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Invisible or cleverly hidden doors just waiting to be discovered. Logically, Hidden Doors often lead to Hidden Rooms.
The process of tracing over live-action motion video to create animation.
World Building games focus on the ability of the player to created his own little world just as he wants it. Good examples, are The Sims, Black and White, and Spore.
The act of turning someone or something to stone, generally by a fantastic means.
Some enemies, when defeated or sufficiently harmed, split into two or more enemies.
Lasers which can lock on to their target.
The legal restriction of how guns may be interacted with by civilians.
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The Jiralhanae are called Brutes by the UNSC. As a result of the expulsion of the elites from the Covenant, they serve as the primary antagonists during the events of Halo 2 and 3.
Hunters, or Mgalekgolo are an alien species of the Halo series. They are comprised of small worms bound together in a hulking, formidable shell. They invariably fight in pairs, and are the strongest Covenant warriors.
A Symbol that belongs to a character and an award for doing a great deed.
CryEngine 3 is a game engine developed by Crytek for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
A philosophical and religious system based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
The native, polytheistic religion of Japan. It encompasses a number of local belief systems from different Japanese regions and has been used for political gain in several key moments in Japan's history.
When a character's spoken voice consists entirely of grunts or simple expressions of emotion, even if the character is able to say a lot more through text-based dialogue.
Badniks are the enemies which Sonic the Hedgehog fights in nearly every game. Although deadly, they are actually innocent animals imprisoned by Eggman within robotic shells.
The 2009 Tokyo Game Show (TGS) took place between 24-27 September at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Tokyo. The theme for the show was 'Game, it's so energetic!'
Damaging enemies by simply jumping on top of them.
Games where one or more of the player's antagonists are a law enforcement officer. This can be because the player is a criminal, or any other number of reasons, including corrupt/dirty/prejudiced cops.
Humanoids with canine characteristics.
An organization formed by the US Government with the purpose of investigating and ultimately putting an end to Bio-Organic Weapons.
The sixth version in the id Tech engines developed by id Software, know internally as "id Tech 666".
Activating certain menus like weapon selection slow down gameplay but do not fully pause, incentivizing the player to hurry up their choice
Video games that pick up the story where a movie, book or comic left off.
Some ghosts exist solely as storytelling devices; such as providing the protagonist with in-game flashbacks or giving clues about what to do.
Characters that transport themselves via missiles.
Commonly used in 16-bit era simulation games, negotiation is the act of attempting to reduce or increase the cost of a service.
A mechanic in character action games where the player can pause their combo to dodge an incoming attack, then continue the combo upon completion of said dodge.
Abductions are events in which people, animals, or things are taken by aliens and UFOs for various purposes including experimentation and other unknown reasons.
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