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When a character's spoken voice consists entirely of grunts or simple expressions of emotion, even if the character is able to say a lot more through text-based dialogue.
Small fish with a 1-3 year lifespan, native to the East Asian coast particularly Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam. Spends the Spring in rivers, and may or many not migrate into the ocean as it matures. Returns up the inland rivers to spawn.
A power-down is an item or effect that has some negative impact on the player character's attributes or abilities, often inverting the effects of a power-up. In certain situations, this can be to the player's advantage.
Taking place in the Star Wars Universe, the Galactic Civil War was a conflict fought between the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance. The Galactic Civil War was featured in many Star Wars games and other media and is one of the most richly realized stories in the history of entertainment.
Rockstar's proprietary game engine.
The New Republic was founded during the final years of the Galactic Civil War to help rebuild the Galactic Republic.
Characters that fight with their tongues - often this involves characters with long, extendible tongues.
In some first person games, the map is an object the players interact with in-game. Players press a button and the map comes up in front of the character's point of view.
A catch-all term to describe adherents to the Dark Side of the Force who are not Sith
Big flat fish. You find them in tropical waters, typically around coral reefs.
An organization formed by the US Government with the purpose of investigating and ultimately putting an end to Bio-Organic Weapons.
Gadgets are given to someone to help them out in situations, or to just look cool.
MAYOR PEDROS attacks and hits 1 Pistolero for 20 points of damage reducing him to a thin red paste.
Games featuring quotations on their cover, often from well-known game publications that place the game in a positive light.
A term used by fans to describe a visual novel that contains a linear storyline with no player choice or gameplay. The name originates from VisualArt's KineticNovel brand which began in 2004 with the release of Planetarian.
Whether upholding the law or enforcing a set of rules, a judge decides if someone is in accordance with the system of regulations.
A balance mechanic in fighting games that reduces the damage of an attack each time it is
The concept of establishing colonies and/or maintaining them either as resource nodes (as in civilization) or as part of the general game concept (Anno series, Colonization)
Dryads are tree nymphs from Greek mythology. They have made appearances in a number of games.
Reversed controls occur when the player's movement controls are opposite, meaning pressing left will cause the character to move right.
Badniks are the enemies which Sonic the Hedgehog fights in nearly every game. Although deadly, they are actually innocent animals imprisoned by Eggman within robotic shells.
The Press Turn System is the combat system used in several Shin Megami Tensei games. It allows players and enemies alike to take advantage of opponents weaknesses and provides a unique and challenging take on the turn based battle.
A NosCon (short for Nostalgic Continuity) is a game made with the purpose of appealing to people's nostalgia for the retro gameplay and style of a specific series.
People that make games are crazy, that's been evident since the 70s. Like a lot of crazy people they look at too much H.R Giger and realize that the human body is a truly disturbing thing.
Players are presented with what appears to be a consequential choice, yet no matter what the player selects, the outcome is the same.
Games that, in some way, react to the player's birthday; this can range from simply displaying a 'happy birthday' message to conferring certain gameplay benefits.
Mostly in games that involve strategy. It involves special attributes determining the strengths and weaknesses of each move, species, character or type. One attribute is strong against another attribute, and weak against another, often in a circular fashion.
A game mechanic in which you can interact with another country/civilization. Usually games allow you to declare war, offer peace, trade, etc. using diplomacy.
Games with cover art that imitates game boxes for bygone systems, or recalls a distinctive aesthetic used for cover art in that era.
This game mechanic occurs when a character enters a room, and the camera zooms around showing one particular pathway that the character should take, ending with a shot of the final door, window, or hole they should navigate to.
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