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Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Oct 21, 2008
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Action RPG (Action Role-Playing Game), also known as ARPG, refers to RPGs (role-playing games) that use direct, real-time, reflex-oriented, action combat systems, instead of the more abstract turn-based or menu-based battle systems.
As time progresses, the character ages. A boy one moment, a man the next, soon the character is so old he's on the brink of death...
Animals that follow you or help you on your journey.
The most prestigious awards in the British videogame calender, the BAFTA Video Game Award honour the achievements of the best game developers and their games.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
One of the age-old narrative structures in literature, in which a young protagonist faces conflict that transforms him or her into a mature adult. This is an especially common device in RPGs.
Cooperative play in games allows humans to play together as a team to accomplish a task. Instead of playing against a human opponent, the team must defeat an AI. Cooperative Play in some games also means 2 human versus 2 human, this occurs in some Billiards games. (Scotch Doubles / Doubles)
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
A dog is an animal, of which there are estimated to be 400 million of in the world. Said to be man's best friend, they naturally appear in many video games.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
Usually found in MMO games, but sometimes found elsewhere, emotes are a way of displaying your emotions on-screen either through a character animation or by the use of an icon.
Women in Refrigerators (or "Fridging" for short) is an unfortunately popular plot device in storytelling where female characters are killed off or brutally harmed for the sole purpose of having an impact on a male character. The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone.
Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment (named to fit the acronym 'FREE') is a quasi-genre invented by designer Yu Suzuki, describing a blend of adventure and open-world sandbox gameplay found in the Shenmue franchise.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
A middleware AI engine used in a variety of games. Was bought out by Autodesk and became obsolete sometime after 2011.
A graphical effect used in video games where an object blocks light and around the edges of the object the light is significantly brighter than normal.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
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 a character's basic physical characteristics, such as face structure, skin tone, or gender, can be changed by the player, after the character has already been established in the story.
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.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Many games feature CG cutscenes that are usually created by an outsourced group. Generally, these types of cinematics look better than the actual game.
Prostitution is the exchange of money, drugs, favours, or other incentives for the performance of sexual acts.
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.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
In the Assassin's Creed series, renovation functions as an economic system which provides the player with income automatically over time. The amount of income increases as more buildings are renovated. Usually each increment of income is dispatched every 20 minutes (real world time) while the game is on and not paused.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
Classic form of numbering that gives things a more regal feel.
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