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Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Battle system associated with Final Fantasy series. First introduced in Final Fantasy IV.
Games that are specifically based on Internet phenomena, such as memes, stories, and webcomics.
When the player character (re)visits a certain area or location that was also present in a previous game, or visited later on in the same game, with some alterations.
The ability to stop or reduce the damage from an oncoming attack.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Hand-drawn or computer-generated animation.
A style of animation that gives games a more hand drawn look.
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
An art style used by many game designers to help separate the characters from the background. Often times used to communicate to the player which characters you can interact with.
The ability to counter a move.
An attack that does more damage than usual, usually affected by random chance and some sort of modifier.
Some games let players customize their character (or characters). Degree of customization may vary, with some games simply allowing to choose between different types of clothes, while others provide more detailed tinkering of features such as the distance between a character's eyes or hair color.
DoT effects are most commonly found in Role Playing Games, and it describes the effects of a gameplay mechanic (often a magic spell) that causes incremental damage over a period of time such as a fire spell leaving someone to continually burn.
Dialogue trees are a feature through which the player selects responses from a list of choices, eliciting reactions from NPCs and determining the path of the conversation and story.
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.
Downloadable Content adds new features and content to already-distributed video games via the Internet. Examples include new maps for FPS games, new songs for rhythm games, and new cars for racing games.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
Content released frequently, every release contains a small portion of a whole story.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
See? The exploiting, soulless people who run the video game industry DO care about their fans!
This version of the Fruit Fucker is more powerful than its Mark I and Mark II siblings and its attacks are not as easy to block.
This is the strongest version of the Fruit Fucker in Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. It is far superior than its predecessors to the point of making them obsolete.
This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
Haste is a spell or effect from a worn item that increases ones reaction speed.
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
Vagabonds, tramps, and transients. Unfortunate individuals who live on the streets because they can't afford a proper home.
Based on webcomic of the same name.
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.
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