Cover system

Video game gameplay mechanic

A cover system is a video game gameplay mechanic that lets certain areas of virtual space, usually a three-dimensional map, provide game characters a protective zone to hide from detection or circumvent taking damage, which can be dynamic and/or variable in games with destructible environments. The mechanism is seen in shooter games, stealth games, real-time tactics (RTT) games and, to a lesser extent, real-time strategy (RTS) games, and is a digital adaptation of the real-life military tactic of defilade behind obstacles, for purposes of attai...