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Message: [QUOTE="King Torro, post: 357244, member: 890725"] Maybe a boring answer but depends on the game. I don't necessarily need to see a health bar in a game where the information is communicated well in another way ( visible wounds / behavior change like in Monster Hunter ) or parts falling off / smoke / fire coming out of a mechanical opponent ) or we're dealing with something like a horror game monster where retaining the atmosphere / immersion is important and a health bar would make it less scary. A standard HP bar is good tool to have in a lot of action games. I think Hollow Knight lacking a boss HP bar seemed questionable imo given how long a lot of those fights can go. HP bar can also be a part of the game's visual design - Love it when some games do stylish health bars or the boss' health bar "vibrates" when they take damage! Or you deliver a big damage hit and it shows the damage you did with that yellow extension thing that you see in fighting games. [/QUOTE]

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