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Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Jul 07, 2009
A character who gets washed ashore on some island or other remote place.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
The concept of a helpless female character in desperate need of rescuing by the protagonist, in most cases from a villain, or from a form of impending doom.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
Diseases are medical conditions that have a negative effect on one's body. Some games revolves around a disease.
The 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 2-4.
The accent of someone traditionally from England. Not to be confused with Welsh or Scottish, which are totally different despite being sometimes referred to as simply "British" accent.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
They may be good or evil, but mad scientists are always performing experiments that are on the outer fringes of science. Ever since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, they've been in the scene.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A type of primate with tails; often monkeys are depicted as causing havoc the moment they are encountered.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
The 2009 Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) took place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington on September 4-6.
Console games that derive from a past PC exclusive release, either due to popular demand or poor sales.
A bird commonly associated with urban areas.
By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Games nowadays take a long time to make and often they aren't the only things developing during the process. It has become common to list the babies that have been born during the development of any game.
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
A slightly modified version of an already existing character, often in fighting games. Also known as a "clone".
A joke or reference that appears throughout a series of games.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
These games are designed to be played by one person, and one person only.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
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