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Anytime an ally comes in to help you in any way. This mechanic is most common in fighting games.
When a character or group of characters does something extremely brave on behalf of another character or group of characters, knowing that they will get killed or seriously injured in the process.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
A mysterious force that prevents characters that are integral to a game's plot from dying. For example: In Fallout 3, the player cannot kill their father, no matter how hard they try.
A deadly game where the loser faces instant death.
Elite and specially trained/equipped military troops and law enforcement tasked with carrying out specific and dangerous/sensitive objectives beyond the remit of regular military personnel. Many games feature special forces operators or units as protagonists or enemies.
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2010.
A highly trained, military unit that conducted black ops for the US government. The height of SOG activity was during the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War was a military conflict, fought in Indochina between 1955 and 1975. It led to the reunification of North Vietnam and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
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