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A multiplayer mode that pits a large number of players (typically 100) in a winner-takes-all, last-person-standing battle as they scavenge and fight for survival. These games typically take place in a shrinking play zone.
A common concept in RPGs and MMOs, color-coded loot is a concept where the quality/rarity of loot items are defined by a series of colors.
The fallen knights of New Londo, now agents of Darkstalker Kaathe and hunters of precious Humanity.
Digging is a strategic mechanic of many games. Digging allows the ability to unearth valuables and strategize pathways.
The ability and danger to gain or lose everything someone else or you are carrying, respectively. Usually seen in RPGs and more hardcore MMOs.
Constantly performing an in-game action to progress a certain attribute.
In many role-playing games, especially Western action-RPGs and roguelikes, items can be found that are unidentified - the player can see limited info about the type of item it is, but not specific stats. Usually a scroll or spell is needed to identify loot.
Any object that holds health, ammo, equipment, money, etc. The container must be opened or destroyed in order to procure the items within.
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.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
The act of acquiring resources for the purpose of building structures and/or unit construction. Resource gathering is a staple of the RTS (Real Time Strategy) genre.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Instead of having the loot spew out of the corpse it-self, this concept is based on having to interact with the corpse to obtain the loot.
Vikings were the seafaring people in Scandinavia between 800 - 1050.
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