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Game » consists of 12 releases. Released Feb 21, 2012
In some games, usually RPGs, they have a boss of the game to be a angel or appearance of an angelic-like being.
A proprietary video codec (.bik/bk2 extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
The deliberate animation of breasts, meant to titillate as a means to conform to more realistic physics.
Games that are little more than extensive cinematic sequences in which the player has little interaction with what is happening onscreen. This notion of a cinematic game is epitomized by laserdisc arcade classics such as Astron Belt, Dragon's Lair and Bega's Battle.
The act of killing a god.
Women in Refrigerators (or "Fridging" for short) is an unfortunately popular plot device in storytelling where female characters are killed off or brutally harmed for the sole purpose of having an impact on a male character. The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone.
An interesting revelation. While some games will only accept a START button press, many other games aren't as strict.
The fifth annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
A term that can be used to refer to RPGs that focus more on the action, or brawler action games which focus on hack & slash gameplay.
Some creatures have three or more arms, making them able to do more tasks at the same time than ones who only have two or less.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
While all games on PlayStation 3 (2009 onwards) and later consoles have trophies, only games deemed large enough get to have the coveted Platinum Trophy for earning every Trophy in the base game.
Trophies are an incentive-based system for the completion of various objective in PS3, Vita, and PS4 titles.
Quick Time Events show up in all sorts of games as an attempt to make cutscenes interactive. Press the buttons displayed on-screen before time runs out, or else.
Akuma's signature super move in the Street Fighter series.
The episodic nature of the game lends itself well to the "previously on" recaps.
Unexpectedly changing from one character to another during the plot.
Developed by Epic Games, Unreal Engine 3 is the third generation of the Unreal engine, and is base for numerous games, such as Unreal Tournament 3, Gears of War and Roboblitz.
Xbox 360 and original Xbox games that have been approved to run on the Xbox One's backwards compatibility feature.
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