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Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Nov 29, 2002
Sometimes, a key just won't cut it. When you really need to get through a locked door or open a sealed chest, you need a certified master of unlocking, complete with a lock-pick.
Loud ambient noises are often included in many thriller/horror games. These sounds are associated with panic and terror, and can heighten these feelings. Examples of these sounds would be metal chains clanging, footsteps, knocking, creaking doors, etc.
Lurkers live near lakes and rivers. They are extremely territorial and can be dangerous when they're provoked.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
A militia is a group of regular citizens that work, often without pay, to enforce laws and provide defense for a community.
Insect-like creatures that burrow deep underground, often found in mines.
The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
A big naked rodent, often mutated and vicious.
Frequently featured as a class in many RPGs, the monk often fights unarmed and unarmored.
Some creatures are predators and will kill other creatures for food.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Some games feature the ability to switch the gameplay camera perspective between first and third person, either as an option or as a gameplay element.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
Sometimes we will go a whole game without knowing the true name of a protagonist. Oftentimes, this is remedied by unique references being made towards the protagonist, such as "The Wanderer," "The Kid," or "The Man With no Name."
Necromancers are spell casters who specializes in conjuring and controlling the undead.
Animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. For example; the pokémon Hoothoot can only be caught during the night.
Want to make your character grow how YOU want? These games let you develop whatever skills you want at any time, in any order.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
The act of preaching one's religious views in public. Usually done on the sidewalk or in markets while standing on a crate or other object.
Orcs/Orks/Orques are a fictional race of tough humanlike creatures, often with green or black skin, originally coming from the Saxon word for the Normans during the invasion, meaning demon or foreigner.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Oversized pests such as rats or bugs are often used as low level enemies in role playing games. They can be found in most any Western RPG, especially ones that use the Dungeons and Dragons rule set.
A paladin is a holy warrior, who gains extra abilities through faith and devotion to a deity.
Parkour is a type of athleticism that involves going from point A to point B as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Peasants are agricultural laborers and countryfolk who are working the land, usually for others. Hobbies include farming, paying taxes, getting in the way of swordfights and being eaten by dragons.
Pick Pocketing appears in many games as a way of obtaining information, items, or cash from people.
Developers can't seem to resist filling video game graveyards with interactive tombstones full of witty sayings and inside jokes, particularly in fantasy RPGs.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
The point in an otherwise nonlinear game where the player can do little else but to progress. Such points are most commonly found just before endgame content.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
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