Editing Kill.Switch (section)

===Legacy===
''Kill Switch'' is best remembered for being the first third-person shooter to feature the [[cover system]] as its core game mechanic,<ref name=Play/> and for introducing the blind fire mechanic to the cover system.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Several shooters took inspiration from ''Kill Switch'' and implemented similar cover systems. In the design of ''[[Gears of War]]'', lead developer [[Cliff Bleszinski]] of [[Epic Games]] credits ''Kill Switch's'' cover system as one of the influences they put into the game's design,<ref name="gamespot.com"/> as ''Kill Switch's'' lead designer Chris Esaki was employed by Epic Games and was involved in the development of ''Gears of War''.<ref name="teamxbox_gears">[http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/1747/Gears-of-War-Five-Things-You-Didnt-Know/p1/Gears Gears of War: Five Things You Didn’t Know], [[Team Xbox]]</ref>

[[Naughty Dog]]'s ''[[Uncharted: Drake's Fortune]]'', which began development in 2005 and was released in 2007,<ref name="gamespotinterview">{{cite web|url=http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6181783.html?sid=6181783&part=rss&subj=6181783|title=Q&A: Naughty Dog on Uncharted|accessdate=2008-08-11|date=2007-10-26|author=Randolph Ramsay|publisher=GameSpot AU}}</ref> also took inspiration from ''Kill Switch'', which ''Uncharted's'' lead designers Evan Wells and Amy Hennig credited as inspiration for the game's cover system.<ref>[http://www.1up.com/features/uncharted-afterthoughts Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Afterthoughts], [[1UP.com|1UP]]</ref> Other examples of shooters that featured ''Kill Switch''-inspired cover systems include the 2005 third-person shooter ''[[Nemesis Strike|CT Special Forces: Fire for Effect]]'',<ref>[http://www.videogamer.com/xbox/ct_special_forces_fire_for_effect/review.html CT Special Forces Fire For Effect Review], [[VideoGamer.com]]</ref> and the 2006 games ''[[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas]]'',<ref>[http://www.gamecritics.com/rainbow-six-vegas-2-review Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 – Review], Game Critics</ref> a [[first person shooter]] released in the same month as ''Gears of War'',<ref name=GSpot-Vegas>[http://au.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/rainbowsixvegas/review.html Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Review], [[GameSpot]]</ref> and ''[[Killzone: Liberation]]'', a third-person action game released a month before ''Gears of War''.<ref name=Ashcraft>Brian Ashcraft, [http://kotaku.com/5452654/how-cover-shaped-gamings-last-decade How Cover Shaped Gaming's Last Decade], [[Kotaku]]</ref>