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Games where the characters are 2D bitmap images (sprites), but the environment and scenarios are made in a 3-Dimensional space. This technique was commonly used on consoles like the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo DS. Many 90's First-Person Shooters also used this technique.
Attributes are a numerical representation of a character's abilities who have their roots in RPGs. Today, attributes have spilled over to a wide range of game genres.
When players must fight all of the bosses of the game at once. This can either be an optional mode, or a required sequence. Boss Rush can also mean a game where the player only fights bosses.
Classes are different archetypes and playstyles that players can choose to play their game with.
Child labor is seen as an exploitative practice in commerce and industry, involving children and adolescents who are pressured into employment. While almost no game would ever endorse the practice, it can occasionally be portrayed as an element of the historical and societal world the game is set in.
Typically found in fighting games, combos are a series of strung-together moves.
A twice-annual Japanese convention designed for buying and selling doujin works.
Trading systems allow players to trade items, money and other objects between each other.
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
An attack that does more damage than usual, usually affected by random chance and some sort of modifier.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
Customization in games that allow users to change various parts of their equipment or moves to fit their gaming style.
Environments cycle between day and night, often with effects on other aspects of the game.
Some games portray cutscenes as portraits of characters talking to each other.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Carefully exploring a large, labyrinthine area full of enemies (i.e., a dungeon) in the hopes of finding treasure, leveling up, or completing a specific task. Having their roots in tabletop games, video game dungeon crawls are found almost exclusively in RPGs.
Games that include a simulated economy which the player(s) can affect.
When a song is played over the end-credits, often by a famous artist.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
Fairies appear in many games, usually as a race that will assist players with magic. Fairies are almost exclusively female.
Faux Europe is the concept of a highly stylized setting inspired by a period of European history that often features fantastic elements such as magic or steampunk technology. A prime example of a game featuring a faux European setting is Valkyria Chronicles.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
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Constantly performing an in-game action to progress a certain attribute.
A guild is a group of people who are expert at a skill or task and have banded together for ease of employment. In games guilds take many forms, from massive societies of real people in MMOs, to simple places to level up and receive quests in most RPG's
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
More effective than any hospital. These games let you heal damage; ranging from a black eye to a gunshot wound, just by having a snack.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
Impulse was Stardock's digital distribution platform. Impulse allowed gamers to quickly find their favorite software and download it automatically to their computer.
“Indie” or “independently developed” games are video games which are developed by a studio without the support of an external publisher.
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