Concepts

343 Concepts: Grid; Compact

A-League

The top football league in Australia, the A-League combines 11 teams across two countries. It also happens to appear in numerous video games.

Appears in 3 games

First appeared in FIFA Soccer 08
A.C.E.S.

A.C.E.S or Advanced Combat Enhancement and Specialization is the experience system used to add customization to player-character Bishop in in Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

Appears in 1 games

First appeared in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
A.I. Companion

An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.

Appears in 316 games

First appeared in Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Daibouken
A.I. Construct

An Artificial Intelligence Construct is a synthetic technological creation that is a part of a bigger whole. The AI Construct can be a self aware computer or simply a grouping of technologies that come together to form one large being.

Appears in 47 games

First appeared in Neuromancer
A.I. Director

The given name to a dynamic system that overlooks the progression and behavior of a player. It then changes the gameplay difficulty to either reward or punish the player accordingly.

Appears in 11 games

First appeared in SiN Episodes: Emergence
Aardvark

Aardvarks are nocturnal African mammals with a long snout. They are not anteaters, but they enjoy being on the first pages of many dictionaries.

Appears in 4 games

First appeared in Aardvark
Abadon

A winged beast that has appeared in Final Fantasy games as either a Boss or a very powerful enemy.

Appears in 4 games

First appeared in Final Fantasy VIII
Abandonware

Abandonware refers to computer software that is no longer sold nor supported, sometimes because of unclear copyright ownership reasons.

Appears in 20 games

First appeared in Wings
Aberrant A.I. Behaviour

A scripted random event that may or may not have been intended by the developers. A source of much unintentional comedy & frustration. An example would be the Imperial foresters fighting each other over deer. Another would be a tribe chieftain getting kidnapped by UFO's in Spore.

Appears in 17 games

First appeared in Virtua Cop 2
Abhorrents

These gargoyle rogues patrol the Plane of Hate in search of any who wish to defile Innoruuk's realm.

Appears in 2 games

First appeared in EverQuest
Abilitease

Abilitease is an aspect of game design wherein a game will provide a glimpse of your full skill-set at or near the start, only to remove most of these skills, stats, and abilities soon after.

Appears in 99 games

First appeared in Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Abjuration

Abjuration is the school of magic that deals with protective spells (buffs) and counter magic.

Appears in 47 games

First appeared in The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Abjurer

A master of protective spells and counter magic, an abjurer can be a powerful ally.

Appears in 0 games
Abomasnow

A Grass/Ice type Pokemon and the evolved form of Snover.

Appears in 14 games

First appeared in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl
Abomination

An abomination is either the result of a demon possessing a living human or elf, or a undead flesh construct made from corpses sewn together.

Appears in 6 games

First appeared in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Abra

Abra is a psychic-type pokemon from the original Pokemon Red/Blue. With spoon-bending powers, he attacks using his mind.

Appears in 37 games

First appeared in Pokémon Red/Blue
Absol

Absol is a dark-type pokemon from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire. From the shadows Absol strikes out at an unwary foe.

Appears in 23 games

First appeared in Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire
Abstergo Industries

Abstergo Industries is a multinational pharmaceutical corporation worth billions of dollars. Secretly, they are the modern public face of the conspiracy started hundreds of years ago by the Knights Templar, and seek to enslave all of humanity.

Appears in 5 games

First appeared in Assassin's Creed
Abstract Art Style

Games that are very graphically abstract, and don't strive to be realistic.

Appears in 100 games

First appeared in Tempest
Abstract Daddy

The Abstract Daddy is a horrifically disfigured enemy in the Silent Hill franchise.

Appears in 2 games

First appeared in Silent Hill 2
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix first took place at the end of the 2009 Formula 1 season.

Appears in 3 games

First appeared in Formula One 2009
Accelgor

A generation V pokémon that was introduced in Black/White.

Appears in 8 games

First appeared in Pokémon Black/White
Accented Title

When a game inclüdes an accènt in its title.

