--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half lang: en title: Cutting enemies in half summary: An attack separates a target's body into two sections. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half.md aliases: - Cutting a model in half tags: - Game design techniques - Killing - Satisfying sourceIds: - source-347f53116d536fb1 - source-3fe99332e2c23374 - source-1c34937cf7e7c33a - source-05104bb1866efa51 - source-4e84cfe80a5fb108 - source-620d482df0db9d2a sources: - id: source-347f53116d536fb1 title: 'Game Mechanics: Cutting enemies in half' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half' verifiedAt: null - id: source-3fe99332e2c23374 title: Dead Rising 2 (2010) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dead-rising-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-1c34937cf7e7c33a title: Bulletstorm (2011) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/bulletstorm' verifiedAt: null - id: source-05104bb1866efa51 title: Dead Rising 3 (2013) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dead-rising-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-4e84cfe80a5fb108 title: Dying Light (2015) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dying-light' verifiedAt: null - id: source-620d482df0db9d2a title: Doom (2016) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/doom-2016' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-cutting-in-half title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-cutting-in-half' categoryIds: - gm-category-killing - gm-category-satisfying supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Cutting a model in half description: An attack separates a target's body into two sections. image: src: images/mechanics/impact-cutting-in-half.webp width: 498 height: 276 game: Bulletstorm sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/bulletstorm_boneduster.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 0.41 credit: People Can Fly / Epic Games; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: The enemy model separates into two parts alt: 'Bulletstorm: The enemy model separates into two parts.' markers: - x: 50 'y': 25 label: Detached upper portion of the model - x: 51 'y': 62 label: The lower portion remains in view tips: - >- Match model parts and collisions to the direction of the gameplay impact. examples: - title: Bulletstorm url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Cutting enemies in half id: game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-cutting-in-half/ An attack separates a target's body into two sections. ## At a glance ![Bulletstorm: The enemy model separates into two parts.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/impact-cutting-in-half.webp) [Bulletstorm](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/bulletstorm_boneduster.webm), 0.41 s 1. Detached upper portion of the model 2. The lower portion remains in view - Match model parts and collisions to the direction of the gameplay impact. - [Bulletstorm](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half) ## How it works An attack separates a target's body into two sections. ## Variants ### How the technique works - An attack separates a target's body into two sections. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Cutting enemies in half](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half) (id: source-347f53116d536fb1) - [Dead Rising 2 (2010)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dead-rising-2) (id: source-3fe99332e2c23374) - [Bulletstorm (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/bulletstorm) (id: source-1c34937cf7e7c33a) - [Dead Rising 3 (2013)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dead-rising-3) (id: source-05104bb1866efa51) - [Dying Light (2015)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/dying-light) (id: source-4e84cfe80a5fb108) - [Doom (2016)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/cutting-in-half/game/doom-2016) (id: source-620d482df0db9d2a) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors