quests on Bloodmyst Isle, where you follow this running demolitions expert, who manages to aggro guys, helps you fight them, and then runs ahead at top speed while you're trying to recoup your mana. (see also bad PUG tanks..) At least WOW has a run/walk switch for player characters, although most people probably aren't even aware it exists, and it finds its primary use in roleplaying. Walking might as well be the roleplaying mode flag since no one except for the roleplayers use the walk toggle for extended periods. It's occasionally useful in short bursts for the now-common jumping puzzles, to let you drop down the side of a hill instead of flinging yourself into oblivion.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_4be1bdd0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_4be1bdd0	comment	In Golden Sun, Isaac walks so slowly on the world map that it is practically required to use the run button.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_4f6709cf	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_4f6709cf	comment	In Spider-Man (PS4), a dead sprint is basically your default speed, and it can be actively hard to walk ten feet without overshooting your target.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_512b4b82	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_512b4b82	comment	Shanoa can find the Rapidus Fio glyph in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, which is the game's equivalent to running. And when I say equivalent, I mean "walking normally, but moving at super-speed, with a wind shockwave".
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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_512b4b82
Run, Don't Walk / int_526d4c5c	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_526d4c5c	comment	Knights of the Old Republic features several speeds: the default jogging speed, a much faster speed if you cast Force Speed or take a stim to improve reaction, and a really slow stealth mode. And then there's the speed you walk at when in a space or underwater suit in the first game, where it takes about 4x as long as the default speed to get anywhere. They sped up the space suit movement in the second game, although this did make it look rather ridiculous, and also added the opportunity to run in stealth mode if you paid into that skill. Since many of the quests are spaced far apart, the faster speeds are definitely welcome. There was also a walk function for the PC version of Knights of the Old Republic. However, due to a glitch or oversight on the part of the developers, they forgot to map the walk key to a button or allow you to do so yourself until a patch for the game added the functionality. The only thing it affects (besides slowing you down) is giving you a bonus to your Awareness (you receive a penalty while running, which was all you could do in v1.0). Therefore, walking in both Knights games is not only harder than running, it's mostly pointless.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_59151283	comment	In the Metal Gear series, it being a stealth game and all, occasionally it was rather annoying if you hit the analog stick just a tad too hard so the sneaking turned into a short run or made Snake/Raiden do a roll all of a sudden. this is especially annoying when a guard happens to be close (which is the only reason making you sneak in the first place) and is suddenly alarmed by your louder movement. Dang it. In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater this was fixed by making it so that the D-Pad would make you sneak instead.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_5eab960e	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_5eab960e	comment	In Ōkami for the PS2, pushing the right joystick forward with any force at all makes Amaterasu run. Sustained running (or starting out with a dash) makes her 'shift gears' into two faster speeds. But one puzzle requires her to walk, which is accomplished by thumbing the joystick very lightly.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_66a1dcea	comment	In the Tomb Raider games, using the walk button prevents Lara from dashing off cliffs; when walking, she'll stop at the edge. Given the animation's exaggerated hip-sway, it could better be called the "saunter" button. Amusingly, the walk button also changes an entirely unrelated animation - jumping while holding "walk" makes her perform a graceful dive. Which could instantly kill you if you did it on a slightly long drop, snapping Lara's neck unless you hit deep water.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_6c1d09b3	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_6c1d09b3	comment	Fallout 3 encourages running most the time. To find good post-battle loot in the clutter and darkness under the low glow of your Pipboy it's better to walk, and to pull back your camera for a high angle view.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_6f2d1072	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_6f2d1072	comment	In MechWarrior Living Legends, tanks and VTOLs default to digital throttle controls; holding forward is 100% throttle, while letting go is 0%. Tanks have an additional overdrive mode to increase their speed at the cost of generating heat. Pressing K switches them to the boat/airplane-style throttle that the Battlemechs and aerospace fighters use, where holding forward or reverse gradually adjusts the speed, though it grants no inherent benefit to tanks aside from a less jittery ride at lower speeds.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_6ff9f104	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_6ff9f104	comment	The manifold Madden NFL games have a "speed burst" option that is less a burst and more a rush. However, its competitor, Sega Sports NFL 2K5, had a real, no-foolin' speed burst that required you to press a button at the right time.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_755b343f	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_755b343f	comment	In Halo, crouching or walking allows you to avoid tripping your opponents' motion sensors in multiplayer.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_76c6804a	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_76c6804a	comment	When Richter returns as a side character in Portrait of Ruin, he simply cannot walk, he's set on run all the time.
