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Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Mar 25, 2013
A digital distribution platform operated by Epic Games.
Missions during which players are tasked with protecting a non-playable character or object from harm until a certain goal is met.
The Evolution Engine is developer Digital Extreme's in house created game engine. The first game to use this engine was Dark Sector.
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
An environmental hazard that can be exploited to inflict massive areal damage, exploding barrels are one of the most ubiquitous objects to be found in games. The most common methods of ignition include shooting and throwing. Exploding barrels are usually distinguished from the non-exploding kind by a conspicuous red tint.
The ability to create, shape, and control fire at will. This is a common and well known power in fiction, its appearance dating back to ancient literature.
A gaming genre of its own, but also frequently featured as a mini-game in other titles, especially RPGs.
Free to Play titles allow a user to play a version of the game without paying an initial purchase fee, but generally require the purchase of microtransactions to access additional content.
It is believed that Frank Herbert's Dune books were the first to popularize the concept of a giant worm that is capable of devouring a person whole without even noticing it.
The ability to manipulate or control gravity in some way.
A soldier who specializes in throwing grenades.
The first enemy faction encountered in Warframe, the Grineer are an army of clones inhabiting a desolate Earth, whose goal is to exterminate all other races. Their weapons are crude but powerful.
Games in which players are guided through the game by characters via radio communication. Extremely popular narrative device and game mechanic in the current generation of video games.
Taking advantage of computers and machinery as weapons, in solving puzzles, etc. or otherwise changing up gameplay.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Health is a value that gauges how much damage players can take in a game before they die or pass out. Also known as life in some games. Health is usually represented by a bar or a percentage instead of an exact amount. Found in most non sport games
An numeral indication of how much damage a character can sustain. The loss of all hit points results in the death of the character or another penalty.
A three dimensional image or transmission commonly used in science fiction. May or may not be interacted with.
"Horde" is a type of multiplayer game mode in which players battle co-operatively against increasingly difficult waves of computer-controlled enemies.
Occasionally, it isn't just enough to let the ragdoll flop around on the ground. Some shooters have weapons that pin enemies to objects or walls when they hit.
An enemy faction in Warframe. Once humanoids of various races, they have been twisted and deformed by the Technocyte virus, and share a collective consciousness.
A gameplay mechanic allowing players to store their items and freely carry them around.
The ability for the player to become unseen, from basic camouflage to fully vanishing from sight.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
A leaderboard is a way for players of any multi-player game to know where they rank within the game's community.
This form of leveling up does not need XP to level up stats. The character levels up a skill simply by doing the action.
The maximum capacity for leveling up something in-game (usually a character).
The ability to control the direction and/or behavior of lightning; this may also be connected with the ability to generate lightning. Many games involve characters with lightning element attacks. These are unique because of their potency with water.
Collecting objects in a game such as weapons, armor, items, and currency. Loot is often associated with RPG games and MMOs with RPG elements.
A MacGuffin is a plot device, having little importance itself, which exists purely in order to motivate characters and/or advance the story.
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