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Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Dec 01, 2011
Apple's Game Center service brings matchmaking, achievements, and friend lists to games that choose to support it.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
When the player's death is addressed and integrated in-game as a part of the player's continuing story. This often involves reincarnation of sorts, or the player continues by moving on to a different character.
An optical effect formed by beams of light contrasting against areas of shadow in the atmosphere. They are often simulated in video games through volumetric lighting.
The concept of using two weapons at once, often for more damage at the cost of accuracy, the use of a shield, grenades, or other similar accessories.
The 2012 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrate the best games of 2011.
Usually found in adventure games, when players combine two or more items to create one or more new items.
When the title of the game does not appear immediately at the beginning of the game, but rather after the first mission or prologue.
Lens Flare is a dynamic graphical effect that emulates visual artifacts that can appear on an image captured by a camera with a lens. This effect is not limited only to sunlight.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
Games that fill up the player's health upon leveling up.
Small payments made with actual money which result in an in-game bonus, such as an extra item, character, etc...
Games that have had an Original Soundtrack album released.
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!
A Fencer; a person who fights with a sword. Swordsmen are common in medieval strategy games.
Games that are controlled partially or entirely with a touch screen.
Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine 3 is the third generation of the Unreal engine, and is base for numerous games, such as Unreal Tournament 3, Gears of War and Roboblitz.
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