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Games that have a different kind of cover system that allows players to fight upwards
Certain Game Boy titles included special enhancements available only when played on an SNES using a Super Game Boy adapter.
Some titles on the Xbox Live Marketplace are designated as Arcade Hits. This usually follows critical and/or commercial success and the games are then showcased with a reduced price.
Games using this concept allow players to reset the situation back to what it was without dying and having to restart. It may be resetting a room, a puzzle, or an encounter, and it can be explained in game terms (a "reset spell" for instance), but it does not involve dying and/or "reloading a save".
Game engine developed by Ubisoft Montpillier with the involvement of Michel Ancel for Ubisoft games used on the Xbox, Gamecube, PS2 and PC. It was first introduced in 2003 with the release of Beyond Good & Evil (deriving it's name from, Jade, the main character of the game). It had since been used in several games of that generation.
Genocide refers to killing on massive scale, often systematic and for political or religous reasons.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
A six sided geometrical shape sometimes used in strategy, puzzle, and board games.
In Jungian psychology, the Shadow is the hidden side to a human's consciousness that is unrecognized or repressed from disassociation. Creatures that share the namesake and some properties of the concept are monsters and antagonists in the Persona series.
Hey, why are we fighting? Let's sit down and talk this thing out.
Games where players can choose to talk their way out fighting, which is often an option in RPGs.
The military dictators of Japan for nearly 700 years, until the great "opening" and Westernization of the country in 1868. Famous shogun include Minamoto no Yoritomo (the first true shogun) and Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose ascension marked the end of the Sengoku (Warring States) Period.
Similar to parallax scrolling, parallax mapping shows the illusion of depth in a texture.
Commonly found in Survival Horror games, this concept only lets you save your game using an item which the game then gave you in limited supply.
Imps are either fairy-like or lesser demonic creatures and are commonly encountered enemies in games. In Doom, they shoot fireballs at the player.
Text profiles that summarize a character's history and their role in a story. Often paired with concept or CG art.
Games that are specifically based on Internet phenomena, such as memes, stories, and webcomics.
An achievement/trophy that a player can only get by interacting with another player online who has already earned the same achievement/trophy.
Traffic courses are racetracks in which drivers have to race each other whilst avoiding oncoming traffic. Most commonly associated with illegal street racing.
The 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2008.
It's just like Capture the Flag, except... not.
Some games require players to accept a terms of service agreement before playing or connecting to online services.
A devastating future war in many game's narratives. Some games take place in a post-World War III setting where humanity struggles to live with the consequences of WWIII, while other games are centred around preventing global warfare from ever happening.
Games where weapons break down overtime after extended periods of usage.
A turned based battle system that has a reactionary component.
The Chicago Bears are a professional football team Based in Chicago Illinois.
A terminal illness is a sickness or disease with no cure. Barring a miracle, the afflicted will die because of it.
The sixteenth annual PAX West took place August 30-September 2, 2019 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Gameplay that involves performing an entrepreneurial service in order to make money.
When a character's basic physical characteristics, such as face structure, skin tone, or gender, can be changed by the player, after the character has already been established in the story.
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