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A mode found in certain Turn-Based Strategy games where all the players take their turns at the same time instead of in a sequence.
The game detects a player's achievement progress and shows some form of progress indicator on-screen.
A stronger, more psionic-focused variant of the Sectoid. It possesses more health then normal Sectoids and has a propensity for casing Mind Control.
A grid that is organized for the start of the race in rows of 2, 3 or more. Very useful for standing starts in various racing titles.
A form of racing designed to test the car and driver's skill and endurance. It evolved into closed circuit racing like modern Formula 1 and MotoGP. Even the Mario Kart series has it.
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
Leaping fish-bot foes of Sonic the Hedgehog.
Content such as modes, characters, maps, ect. that are exclusive to a single platform in a multiplatform game.
Umbrella term for any alien species with elongated limbs, enlarged heads and large black eyes.
A Scottish goblin that soaks its cap in the blood of its victims.
Nihilism is a philosophy that life is meaningless.
The Rule of Three dictates that a certain action must be repeated three times, usually when fighting a boss battle, in order to complete an objective.
Episodic games that were left incomplete due to the project being halted or cancelled before the final episode could be released.
The Dark Avengers is the name applied to a team of villainous counterparts to the Avengers, led by Norman Osborn.
This small, grey alien race is the first main alien species you encounter in both X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Their large brains give them some basic psionic abilities.
Most games have a suggested retail price, but these games insist on it.
Frankenstein's monster is the creature inspired by the Mary Shelley novel, Frankenstein. Usually creatures inspired by this theme are made from different body parts and almost always have bolts through their necks. They're usually naive and destructive.
A sport in which the player throws a ball down a lane in order to knock over 10 pins that are set up in a triangular shape.
A flying reptile. Although mistaken for dinosaurs, they are very much not dinosaurs.
First-person games in which the player character casts a shadow.
Much like Harem, but this applies to a lone lead female character with several attractive male character's that she can be romanticly involved with.
Though a somewhat less common archetype than black knights, red-armored knights still show up now and again in Fantasy works and elsewhere. Like Black Knights, they are often (though not always), portrayed as malevolent.
A twice-annual Japanese convention designed for buying and selling doujin works.
The Brotherhood of Mutants are a group of mutants who believe that mutants are superior.
An alien species from X-COM: UFO Defense. They are physically powerful and serve as the foot soldiers of the alien force threatening Earth.
The original helicopter.
A puzzle in which a series of chain reactions are triggered in order to achieve a simple goal.
In video games Plasma is often used as a core ingredient in weapons due to its high temperature. Due to the amount of damage it can inflict it is effective against any type of target, whether organic or metallic
While some lead and supporting characters meet their end for the whole world to see, others are killed while the camera is focusing on something else. Typically, an off-screen death can mean the character was not actually killed and will return at a later time.
A framing device for storytelling in which the main character is recounting the events of the game's plot (the actual gameplay) to someone as a flashback while they are being interrogated.
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