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Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
Abductions are events in which people, animals, or things are taken by aliens and UFOs for various purposes including experimentation and other unknown reasons.
The Chozo are a race of bird people that exist in the Metroid universe. The series canon states that members of this race raised Samus Aran to become a strong warrior after she was orphaned.
Elites, also known as Sangheili are a Covenant race in the Halo series. During Halo: Combat Evolved and the bulk of Halo 2 they are the primary antagonists. They became semi allied with the humans in Halo 3, and are in a political crisis during Halo 4, some still at war with Humanity.
Dremora are soldier-class Daedra from Oblivion that serve the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon. In physical form they resemble tall, heavily armored humanoids with dark skin and horns.
When the player's actions cause enemies to say specific lines of dialog, such as "He's here!" or "Who turned out the lights?"
A fictional language and/or script created exclusively for the world in which a game is set, such as Tolkien's Elvish or the language of the Talan in Outcast.
Before the rise of the Empire there was the Galactic Republic.
In some video games, when some characters talk, what they say has absolutely no meaning, at least to the player. Whether it has any meaning to the character speaking is another matter entirely.
A race of slug-like creatures in the Star Wars universe.
The Khajiit are a cat-like race from the Elder Scrolls series who come from the province of Elsweyr and one of the ten playable races throughout the series.
A race of aliens from the planet Qo'noS. They are an extremely aggressive warrior race obsessed with physical combat, conquest and honor, around which their entire society revolves.
A primitive race of four-armed humanoids in Unreal universe.
The New Republic was founded during the final years of the Galactic Civil War to help rebuild the Galactic Republic.
An implementation of lore that is meant to flesh out the game world, without becoming a hindrance to the overall pacing of the game itself.
A mysterious alien race that appeared in Black Mesa shortly before Gordon Freeman teleported to Xen. They are openly hostile to anyone, including the Xen aliens.
Many games feature a story which involves saving the world and its inhabitants, often single handedly.
The ghastly aliens that invade the Mushroom Kingdom of yore in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
A story-telling technique whereby additional story information is written in a fictional alphabet or language that can be deciphered by following in-game clues.
Race of eel-like underwater creatures. Also known as mermen, or merpeople. They are not originated from Earth.
An enigmatic and proud alien species in the Freespace universe. Are both adversaries and allies throughout the series.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
These arboreal creatures come from the planet Kashyyyk. They are physically taller then humans and are very strong.
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