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Locational damage

Video game concept

The point of impact determines how much damage characters, objects, or vehicles sustain in the game.

234
games
20
platforms

Alternate name: Location-based damage

Codename: Panzers - Cold War (Windows)
Codename: Panzers - Cold War
WIN 2009-03-13
Resident Evil: Revelations (Windows)
Resident Evil: Revelations
WIN 2013-05
BattleTech (Windows)
BattleTech
WIN 2018-04-24
GUN (Windows)
GUN
WIN 2005-11-09
Crysis 3 (Windows)
Crysis 3
WIN 2013-02-19
MechWarrior 2 (MS-DOS)
MechWarrior 2
DOS 1995
MechWarrior 3 (Windows)
MechWarrior 3
WIN 1999-06-01
Saints Row: The Third (Windows)
Saints Row: The Third
WIN 2011-11-15
Dead Space (Xbox 360)
Dead Space
X360 2008-10-13
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (Windows)
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
WIN 2006-03-14
Borderlands 3 (Windows)
Borderlands 3
WIN 2019-09-13
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
Fallout 3
X360 2008-10-28
Related:
* Damage modeling
* Locational health
As an example: a gas canister in person's hands may explode from fewer bullets (and kill the carrier) than shooting at their legs would cause death to the carrier, so with careful aiming, conserve bullets by shooting the canister rather than the person carrying it. This example is more commonly seen as flamethrower fuel tanks on the backs of the characters.

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Parent group

Damage

Child groups

Anatomic damage, Structural damage, Locational health

Related group

Video game
Killing blow

Games by year

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The first Locational damage video game was released in 1987.

Activision, Electronic Arts and 2K Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 116
Linux 27
X360 24
PS3 21
Mac OS X 10
MS-DOS 7
PS4 5
Mac OS Classic 5
Xbox One 4
Switch 2
GameCube 2
PS2 2
Xbox 2
Wii 1
C64 1
Atari ST 1
BeOS 1
NES 1
Amiga 1
Apple II E 1

Most common companies

Activision20
Electronic Arts18
2K Games9
Ubisoft7
THQ7
Square Enix7
Capcom7
Bethesda Softworks6
Rockstar Games6
SSI5
Valve5
Interplay5
Blind Mind Studios4
IvanDev4
Sega4