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Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
Regenerating health is a gameplay mechanic which automatically refills the players health bar after successfully escaping damage for a set amount of time. It is typically seen in RPGs and modern first/third-person shooters.
Some games bought at physical stores and online retailers can be activated on Steam using its CD key. Some come with compulsory Steam activation, while for others it is optional.
Characters that are designed to be scantily-clad.
Indicating an alternate reality, or "spooky time" in the case of a horror game, by letting in-game clocks run backwards.
A riposte is a counter-attack immediately following a successful parry.
When a character in a video game is invincible to everything except a certain weapon, item, or spell.
The Gaijin Entertainment logo is featured on Michelle's beret.
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.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
An eight legged arachnid. Some make webs to catch prey and some are poisonous. None have made a web grand enough to be called a parlor, though.
When a developer creates a game that could be perceived as a new instalment in an existing franchise that they've worked on before, but doesn't share the same name due to licensing issues or other reasons, it's called a spiritual successor.
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.
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.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Game titles that are three words long, and have a conjunction or a preposition. These games usually take the form of "X of Y" or "X & Y".
A game mechanic that lets players pause and rewind the action in order to correct a mistake or change a path.
The Tokyo Game Show 2011 takes place in the Makuhari Messes from the 15th-18th of September. The show's theme is 'GAME - Dancing Your Heart'.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
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