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A rare case were a spin-off takes place during the series' timeline.
Creatures of unknown origin that were once humans but have now been modified. They are the main antagonists in the Resistance series.
Floating Chimeran creatures that collect infected humans.
The "adult" stage of Crawlers that fail to infect a human with the chimeran virus.
A strain of the Chimera virus believed to be superior to the normal "Hybrids".
A giant spider-like strain of the chimera.
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.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Also known as the "Mighty Foot", this first-person kick provides a valuable service to the player. Allows players to attack enemies or destroy items in the environment.
Some first-person games that wish to immerse the player in the experience more will go as far as to include full body awareness, or the ability to see the player character's body when looking down.
Henchmen are the loyal grunts caught in between the player and the main antagonist. Without them every game would be nothing more than a boss battle.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
The opposite of open-ended gameplay, linear gameplay uses scripted events, Quick time events, cut scenes, and a restricted path to tell a story exactly how the writer intends, and control elements of the action.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
While all games on PlayStation 3 (2009 onwards) and later consoles have trophies, only games deemed large enough get to have the coveted Platinum Trophy for earning every Trophy in the base game.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
A cutscene that is viewed through the eyes of the protagonist or some other character. POV stands for "point of view".
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
The main armed force the United States and responsible for all major land operations.
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