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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 ability to see the world in a different way. Reveals paths, secrets, enemies, among other things.
SpeedTree is a software toolkit that generates realistic forests on the fly.
Spies are the masters of espionage. They're also (usually) quite adept at the art of stealth, disguise, and assassination.
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.
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.
Steam Cloud is a built in feature in some Steam games, it synchronizes game saves, settings and other data to the internet for access from any computer that has Steam installed.
Games where abusing alcohol and/or drugs gives the players an in game benefit - such as additional health, bullet-time, or other abilities.
Subtitled Silence is when a character remains silent in a section of dialogue and a subtitle box appears usually having an ellipsis (...) or nothing at all. Most common in J-RPGs and dating sims. The character can also make a small moan or grunt.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
The act of taking one's own life.
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.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Survival is a concept that signifies that the player's life is constantly in jeopardy.
A graphical effect that shows a massive amount of world or is used to give a sense of grand scale.
A flaw that occurs when a games graphics engine fails to preload textures as the player is in view of them.
Whether it's an obvious callback, a bookend narration, a repeat in scenery, or a never ending time loop, many games feature an ending that gives the player a severe case of déjà vu.
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.
The Kings are a faction in Fallout: New Vegas.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
When a fragile figure hides behind a monolithic facade. Popularized by the film The Wizard of Oz, many games have included similar figures.
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.
Throwing weapons include knives, shurikens, axes, darts or even explosives such as grenades and molotov cocktails.
When the game is named (fully or partially) after a specific location within the game, or relevant to the game's story.
2010 Edition of the Tokyo Game Show that is to be held from September 16 to September 19.
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