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A secondary function for a single weapon, such as launching a grenade from a rifle.
Alternative blood is blood other than the usual red variety.
A female warrior from the Amazons, an all-female nation in Classical and Greek mythology.
Ants are small insects that live in nests and work together for a queen. Can be gene-modified to grow huge.
Auto-aiming (or Auto-targeting) allows for a character to attack or interact with an object or enemy that's very near to the player or within their field of vision.
Backtracking is the act of navigating through previously explored areas, usually for the purpose of progressing in an objective-based adventure game. Players who are lost may also backtrack to reorient themselves.
Bats are small, very social flying mammals. They may frequent caves or haunted houses.
Hiding items, rooms, and all kinds of things behind waterfalls is one of the oldest concepts in the history of games.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below.
The ability to stop or reduce the damage from an oncoming attack.
Bats, hammers, wrenches, maces, staves, or even brass knuckles. These are weapons intended for blunt trauma rather than cutting or slicing.
Bosses are enemies that fight you at the end of a level or at a significant point in the story.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A level that is focused entirely on a boss encounter.
Glass that can be broken and destroyed in real-time.
Some creatures don't need guns or swords to hurt you. Instead they pack a punch with some kind of deadly breath attack, be it flaming, poisonous, radioactive, or just plain bad!
A concept in which a person or object is on fire and taking continuous damage. It often takes fast movement, water, or an item to heal.
The ability for a player to control the motion and direction of the in-game camera.
Some game characters just cannot swim. This usually means automatic death as soon as they hit the water.
Feline animals commonly kept as pets. There are many different breeds and varieties.
Centaurs have the upper half of a man, and the lower half of a horse. Typically they are hunters.
Charging is the action of pressing & holding down a button or particular direction on the controller. Its purpose is to build up a powerful blast or burst of energy to take out an opponent or cause critical damage.
One of the world's oldest board games, using eight pawns, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, a queen and king.
A chicken is a small, domesticated flightless bird that can be white, yellow, brown or black. A female is a hen, a male a rooster, and a baby a chick.
The ultimate pressure feature. Players have to complete the task at hand, be it defeating opponents or cutting the right wire, in the allotted time.
Currency has all forms in video games. It is used to buy characters, vehicles, weapons, and more.
DoT effects are most commonly found in Role Playing Games, and it describes the effects of a gameplay mechanic (often a magic spell) that causes incremental damage over a period of time such as a fire spell leaving someone to continually burn.
Some games just won't settle for laughs. Some games make you want to cringe as you're busting a gut.
Darkness is used in games to restrict access, increase tension, or just to set a mood. Often the player has access to a light source that can mitigate its effect.
A fallen knightly champion (often a Paladin) who has returned as an undead. Not to be confused with Black Knight (though a character can certainly be both). Most commonly seen in High Fantasy roleplaying settings like Dungeons and Dragons and WarCraft.
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