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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.
Alternative blood is blood other than the usual red variety.
Whether making pinatas do the dance of love or breeding two Pokemon together, making fictional creatures make the fictional creature with two backs is a popular game concept.
Games that allow fauna to be used as weapons.
The Antlion Guard (also called Myrmidonts - or Myrmileonids, which means "Ant Lion" in Greek - by Vortigaunts) is much larger and stronger than the Antlion, and is a very formidable foe. Within the Antlion society, the Guards defend the Antlion nests' outer perimeter and entrances, and they control and keep order within the Antlion colony. Vortigaunts can also harvest Bugbait from slain Antlion Guards.
Antlions are predatory larvae that design "sand pit traps" in order to capture prey.
Enemies that arrive at the surface from underground. Often this is used as a method of taking the player by surprise.
Digging is a strategic mechanic of many games. Digging allows the ability to unearth valuables and strategize pathways.
To elude, escape, or get away from. Some games require players to escape from some people or things to perform some objective or avoid death.
The insects have stolen our crops! Are you a bad enough dude to commit insecticide?
A spell or ability that summons a swarm of insects. It's often used as a distraction against bigger enemies.
When monsters in a game can turn on each other after an accidental injury and fight to the death instead of focusing on the player, or when some of the player's enemies also hate each other, and will attack each other on sight.
Seen within the Half-Life franchise, Portal Storms are energetic shockwaves emanating from unstable dimensional tears. Portal Storm occurrence is resurgent after the destruction of City 17 and its Citadel.
Also known as the Universal Union, the Combine is a trans-dimensional empire comprised of enslaved species spanning an unknown number of universes, and Earth is their latest annexation.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
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