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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Sep 14, 2004
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
Decapitation is the removal of the head of a person or animal.
Dolby Digital is an audio compression technology codec first used in movie theaters. It's now commonly used in many modern day audio/video media formats, including video games.
When someone drops what they're doing, often literally, at the sight of someone else (typically the protagonist).
Some characters get drunk off of alcohol - often this is portrayed with blurred vision, impaired movement, or slurred speech.
Duality discusses the conflict between two opposite forces and their struggle. Those two forces may also complement each other or are the two sides of a scale and must be balanced.
The 2001 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 17-19.
The 2002 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 22-24.
The 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 14-16.
The 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on May 11-13. This was the 10th annual E3.
Usually found in MMO games, but sometimes found elsewhere, emotes are a way of displaying your emotions on-screen either through a character animation or by the use of an icon.
The accent of someone traditionally from England. Not to be confused with Welsh or Scottish, which are totally different despite being sometimes referred to as simply "British" accent.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
A tattoo that is on a person's face. They are said to make one look more bad-ass and cool.
A device used in many games with vast open worlds, to travel instantaneously from one place to another. It sometime appears in the form of an item or skill.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
A hand gesture with a long and controversial history.
Women in Refrigerators (or "Fridging" for short) is an unfortunately popular plot device in storytelling where female characters are killed off or brutally harmed for the sole purpose of having an impact on a male character. The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone.
When the main character starts out as a weak, hopeless, tiny lad and the player makes him the most powerful person in the game.
Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment (named to fit the acronym 'FREE') is a quasi-genre invented by designer Yu Suzuki, describing a blend of adventure and open-world sandbox gameplay found in the Shenmue franchise.
Bet a little or bet the house. How much you win depends on how much you wager.
Since 1998, an independent group of about forty worldwide media outlets who determine the best games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
The concept of a game referencing another game through mockery, parody or even directly. A game reference to the same franchise does not count.
An Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live feature that lets you purchase and download full Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games through the Live Marketplace.
Some games shift forward in time part-way through, moving focus from the original characters to a new cast. Often, this is done to transition the story's focus from the original protagonist to the protagonist's grown son or daughter.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
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