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Multiple health pools

Video game concept

Player character and possibly others have multiple unrelated health pools, and if any of them reaches critical level the character dies or might as well have done so (becomes incapacitated).

10
games
5
platforms
Extermination (PlayStation 2)
Extermination
PS2 2001-03-08
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (PlayStation 2)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
PS2 2005-09
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Mac OS X)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
OSX 2010-09-08
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Linux)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
LIN 2010-09-08
Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Windows)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
WIN 2010-09-08
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (PlayStation 2)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
PS2 2003-02-27
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut (PlayStation 2)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's Cut
PS2 2004-01-22
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Windows)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
WIN 2006-03-27
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (Xbox)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
XBOX 2005-11-04
Penumbra: Necrologue
LIN 2015-02-06
See also: locational health (an instance of multiple related health pools).

Related:
* Anxiety - character may die from becoming too anxious/fearful, such as due to heart failure.
* Insanity - debilitating levels of insanity.

Popular tags

amnesia-series pacifisthorror starocean

Parent group

Health

Games by year

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The first Multiple health pools video game was released on March 8, 2001.

Frictional Games published all these games.

Platforms

PS2 4
Windows 2
Linux 2
Xbox 1
Mac OS X 1

Most common companies

Frictional Games2