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Active Reload is a gameplay concept in which the player can actively decrease the load time of a weapon by timing a button press.
Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
Classes are different archetypes and playstyles that players can choose to play their game with.
A common concept in RPGs and MMOs, color-coded loot is a concept where the quality/rarity of loot items are defined by a series of colors.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
A special device or game mechanic that summarizes and categorizes newly discovered creatures.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Games with language selection allow the player to choose which language is displayed or spoken in the game.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
The minimap is a small, simplified version of a larger map. This plays a vital role in many games, especially Real Time Strategy, where it is important to have an overview of the entire map.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
Third-party developers and publishers occasionally engage in the practice of releasing a title or piece of DLC on only one platform for any number of reasons. Sometimes these are permanent while others are only platform exclusive for a certain window of time.
While all games on PlayStation 3 (2009 onwards) and later consoles have trophies, only games deemed large enough get to have the coveted Platinum Trophy for earning every Trophy in the base game.
The second annual PlayStation Experience took place December 5-6, 2015 at Moscone West in San Francisco, California.
PlayStation Plus is a premium PlayStation Network subscription service.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
A method of controlling a vehicle or character via a pair of identical sticks. The control resembles that of a tank.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
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