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Arbitrary projectile cutoff range

Video game concept

Projectiles, such as bullets, have seemingly arbitrary cutoff range where they just disappear into thin air at range the player can plainly see to or can easily guess the projectile having disappeared (e.g. just past the screen edge).

17
games
5
platforms
Smite (Windows)
Smite
WIN 2014-03-25
Torchlight (Windows)
Torchlight
WIN 2009-10-27
Star Conflict (Windows)
Star Conflict
WIN 2013-02-27
Torchlight II (Windows)
Torchlight II
WIN 2012-09-30
Metroid (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Metroid
NES 1987-08
Starsector (Windows)
Starsector
WIN 2013
GRIKARUGUN (Linux)
GRIKARUGUN
LIN 2007
Torchlight (Xbox 360)
Torchlight
X360 2011-03-09
Awesomenauts (Windows)
Awesomenauts
WIN 2012-05
Torchlight
LIN 2012
Starsector
OSX 2013
Star Conflict
LIN 2014
This is as opposed to actual ballistics being simulated, or the projectiles continuing into "infinity".

NOT the same as a character or unit in strategy game refusing to shoot past a certain "effective range", but rather when the projectiles just disappear after reaching certain distance without hitting any obstacles or falling to the ground.
See also: projectile limit

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The first Arbitrary projectile cutoff range video game was released on August 1987.

Runic Games, Fractal Softworks and dtp entertainment published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux 7
Windows 6
Mac OS X 2
NES 1
X360 1