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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Sep 14, 2018
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.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Japan version was censored
Climbing is a common tradition in games, particularly platformers. There is often a particular type of surface that can be climbed, and it has a recognizably different look than other surfaces in the game. Climbing ladders or stairs doesn't count.
Crafting allows players to create their own items with the correct ingredients. It is used mainly in MMOs and RPGs.
Games involving any form of vehicular crash landing or emergency landing.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
A non-interactive sequence within a game most often used for plot advancement.
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.
This is a list of PC games which support connecting a DualShock 4 controller to a computer and using it to play a game.
The twenty-fourth Electronic Entertainment Expo was held June 12-14, 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
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.
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.
This concept is for games where at least one of the main characters is female.
Cold-blooded aquatic animals that have scales and breathe through gills.
A feature on Xbox Series consoles that allows backwards compatible games to run at a higher framerate than on the original consoles.
A screen where players can adjust the luminance value of a game's visuals. This is common in horror games.
A person who builds, modifiies, repairs, or maintains guns.
Some games require players to accept a terms of service agreement before playing or connecting to online services.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Games with language selection allow the player to choose which language is displayed or spoken in the game.
The player character learns one or more additional languages to their own. This may affect the way the player can interact with or view the game world.
When a character grabs a ledge, in order to pull themselves up, or shimmy to the side until there's room. Mostly seen in 3rd person adventure games, but also in many platformers.
Loading Screens are specific screens that are displayed while a game is loading resources so that the player has something to distract them while the game loads. Loading Screens can be images, text or even mini-games - and sometimes a combination of all three.
The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.
A fixer of mechanical things that are broken. It's always good to have one near your tank or spaceship.
Start doesn't mean "A". Start means "start", son. Kids these days...
A transitional move in 3rd person action games when the character squeezes through a narrow passageway and the camera follows over their shoulder.
Options menus give you the option to change anything the game lets you change. Whether you want subtitles or not, sound effects or not, the game to be harder or not, anything you want that the game lets you change, you can change in the options menu.
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