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Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Jun 14, 2007
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
Equines that go 'neigh' and tend to eat hay. Some are the stars of motion pictures. The truest of companions to many adventurers.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
Enemies in RPGs that are visible on the overworld map and that are engaged in combat when touched. Examples include Earthbound and Paper Mario.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
An imaginary boundary in the game world that limits player movement to a specific area. They are often criticized as a poor component of level design, when an actual wall or other visible boundary could have been used to delineate a game's playing field.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
These games have an agenda - social, political, or otherwise. The message is hard to miss.
These are often a departure from the conventional gameplay of a game. There have also been compilations; games including only minigames. The Mario Party series has a lot of minigames, too!
Two or more characters are featured on the game's box art.
Sometimes one playable character just isn't enough.
A mode that allows a game to be replayed after a first completion, carrying over items, experience, weapons, and other elements from the first playthrough.
While most games feature achievements with gamerscore values in multiples of five, not all games do so.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
An overworld is a simplified view of the game world that allows players to freely move to different locations or levels.
A system in which the player is allowed to control multiple characters. Most commonly seen in role playing games. Can also be used to describe party systems in the MMORPG genre, which brings a group of players together to accomplish various tasks.
Whether it's taking pictures of things for points or as part of a journal, photography is playing an ever increasing role in many of today's video games.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
The concept that different colors or opposite sides of an object affect it's abilities
When the character the player is controlling dies as part of the game's plotline.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A rich snob is a character who thinks he/she is better then everyone else because he/she is rich.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
A shadow is an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object.
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