Concepts

7222 Concepts: Grid; Compact

Live Burial

Games in which a character is buried while still living.

Appears in 6 games

First appeared in Curse of Enchantia
Dismemberment

The severing of limbs is a good way for designers to make every battle a bloodier, gorier mess. Or sillier in the right situations.

Appears in 147 games

First appeared in Weird Dreams
Free to Play

Free to Play titles allow a user to play a full version of the game without paying an initial purchase fee.

Appears in 287 games

First appeared in There
City Building

The concept of building a single city and its respective houses/institutions (Sim City etc.) or building cities as part of an extending empire (Civiliazation etc.)

Appears in 75 games

First appeared in SimCity
Awoken

An alien race allied with humanity in Destiny.

Appears in 1 games

First appeared in Destiny
Exo

An alien race allied with humanity in Destiny.

Appears in 1 games

First appeared in Destiny
Yellow Turban Rebellion

A peasant revolt that occurred in China in 184 A.D. The rebellion and the events that ensued in its aftermath played a role in the demise of the Han Dynasty.

Appears in 13 games

First appeared in Dynasty Warriors 2
Movement Penalty

Penalties to movement speed. How far/fast you can walk. This may depend upon difficult terrain and what type of gear you are carrying.

Appears in 79 games

First appeared in Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
Chrome Engine 5

The latest version of the Chrome Engine, Call of Juarez: The Cartel is the first game to use the engine.

Appears in 3 games

First appeared in Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Dead Boss Platform

Sometimes after killing a boss, you're able to walk over it's lifeless corpse in order to continue on your way. Besides being completely badass, this is also a good method for letting players explore a new area they weren't able to before.

Appears in 4 games

First appeared in BioForge
Divekick

A divekick is a gravity-defying move found in many fighting games that allows an airborne fighter to propel themselves downward at their opponent at a high rate of speed.

Appears in 51 games

First appeared in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Horror

In Eternal Darkness, the Horror is a lumbering nightmarish creature with three heads. It possesses magick that either drains a person's health, magick or sanity.

Appears in 3 games

First appeared in Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Suicide

The act of taking one's own life.

Appears in 153 games

First appeared in Sasuke vs Commander
Television Newscast

A television news program, often used to give a wider perspective on the events of the game.

Appears in 33 games

First appeared in SimCity
Sword and Sorcery

An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.

Appears in 362 games

First appeared in Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness
Distaff Counterpart

A female version of an already established male character. Normally is a female relative, significant other, or one that's picked up the mantle of his identity.

Appears in 7 games

First appeared in Ms. Pac-Man
Halo Waypoint

Halo Waypoint is a downloadable application for the Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 that serves as a hub for both information about the Halo series and the "Halo career" of players.

Appears in 5 games

First appeared in Halo 3
Shiba Inu

A Japanese breed of dog.

Appears in 18 games

First appeared in Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Parser

A type of game in which the player gives commands by inputting complete words and sentences. Often associated with the adventure genre.

Appears in 31 games

First appeared in Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
Zooming to Platform Pathway

This game mechanic occurs when a character enters a room, and the camera zooms around showing one particular pathway that the character should take, ending with a shot of the final door, window or hole they should navigate to.

Appears in 19 games

First appeared in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Rage

Rage was first seen in World of warcraft. It is required by a warrior to use some of their abilities. Rage is increased when the warrior uses some of their abilities. Rage is also used by druids who are shape-shifted into bear form.

Appears in 14 games

First appeared in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Punctuation Mark Above Head

In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.

Appears in 85 games

First appeared in Metal Gear
Expanding Bases

Games where the main character acquires a base that grows as certain requirements are met. For example, when characters join the group, bosses are killed or when items are found.

Appears in 14 games

First appeared in Suikoden
German Shepherd

A large breed of dog that originated in Germany. Because of their strength, intelligence and abilities in obedience training they are often employed in police and military roles, as well as being popular pets.

Appears in 14 games

First appeared in Wolfenstein 3D
Ultimate Team

Ultimate Team is a popular mode in many EA Sports titles with players collecting cards to create a team.

Appears in 17 games

First appeared in UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
EA Sports Ignite Engine

Ignite is a proprietary engine used by EA Sports starting with FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, NBA Live 14, an UFC.

Appears in 3 games

First appeared in Madden NFL 25
Kickstarter Funded

Games that were funded through Kickstarter.

Appears in 116 games

First appeared in Cthulhu Saves the World
Hidden Objects

Hidden Objects is a gameplay mechanic in which the player must find specific items within a static scene.

Appears in 155 games

First appeared in Where's Waldo?
Breaking the Fourth Wall

In video games, breaking the fourth wall occurs when a game becomes aware of it is game-nature or when a character directly acknowledges you, the player.

Appears in 238 games

First appeared in Duck Hunt
Ludum Dare

Worldwide game jam competition.

Appears in 0 games
Animal Antagonist

Animal antagonists feature in works where the player character is a human or reasonably humanoid (such as an alien) and the primary villain or an important rival is an animal. They may have some human-like tendencies such as speech or wearing clothes, but ultimately are non-anthropomorphic.

Appears in 21 games

First appeared in Donkey Kong
EVO Championship Series

The World Fighting Game Championships in all but name. From the year 2000, the Evolution Championship Series has been the most prominent fighting game tournaments event. It features the best players from all over the world.

Appears in 42 games

First appeared in Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
Kitsune

Foxes of Japanese folklore capable of magic such as shape-shifting. Their power and age are said to correlate with the number of tails they possess.

Appears in 12 games

First appeared in Shin Megami Tensei
Mid-Game Haircut

In fiction, characters sometimes cut their hair to signify a great change or growth in themselves.

Appears in 18 games

First appeared in Samurai Shodown II
Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was the official ground based armed force of Imperial Japan from 1871 to 1945

Appears in 4 games

First appeared in Battlefield 1942
Aurora Engine

The spiritual successor to the Infinity Engine. This 3D engine made its appearance in the Neverwinter Nights series, and provided a toolset along with multiplayer where players could be Dungeon Masters and make their own stories and play them out with friends.

Appears in 8 games

First appeared in Neverwinter Nights
60 FPS on Consoles

Theoretically, all PC games can run at a solid 60 frames per second and beyond. On consoles, this frame rate is a much rarer commodity, with many games targeting only 30, sometimes even struggling to keep up.

Appears in 181 games

First appeared in Daytona USA
Warlock

In games they're often described as being masters of the dark arts. Basically, wizards gone bad.

Appears in 21 games

First appeared in Dragon Warrior
Tutorials Disguised as Diagnostics

No, we're not teaching you how to play the game. We're just running these here tests. Now, do you want to invert your controls?

Appears in 15 games

First appeared in Deus Ex
Piranha Plant

A species of carnivorous plants that reside in pipes. Some versions can also spit fireballs.

Appears in 49 games

First appeared in Super Mario Bros.
Fake Reloading Animation

It's common in games, especially third-person shooters, for the player character's reloading animation to merely mime the motion of reloading, instead of actually doing so.

Appears in 31 games

First appeared in Martian Gothic: Unification
Controversy

Video game controversy revolves around the psychological effects that video games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from video game addiction in general to specific issues such as ethnicity, gender, politics, or religion.

Appears in 237 games

First appeared in Gotcha
Class-Based Shooter

Players can choose from a selection of classes to play as in order to complete objectives, or support their team in the most effective way.

Appears in 56 games

First appeared in Starsiege: Tribes
Role-Playing Shooter

A Role-Playing Shooter is a game that rolls both Shooting and Role-Playing elements together.

Appears in 70 games

First appeared in Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II

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