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Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Oct 24, 2006
In MMORPGs and similar games, a raid is a (generally large) group of people working together to accomplish a goal.
Random Loot is a popular concept for dungeon crawler and MMO style games. In essence, monsters or objects drop something that is considered valuable to the player with random qualities.
Ranking Systems tally the player's current progress and relative skill, by tracking raw numbers of multiple statistics (like score and time) during a session of gameplay. This results in a competitive meta-game where the goal is usually to reach the top position.
Rappies are birds who have been featured as enemies in Sega's Phantasy Star games. Because they appear in both the original turn-based games, as well as the newer online titles, they act as a mascot for the series as a whole.
Video game combat in which combat actions are performed in real-time, rather than through a turn-based structure.
Romance in video games can either be interactive, in which the player attempts to woo another character, or an unchangeable part of the story of a given game.
‘S-Rank’ is a term used in games, most commonly awarded at the end of stages with graded missions or side objectives.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
No point in gathering coins, gold, gil, money, or whatever if you can't buy anything with it.
Slashing weapons are designed to cut and slice rather than causing blunt trauma. Examples include swords, axes, claws, naginatas, or even whips.
Protagonists that have gravity defying hair styles and often appropriately spikey personalities.
A condition which affects a character's effectiveness, either positively or negatively. Common examples include Poison or Haste.
What lies ahead, and is distant from the present.
Weapons designed to be wielded with both hands, typically due to their size in relation to the one wielding them. Examples include longswords, claymores, lances, scythes, and giant hammers among others.
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.
Items found in video games that serve little or no use to the player, other than to be sold to NPC vendors for money.
Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service.
Xfire is a downloadable instant messenger client and Digital Download Store for Windows. It is targeted at gamers and has many features related to gaming.
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