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A way for players to level their characters, generally from a RPG game, where they select nodes on a grid to raise the stats of their character.
Mabari are magically bred dogs, often used in Ferelden as war hounds. A Mabari War Hound can join the Warden's Party in Dragon Age: Origins, and can be summoned as a temporary party member in Dragon Age 2.
A MacGuffin is a plot device, having little importance itself, which exists purely in order to motivate characters and/or advance the story.
Mercenaries, Soldiers for Hire, have been found fighting in conflicts since the dawn of human warfare. These hired guns show a desire to turn their talent in the art of death to a more profitable profession.
When an achievement is only attainable at a single point in a game, it is considered a missable achievement. If a player has missed such an achievement, then he must replay the entire game in order to get it.
Start doesn't mean "A". Start means "start", son. Kids these days...
Games that are in genres where the ability to jump is expected, but do not allow the player character to jump on command.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
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.
A digital distribution platform owned and operated by EA.
A subscription service from EA for the PC. Similar to EA Access, users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published with additional incentives.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Combat that takes place in real time, but that can be paused to give commands to certain characters.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
Pride Demons are the most powerful demons that are encountered within Thedas in Dragon Age.
Prostitution is the exchange of money, drugs, favours, or other incentives for the performance of sexual acts.
The tall, muscular race known as the qunari are a stoic and poorly understood people who follow the way of the Qun, sacrificing their own individuality for group cohesion. Part of BioWare's Dragon Age franchise.
A weighty real-world issue that some games comment on, often through allegory. Unfortunately, other games can offend players in their depiction of different ethnicities, whether intentionally or not, thus becoming part of the issue themselves.
Lacking the intelligence of the other variety of demons found in the Fade, Rage Demons exist simply to destroy.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Many games allow you to add characters to your playable group upon fulfilling certain conditions. This is a central mechanic of many RPG franchises, including Fire Emblem and Suikoden. These can be NPCs or even enemy characters that the player persuades to join their cause, through sidequests or dialogue options.
Games that used to be available on Steam, but have since been removed.
A playable class in many roleplaying games. Rogues are also sometimes known as Thieves. The class in almost all these games center around their stealth capabilities.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
Scaleform is a software development kit used to integrate Flash based user interfaces with game engines.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
Male characters who are depicted in an overtly sexual manner.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
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