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A public testing period is, or has been, offered for the general public prior to sale or general availability. Access is generally granted through giveaways, preorders, or crowd-funding rewards.
Quick Time Events show up in all sorts of games as an attempt to make cutscenes interactive. Press the buttons displayed on-screen before time runs out, or else.
Enemies that appear out of nowhere and force the player into a battle.
RMT's are the concept of spending real money, for items within a game, common to the free to play market
Red Book is a set of specifications for audio CDs. For games it refers to early CD-ROM titles with background music recorded and played back as audio tracks, instead of being generated by the hardware. Its called Redbook Audio because the book that lays out all the specifications has a red cover.
The rare occurrence of a game being released between Christmas and New Year's Day.
One man's terrorist, another's freedom fighter.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
If a person is made of metal and has circuitry instead of a circulatory system, then their game belongs on this list.
When a franchise tries to start over by releasing a game with the same title as the first game in the series, or the name of the series in general.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Crunchy frozen water fallen from the sky. Many games feature a snow world, a snow level, or otherwise-connected regions of wintery landscapes.
Sometimes, you want to play games with a real person who's sitting right next to you. These games have you covered.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
These are games where the primary or secondary goal is to deal in the stock exchange. Players take control of a character that has the ability to deal stock (i.e. stock broker).
Metroid, Mega Man, Earthworm Jim, Metal Gear, Halo, Crysis, Iron Man, and many more. Ordinary men and women who become extra-ordinary with the right suit on.
Gameplay type emphasizing deliberately paced tactical battle where each side politely takes turns moving and attacking one another through varied forms of combat.
The act of killing a fellow teammate in a game, to boost score or just for fun. This often results in being booted from games, and several games allow the server to do this automatically.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Dragging a line of deadly monsters to a zone line or safe area in order to escape the penalties associated with death.
The ability, through purchasing, winning, unlocking, or other means, to change your vehicle (usually for the better). Changes can be alterations to original vehicle or a completely new vehicle.
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.
The building/editing of vehicles, mechs, and the like.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
One of the most famous mercenary companies in the BattleTech franchise.
Some evil people have aspirations to conquer the world, and beyond!
A viewable map that displays the entire game world. The map also usually shows the player's location in the world.
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