Groups comparison
Cover system - 1978 to 2023
Player can interact with cover and/or gains various bonuses from using them. Popularized in third-person action games by Gears of War in 2006 (that was also inspired by kill.switch in 2003)
Cover system: Automatic(Autocover;Automatic cover usage)[auto-cover;auto cover] - 2006 to 2017
Player characters will automatically take cover if not told to do otherwise.
Cover swap - 2009 to 2013
There's a simple way to swap to a nearby cover, usually much faster and more fluidly than otherwise would be possible.
Cover system: Contextual - 2009 to 2013
Player character will change movement and positioning based on context to use cover or pop out of cover without specifically doing so from secondary actions, such as peeking around a corner when one tries to aim a gun.
Player can interact with cover and/or gains various bonuses from using them. Popularized in third-person action games by Gears of War in 2006 (that was also inspired by kill.switch in 2003)
Cover system: Automatic(Autocover;Automatic cover usage)[auto-cover;auto cover] - 2006 to 2017
Player characters will automatically take cover if not told to do otherwise.
Cover swap - 2009 to 2013
There's a simple way to swap to a nearby cover, usually much faster and more fluidly than otherwise would be possible.
Cover system: Contextual - 2009 to 2013
Player character will change movement and positioning based on context to use cover or pop out of cover without specifically doing so from secondary actions, such as peeking around a corner when one tries to aim a gun.
coversystem
coversystem-auto
cover-swap
coversystem-context