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An extraterrestrial race whose society is centered around trophy hunting.
A level/mission/chapter that shares a name with the game itself.
Oni are a type of ogre/demonic creature from Japanese folklore. They are known for attacking and pillaging villages.
Piranhas are omnivorous freshwater fish. They are labeled voracious human killers.
The sixteenth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb and the first to ever be recorded live in front of an audience.
A "cute'em up" is a branch of the shoot'em up genre of video games that involve weird or cute enemies and protagonists. Game titles that would fall into this genre include Parodius, Twinbee, and Gunbird.
The annual European games convention held in Cologne, Germany. It took place on the 18-22 of August.
The absence of belief in the existence of gods.
Characters in RPGs who take skills from more than one skill-tree, often sacraficing raw power for versatility.
Conjuration is the magic school of manifesting objects such as weapons out of thin air. In some settings, conjurers are also responsible for summoning creatures.
Games that prominently employ fictional clothing brands into the game world. Some games utilize such as a gameplay element.
The common use of "Zero" or "0" at the end of a game's title to emphasize it as a precursor to the rest of the series. Similarly, some series will title a prequel "Origins" instead to denote it as the earliest point in the story.
A half human, half reptile mutant introduced in Resident Evil, Hunters recur throughout the series in numerous forms.
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.
The Bangsian Fantasy is a fantasy trope where famous historical or literary individuals interact within the after-life. It was named after John Kendrick Bangs who often wrote in said manner.
A Human Shield is a form of cover in which a player uses a body to absorb damage like that of a shield. It's usually found in first and third-person shooters.
A character working for an agency or organization who is, in reality, working in secret against the organization for a rival agency.
Chompers can devour a zombie whole, but they are vulnerable while chewing.
This is an in-game time dilation effect brought about when the player is about to collide with a deadly obstacle. The slowdown allows the player time to recover from the situation.
An event in a video game in which the screen is split up into multiple frames to give the player better overview of everything that's going on.
When a character's basic physical characteristics, such as face structure, skin tone, or gender, can be changed by the player, after the character has already been established in the story.
If there's more than two rounds, there's always a final round.
Micromanagement is the act of increasing the efficiency and longevity of units during a battle, or managing equipment, statistics and abilities on an obsessive level.
Games which use an acronym or initialism for a title. The acronym is sometimes related to the games theme (ie. F.E.A.R. is a horror game, H.A.W.X. is a flight combat game).
Friendly Territory is a place where the player can buy and sell items, acquire quests from NPCs, and have no fear of being attacked by the opposite faction.
When you have a weapon that has a single shot, full auto modes, or even shotguns with semi and pump modes
When an animated character graphically looks realistic, but shows poor, unrealistic animations, the result can be very awkward. These instances of almost-human-but-not-quite can appear stilted, off-kilter, or even eery. This is the Uncanny Valley effect.
Small weasel like mammals that are often kept as pets.
Quests that are only able to be completed within a week.
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