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An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
Primitive community based around common ancestry or interests.
Mutated mammals with incredible speed and strength, the result of genetic modification experiments.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
This describes a section where the player is locked in one place, using a large gun mounted on a platform which itself is usually moving.
Reptiles known for their hard shells.
You don't know how to play our game, so we'll teach you how.
A cousin to the invisible wall. Unclimbable hills are used to enclose a playable area. Unlike the invisible wall, it provides some context. They are frequntly used in large open world games to enclose a large area. Players may be able to climb a portion of the hill.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
The main armed force the United States and responsible for all major land operations.
Unlockable gamerpics are a form of reward for completing certain tasks in Xbox 360 games.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
Don't believe anyone. There's more going on here than is immediately apparent.
A credit screen that cannot be skipped or interrupted. No matter how hard you try, you'll have to sit through them.
Tutorial sequences that must be played through in order to progress to the main game.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Uplay is a service created by Ubisoft to provide an experience similar to the trophies/achievements offered by Sony and Microsoft respectively.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
Games with vehicles that can be controlled. This applies to games that AREN'T focused on just driving, but just happen to have a vehicle segment or the ability to pilot one.
A mod is a user-created patch that alters any part of a game, or adds new content to it. At the extreme, "total conversion" mods can change the game so much that an entirely new experience is created.
User Generated Content describes any content the end user produces to add onto the content given by the developer. User Generated Content has grown in popularity, with LittleBigPlanet, Forza Motorsport 3, ModNation Racers and Spore being great examples.
Due to damage or other events, vehicles become harder to handle or drive slower.
Vehicular combat combines driving and combat to form a unique fast paced action game. Many games are purely vehicular combat based (e.g. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8) or can contain have sections for such combat (e.g. Halo or Mass Effect).
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
In order to circumvent various obstacles, some protagonists must travel through ventilation systems.
After overcoming the intense trials and troubles of the quest, the hero reaches the final encounter with the antagonist and defeats him easily. Whether this is for cinematic value, an example of the characters grown power or some metaphor for the weakness of evil, this boss acts as a "victory lap" at the end of a game.
The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
A visual obstruction is an extra layer added to the player's viewpoint. Most common in first person games to add to the notion that you are looking through a character's eyes. Obstructions include blood, water and ice crystals.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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