Dissolving corpses

Video game concept

The bodies of recently slain dissolve or otherwise rapidly disappear immediately or soon after death.

152
games
20
platforms

Name variations: Disappearing corpses

Contrasts:
* Permanent corpses

Related:
* Dissolving items
* Rotting
Some games actually give some in-world explanations for these (such as rapid rotting), while others just crudely remove the corpses from the gameworld.

This is usually done to save system resources by removing the corpses from requiring processing power still - although this is usually a significant lacking in the game engine itself as corpses shouldn't take much any more processing power than regular level ornaments - but this often also makes less immersive experience for the player, to which experienced players likely have become jaded to.

Examples:
* Winks out of existence - done in older games
* Sinks into the ground until they're no longer visible
* Dissolves or "beams out" - usually with pretty bright lights
* Explodes leaving nothing behind
* Corpse disappears after a while when you aren't looking or nearby

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Parent groups

Quirks, Unrealism

Games by year

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The first Dissolving corpses video game was released on July 1990.

Codemasters, Kalypso Media Digital and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

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Platforms

Windows 57
Linux 35
X360 13
Mac OS X 9
PS3 8
PS2 5
Xbox 5
GameCube 4
Wii 2
Android 2
PS4 2
N64 2
Nintendo DS 1
PSP 1
iOS 1
BeOS 1
NES 1
Mega Drive 1
Wii U 1
BSD 1