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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
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.
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.
A page devoted to cataloguing and explaining appearances and the use of concept art in games.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
A heavily armored soldier in the service of a lord or cause. Typically a champion of good and a defender of the innocent.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
Some people just have to have all the power.
Combat that takes place in real time, but that can be paused to give commands to certain characters.
Point and click is an interface featured in a specific kind of adventure game, where players click on objects and characters to interact with them.
Static background images that are not drawn in real time.
Japanese PC online digital distribution service for emulated retro games, launched on 24 November 2001, years before similar services from Steam, Virtual Console, or XBLA.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A broad spectrum of games can be described as remakes, from straightforward graphical overhauls to extensive revision of gameplay and story elements. In the most basic sense, a remake keeps the original's core gameplay and plot but makes significant changes to peripheral aspects.
Game mechanics traditionally found in role-playing games that are incorporated into a non-RPG title.
Games designed to use the mouse accessory for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Many of them were released on PC platforms of the time.
Any person that is in an Army.
Why go it alone when you can roll with a team? Squad Tactics let you issue commands to a whole crew of A.I controlled squad mates, who can(among other things) plant bombs, fire at specific targets, take cover, and talk smack.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
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