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Respawning has almost always been a thing in video games. A lot of games just started to explain the mechanic via in-world lore after Dark Souls' success and it's pretty low-hanging fruit to duplicate.
Aside from that Tom Cruise movie where he goes back in time after he dies, I can't think of many films that have used this concept.
It's a shame that movie wasn't closer to the book. The ending is way more epic.
Yes but even in most video games, when you respawn you don't have to start from the beginning each time. You start from where you die or a save point.
I guess what I am noticing in these shows is that you die or go out and then come back again and do the same things again. And it loops ad finitum.
You're right; most games are like that. But that is one of the defining features of the roguelike genre. And even a lot of those don't use "respawning" the way others do. They are intended to convey that you are an entirely new adventurer because your last one died. Hell, a lot of 'em even allow you to encounter the corpses of your previously fallen characters. Like Pixel Dungeons or Project Zomboid.
I'd like to see some shows that do it. I hadn't heard of Severance, so I'll probably check it out just because I do find it an interesting concept.