When it's done as the ending of a video game, it's The Very Definitely Final Dungeon. While Storming the Castle can take place before the story's climax, the results are generally less dramatic. Going through the front door is almost always a suicide mission (assuming it's even possible), but don't tell that to any Hollywood directors. More often sieges were won by cutting off the defenders from supplies and starving them to death or surrender (which could take years), or by breaching the defenses from the outside and marching in that way (not always practical). Any sort of direct assault on properly built and manned fortifications required a hell of a numerical advantage, very solid morale, and often repeated attacks-and even then it would be an absolute bloodbath. Hence why they're called 'fortifications'. In Real Life, particularly during the Middle Ages, actually storming the castle was the tactic of last resort, due to how most fortifications are built specifically to give the defenders every advantage possible. In any case, the only way to stop him is to take him down. Maybe he just can't be trusted not to come back worse than before. Maybe he's gonna force your girlfriend to marry him. Sure, maybe it's guarded by countless extremely well-trained warriors, a squad of bounty hunters looking for your head, and even The Dragon, but what choice do you have? Maybe the villain's got your secret sauce recipe, and he's not afraid to use it. That means it's time to gear up and assault the bad guy's home base. These are all well and good, but sometimes the Big Bad isn't gracious enough to come to you. You've got your car chase, your mano-a-mano showdown, your mano-a-mano-a-mano-a-mano-a-mano showdown, and your grand, sweeping Final Battle. There are really only a few good ways to end an action movie. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.

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