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Time Stopping is the ability to stop the flow of time, stopping all movement from everyone but the person who used the ability.
Alternate skin in a game that references a character model look from a previous game
When two or more elements become one and form something new.
The Style Meter acts as multiplier to the score/currency earned through combat and even rewards non-damaging actions like evades or taunts while discouraging repetitive moves and stalling. A frequent feature in the Devil May Cry series.
Weapons with multiple functions or combinations of different weapons that can be used at the same time.
The form a character takes when they have undergone a fundamental physical or psychological change. This is usually the result of training, magic, or a specific event.
Violence doesn't solve everything - in these games you have the option to arrest perpetrators instead of killing them outright. Often a bonus is attached to taking suspects in alive.
Games that for some reason or another, include a slip cover. Usually Collectors Editions or first run games.
The original protagonist of a game becomes an antagonist in the sequel.
In fighting games, Super Armor is a property that prevents a character from flinching when hit by an opponent's attack, though he or she still suffers damage of some sort.
A person who captures or kills fugitives for money.
Either specialized dragon killers or a honorary title bestowed upon those who have managed to slay a dragon.
Using a 2D sprite that always faces the camera within a polygonal 3D environment to fake a 3D effect.
Randomly spoken lines, usually used for comedic purposes.
By and large, a hick is an uncultivated person living rurally. Hicks are known to shoot at livestock-abducting aliens, produce moonshine, and marry their cousins.
In some video games one is allowed to scale a fence.
The ability to buy property.
When players are encouraged to collect all of a large number of characters, creatures or items in a game. Progress is often represented by some sort of bestiary or compendium that is filled out with new entries.
Woe be to the football player that makes the cover of Madden, for he is doomed.
Leeds United are a professional football club based in Leeds, United Kingdom, who play in the Premier League.
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
Sega's second PC-based arcade board, used for most of their arcade games in the 2010's.
This feature typically found in RPGs lets you capture enemies and then use them in your own party. This mechanic is used heavily in games like Pokemon.
A high five is a gesture where two or more people simultaneously raise a hand and slap palms with each other. Jumping is optional.
Enchantment is the process of infusing mundane items with magical properties, or manipulating your enemies minds with magic.
Inspires a state of relaxation, meditative or zen feelings in the player, allowing them to switch off and zone out. The entire game can induce those contemplative feelings, for instance Proteus. Other games have a Zen Mode where the immersion breaking elements are removed.
The police force of Gotham City. Because they are often corrupt, they frequently clash with Batman, though sometimes they are legitimate and act as (reluctant) allies to him.
Yetis are a race of mythological creatures. They are typically large, white-furred humanoids with sharp teeth and claws.
Sometimes games come bundled peripherals needed to enhance the games experience.
The men and some women tasked with commanding and ordering the Empire's many footsoldiers and other resources. Most are incompetent, corrupt, cruel, or some combination thereof.
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