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The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
Commonly found in fighting games, a super meter increases when either a character takes or gives damage (depending on the game). There are many variations on the super meter, depending on the franchise or game.
A supersoldier is a soldier artificially given abilities far beyond those of normal humans. These include increased strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, the ability to fly, the ability to create fire with their mind, etc.
Strength beyond normal human bounds, i.e. lifting cars, bending metals, shattering a street with one's fist.
Metroid, Mega Man, Earthworm Jim, Metal Gear, Halo, Crysis, Iron Man, and many more. Ordinary men and women who become extra-ordinary with the right suit on.
A superhero is a fictional character of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do in the public interest.
The Superhuman Registration Act is a controversial registration act that led to Marvel's Civil War.
Games featuring characters which posses superhuman abilities and powers.
Propelling oneself with kinetic usage of limbs while submerged in liquid (or otherwise fluid material).
The act of traversing space while attached to a piece game geometry. Sometimes via a rope, or other grapple like object.
A symbiote is any living creature that coexists with another, usually proving a benefit of some sort. It gives it's host the ultimate power, but at a cost.
A character model standing straight up, arms stretched out (IE the character looks like the letter T). Usually the result of an animation error.
Using one's own tail as a weapon.
Multiple fighters/people ganging up to fight another fight/group of fighter.
The ability to manipulate objects with one's mind. Telekinesis is often displayed as an incredibly powerful ability.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Whether by item or otherwise, temporary invincibility provides the user a brief moment where they are impervious to attack.
Terrorists can be found terrorizing people all over the world of video games. While there is no consensus on how to define the term "terrorism", terrorists are generally considered to be people who express their ideals through violence.
It's the designer's go-to guy. If they want to steer a player in a given direction they'll lock an in game door and force the player to find a way to either unlock it or find an alternate route.
The player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles. There is generally a movable camera but it can also be in a fixed position. It most commonly refers to a viewpoint behind the player character.
Video games that, for better or for worse, are based on an existing non-video game franchise. Usually drawn from movies, tie-in games have also been made about TV shows, novels, and even one-hit wonder pop bands.
When a certain amount of time is given to the player to reach a goal or finish an objective.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
A game perspective that views the action from above, commonly at a fixed position and/or rotation.
Three games that are individually complete but are closely related in theme or sequence
This describes a section where the player is locked in one place, using a large gun mounted on a platform which itself is usually moving.
Video games contain a lot of activities for players to do underwater, from exploration to combat. Sometimes games treat water as simple low gravity movement, while other games treat underwater more realistically.
While many fighting games feature character-specific chains, a Universal Chain Combo is a combo that allows essentially every character in a given game to cancel their weaker basic attacks into their stronger ones.
Extra objects, characters, or content in a game that can only be accessed after completing a certain task such as completing the game, or by using cheat codes.
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