Power Bombcast: The Skin Doesn't Quite Fit
Giant Bomb Presents
Game Mess Mornings 05/03/24
GrubbSnax
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.27
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
Game » consists of 14 releases. Released Sep 22, 2011
A powerful enemy type in Dark Souls, found in only a few locations. Also known as Titanite Demons, they were born from the legendary Titanite Slabs after the blacksmith god's death.
Select games may have enhanced visuals, frame rate, or increases in resolution. 'PS4 Pro Enhanced' features vary by game.
Yet another mage class, the Pyromancer specializes in harnessing the destructive domain of fire.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Removed to direct purchasers towards the HD remaster.
Reptilian humanoids are a common motif in mythology, folklore and fantasy. As a race, they are sometimes cited to be extremely old, even older than men and elves. Examples: Lizalfos (Zelda), Lizardmen (Warhammer) & Argonians (The Elder Scrolls) They generally walk upright like any other humanoid and sport some kind of tail.
A riposte is a counter-attack immediately following a successful parry.
A maneuver involving both horizontal movement and rotation about a horizontal axis. Many characters roll in a unique fashion, and certain vehicles are even capable of rolling
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
A style of action-adventure gameplay revolving around exploring a labyrinth with the necessity of locating new items and equipment to progress beyond otherwise impassable obstacles. The concept is named for its common usage in the Metroid and Castlevania franchises. While the term most commonly refers to 2D games, it can also refer to 3D games.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
Games which contain secret areas that are hidden within other secret areas.
Plants that have at least some rudimentary thoughts or intelligence. They may be rooted or mobile, beneficial or dangerous.
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.
A shield bash is the act of using one's shield as a weapon to stun, knock back, or otherwise inflict damage on an enemy.
A gesture used to express indifference or resignation. Not that it matters to you, or anything...
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
When a character grabs a ladder and slides down it instead of climbing down.
When someone takes someone else's soul or life essence. They may do it to get more health, power-ups, or just because they are just plain evil!
Souls are the spiritual essence of living things.
In some video games, souls are used as the unit of currency for in game purchases and upgrades. Turns out that the worth of a person's soul is about 1/500th of that sweet new sword.
A sub-genre of Action RPGs named after Fromsoftware's Demons Souls and Dark Souls series. Games focused on grounded Stamina-based combat with methodical dodges few enemies at time, losing souls/items/progress upon death, and important save/checkpoint system.
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.
This bar keeps track of your Stamina. If it's depleted, you need to take a rest.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
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.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment