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When a character introduced in a previous game reappears with the same name, but a significantly different appearance. This is usually not mentioned or explained within the game, often because the storyline has been reset as well.
Zabrak are a humanoid race from the Star Wars galaxy.
A blob consisting of some icky substance, the slime monster is one of the most used RPG monster clichés besides rats.
Several different game types like driving, shooting, and platforming in one cohesive game. Compilation releases don't count.
Computer games that recommend players use a controller, rather than a keyboard and mouse. These are most often side-scrolling platformers and action games.
A magician who specializes in the arcane arts of summoning. Conjurers are able to call forth otherworldly beasts and guardians to their aid.
A multinational corporation in Marvel Comics and affiliated media. It's normally associated with oil and other energy resources, but also has its hands in other ventures. Usually portrayed as evil or at the very least having illegal dealings.
A map that is updated in real-time as you play a level. Usually seen in FPSs and RPGs.
Some games let you coordinate with party members to unleash special attacks through precisely timing your attack efforts.
You're never NOT having fun with these games.
Games that have a different kind of cover system that allows players to fight upwards
Loose sand mixed with water. Don't struggle...you'll only sink faster.
Various franchises release "versions" of the same game. These games are basically the same, but each one lacks something the other has.
Games where pressure sensitive buttons play an important part.
Quest tracking is a common theme in RPGs and open-world adventure games, whereby the game monitors, records, and occasionally directs the player as to his next mission.
It may or may not be the apocalypse, but someone, somewhere, did something that really distorted the cosmic laws.
This concept applies to any game protagonist who through the course of the game's story becomes physically and permanently maimed in some way (by losing an eye, an hand or other body part). They may receive an artificial replacement but the character remains physically changed through the course of the game.
Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA is a full contact combat sport that allows its to competitors to utilized skills from an almost unlimited variety of disciplines
Developed in the early 1950s, the Fulton Extraction System is a method of retrieving personnel on the ground via an MC-130E aircraft.
Echo found in games when a character dies or gets KO'd. Particularly popular in fighting games such as Street Fighter 2, Tekken, Soul Calibur, and etc.
When an enemy drops an item that it had no business carrying, whether it's a robot with a sandwich or a dog with ammunition.
Games that include a previous installment of the game's series. Usually, this extra game can be accessed via a menu or can be found within the game world.
Sometimes the best way to get past security is to find your nearest barrel or cardboard box and hide in it
The ability to freely slice or chop, based on a physics engine instead of predetermined spots. Slicing where you cut instead of where the game "lets" you cut.
According to greek mythology, Hydra was a many-headed serpent; the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. For each head that got cut off, two new heads would grow in its place. It was eventually slain by Hercules.
Pirates who are also undead.
Typically naval (ocean or space) in nature, a vessel is considered derelict if it is abandoned, damaged, drifting, or otherwise inoperable. While often scavenged through, very rarely are they completely empty.
Insects of the order Diptera, Flies (sing. Fly) are common household pests. The Housefly is considered one of the most widely distributed insects.
Developers can't seem to resist filling video game graveyards with interactive tombstones full of witty sayings and inside jokes, particularly in fantasy RPGs.
Games often use letters like X and Z in the title to make their game seem more edgy, blatantly misspelling the title of their game in the process.
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