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These games are based off of established licenses, such as movies, comics, or TV shows. Examples are the James Bond 007 and Spider-Man franchises.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Using gestures with the controller to control on-screen actions. Alternatively, these gestures can also be detected by motion-sensing cameras.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
DLC that is technically available on the disc, but requires the player to buy a key separate from the game to activate it.
Games that allow characters to be switched with the press of a button. This concept's definition does not include player switching in team sports games.
Many games and stories involve a character usually the main protagonist having to kill their fathers. This device is used most frequently in RPGs
The second annual PAX East took place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts on March 11-13, 2011.
Planet destruction sometimes a gameplay mechanic, sometimes a plot point. Should cover pending as well as actual destruction.
A form of level transition, mainly used in the early 90's. The act of travelling from one planet to another.
The Nintendo 3DS has a system-level currency called Play Coins, which are earned for walking while the system is in sleep mode and can be spent in a variety of ways.
When a character that the player fights as a boss is playable elsewhere.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
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!
Power Ups can be used to give the controlling character, or any other character, temporary or permanent upgrades.
Pregnancy is the term for when a female of a species is carrying a new, developing member of the species within her body.
A follow-up to a game or movie that takes place before the events of the previous installment or installments.
The daughter of a monarch or monarchs.
A pseudonym is a fictional name that is different from the owner's real or legal name. They can be pen names, secret identities, or even alternative names because their real name is unpronouncable or shouldn't be said.
When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
The Rancor is a large bipedal creature in the Star Wars Universe. First appearing in Return of the Jedi, they have since been a staple in Star Wars video games.
The Alliance to Restore the Republic is a rag-tag band of freedom fighters that opposes the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
Games that make records. Often records like most played game, or critically acclaimed. There have been gaming records since the says of Pong and the Magnavox Oddysey.
Respawning is when a player or NPC dies and then reappears moments later - usually in a predetermined location or group of locations - while the game continues.
The player never really dies, but is revived or respawned with little to no penalty.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
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