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Square Enix

A Japanese video game company that specializes in the development of role-playing games. It is the result of a merger between two separate video game companies Square and Enix.

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Slashing Weapons
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Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
Experience Points
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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.
Magic
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The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Boss Fight
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A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
Health
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Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
Leveling Up
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The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Hit Points
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An indication of the amount of damage a character can sustain in game. The loss of all hit points results in the players death, or penalty.
Explosion
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A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
Polygonal 3D
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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!
Death
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The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Real-Time Combat
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RPG combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Original Soundtrack Release
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Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Non-Player Character
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Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Jump
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It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto building, onto platforms, or onto skulls, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Cutscene
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A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
Fictional Currencies
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A fictional currency is one where the object being exchanged does not exist in the real world, such as Final Fantasy's Gil, or are not used for exchange in the real world, such as Fallout's bottlecaps.
Digital Distribution
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Digital Distribution is the concept of purchasing digital media via the internet and having it sent to the user directly via the internet. No physical representation of this content is given but the content resides on the users hard drive and is legally owned by them.
Status Effects
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A condition which affects a character's effectiveness, either positively or negatively. Common examples include Poison or Haste.
Side Quests
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Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Classes
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Classes are different archetypes and playstyles that players can choose to play their game with.
Save Point
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A save point is a gameplay element typically found in Adventure and RPG games that allow the player to save his/her game session midway through the level. Platforming games like New Super Mario Bros Wii, allows you to save automatically after you defeat a boss like Bowser.
Third-Person Perspective
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The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Party System
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A system in which the player is allowed to control multiple characters. Most commonly seen in role playing games. Can also be used to describe party systems in the MMORPG genre, which brings a group of players together to accomplish various tasks.
Shopping
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No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Human
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Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Melee
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From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
Moogles
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These furry creatures created a pact with humans to sell us important medical supplies and deadly weaponry miles away from any shops. Where do they keep all of this stuff?
Bosses
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Video game bosses are usually the main antagonist, and arch nemesis of the main protagonist. In most cases the end of a game is when the main character defeats the final boss.
Inventory
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A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.

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