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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_76c6804a
Run, Don't Walk / int_7f5bc680	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_7f5bc680	comment	In the first two Fallout games, as well as Fallout Tactics, running automatically disabled sneak mode. This made it very important for some character builds to avoid running in most dangerous areas. In Fallout 3, running simply makes you somewhat noisier. In all games, however, there's a perk that allows running in sneak mode, thereby playing the trope completely straight even for sneaky characters in the middle of a battlefield.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_7f624b67	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_7f624b67	comment	Sly Cooper The titular character's default movement speed is "sneak", but it's relatively fast. The run button makes him more detectable to the guards.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_86814cd0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_86814cd0	comment	The Final Fantasy IV remake for the Nintendo DS allows the player to toggle between run and walk; walk is set as default with run applied with a held button, but the options can be switched in the menu to make run the default and walk triggered by the button. Given the unrealistically slow pace of the walking animation in comparison to the ground being covered (to the degree that it looks almost like moonwalking attempts), it's better to run everywhere, not simply to progress faster, but also to look less stupid while doing so.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_86814e56	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_86814e56	comment	Final Fantasy VI allowed faster movement if any member of the active party was equipped with the Sprint Shoes accessory. Remakes of the game let a player run without the Shoes equipped by holding down a button. Holding down "run" with the Shoes equipped makes the player move even faster than normal running.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_9f89a5f0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_9f89a5f0	comment	PokÃ©mon: The PokÃ©mon series has, from the beginning, had a bike item that can be used to travel faster, as well as access an optional bike-only area. However, the bike usually takes until well after the second Plot Coupon to get, so the third generation introduced the ability to run, which you gain earlier on. Neither the bike nor running could be done indoors (save a dungeon or three), which the fourth generation fixed. The bike has now morphed to being part of puzzles, as well, with certain areas requiring its usage. PokÃ©mon Ranger: Shadows of Almia has lampshaded this by the fact that one of the teachers and villian hates the fact that the protagonist runs all the time.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_a26430e9	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_a26430e9	comment	In Planet Explorers, the player moves at a gentle jog by default. They can sprint for a limited time by holding down the shift key, or switch their default jog with a slow, ambling walk.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_a3df455	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_a3df455	comment	PokÃ©mon Ranger: Shadows of Almia has lampshaded this by the fact that one of the teachers and villian hates the fact that the protagonist runs all the time.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_a5e6a399	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_a5e6a399	comment	In the FPS games Command & Conquer: Renegade and 007 Nightfire, the character automatically runs, and Shift must be held down to walk (presumably for stealth, but it usually didn't make much of a difference).
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Run, Don't Walk / int_a74ec89b	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_a74ec89b	comment	Castlevania: Circle of the Moon is an exception, with a powerup that lets you run by double-tapping left or right. This makes longer jumps possible. Unfortunately, it also makes you realize how slow the normal walk is.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_a81325d3	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy Some early games had the passive Dash ability that allowed the part to run instead of walking. The remakes on the other hand offer this ability as a menu option. This sometimes stacks with the in-game ability, allowing the party to move even faster. The Final Fantasy IV remake for the Nintendo DS allows the player to toggle between run and walk; walk is set as default with run applied with a held button, but the options can be switched in the menu to make run the default and walk triggered by the button. Given the unrealistically slow pace of the walking animation in comparison to the ground being covered (to the degree that it looks almost like moonwalking attempts), it's better to run everywhere, not simply to progress faster, but also to look less stupid while doing so. Final Fantasy VI allowed faster movement if any member of the active party was equipped with the Sprint Shoes accessory. Remakes of the game let a player run without the Shoes equipped by holding down a button. Holding down "run" with the Shoes equipped makes the player move even faster than normal running. Lampshaded in Final Fantasy VII, where Barret will complain about having to run up the stairs of a skyscrape. Cloud, on the other hand, won't even break a sweat.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_b178a190	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_b178a190	comment	Lampshaded in Siege of Avalon: a character asks the hero how he can stand to run so much, and he responds with something like "When my cause is just, I never tire".
