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Sometimes, things are just meant to happen the way they do. Usually triggered by a timer, or by the player crossing a checkpoint.
A sequel (also called a follow-up) is a game that carries forward the gameplay concepts, and often the story, of a previous game to which it is officially linked.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Having a regenerating shield allows for the character to hide when his shield is low. This makes gameplay easier as the character is not always looking around for health.
Enemies that hide behind shields.
Shooting ranges are often used in video games as a means of improving the player's reflexes and aim in armed combat situations.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Quests that aren't necessary for game completion. They typically offer side-stories or specific rewards.
Forced labor, indentured servitude, humans relegated to property. One of the greatest affronts to individual freedom. Some games employ this as a gameplay mechanic or a major story point.
Whether it's to restore your health, save your game, just for the hell of it, or all of the above, sleeping in games has numerous uses.
Any person that is in an Army.
Typically representing the elite of humanity's Space Forces, Space Marines have appeared in numerous games such as the Doom series and Warhammer series.
The Special Tasks Group (STG) consists of salarians who specialize in espionage, sabotage, and other types of covert warfare.
The 2012 iteration of the Spike VGAs, and the final show bearing the VGA branding.
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 digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
NPCs that populate strip club locations in games and often perform exotic dancing routines.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
Enemies that are small, deal relatively low damage, and have low health, but make up for it by attacking in large numbers. Examples include Flood infection forms from Halo, Trites from Doom 3, or Crawlers from Resistance: Fall of Man.
The political and military face of humanity in the Mass Effect universe.
A task force in 2186 to find origins about the Reapers.
A television news program, often used to give a wider perspective on the events of the game.
The period between 2100 and 2199.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
In the Mass Effect franchise, the Reapers are a hyper-advanced machine race that appear periodically every 50,000 years to bring a close to a "cycle" in which the Reapers harvest all the advanced forms of life.
One of the Council races with avian features who posses great military power which they provide for the protection of the Citadel.
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