Gravity Gun - Influence On Later Games

Influence On Later Games

Various later video games have included gameplay features that allow players to use the game's physics to their advantage in combat. In some cases, these are manifested as weapons or devices. For instance, Portal (also created by Valve Software) features the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device which displays a limited capacity to move objects around the game world, while Crytek's Crysis allows the player to throw objects and enemy characters considerable distances through the use of an experimental nanosuit.

In other games, however, it can be represented in a different manner. In Arkane Studios' Dark Messiah of Might and Magic a psychokinesis spell allows for similar functions as Half-Life 2's gravity gun, Destroy All Humans! portrayed a similar gravity usage, known as PK, while 2K Games' BioShock displays the concept as a telekinesis plasmid that the player uses to alter their character's DNA. In EA's third-person horror shooter Dead Space, the player character acquires a 'Kinesis' module, which allows the player to grab and throw objects similar to Half-Life 2's gravity gun.