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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Oct 20, 2010
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Collecting objects in a game such as weapons, armor, items, and currency. Loot is often associated with RPG games and MMOs with RPG elements.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
When a relative is missing, and the protagonist is forced to look for the aforementioned relative.
A Multi-Phase Boss is a boss that undergoes a significant and instantaneous change in abilities, attack speed, and/or attack pattern during the fight. These bosses do not fully regain health between forms and appearance changes are usually minimal, if at all.
A boss fight in which the player must not only battle the actual boss, but must also defeat or defend against auxiliary enemies.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Sony's game streaming service for PS4 and PC.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
Police are paid protectors who enforce the law through legal use of force. They are supposed to help ensure public safety and social order. Their motto is to protect and to serve.
A portal is a hole in reality connected to another hole in reality, whether magical or scientific in nature, that allows a person to instantly travel incredibly vast distances simply by walking through one.
Games nowadays take a long time to make and often they aren't the only things developing during the process. It has become common to list the babies that have been born during the development of any game.
In games, punctuation marks, especially question marks and exclamation marks are used for a number of reasons, including locating quest givers and indicating surprise.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A turned based battle system that has a reactionary component.
Some games just don't care about your schedule. Show up at the right time on the right date or miss your chance to make progress.
A boss that players fight multiple times throughout the game. They usually follow the player as they progress.
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.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Sometimes the creator's logo or name can be found in the product's game world.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
The ability to change shape. Humans shifting into animals is the most common type of shape shifting.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
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