Attack warning

Video game concept

There's a brief warning before any enemy attack, either quite visible pull back before striking or other style of readying a weapon or possibly just an angry flash of color.

games

platforms

Alternate names: Telegraphed attacks
Name variations: attack telegraphing

Sleeping Dogs

WIN 2012-08-17

Bayonetta

WIN 2017-04-11

DmC Devil May Cry

PS3 2013-01-15

Golden Axe: Beast Rider

PS3 2008-10-14

PS3 2009-10

X360 2013-01-15

WIN 2013-01-25

SWTC 2018-02-16

WIN 2014-06-03

PS4 2018-04-20

WIN 2016-07-05

Some enemies may be designed to specifically skip this as their gimmick.

If this behaviour is limited to only few enemies (the above quirk inverted), then this tag is not really appropriate.

This is not for warnings about enemies appearing.

See also: threat display

Implied: dodging, blocking, parrying, counter attacking
... the attack warning serves little purpose if none of these is in the game, though player can be required to simply back off or jump away for the same thing.

Games by year

The first Attack warning video game was released on October 14, 2008.

Sega and Capcom published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		5
PS3		3
X360		1
PS4		1
Switch		1

Attack warning

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