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This is a concept in fighting or other action games of attacking an enemy in order to keep the enemy in the air, unable to fight back. This is also a tactic in tower defense games of keeping the enemy on the battlefield longer by manipulating towers.
Games with language selection allow the player to choose which language is displayed or spoken in the game.
Lock On is a game mechanic that allows the player to automatically center the character's aim on a target, usually done with a toggle or a press of a button.
Characters that transport themselves via missiles.
Some action-oriented games make use of motion capture technology to make character's movements realistic.
Nintendo Network is the online service for Wii U and 3DS.
In some games, the differences between the difficulty settings are more significant than tweaked health, damage and currency. This could be new or changed enemies, boss battles, mechanics or items
A function of the Wii U that allows games to be played exclusively through the Wii U GamePad.
Games that can be played with one hand, typically using only half of a standard controller or only the mouse/keyboard.
Sometimes you just don't want to pull out your stylus or get fingerprints on your DS screen. These games don't make you.
Parrying is a specialized block mechanic, often with a tight input window, which prevents the player from taking damage. While some games allow this through a timed directional input towards the opponent, other games tie this to deliberate block inputs as a "Perfect Guard".
When a character that the player fights as a boss is playable elsewhere.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
A fighting technique in which a character punches or kicks an opponent dozens in a short period of time, sometimes to the point that their fists or legs become blurred. It was commonly used in Video Games, Comics/Manga & Animation.
Some games have one kind of mini-game or bonus stage that recurs between each of the main levels. It is an extra chance to get extra points, lives or other goodies that is clearly set apart from the main action of the game.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
The limitations of early gaming hardware, especially in the 8-bit and 16-bit days, made animated story sequences impractical for many games. One popular alternative was to convey the story through a series of still images, often with text and music alongside them.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
The Style Meter acts as multiplier to the score/currency earned through combat and even rewards non-damaging actions like evades or taunts while discouraging repetitive moves and stalling. A frequent feature in the Devil May Cry series.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
Immersing the player using sound directed from 5 speakers and a sub-woofer, surround sound is the way of choice to hear game audio.
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