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Unit Formations are pre-set ways of laying out a group(s) of units in strategy games.
Mostly found in RPGs, these are status ailments that continue outside of battle.
Games that allow the player to give custom names to characters in the game, most often the protagonist.
Aquatic creatures with eight tentacles covered with suction cups. They often appear as boss enemies.
A gameplay mechanic in many RPGs and action RPGs today is the idea of silencing a foe or being silenced. Usually shown as a debuff, this causes the subject to be unable to cast spells for a period of time.
When a developer creates a game that could be perceived as a new instalment in an existing franchise that they've worked on before, but doesn't share the same name due to licensing issues or other reasons, it's called a spiritual successor.
Parrying is a specialized block mechanic, often with a tight input window, which prevents the player from taking damage. While some games allow this through a timed directional input towards the opponent, other games tie this to deliberate block inputs as a "Perfect Guard".
Game endings that are meant to be absurd and that fly in the face of a dramatic storyline. Joke endings are often included as bonuses that require the player to beat the game a certain way in order to be seen.
The delay between what you do and when it actually happens, latency can result in a lessened ability to enjoy a game or get high scores.
Cutscenes involving real actors on a set or in front of a chroma key screen.
A character working for an agency or organization who is, in reality, working in secret against the organization for a rival agency.
Mostly in games that involve strategy. It involves special attributes determining the strengths and weaknesses of each move, species, character or type. One attribute is strong against another attribute, and weak against another, often in a circular fashion.
A feature in Steam that allows players to remote play couch multiplayer games online.
Crows are familiar over much of the world: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices.
The act of a noble, just, or otherwise good or heroic figure becoming evil through either external manipulation or an internal shift in beliefs or desires.
When the game is named (fully or partially) after a specific location within the game, or relevant to the game's story.
A Fencer; a person who fights with a sword. Swordsmen are common in medieval strategy games.
A draw occurs when two or more players end a versus match where no player is determined to be the winner. This can be caused by a double knock out, or when players have an equal point value at the end of a set period of time.
The Izuna Drop's origin began in the 1969 manga called Ninpu Kamui Gaiden OP (The Legend of Kamui). Kamui learned this move from watching weasels leap from trees and attack birds. Many fictional ninja and/or video game characters use Kamui's move to this day, such as Vega (Street Fighter), Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive / Ninja Gaiden), and Kage-Maru (Virtua Fighter).
A being that possess the ability to break up into smaller, identical beings, often after taking a certain amount of damage.
When will those crazy scientists learn? Be it killer robots, invasions from outer space, sentient computers or mutations; they always seem to have the habit of leaving a big mess behind for you to clean up.
Some games have included developers commentary. These comments can be in text form, audio that plays in the game or the menus, or video. Sometimes they are just added in the collectors editions.
Music speeds up as the time runs out or a particular part of the game gets harder. Found in Street Fighter, Mario games, Sonic games, etc.
Originally recorded in 1951, this sound effect has appeared in numerous films and video games.
Restoration is a common concept found in games, where in most cases a person or party can rest to restore their health.
Planet destruction sometimes a gameplay mechanic, sometimes a plot point. Should cover pending as well as actual destruction.
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.
Moving to the left or right without rotating the body axis. The technique, also called side-stepping, is useful in FPS games to avoid incoming fire without turning away from a target.
Games whose titles are meant to be taken more than one way.
The Lombax is an animal-like alien, who are nearly all extinct from the known galaxies. Ratchet is the only known surviving member of the species.
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