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Run, Don't Walk / int_b7c72249	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_b7c72249	comment	Richter Belmont had this same ability in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Alucard could get it too, but only in the Saturn version. When Richter returns as a side character in Portrait of Ruin, he simply cannot walk, he's set on run all the time.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_ba366aa8	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_ba366aa8	comment	The first three Syphon Filter games all you could do was run, save for when crouched, which allowed you to sneak around. One level in the second game changed the sneaking for an actual walk since you are in disguise as an Agency scientist and any other form of movement blows your cover.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_bbe0b9d0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_bbe0b9d0	comment	Prince of Persia was one of the earliest games to make running the default, and very slow walking was done by holding down the shift key. Notably, the game does have a reason for walking slowly: it enables you to get past spike traps without getting skewered, step right on the edge of a ledge without falling off, and trigger loose tiles so they drop without you on them.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_bee7440	comment	Almost the entirety of Drakengard's gameplay consists of Caim tearing around various battlefields at top speed and murdering people left and right. In fact, if he runs long enough, he'll go into a dash, which allows him to perform a devastating "charging attack" that can flatten entire regiments of enemies. So why give him a walking animation? Well, because in one particular mission, he has to fight a horde of ghosts that "react to large movements". Which means, if he doesn't want to aggro them all at once, he has to walk. That one mission is the only time in the entire game that such a mechanic is used. And as if that wasn't enough, Caim is enough of a badass that he doesn't have too much trouble wiping out all the ghosts even if he does aggro them all at once.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_bf948159	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_bf948159	comment	In Little Big Adventure 1 (a.k.a Relentless), the character would get hurt when running in a wall. This was supposed to avoid this kind of behaviour, but it was so unpopular that it was removed in the next game.
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Run, Don't Walk / int_c01a7c9e	comment	In the HD remake of Spelunky, you default to walking and have to hold a button to run. In the options menu, you can change that setting so that running is default and you hold the button to walk. More in line with this trope, in the sequel you default to running and have to hold a button to walk. In the options menu, you can change that setting so that walking is default and you hold the button to run.
Run, Don't Walk / int_c01a7c9e	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_c01a7c9e	featureConfidence	1.0
Spelunky (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_c01a7c9e
Run, Don't Walk / int_c0d295c4	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_c0d295c4	comment	All the characters in Team Fortress 2 run by default, although moving while crouched could be considered walking. Interestingly, since the characters have different running speeds (for example, the Heavy is about half the speed of a Scout), they can be broadly identified from their movement speed. Not a big deal generally, but it means that only newcomers to the Master of Disguise Spy class will ever dress as a Scout for long periods of time. The mysterious gentleman slows himself down automatically for other diguises, but becomes a rather lazy Scout when observed for long enough.
Run, Don't Walk / int_c0d295c4	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_c0d295c4	featureConfidence	1.0
Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_c0d295c4
Run, Don't Walk / int_c326acd9	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_c326acd9	comment	In the Inazuma Eleven games, you hold B to run and release it to walk, although the options conveniently include a setting to reverse this so you run by default and hold B to walk.
Run, Don't Walk / int_c326acd9	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_c326acd9	featureConfidence	1.0
Inazuma Eleven (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_c326acd9
Run, Don't Walk / int_ca48bb5c	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_ca48bb5c	comment	Fable suffered due to the run button being tied for use with the "flourish" (an unblockable attack) button, leading to instances of killing one baddie, and trying to run up to another, only to have the hero leap in the air and slam his sword into the dirt, not only slowing your progress, but wasting the move. Bit ridiculous in the PC version, where you have 36 buttons plus symbols rather than the 8 of the Xbox.
Run, Don't Walk / int_ca48bb5c	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_ca48bb5c	featureConfidence	1.0
Fable (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_ca48bb5c
Run, Don't Walk / int_cba48b98	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_cba48b98	comment	Played with in God Hand—Gene moves pretty fast as a default, but tapping twice and holding makes him run... which is his walking animation sped up.
