Locational health

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Each individual part that can be damaged has its own health, lowering the health of individual part may lead to death, the part tearing off, crippling it, or simply reduced performance with it.

games

platforms

Alternate name: Multiple health pools

Kenshi

WIN 2018-12-06

Cortex Command

LIN 2012-09-28

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

WIN 2006-03-14

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

X360 2009-10-09

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

PS1 1996

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

DOS 1995

Fallout 3

PS3 2008-10-28

Iter Vehemens ad Necem

WIN 2001-12

PS1 2003-10-23

NDS 2007-10-23

WIN 1997-02-28

PS1 1999-09-02

Commonly this means you can't kill someone by shooting their legs or arms, but that would cause them to become crippled, while head and torso provides sure way to kill someone with head having less capability to sustain damage.

Related:
* Injuries
* Internal repair
* Bleeding
* Dismemberment
* Composite foes

Parent groups

Health, Locational damage

Games by year

The first Locational health video game was released in 1988.

Bethesda Softworks, Microprose and IvanDev published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		22
Linux		6
X360		5
PS3		5
PS		5
MS-DOS		5
Nintendo DS		1
Mac OS X		1
BeOS		1
Internet Only		1
3DO		1
Pandora		1
Amiga CD32		1
SNES		1
Amiga AGA		1
WonderSwan Color		1

Most common companies