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Whether it's to restore your health, save your game, just for the hell of it, or all of the above, sleeping in games has numerous uses.
Some minions will grow weary of constantly waiting for the protagonist, allowing said protagonist to sneak past the obstacles or catch them off guard.
A cloud of fine particles.
Whether it be cigarettes, cigars or pipes, tobacco or otherwise, everyone knows that smoking is bad for you - and that it makes you look undeniably cool.
Eliminating a target with a long-range rifle.
The SPECIAL System was created by Black Isle Studios, for their 1997 role-playing game: Fallout. It is heavily based on the GURPS System (Generic Universal Role-playing System), which they weren't allowed to use in Fallout.
The recording of data related to player performance or progress in a game. This feature is commonly found in RPGs or competitive multiplayer games. It does not include statistics in sports games, unless related to player performance.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
Stealth kills are special kills in video games that usually occur when the AI is not aware of the threat of the player.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
Not to be confused with just any metal case, SteelBook is a brand of metal packaging for disc-based media.
Games where abusing alcohol and/or drugs gives the players an in game benefit - such as additional health, bullet-time, or other abilities.
The time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon. Followed by Twilight.
Super Mutants are mutated humans infected by the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV). Taller, bigger, and stronger than regular humans, they consider themselves the superior race.
Superpowered or super intelligent bad guys who fight superheroes.
A graphical effect that shows a massive amount of world or is used to give a sense of grand scale.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
Advanced sentient androids created by the scientific organization known as the Institute
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
The Great War is the name given to the nuclear war that devastated the planet in the Fallout universe.
A legendary secretive organization of scientists living underground in Boston.
One of the Raider gangs of Nuka-World.
A underground faction dedicated to rescuing synths from the Institute.
Many games that feature a theft mechanic also include a some form of risk or punishment. Other games just let players steal things as if it's a perfectly normal thing to do.
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.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
A mechanical system designed to capture or cause harm. Either the player can set traps for their enemies or others set them for the player.
Weapons designed to be wielded with both hands, typically due to their size in relation to the one wielding them. Examples include longswords, claymores, lances, scythes, and giant hammers among others.
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the military that protects the American coasts from threats.
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