Run, Don't Walk / int_cba48b98	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_cba48b98	featureConfidence	1.0
God Hand (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_cba48b98
Run, Don't Walk / int_d0599129	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_d0599129	comment	Averted in the MMORPG Ragnarok Online. All characters move by walking, animation wise, even while under the effects of Super-Speed buffs.
Run, Don't Walk / int_d0599129	featureApplicability	-1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_d0599129	featureConfidence	1.0
Ragnarok Online (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_d0599129
Run, Don't Walk / int_d4caf593	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_d4caf593	comment	Bully uses a similar control scheme: tilt the stick to run, slightly tilt the stick to run slower, tilt the stick while holding X on Playstation to run faster/tapping X to run even faster, press R3 to go into stealth mode (crouching and Walking slowly), tap X after crouching to crouch-walk faster.
Run, Don't Walk / int_d4caf593	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_d4caf593	featureConfidence	1.0
Bully (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_d4caf593
Run, Don't Walk / int_d5c2a7a3	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_d5c2a7a3	comment	In Thief you walk by default, because moving quickly makes a lot of racket. Interestingly, the first two games still subtly play this in that there's a third movement speed available just hard enough to find on the controls that players can get through the game without noticing it's there, as it's far easier to pick up "tapping" walk to move slower and more quietly. The ability to slow down further does explain why your "walk" is faster than that of NPCs. ("Run" is effectively silent on carpet or moss, "Walk" is practical for silence on wood or stone, and "Creep" is near-silent on the metal grates and plating that otherwise players tend to expend moss arrows on.)
Run, Don't Walk / int_d5c2a7a3	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_d5c2a7a3	featureConfidence	1.0
Thief (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_d5c2a7a3
Run, Don't Walk / int_dabea287	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_dabea287	comment	Also present in Mirror of Fate but as the very last item you get, so you can't abuse it too much. Then again, you're pretty fast on your own without it.
Run, Don't Walk / int_dabea287	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_dabea287	featureConfidence	1.0
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_dabea287
Run, Don't Walk / int_e030b382	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_e030b382	comment	In PlanetSide 1, soldiers jog (or walk quickly with a weapon drawn) by default - sprinting requires a dedicated implant -, which cause them to show up on sensors, while walking and crouch-walking make them invisible to motion sensors. In the sequel, players move at a fast walk and have infinite sprint, but the only way to remain invisible to motion sensors is to crouch-walk, as there isn't a "slow walk" button.
Run, Don't Walk / int_e030b382	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_e030b382	featureConfidence	1.0
PlanetSide (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_e030b382
Run, Don't Walk / int_e1ec0e62	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_e1ec0e62	comment	Averted by Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption, at least in single player; the protagonists walk by default and the sprint button has to be held to allow them to jog, or rapidly tapped to go up to a full run.
Run, Don't Walk / int_e1ec0e62	featureApplicability	-1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_e1ec0e62	featureConfidence	1.0
Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_e1ec0e62
Run, Don't Walk / int_e2fa7287	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_e2fa7287	comment	The Touhou games provide a rare example of when a move-slow ("focus") button is really helpful. With Aya as a partner in Subterranean Animism, Reimu gets a third, ludicrously fast speed if she's not firing. Not only that, but the focus button improves the graze box size to outside the character sprite
Run, Don't Walk / int_e2fa7287	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_e2fa7287	featureConfidence	1.0
Touhou	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_e2fa7287
Run, Don't Walk / int_e49fc98a	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_e49fc98a	comment	In the Unreal series and any games running on its engines, walking prevents you from falling off cliffs or other sudden drops. It gets a bit iffy at times, however, where you can walk far enough over an edge that you're not physically standing on it but are still on its level, only to release the walk/crouch key and promptly fall off.
Run, Don't Walk / int_e49fc98a	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_e49fc98a	featureConfidence	1.0
Unreal (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_e49fc98a
Run, Don't Walk / int_e863cc41	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_e863cc41	comment	The Mega Man Battle Network games use B as a run button in the overworld. Later games introduce a Navi Customizer program that you can install into MegaMan.EXE to make him run all the time (With the useful side effect of not increasing the random encounter rate like holding B to run does). The sequel series Mega Man Star Force has dispensed with this—now you just run all the time.
