FINALE
Blight Club
Fallout: New Vegas | 002
Giant Bomb Plays
Game Mess Mornings 04/24/24
GrubbSnax
837: R1 to Brood
Giant Bombcast
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.13
Community Endurance Run XIV - April 12-14
Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Mar 14, 2001
An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Present in most action games, where people can say cheesy stuff and get away with it. Usually spoken by the hero, before or after wasting a dude.
The value that determines how many events can take place in a character's turn in pure turn based combat as well as in the modern Fallout franchise.
Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
Anarchism is the rejection of all government authority.
Anthropomorphism is the concept of an object, concept or character that has human qualities or traits, such as speech, a level of intelligence similar or higher than a human's and self consciousness. "Anthro" means "of human" and related to the concept of humanity.
Usually refers to the end of the world.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Attributes are a numerical representation of a character's abilities who have their roots in RPGs. Today, attributes have spilled over to a wide range of game genres.
Whether you're trying to stay alive for a certain time period or just trying to gain the upper hand in a fight, being able to make a barricade is crucial to your survival.
Betrayal is when a person breaks the trust and faith that others have placed in them.
Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Games whose menus feature a book-like motif. Often this is featured in games with a fairy tale—style narrative.
In the Fallout series a bunch of Brahman made their way to the United States before the bombs fell. Afterwards they mutated and gained an extra head and four more stomachs.
A military organization who see themselves as the technological saviors of The Wasteland. They are the descendants of the scientists and soldiers who managed to take refuge during the Great War, the conflict that caused the world to descend into an apocalyptic wasteland.
Enemies that arrive at the surface from underground. Often this is used as a method of taking the player by surprise.
When characters largely go by code names or call signs to protect their identities during their missions. They are also adopted for conveniences sake.
In order to get a USK 16 rating the game was censored
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
Chest-High Walls appear regularly in video games, particularly in third-person-shooters with cover mechanics.
Christianity is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. It is also the largest religion in the world.
The roach is a notoriously indestructible insect found in many societies. It is also found in video games.
Games that ask the player whether they are sure about the decision that they have just made.
The ultimate pressure feature. Players have to complete the task at hand, be it defeating opponents or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
An attack that does more damage than usual, usually affected by random chance and some sort of modifier.
The act of bending at the knees from a standing position. Crouching is an essential part of many shooters and platformers, and can be used by players to stay behind cover or avoid incoming projectiles.
A trap designed to kill off victims by crushing them. Commonly found in sacred temples though industrial variations (like car crushers) exist.
A gameplay feature that offers players the option to listen to their own music instead of the game's original soundtrack. This allows for a more personalized listening experience.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment