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Game » consists of 45 releases. Released Oct 28, 2008
Whole levels dedicated to the industrial theme. These levels resemble factories or other industrial areas, and are often filled with conveyor belts, tesla coils and other contraptions.
A status of decreased cognition caused by a substance such as alcohol.
An infinite resource spot is an area that allows the player to obtain an unlimited amount of a particular resource such as health, ammunition, money, or energy.
The possibility for a character to sustain a permanent or temporary injury, thus lowering his abilities.
Insanity is a condition whereby the sufferer is of unsound mind. Depending on the condition of the individual, he or she may be prone to fits of uncontrollable violent behavior, hallucinations, or other symptoms.
The insects have stolen our crops! Are you a bad enough dude to commit insecticide?
A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
The 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2008.
The ability of a player to interact with items or geometry in the game world, whether for story or gameplay reasons or simply for immersion.
The ability for players to customize the look of indoor locations with various furnishings.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Sometimes, players experience an unfortunate event that results in all their weapons and items being taken away from them.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
An imaginary boundary in the game world that limits player movement to a specific area. They are often criticized as a poor component of level design, when an actual wall or other visible boundary could have been used to delineate a game's playing field.
Characters who speak Hiberno-English.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
Any object that holds health, ammo, equipment, money, etc. The container must be opened or destroyed in order to procure the items within.
Jamming is when a gun malfunctions and will not fire.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
A method of attempting to scare the player by the sudden unexpected occurrence of an event - often accompanied by some sort of audio sting.
Quest givers that task the player with killing an enemy or specific number of enemies.
Less-lethal weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill than a conventional weapon. Less-lethal weapons are used in riot control and self-defense.
The maximum capacity for leveling up something in-game (usually a character).
NPCs, enemies, loot, and/or quests change according to the level or stats of the player's character.
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.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
The act of granting freedom to prisoners or subjugated NPCs.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
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