[qiemem]

One of my favorite death concepts is the Death Alternative[1] mod for Skyrim. It weaves "death" into the narrative. Instead of dying, you're robbed and left for dead by bandits and then can go on a quest to get your items back, or you're captured and enslaved by vampires and must escape (or, IIRC, join them). I love that it makes defeats part of the story. They become part of your character's history, helping define who your character is. It makes death meaningful, more so than checkpoints or saves, but not as frustrating as permadeath, while being a powerful mechanism for procedural storytelling. I would really love to see it in more games, by I believe Death Alternative is the only place I've seen it done.

[1]: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/45894