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Games with stories that involve aliens invading another planet.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
Cults don't necessarily have to be evil or out to destroy the world, but in video games it's usually safe to assume so.
A fleet is a group of ships, typically military warships, that sail together for mutual protection and to consolidate their power.
Whether it be Mario vs. Bowser, Jedi vs. Sith, Link vs. Ganon, or Elves vs. Orcs, the forces of good are in an eternal battle with the hordes of evil.
Special or stronger units than standard ones, usually found in strategy games. This is not necessarily the same thing as a superhero or a game's protagonist.
The Human-Covenant War was a series of battles that was fought between the UNSC and the Covenant Empire.
Games that feature an antagonist--someone who opposes the game's protagonist--that is a man.
Prophets are the leaders caste of the alien conglomerate known as the Covenant. The top caste of the Prophets are called the Hierarch, and they are made up of three High Prophets.
A gathering of people who believe in the same higher power(s), and follow the rules laid out by the mortals chosen to be their prophets. Video games generally try to shy away from negatively portraying real religions to avoid controversy, however they make ample use of fictional in-game religions.
Two or more factions, either with the same or completely different goals, that constantly try to one-up each other. The player is sometimes forced to pick a side to root or work for during the struggle. Other times the rivalry is only mentioned in the plot.
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.
An alien alliance consisting of several unique species that serves as one enemy in the Halo franchise.
A parasitic life form in the Halo universe, which serves as a secondary antagonist throughout the series. It has no known origin, though it is rumored to be extragalactic.
The Great Journey is the core concept of the Covenant religion in the Halo games. It is the awaited transcendence of the Covenant to a higher existence by the use of the Halo rings.
Many games feature storylines about wide, sweeping combat between three radically different factions.
A malevolent character whose goals are evil in nature. While villains are commonly featured as antagonists, not all antagonists are necessarily villains.
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.
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