Item highlight
Video game concept
Items on the ground, tables, and wherever are highlighted somehow. They may glow, glitter, have name tags shown, or otherwise blatantly give off their location. Often accompanied by an unexplained floating off the ground effect.
356
games
17platforms
Alternate names: Item glow, Floating items
WIN 2011-10-04
PS4 2020-03-20
PS3 2009-03-24
PS2 2005-06-21
WIN 2010-01
WIN 2009-05-19
X360 2010-05-14
WIN 2013-03-08
PS2 2001-12-13
WIN 2010-10-13
X360 2010-02-09
WIN 2015-03-26
See also: interaction highlight (in case it is done for objects that can be interacted but not picked up into inventory)
Contrast:
* Trash - item glow is unlikely to exist in these.
Related:
* Item glow: Manually activated
Contrast:
* Trash - item glow is unlikely to exist in these.
Related:
* Item glow: Manually activated
Usually exists for convenience, especially in multiplayer oriented games, but is a rather blatant source for losing suspension of disbelief.
This also includes other variations that accomplish the same, such as a targeting rectangle identifying the object and any other methods to make items and other things you can carry or interact with easy to spot.
This also includes other variations that accomplish the same, such as a targeting rectangle identifying the object and any other methods to make items and other things you can carry or interact with easy to spot.
The first Item highlight video game was released in 1994.
Electronic Arts, Devolver Digital and Ubisoft published most of these games.