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Games based on literature. This does not include licenses of another adaptation.
A type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Games with characters that sing.
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.
A term referring to those obsessed with a specific field of interest, especially anime and manga.
A cutscene that is viewed through the eyes of the protagonist or some other character. POV stands for "point of view".
In video games set in schools, teachers typically play a major role in the development of the students.
These are the characters who may or may not wind up in a relationship with the protagonist of the game. Sometimes the player gets to choose if this relationship will develop, while in other instances it is just left up to your imagination at the end of the game.
Those that attend a school seeking knowledge. In many video games (especially RPGs) students, most commonly high school students, are the protagonist of the game.
A person with too much money and too much spare time often develops a rather quirky personality.
Some games portray cutscenes as portraits of characters talking to each other.
Sometimes a game is so great that the developer has to go back after the game's release to add achievements.
Phone numbers that worked (or used to work) in the real world.
A character in a game who has acted professionally, in movies, TV, or the stage.
The ability to influence and control the thoughts of others.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
Nuclear war is a conflict in which nuclear weapons are used.
Lasting from 1939 to 1945, The second World War was a conflict between the Allies and the Axis. It was the most devastating conflict in human history.
Witches are women who can perform magic. There can be good witches and bad witches.
Witch hunters hunt down those suspected of witchcraft.
Radioactive particles in the air released by a nuclear explosion.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
The complete or near-annihilation of life on the planet Earth by the means of nuclear weaponry.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
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