David Versus Goliath: Difference between revisions

* The entire premise of the videogame ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''. The hero, an ordinary young man, fights a series of creatures ranging in size from a large bull, to a literal skyscraper... and wins, mostly due to being clearly [[Made of Iron]]. Plus some help from a horse that's apparently Made Of Adamantium.

* In Fallout3, the fight between the Enclave and the [[Humongous Mecha]] Liberty Prime.

* In ''[[The House of the Dead (series)|House of the Dead]]'', there's always at least one fight, most times more than once, where the two not-so-physically-imposing AMS agents face off against a giant behemoth (Strength in ''II'', Death in ''III'', and Temperance in ''IV'').

* Kishima Kouma as Goliath vs. Nanaya Kirei as David. Kouma has essentially no skill whatsoever because he doesn't ''need'' any. His skin is tougher than steel, he can punch through trees effortlessly and doesn't tire. Kiri is essentially the most skilled assassin on Earth. Unfortunately, he's an assassin and not a magus or anything like that, so he's reduced to hammering at one side of Kouma's neck and then hitting the other to try and break it. The difference in skill is so huge that his opponent doesn't even realize he almost died with that attack. Key word: Almost. [[Subverted Trope|Goliath wins]]. Foregone conclusion, though, if you've played [[Tsukihime]].

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': Sonic versus the Egg Emperor in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' - also against similar mechas in ''Sonic &Knuckles''.

* [[No More Heroes]] and its [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle|sequel]]: we have bosses using huge laser cannons (Speed Buster), a huge sentient earthquake machine (Letz Shake) and a crazed tycoon that first bloats into a hulking bloke, and eventually inflates ''to the size of a blimp''(Jasper Batt Jr.)

* Generally averted in ''[[Sword of the Stars]]''. Superior micro will only take you so far in a tactical encounter when the enemy outnumbers or outmasses - or both! -you, at least in a straight fight as opposed to [[We Have Reserves|repeatedly throwing ships at the enemy]] [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|to wear them down]]. To reinforce the need to outnumber, you get extra command points for every so many ships of each class more than the enemy you have, up to a certain limit, allowing you to field more ships than the Arbitrary Headcount Limit would normally give you. Get enough and you can deploy extra dreadnoughts. While destroyers can occasionally beat dreadnoughts, this relies on swarming and the dreadnought-user failing to include light weapons on his ships and is far from foolproof.

* The plot of ''[[Infamous (video game series)|inFamous 2]]''. It begins with The Beast, an incredibly powerful Conduit, [[Hopeless Boss Fight|nearly killing the main character]], requiring him to retreat to increase his powers. Once you finally confront him again you can {{spoiler|pull a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and use the RFI to kill all conduits on the planet, sacrificing yourself to stop The Beast from annihilating the human race.}}