What superhero RPGs have you seen where self-limiting one's own power level is important for minimizing collateral damage?

There is this RPG I find fascinating, Badass Kung Fu Demigods. Its core points are: (1) PCs are great entities who, right from the beginning of the game, can manifest enough power to quite literally destroy planets, (2) this strength is hard to apply with finesse, leading to immense collateral damage, (3) PCs are heroic figures who actually care about minimizing collateral damage, and (4) they can fine-tune their own power level.

There are five power levels a PC can assume:
• Heroic: Over-the-top action hero or super soldier. Minimal collateral damage.
• Legendary/Awakened: About as much collateral damage as tanks, attack helicopters, and rocket launchers, the kind that might destroy a building.
• Titanic/Monstrous: The kind of collateral damage that might destroy a city block or two.
• Unleashed: Nuclear-bomb-like collateral damage, enough to annihilate an entire city.
• Limitless: A big jump. Anywhere from nation- to planet-evaporating collateral damage.

While there is traditional advancement (e.g. statistics, special abilities), assuming a power level grants substantial benefits.

Antagonists can be strong. When the party is facing someone who could obliterate a whole city, what should they do? If they go Legendary/Awakened, they may lose outright. The PCs could go Titanic/Monstrous, but victory still is not guaranteed. If the PCs go Unleashed, then they will almost certainly triumph; their own city will probably be destroyed in the crossfire, but hey, at least no more cities will be imperiled, right?

Incidentally, PCs are incentivized to try to lure enemies towards less populated locations. The countryside cares less about being devastated.

It is also possible to assume a new power level mid-combat, but that means dealing the new level of collateral damage.

Do you know of any other RPGs that do something similar?

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What superhero RPGs have you seen where self-limiting one's own power level is important for minimizing collateral damage?There is this RPG I…

What superhero RPGs have you seen where self-limiting one's own power level is important for minimizing collateral damage?
There is this RPG I…