Hit-stop · Dead Cells

Dead Cells: Critical-hit freeze

Motion Twin / Evil Empire · 2018 · Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One, Mobile

Confidence: mediumdev-statementPending expert review

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Values

ValueFrames @60msNotes
Critical-hit freeze117Followed by a slow-down of 'a few tenths of a second' (not quantified), plus a blood spray and an impact sound.

How this was measured

Stated by Motion Twin in a 2017 interview (during Early Access) and repeated by Sébastien Bénard in Game Developer. May have changed in later versions.

Sources

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