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Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Dec 08, 2003
Character Creation refers to characters created by players themselves, rather than developers.
A Christian holiday widely celebrated in the western world. It is often associated with festive spirit and presents.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
Foraging is the ability to effectively gather food and drink from ones surroundings. Rangers, druids, and elves often excel in this skill.
Free to Play titles allow a user to play a version of the game without paying an initial purchase fee, but generally require the purchase of microtransactions to access additional content.
Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
A night of ghost, ghouls, costumes, and candy. Some video games are based around this holiday, while others simply pay it respect with special levels or characters that embody the spirit of All Hallows' Eve.
IGF is the Independent Games Festival, an annual gathering of Indie developers. The term also refers to the associated awards.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
In these games, players can accumulate two or more separate currencies, each having a different value, that can be spent on in-game items, power-ups, and so on. This feature is most often seen in games with microtransactions, where a secondary currency can be bought with real money.
Games which allow players to interact with others over the internet.
Non-linear level design where the player is able to freely traverse the game world and choose where and when to visit certain areas in the game.
By definition, a pirate is a (mostly naval) robber without commission from a sovereign nation. While maritime robbery has been around since ancient times, Piracy had its highpoint during the 17th century. They are easily identified by the "Jolly Roger", which is the traditional name of the famous skull flag.
An in-game currency bought with real world currency.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Valve's counterpart to Microsoft's popular achievement system.
A series of Steam features related to cross-platform play, including cross-buy, cross-play, and Linux compatibility layers.
Games that suggest players take a break from playing. This is a common feature in Nintendo games.
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