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Game » consists of 7 releases. Released Feb 25, 2016
A stylistic choice of employing small polygon counts for meshes.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
These ideas stick to the one or very few gameplay mechanics or appear very barren but usually try to invoke an emotion from the player.
Describes a situation where weapons and other equipment must be acquired from the environment, rather than being carried there.
A digital distribution platform owned and operated by EA.
A subscription service from EA for the PC. Similar to EA Access, users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published with additional incentives.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Puzzles may need to be solved before the player can progress to the next section of the game. Often it may not be clear to players exactly what the puzzle is, or whether the an in-game items needs to be attained before it is even possible to solve it.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
In-game jokes or Easter eggs involving references to characters or events from earlier in a game or the game's series.
Games whose titles consist of a single word.
The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
A speedrun describes the action of a player attempting to complete a game in the fastest time possible. The rules of speedruns can vary, but generally allow glitching and sequence breaking as long as the player does not cheat with external devices/tools or tampering with the game.
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.
Games officially verified by Valve to be fully playable on Steam Deck.
Games that have been accepted by Valve through Steam's Greenlight service.
Steam Trading Cards is a built in feature in the Steam client. It lets users collect cards from certain games and trade them and receive rewards for complete sets.
The act of changing an event in the past that significantly alters further events leading up to the present. This is a major element of many stories involving time travel.
Levels that take place in or on a train or subway.
Unity is a multiplatform game development suite, designed from the start for the ease of creation. It's completely free to use with a pro version available for more advanced features and export options.
WASD, or WADS, is the most common and often the default setting to move the player character in computer games with a first or third person perspective.
Games in which specific enhancements are made when played on an Xbox One X.
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