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Dragging a line of deadly monsters to a zone line or safe area in order to escape the penalties associated with death.
An Iconic concept of video games is the use of an idle animation for the players character, when during gameplay there's no control given. It's an example of emergent game design, and is used as a way to add depth to action characters.
Puzzle platformers are platform games where the key aspect involves solving riddles and puzzles, rather than combat.
The police chase consists of the police chasing someone; usually by car. Sometimes the player plays as the guy getting chased and sometimes as the police.
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.
Games involving characters that round up local hoodlums for the good of the community.
A mouse is a small rodent with a tail and whiskers.
Games that have animals (except humans) as the main character. The character must be playable.
The main character is a humanoid rat.
The Namco Super Pac-Man is an 8-bit arcade system board that was initially used by Namco in 1982. It was the company's first board to use a Motorola M6809 processor (using two of them) instead of a Zilog Z80.
Games where the main character, or most/all of the playable cast, are or were members of traditional law enforcement.
The building/editing of vehicles, mechs, and the like.
Found in many First Person Shooters or Role Playing Games, the player has the ability to swap their current weapon for another found on the ground or in their inventory.
Audio logs are short voice recordings that a player comes across within a game that helps inform the player of the game's story and characters.
The act of repairing damaged items or weapons.
Characters whose appearance does not change once equipping items.
An Arcade-style racer is a game which shoots for a fun and fast-paced experience over trying to simulate real life physics and racing protocol.
It's easy to lose oneself in the heat of battle. Luckily, some games will alert the player as to when they are close to death.
Any weapon that shoots laser and plasma beams or energy bolts rather than conventional bullets.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
They crash when they're supposed to drop you off, they get assailed by RPGs when they come to pick you up. Sometimes, they're eaten by huge monsters. Why do video games hate helicopters so much?
Summoning involves bringing a distant ally into battle to either perform a single, devastating attack or to fight on the behalf of the summoner.
A succubus is a demoness with the appearance of a beautiful woman that seduces men to steal their energy during sexual encounters.
When two or more elements become one and form something new.
Dwarves are a short, stout race that appear in any number of fantasy games and stories. They are almost always depicted as short with bushy beards similar to vikings. They can also be identified by their love for ale and gold. Other common trends for Fantasy Dwarves include being proud warriors, favoring axes as their weapon of choice, and being gruff sticklers for tradition and honor.
Whether it's a hero's turn to the dark side or a villain becoming a hero, it's usually unexpected and will bring a whole new moral dimension to the story. Sometimes, they change they sides more than once.
Mythological creatures with the body of the human and the head of a bull. They are often found in video game dungeons, waiting for foolhardy players to stumble upon their lairs. Sometimes they're mindlessly violent, other times they're oddly peaceful and in tune with the world around them.
Written words that are used to describe sounds, sometimes used in comic book—inspired games, like XIII.
Games that are based upon books or novels.
Some games have features or elements that can be affected by the phase of the game world's lunar cycle. Enemies may be stronger or encounters may become more frequent. The following are some of those games.
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