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A floor that is easily destroyed. Expected traps in old mansions.
Some first-person games that wish to immerse the player in the experience more will go as far as to include full body awareness, or the ability to see the player character's body when looking down.
When the player, compared to the adversary he/she is supposed to defeat, looks like a tiny inchworm.
Gladiators may or may not be forced to fight. They are usually depicted as being from ancient Rome.
This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
A humanoid construct given life through magic. The materials used to create a golem vary greatly.
Gorgons are mythical female creatures known most notably for their hair of living snakes and ability to turn anyone into stone with their gaze. While the most famous depiction of a gorgon is Medusa, they have been depicted in various other ways in literature, film, and games.
Ground Fog is low-flying fog that obscures less than 60% of the sky and doesn't extend to the base of any overhead clouds.
All dogs go to heaven? Nobody told these.
Enemies will spawn infinitely until the player has accomplished a certain goal, e.g reached a checkpoint or killed a certain number of enemies.
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.
Jumping puzzles are generally implemented in fast-paced action games as a way to slow down the progress of the player. Failure often results in certain death.
Information on the time honored tradition of killing rats. Killing rats is a much cliched first quest for many western RPGs.
When the player/enemy leap towards the enemy/player, effectively dealing damage in the same turn.
Lens Flare is a dynamic graphical effect that emulates visual artifacts that can appear on an image captured by a camera with a lens. This effect is not limited only to sunlight.
Lions are currently the second largest felines on Earth. They are often referred to as the king of the jungle.
This concept is for games in which at least one of the main characters is male.
Mythological creatures with the body of the human and the head of a bull. They are often found in video game dungeons, waiting for foolhardy players to stumble upon their lairs. Sometimes they're mindlessly violent, other times they're oddly peaceful and in tune with the world around them.
A being that possess the ability to break up into smaller, identical beings, often after taking a certain amount of damage.
Many games such as Shin Megami Tensei, God of War, or Too Human base their story off of or utilize elements from the order of the cosmos as perceived by humans both ancient and modern.
A circumstance in video games where the player will defeat large numbers of enemies without any assistance from AI or other players. This may occur for part of a game or the entirety of it.
Enemies rushing off cliffs in order to get the protagonist or enemies that are sent to the abyss by the protagonist.
Who needs 2D when we've got 3D? 3D, or 3 dimensions, is what we're used to seeing in almost every game these days, letting us do all sorts of awesome stuff like run in circles!
Saber3D is a 3D Graphics Engine developed by Saber Interactive.
A Secret area is a place hidden that few will find unless they know where to look.
Skeleton Warriors are comprised of the animated bones of the dead. Often brought to life to do the bidding of an evil master as mindless and indefatigable soldiers and guardsmen.
The skeleton is the framework of the human body.
While completely normal from the neck down, these characters seem to be lacking a bit of skin up top. Creepy.
The phenomenon of time, or at least a character's perception of it, moving more slowly. Bullet time is an enhanced version of slow-mo.
Sphinxes are mythical creatures with feline bodies and human heads. They are often depicted with wings as well.
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