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Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Nov 23, 2001
The extraction of valuable minerals from the earth.
A big naked rodent, often mutated and vicious.
When monsters in a game can turn on each other after an accidental injury and fight to the death instead of focusing on the player, or when some of the player's enemies also hate each other, and will attack each other on sight.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Some games feature the ability to switch the gameplay camera perspective between first and third person, either as an option or as a gameplay element.
Murder is the act of ending the life of another living thing against its will without the sanction of a higher governmental authority, such as the casualties that result from acts of war. It is generally intentional, at least in a legal meaning, but not necessarily.
The Nameless Hero.
Xardas, ex-magician of the Circle of Fire.
Despite his inexperience, the New Guy has saved the world more times than any veteran.
Animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. For example; the pokémon Hoothoot can only be caught during the night.
Want to make your character grow how YOU want? These games let you develop whatever skills you want at any time, in any order.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
Often in games striving for mysticism the player gets thrown into the game without being given a clear objective or any objective at all for that matter. This is often accompanied by vague introductions and confusing circumstances.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
Hairy savage brutes. The king is currently at war with orcs when Gothic takes place.
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
Oversized pests such as rats or bugs are often used as low level enemies in role playing games. They can be found in most any Western RPG, especially ones that use the Dungeons and Dragons rule set.
Pick Pocketing appears in many games as a way of obtaining information, items, or cash from people.
In some games, total immersion is helped along by allowing players to purchase and customize their own housing.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
The ability to take direct control of another person's body, or an inanimate object, in order to further your own goals. Usually an ability found only in spectral characters.
Swearing, cursing, call it what you want. It is an expression of anger or frustration, in most cases.
Yet another mage class, the Pyromancer specializes in harnessing the destructive domain of fire.
Rain can heavily increase the atmosphere of a video game. Some games use it to add detail to an environment, while other games use it to make it difficult to see.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
How non-playable characters or factions perceive the player character based on their actions or choices in the game world.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
You level up by gaining experience points.
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