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Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Jun 12, 2008
Tokyo Game Show 2008, the world's second biggest video game trade show, was held from October 9th to 12th 2008 at the Makuhari Messe.
A tragic hero is a protagonist who makes several mistakes to fall from glory, or is affected by tragedy and seeks revenge or redemption.
An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
A game mode that allows you to train for combos, moves, etc.
When an animated character graphically looks realistic, but shows poor, unrealistic animations, the result can be very awkward. These instances of almost-human-but-not-quite can appear stilted, off-kilter, or even eery. This is the Uncanny Valley effect.
"Every marine a rifleman" is one of the mottos of America's toughest fighting force. Tasked with projecting might through amphibious operations as well as acting as shock assault infantry, the Marines have taken on an added significance during the War on Terror.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
A credit screen that cannot be skipped or interrupted. No matter how hard you try, you'll have to sit through them.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
Easily emasculating the puny jab, this devastating technique is associated with crimson geysers and leveled Piston Hondas. Favored by undead ninjas and diminutive boxers alike.
When you gotta go, you gotta go. Urination is found in games for a number of reasons, including comic relief and a quick pathway to sobriety.
Vampires are undead, nocturnal creatures that subsist on blood. They have superhuman powers and are sometimes able to shape-shift. They are weak against sunlight, foreign objects stuck in and left in their hearts, decapitation and sometimes holy water and crosses.
In order to circumvent various obstacles, some protagonists must travel through ventilation systems.
Games that have a different kind of cover system that allows players to fight upwards
Verticality relates to the scale of spaces in a game and the player's ability and freedom to traverse them. It implies that a player has freedom of movement that extends to vertical planes through abilities, vehicles, or level design.
An in-game interface designed to look like video footage.
Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.
A person who goes outside of the law to punish those who have committed an act of injustice. Their methods usually cause them to be perceived as criminals.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
Just as heroes sometimes fall from grace, occasionally someone who works for the forces of evil will turn their life around and become a good guy.
A group of villains, each with a different characteristic and ability (or gimmick) that insist on fighting the protagonist one at a time. They may have ridden together, but they never die together.
Games that have you going into a computer generated virtual universe.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
The disgusting process in which a character regurgitates the contents of their stomach back into the world, usually performed as a means of purging the body of poisons or intoxicants, but often (in videogames, anyway) used as a means of projectile attack by non-human enemies.
You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
When a protagonist chooses to walk as a default instead of jogging or running. The character will opt to walk even with a full tilt of the control stick.
The cool way to walk, with one or more hands in the pockets.
War is a series of organized conflicts carried on by force of arms between two or more nations or groups. Whether it never changes or has already changed is up for debate.
Experienced soldiers that often feature as mentor characters.
Realistically rendered water can really immerse you in a game. Just don't try to dive into your TV!
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