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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.
A condition which affects a character's effectiveness, either positively or negatively. Common examples include Poison or Haste.
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.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
Subtitled Silence is when a character remains silent in a section of dialogue and a subtitle box appears usually having an ellipsis (...) or nothing at all. Most common in J-RPGs and dating sims. The character can also make a small moan or grunt.
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
In video games set in schools, teachers typically play a major role in the development of the students.
People who are aged during the growth period of adolescence, traditionally between 13 and 17 years old.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
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.
A time paradox is when a person who travels in time does something that influences their past self in a way that traveling in time in the first place would not be possible or not have occurred without the first intrusion.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
A deceptively powerful enemy featured in many Final Fantasy games almost always wearing a brown cloak and equipped with a lantern and small knife. Infamous for being able to instantly KO one or all party members after slowly approaching them.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
Levels that take place in or on a train or subway.
Some bosses transition through two or more forms during the course of a fight. Each form has its own abilities and health separate from those of other forms.
Triple Triad is a card game in Final Fantasy VIII. Players can collect cards simply for fun or refine them into useful items.
The king of all dinosaurs, featured prominently in most every game that features dinosaurs. Usually portrayed as a high-level boss or even an invincible obstacle.
A powerful weapon often found near the end of the game that is significantly more powerful than other weapons. It can also be the last weapon in an RPG game that does drastically increased damage compared to previous weapons.
Unexpectedly changing from one character to another during the plot.
Games that feature characters that are known for a highly distinctive and unusual manner of speech.
A move learnable in Role-Playing Games which seems useful at first glance, but whose actual uses are actually incredibly limited to prevent breaking the game.
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
A fanfare played at the end of a battle in which the player is victorious.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
These are games that begin with the player waking up. More often than not this occurs in RPGS, but is certainly not exclusive to the genre.
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