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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
The value that determines how many events can take place in a character's turn in pure turn based combat as well as in the modern Fallout franchise.
Usually refers to the end of the world.
First starting out as simple machines throwing stones, artillery has evolved greatly and is an important weapon in war.
A concept in games with multiple characters, a screen with pictures of all playable characters with the possibility of stat listings.
A clone is a being created as a perfect genetic duplicate of another being, right down to the DNA.
A service allowing consumers to obtain limited edition items with points accumulated through purchase of Nintendo products. Several titles have been released exclusively for this purpose. The program was discontinued in September 2015.
In a franchise, it entails the second game that takes on a gritty and dark tone to distinguish it from the first.
Over time, it's common for publishers to stop supporting the online components of old or unpopular games. In addition to saving money, this also serves to boost sales of newer games in the same series or genre.
Games that have been removed from sale from various digital store fronts.
The 2007 E3 Media & Business Summit took place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California on July 11-13.
A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.
A safeguard method of adding friends to friends lists on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
Hotseat multiplayer mode allows multiple people to play the same game on one system. This generally only applies to turn based games such as Civilization IV or Advanced Wars.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Map Makers or Editors are built-in tools that allow the average gamer to tweak or fully customize a map of their own, with no mod or programming skills required.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Penalties to movement speed. How far/fast the player can walk. This may depend upon difficult terrain and what type of gear is being carried.
Combat between ships dates back to antiquity, and in the 20th century expanded to include the use of aircraft.
Despite his inexperience, the New Guy has saved the world more times than any veteran.
Nintendo's online service. It supported the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Various games purposefully don't include blood when realistically there should be fountains of gore to avoid getting an adult rating and sell to a wider audience.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Sometimes you just don't want to pull out your stylus or get fingerprints on your DS screen. These games don't make you.
A Palette Swap is when two or more characters share the same style sprite or character model with only minor color or cosmetic changes. Although visually similar, palette swap characters may have very different moves and personalities.
Rocket artillery is any platform, and it's own rocket ordinance, designed to fire with some accuracy towards a distant enemy. The distance involved usually means they must be fired indirectly.
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