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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.
The game automatically saves for you when you reach certain points. Implemented in order to reduce frustration for forgetful savers.
Feline animals commonly kept as pets. There are many different breeds and varieties.
Games that have been funded via public monetary contributions.
Some games portray cutscenes as portraits of characters talking to each other.
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.
When a song is played over the end-credits, often by a famous artist.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
Although killing or being killed has been one of the most universal mechanics in games through the years, in some games players or their foes merely faint instead.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
It's not just for airplanes anymore: Game mascots and MMO players alike have taken to the skies. Players can use flight to quickly navigate large levels, find hidden items, or take opponents down.
Games that were funded through Kickstarter.
The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Maids are female domestic servants or cleaning staff.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
Quicksave allows the player to save their progress in record time at the push of a button. It is more commonly found in PC games than in console games.
A joke or reference that appears throughout a series of games.
A transformation is a different stage or form for something. Usually an upgrade.
A personality archetype with a name that arose from Japanese fandom. It describes a person with cold, aggressive, or confrontational exteriors that are rather soft or kind deep down inside.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
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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