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The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
A cloud of fine particles.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
When someone takes someone else's soul or life essence. They may do it to get more health, power-ups, or just because they are just plain evil!
Souls are the spiritual essence of living things.
Many horror-themed games feature characters uttering despondent noises; this includes screaming, sobbing, and moaning.
The ability to see the world in a different way. Reveals paths, secrets, enemies, among other things.
The speed blur effect is typically used in racing games. It consists of the edges of the screen, or any object in the world blurring as the player moves quickly.
A speedrun describes the action of a player attempting to complete a game in the fastest time possible. The rules of speedruns can vary, but generally allow glitching and sequence breaking as long as the player does not cheat with external devices/tools or tampering with the game.
Splash damage is a term used in several types of games, most notably in first-person shooter and real-time strategy games, to refer to damage taken by players or objects in the area surrounding a point of weapon impact.
The first weapon that is acquired in a game. It's usually a handgun or melee weapon, is unbreakabe and carries unlimited ammunition. It's also the perfect "emergency weapon".
Enemies who at first appear to be statues, until they surprise the player by moving.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Built in feature of some of the Steam games. Saves players high scores online and allows them to be compared to other players scores.
A system where bonuses are unlocked based on the amount of users that pre-purchase a particular game via Steam. This system was first introduced for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Usually the room before a boss battle, filled with ammo, health and other goodies for players to stock up on.
A trickjumping technique used to increase a player's speed.
The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. Followed by Twilight.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
Popularized by franchises such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill, these games typically involve a strong implication of danger, vulnerable protagonists, and disturbing monsters.
Enemies that are small, deal relatively low damage, and have low health, but make up for it by attacking in large numbers. Examples include Flood infection forms from Halo, Trites from Doom 3, or Crawlers from Resistance: Fall of Man.
A Multiplayer game mode where two or more teams fight against each other to the death. The team with the most kills wins.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
Life after death, known by many names in many cultures, where the dead continue their existence forever parted from the living.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
A powerful weapon often found near the end of the game that is significantly more powerful than other weapons. It can also be the last weapon in an RPG game that does drastically increased damage compared to previous weapons.
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