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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.
Backtracking is the act of navigating through previously explored areas, usually for the purpose of progressing in an objective-based adventure game. Players who are lost may also backtrack to reorient themselves.
In many RPGs, especially those made in Japan, magic is categorized as black or white. Black magic spells deal damage or inflict negative effects.
Special codes or button combinations used to gain powers or advantages in a game. Generally hidden.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
Either specialized dragon killers or a honorary title bestowed upon those who have managed to slay a dragon.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Characters who possess the ability to "fly", but only for a limited time or by gradually descending.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
The meter which is used to gauge how much power there is left to use magic abilities.
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
A cloud of gas, often used as an energy source in RPGs.
Sometimes we will go a whole game without knowing the true name of a protagonist. Oftentimes, this is remedied by unique references being made towards the protagonist, such as "The Wanderer," "The Kid," or "The Man With no Name."
Passwords are codes used to save a player's progress, primarily during the 8-bit era and, to a lesser extent, the 16-bit era.
A Role-Playing Shooter (RPS) is a game that rolls both Shooting and Role-Playing elements together.
Games that have an open gameplay structure that allow players to interact with the world as they choose.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
A style of action-adventure gameplay revolving around exploring a labyrinth with the necessity of locating new items and equipment to progress beyond otherwise impassable obstacles. The concept is named for its common usage in the Metroid and Castlevania franchises. While the term most commonly refers to 2D games, it can also refer to 3D games.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Any practitioner of magic (wizard, sorcerer, mage, necromancer, etc.) who casts spells. Even unlearned scholars can throw a mean magic missile every now and then.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
Time Stopping is the ability to stop the flow of time, stopping all movement from everyone but the person who used the ability.
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