Appears in 43 games

First appeared in Motörhead
Achievement Attempt Detection

The game detects a player's achievement progress and shows some form of progress indicator on-screen.

Appears in 41 games

First appeared in The Darkness
Achievement Hitching

When unlocking an Achievement/Trophy, the game you are playing slows down, freezes or "hitches up" for a few seconds after the Achievement/Trophy is awarded.

Appears in 15 games

First appeared in NHL 2K6
Achievements

Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.

Appears in 1857 games

First appeared in Pac-Man
Achievements for Starting the Game

Games that give you achievements before you even start the game up.

Appears in 16 games

First appeared in The Simpsons Game
Acme Corporation

The Acme Corporation is a fictional company that is widely found in all forms of media, including video games. Most notably the fictional company is found in Looney Tunes cartoons.

Appears in 12 games

First appeared in Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
Acolyte

A character class in Ragnarok Online. Has many healing and support skills.

Appears in 2 games

First appeared in Ragnarok Online
Acrobatics

The ability to fling yourself around the environment gracefully. Wall-running, jumping, massive drops, climbing, and other physical activities are what acrobatics is all about.

Appears in 116 games

First appeared in Bionic Commando
Acronym Titles

Games which use an acronym for a title. The acronym is sometimes related to the games theme (ie. F.E.A.R. is a horror game, H.A.W.X. is a flight combat game).

Appears in 66 games

First appeared in B.O.B.
Action Command

Whether a timed button press or a more complex action, these are performed during attack animations to increase damage and are mostly seen in the Mario RPGs.

Appears in 9 games

First appeared in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Action One-Liners

Present in most action games, where people can say cheesy stuff and get away with it. Usually spoken by the hero, before or after wasting a dude.

Appears in 73 games

First appeared in Wolfenstein 3D
Action Points

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.

Appears in 50 games

First appeared in Chaos: The Battle of Wizards
Active Ability

This is an ability that requires input from the user to be used.

Appears in 85 games

First appeared in Final Fantasy
Active Dimension Battle

First appearing in Final Fantasy XII, The ADB system is a cross between a real-time battle system and the active time-battle system in past Final Fantasy games. The combat essentially runs like an MMO combined with Vagrant Story's battles.

Appears in 1 games

First appeared in Final Fantasy XII
Active Reload

Active Reload is a gameplay concept in which the player can actively decrease the load time of a weapon by timing a button press.

Appears in 11 games

First appeared in Killer7
Active Stealth

The practice in which a character blends seamlessly with crowds in order to maintain a low profile while on the move

Appears in 16 games

First appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Active Time Battle

Battle system associated with Final Fantasy series. First introduced in Final Fantasy IV.

Appears in 32 games

First appeared in Final Fantasy IV
AD&D Rules

The systems in these games are governed by rules from the pen-and-paper RPG Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. There have been many turn-based and action RPGs that have utilized parts of the AD&D rule set.

Appears in 46 games

First appeared in Pool of Radiance
Ad-chievements

Ad-chievements are achievements based on in-game product placements. They can be either advertisements in the actual achievements (like the "Ridiculously Long Lasting" achievement in Shaun White Skateboarding) or achievement earned doing something with in-game product placement (like the "Boob Tube" achievement in Alan Wake.)

Appears in 7 games

First appeared in Fight Night Round 3
ADAM

The genetic dynamo that allows people to totally recreate themselves, ADAM is at the centre of more or less everything that goes on during the original two BioShock games.

Appears in 4 games

First appeared in BioShock
Adamantoise

Recurring monsters in the Final Fantasy series. They resemble large turtles with strong physical defense and strength.

Appears in 20 games

First appeared in Final Fantasy II
Adaptation

Adaptation refers to the development of a trait that better enables an individual to thrive in a given environment. In video games, the word is often used to explain radical physiological transformations in characters or the environment.

Appears in 6 games

First appeared in Resident Evil 2

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