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Damage direction indicator

Video game concept

Has an indicator for from which direction the player character is taking damage from.

77
games
8
platforms

Alternate name: Attack direction indicator

Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360)
Call of Duty: World at War
X360 2008-11-06
Medal of Honor (Windows)
Medal of Honor
WIN 2010-10-12
Medal of Honor (Xbox 360)
Medal of Honor
X360 2010-10-12
Medal of Honor (PlayStation 3)
Medal of Honor
PS3 2010-10-12
Borderlands (PlayStation 3)
Borderlands
PS3 2009-10-20
The Saboteur (PlayStation 3)
The Saboteur
PS3 2009-12
Homefront: The Revolution (Windows)
Homefront: The Revolution
WIN 2016-05-20
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Windows)
Call of Duty: Ghosts
WIN 2013-11-05
Homefront (Windows)
Homefront
WIN 2010-11-01
Legendary (PlayStation 3)
Legendary
PS3 2008-11-07
Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)
Far Cry 2
X360 2008-10-21
Alien Rage (Windows)
Alien Rage
WIN 2013-09-24
Generally this battles the lack of physical feeling in games where you can't tell in which side of the body you're being hit on. Of course, having an indicator for the front is silly, but usually there regardless.

Usually only seen in 1st person games, sometimes in 3rd person, and even in them only if player has free look.

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Parent groups

Awareness, Indicators

Games by year

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The first Damage direction indicator video game was released on July 25, 1998.

Valve, Electronic Arts and Sierra published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 38
PS3 12
X360 12
Linux 8
Mac OS X 4
Mac OS Classic 1
PS2 1
Xbox 1