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Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
This concept involves a character of the hero archetype that at some point in the storyline, turns against the forces of good and becomes evil or is revealed to have done this in secret at some point in the past.
A six sided geometrical shape sometimes used in strategy, puzzle, and board games.
Nothing helps set a game in a specific point in time more than having a few famous faces from history drop by to say hi.
Equines that go 'neigh' and tend to eat hay. Some are the stars of motion pictures. The truest of companions to many adventurers.
Hostages exist to be saved, guarded, and occasionally executed.
Hotseat multiplayer mode allows multiple people to play the same game on one system. This generally only applies to turn based games such as Civilization IV or Advanced Wars.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
A plot device where innocent characters are killed. Sometimes players forced to watch it happen and can do nothing to prevent it.
A new gametype in Halo: Reach. the objective of the game is for the attacking elites to breach security and steal a precious data core while the spartans try to shut them out.
The single most important thing in the world, love is a powerful story telling element that can connect characters or drive a story. There are many video game characters who have fallen in love with someone or something.
Luck plays an integral part in some role-playing games. Good fortune can greatly increase your chance of finding better loot, scoring critical hits, etc.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
A game where you eventually receive a map of an area. Like in Metroid Prime you have map download stations to get a map outline of the area. This is the same concept in the exploring Castlevania games.
Marriage is when characters, typically a pair of them, are joined in loving (or not so loving) matrimony!
Many games allow you to buy stuff, these are the dudes who help sell it to you. Typically they also engage in light conversation.
Armed forces. The arm of government that deals with fighting wars and protecting a nation from external or internal threats
The mental and emotional condition (confidence, doubt) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Multiple endings is a term used to describe different outcomes or conclusions to a game based on the previous actions of the player.
A character whose intentions seem to be to help the player character, but their motives are unclear.
Legendary, stealthy assassins from Japan's feudal era, who are well-trained in the art of the sword, and who may or may not have access to magical powers.
A game which does not force the player to play through the story in a particular order, chronological or otherwise. Some games offer the option of skipping whole chapters entirely.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
A title only given to the most evil and corrupted of rulers.
Peasants are agricultural laborers and countryfolk who are working the land, usually for others. Hobbies include farming, paying taxes, getting in the way of swordfights and being eaten by dragons.
The political thriller is a story, often action-oriented, that tends to revolve around two or more nations struggling to gain power. Outcomes are usually found through military confrontations, covert wars, and back alley negotiating.
Main characters in games who hold leadership positions for a nation, world or planet.
A way of attempting to control a population via media.
Those who choose to Rebel against authority or attempt to topple 'The Man' or a greater power. Also known as insurgents
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