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Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
When the player character (re)visits a certain area or location that was also present in a previous game, or visited later on in the same game, with some alterations.
Potentially deadly in the real world, annoying and funny in the animated world.
Games that look at the darker side of fairy tales. American McGee's Alice is an excellent example of one.
The main line of distinction between victory or failure in video games, death is the process of a biological being ceasing to be alive.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Games that feature an unexpected change to the core gameplay (not just a minigame).
This concept involves a character of the hero archetype that at some point in the storyline, turns against the forces of good and becomes evil or is revealed to have done this in secret at some point in the past.
A plot device where innocent characters are killed. Sometimes players forced to watch it happen and can do nothing to prevent it.
Video games developed in Japan but based on Western IPs.
The act of killing a child is considered taboo in most games. There are, however, some games that allow this breed of tomfoolery.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
Video games based on Japanese IP's that were developed by Western studios.
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