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Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Nov 07, 2008
Rather than utilitarian names like "Level 3" or "Warehouse", many games give each level a unique title that has some relevance to its content.
A graphical effect used in video games where an object blocks light and around the edges of the object the light is significantly brighter than normal.
One of the smaller innovations in the gaming industry was making the player's targeting reticle change colours depending on the situation.
The opposite of open-ended gameplay, linear gameplay uses scripted events, Quick time events, cut scenes, and a restricted path to tell a story exactly how the writer intends, and control elements of the action.
Players must fight against the Locust species in Gears 2.
Typically, losing experience is a penalty of dying or being hurt. Other games will allow players to use experience as currency.
It's easy to lose oneself in the heat of battle. Luckily, some games will alert the player as to when they are close to death.
Machinima is the concept of making a movie out of a video game. Popularized by the series, Red vs Blue.
MLG (Major League Gaming) is the most successful and well-established competitive gaming league in the world. Encompassing many competitive multiplayer games, from Super Smash Bros Brawl to Halo 3, becoming a professional gamer through MLG is the goal of aspiring players all around the world.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a man.
The protagonists of Gears 2 are male.
Matchmaking is a technique which allows players or teams to be matched with others for the purpose of playing an online multiplayer game.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
All weapons have some sort of melee attack. Some weapons are melee only.
Gears 2 has the military forces fighting the Locusts.
An opponent that typically appears around the halfway point in a level. Mini-Bosses are more formidable than the average opponent, though normally not as tough as the end-level Boss.
Certain things in Gears 2 have multiple eyes.
When sprinting, the sides of the screen start to blur.
Some action-oriented games make use of motion capture technology to make character's movements realistic.
Combat based on organic (or similarly functioning) mounts. This can include melee or ranged attacks from horseback.
An online multiplayer grouping system that allows players to join a party and "travel" from match to match together automatically.
A continuously updated tally of each player's score, kills, deaths, and other info in a multiplayer match. It can usually be pulled up while playing by pressing a button or key.
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Start doesn't mean "A". Start means "start", son. Kids these days...
Hot, high pressure gases released from the muzzle of a firearm when fired.
Players can ride and fight nemacysts in Gears 2. They are similiar to Banshees in the Halo universe.
Despite his inexperience, the New Guy has saved the world more times than any veteran.
New Purchase Incentives is a business strategy established by publishers to encourage consumers to buy games new. It is also primarily used as a means of profiting from used game sales where they otherwise could not.
Games that are in genres where the ability to jump is expected, but do not allow the player character to jump on command.
Some game modes don't allow the player to respawn once killed, forcing them to think strategically and to try to stay alive.
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