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Games where the characters are 2D bitmap images (sprites), but the environment and scenarios are made in a 3-Dimensional space. This technique was commonly used on consoles like the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo DS. Many 90's First-Person Shooters also used this technique.
In many games the player is given the power to harm and or kill creatures. Many games have been brought to spotlight by groups like the rather militant PETA.
These are mini Spiderdemons. They are much more common and they attack with plasma
One of the more infamous demon enemies in the Doom series, introduced in Doom II. They can resurrect other enemies, and cast a fire spell that is impossible to evade.
In these games, there is an actual number or meter on-screen that shows how much armor the player has. Rather than being treated like equipment or a power-up, this armor serves more as a secondary health pool.
Auto-aiming (or Auto-targeting) allows for a character to attack or interact with an object or enemy that's very near to the player or within their field of vision.
Avatar Awards are items or clothing that are unlocked for Xbox Live avatars by completing certain tasks within the game.
Bald Space Marine is the concept in many shooters that the player's character is a generic blank slate with no or little narrative development. Recently parodied in TimeSplitters and Matt Hazard. Also exemplified by limitations in technology.
These baddies were originally the boss of the original Doom's first episode, but they would become normal enemies in Doom II.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Buzz cuts are modernly popular in some games. This is a type of hair that is shaved very short.
A powerful demon from the pits of Hell which specializes in spewing ball lightning from its cavernous maw.
When a character from an existing media franchise makes a brief appearance in a video game, sometimes without even openly acknowledging their origins.
Using pre-rendered clay figures to display environments, characters, and objects. Often used to comedic effect.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
This guy was originally the boss of Doom's Episode 2, but they would become a normal enemy in Doom II. They are the most powerful enemy in the series.
Demons are generally creatures of evil, usually from Hell, who are often totally untrustworthy even when they're not murdering everyone and destroying everything in their path.
A Demon hunter is a type of bounty hunter that eliminates demonic threats for their clients.
Given that Hell totally sucks, it's not surprising that Demons are semi-constantly trying to get from there to Earth.
Digitized sprites, popularized in the early 90s, were a form of graphics that used footage of real actors, Stop-motion frames of a figure/clay model or 3D renders of characters that were then made digital and put into the game.
Games that fit this category involve characters that can traverse different dimensions.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Some first-person games that wish to immerse the player in the experience more will go as far as to include full body awareness, or the ability to see the player character's body when looking down.
Killing the enemy a little more stylishly
God Mode is an ability, often entered through a cheat code, that gives the player god-like abilities.
A gunslinger is to guns what a swordmaster is to swords.
Doomguy experiences several hallucinations during DOOM 3.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Arguably the rockingest genre of rock music.
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