Environmental combat
Activities theme
Player can use the environment to defeat their opponents.
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games
13platforms
WIN 2011-10-12
X360 2010-09-29
WIN 2012-10
WIN 2013-10
WIN 2012-10-25
PS3 2012-01-31
WIN 2009-09-17
WIN 2013-11-15
PS4 2014-08
X360 2008-02
X360 2011-12-20
WIN 2016-04-27
See also: NPC environmental vulnerability (when this is possible but not actively encouraged or empowered to do, and happens mostly by accident)
NOT for fighting the environment itself, but rather using it against your enemies.
Examples:
* Pushing people off cliffs
* Smashing them into hazardous objects (e.g. spikes, electrocuted fences, or such)
* Causing them to trip traps meant for the player
Effectively combat where you don't really attack the person, but indirectly cause their demise. Of course, kicking/throwing them off cliffs is more direct case, but still belongs to this tag as the opponent would've unlikely died solely from the kick or throw.
Using telekinesis to levitate an opponent and smack them to walls, floor and so on does not really count even if it is lethal to the victim, though. And similarly picking random objects and attacking your enemies with them doesn't count either, even if it was a door frame or similar part of the environment.
If this is limited to say boss fights, then it's not really part of this tag.
Examples:
* Pushing people off cliffs
* Smashing them into hazardous objects (e.g. spikes, electrocuted fences, or such)
* Causing them to trip traps meant for the player
Effectively combat where you don't really attack the person, but indirectly cause their demise. Of course, kicking/throwing them off cliffs is more direct case, but still belongs to this tag as the opponent would've unlikely died solely from the kick or throw.
Using telekinesis to levitate an opponent and smack them to walls, floor and so on does not really count even if it is lethal to the victim, though. And similarly picking random objects and attacking your enemies with them doesn't count either, even if it was a door frame or similar part of the environment.
If this is limited to say boss fights, then it's not really part of this tag.
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The first Environmental combat video game was released on June 1991.
Ubisoft, Robot Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment published most of these games.