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The First Order is the villainous successor to the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars series.
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.
Picking the gender of your character can help immerse you in the game world. Sometimes this leads to different abilities in-game, sometimes it means nothing at all.
The view mode used for base management and aerial/naval combat in the classic X-Com games.
The Geth are networked AIs that reside in the Terminus Systems. They were created by the Quarians.
The elite squad within Frieza's henchmen, compromised by the strongest of his men and those with unique abilities.
The Grey Knights are the legendary chapter 666. They specialize in destroying the physical manifestations of Chaos, Daemons.
Umbrella term for any alien species with elongated limbs, enlarged heads and large black eyes.
The Harika and Yorn are known as vicious predators with a fierce warrior ethic. In reality only the Harika are. The Yorn are small, friendly, cuddly, fluffy beings, which the Harika eat. The Harika and Yorn co-evolved as predator and prey, and each is thoroughly dependent on the other through a symbiotic relationship.
A warlike civilization in the Killzone universe. Once human colonists on the planet Helghan, they faced hellish conditions that killed many; only those who adapted survived, later overthrowing the human government and taking control of Helghan.
The Heralds are a race that inhabited the Kessari Quadrant. They are servants and messengers of the Eternal Ones.
A hostile artificial intelligence, or "rogue AI", is a synthetic being that has turned on its creators. Among the most famous rogue AIs from video games are SHODAN (System Shock) and GLaDOS (Portal).
Sometimes a character will come up on your HUD to tell you an important piece of information. This usually consists of voice acting, occasionally Full Motion Video, and is pretty useful when you need to learn about things like doing barrel rolls.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Husks are cybernetic, zombified corpses. The Geth create them by impaling human bodies with giant mechanical spikes, known as Dragon's Teeth to experienced Alliance soldiers.
Warhammer 40k faction. A more traditional military made of volunteered citizens trained in warfare, the Guardsmen are the basic infantry of the Human Imperium.
In the forty-one-thousandth century, Humanity has been united into the vile, zealous, and destructive Imperium of Man, a vast galaxy-spanning empire encompassing countless planets. It was founded by the God-Emperor at the end of the Age of Strife.
More commonly known as the ISA, this alliance is composed of many colonies.
The Jedi consists of individuals capable of using the Force. They are the protectors of peace and stability in the galaxy.
K'tang Kaktorri are the petty thugs of the Hedgemonic Crux and hail from Argus IV in the Kessari Quadrant. Despite their fearsome armor mech suits, in reality inside they are small, grey, four-armed creatures.
A race of aliens from the planet Qo'noS. They are an extremely aggressive warrior race obsessed with physical combat, conquest and honor, around which their entire society revolves.
A race of reptilian humanoids that appear in Mass Effect. The Krogan were once a proud, powerful race of warriors with an astonishingly high birthrate. Their massive numbers eventually led to a series of conflicts known as the Krogan Rebellion. The species were eventually infected with a sterilizing genetic bioweapon.
The Lk evolved from ancient fungus spores that fed off the Precursors food stores, and eventually evolved within an abandoned Precursor base, Inheriting their technology.
The Melnorme are an alien race of interstellar merchants from the Star Control series. They first appear in Star Control II. While helpful for a price, they have no allegiances and never give discounts or refunds.
A mysterious, force-sensitive race in the Star Wars universe.
The Morphs are a race of shapeshifting reptilian humanoids that have infiltrated human society and influenced it's governments and colonies. After being defeated by Conrad B. Hart, 50 years later, They have enslaved most of humanity and fight a war with the Mandragore resistance. They are also responsible for the extinction of an alien race simply known as the ancients. They are the main antagonistic force of Flashback and it's sequel, Fade to Black.
Necromorphs are the enemies in the Dead Space franchise. The Necromorph infection uses deceased bodies as hosts and forms hideously mutated shapes to adapt to more effective killing styles. Originally encountered on deep-space mining colony Aegis VII, it is believed that the infection originated from the Red Marker.
The New Republic was founded during the final years of the Galactic Civil War to help rebuild the Galactic Republic.
The successor of the Aurora Engine. Created by Bioware for Knights of the Old Republic.
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