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When you're able to push a block you know it's a videogame. Usually used to solve puzzles.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A maneuver involving both horizontal movement and rotation about a horizontal axis. Many characters roll in a unique fashion, and certain vehicles are even capable of rolling
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
Most achievement systems allow developers to hide certain achievements, obscuring details about them until a player has earned the achievement.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
When a character grabs a ladder and slides down it instead of climbing down.
Souls are the spiritual essence of living things.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
A series of seemingly unrelated events that are tied together in one way or another. The term originates from the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
An aesthetic sub-genre of fantasy, focusing on brutal barbarians and arcane wizardly magic.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Gestalt version
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Device used by games with text boxes to show that a mysterious and/or unknown character is talking. Mostly used in games coming from Japan (at least nowadays).
A designated place or container in the game used to hold trophies, typically those earned from completing specific tasks.
Series of names given to an unknown character(or a character not wanting to be revealed yet due to plot reasons) when he/she/it is talking through text boxes. Can be represented by "???", "Mysterious Boy/Girl/Man/Woman, "Unknown", "Person X", or many others.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Vignetting is the photographic process of reducing brightness around the edges of the screen. It is added to focus the player's attention to the center of the screen, although it has also been used for cinematic effect.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
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