Run, Don't Walk / int_e863cc41	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_e863cc41	featureConfidence	1.0
Mega Man Battle Network (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_e863cc41
Run, Don't Walk / int_f3f68a7b	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_f3f68a7b	comment	Garry's Mod has walking be of very little use outside of precision adjustments with the physics gun, which can be similarly accomplished with crouching. Indeed, in earlier versions, while a key was bound to walking by default, the corresponding function didn't even exist (likely since Half-Life 2, with which GMod shares its Source engine, didn't have a walk function either), and now that it does players have to bind it themselves if they want to use it.
Run, Don't Walk / int_f3f68a7b	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_f3f68a7b	featureConfidence	1.0
Garry's Mod (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_f3f68a7b
Run, Don't Walk / int_fa5e90fd	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_fa5e90fd	comment	City of Heroes You can leap tall buildings in a single bound, run faster than a speeding bullet, teleport in the blink of an eye, and even fly — but you cannot walk. This is especially painful since NPC civilians (and Mooks) can walk around the streets. Several promotional videos showed Superheroes walking. The developers admitted this was a hack and it couldn't be done in-game. A minor update finally added the Walk toggle power. It shuts off all other toggles, though, so you shouldn't use it in combat.
Run, Don't Walk / int_fa5e90fd	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_fa5e90fd	featureConfidence	1.0
City of Heroes (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_fa5e90fd
Run, Don't Walk / int_fd8ef85e	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_fd8ef85e	comment	Left 4 Dead has you always running unless you hold down the walk or couch button. You otherwise move slower the worse off your health is - at one hit point all movement is at walking speed.
Run, Don't Walk / int_fd8ef85e	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_fd8ef85e	featureConfidence	1.0
Left 4 Dead (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_fd8ef85e
Run, Don't Walk / int_fe85bfc8	type	Run, Don't Walk
Run, Don't Walk / int_fe85bfc8	comment	There is a bonus in the Super Smash Bros. games with the same name as this trope. As you might guess, it's awarded for never walking during the entire battle.
Run, Don't Walk / int_fe85bfc8	featureApplicability	1.0
Run, Don't Walk / int_fe85bfc8	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Smash Bros. (Video Game)	hasFeature	Run, Don't Walk / int_fe85bfc8

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Run, Don't Walk	processingCategory2	Walking Tropes
Half-Life: Full Life Consequences / Fan Fic / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Sly Cooper (Franchise) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
ContrastSoul	seeAlso	Run, Don't Walk
Aetherius (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Aion (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
An Untitled Story (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Barony (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Champions Online (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Chrono Trigger (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
City of Heroes (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
ContrastSoul	seeAlso	Run, Don't Walk
Deus Ex (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Dino Crisis (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Doom (2016) (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Dwarves Vs Zombies (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Evolution (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Final Fantasy X-2 (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Flyff (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse Of The Crimson Elixir (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Garry's Mod (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Geist (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Golden Sun (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Halo Zero (Video Game)	seeAlso	Run, Don't Walk
Hell Night (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Jekyll and Hyde (2001) (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Lake Bottom Girl - Fine and the Sunken Starship (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Legionwood (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Little Big Adventure (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Mabinogi (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Madden NFL (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Ōkami (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Radiant Historia (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Ragnarok Online (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Robot Odyssey (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
SOS (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Shantae (2002) (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Siege of Avalon (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Spider-Man (PS4) (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Star Stable (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Suikoden IV (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Super Metroid (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
The Lord of the Rings Online (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
The Matrix: Path of Neo (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
The Silent Age (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Too Human (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Torchlight (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Touhou Gensokyo ~ Lotus Land Story (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Unreal (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Urban Chaos (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Urban Terror (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Vampire: The Masquerade â€“ Redemption (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Vigil Blood Bitterness (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
WET (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Wonderland Adventures (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
'the (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Demonsteele (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
[PROTOTYPE] / Videogame / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
Rune Factory 3 (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk
[PROTOTYPE 2] (Video Game) / int_1778d9a0	type	Run, Don't Walk

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