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Alternate realities are worlds that exists next to, in parallel of, or in place of our own.
Term used in first person shooters where most of the game takes place in tight closed quarters.
When the main character at some point has to escape from a confined area, be it a dungeon, a prison cell, or a penal colony.
Everything you need isn't always spelled out for you on the map. Sometimes even the map is not there till you go explore it.
First-Person is a vantage point that attempts to simulate looking through a game character's eyes. It is most commonly found in first-person shooters, racing games, and visual novels, and to a lesser extent in other genres, such as RPGs, 3D platformers, and adventure games.
Derived from the Spanish word for "little war", guerrilla warfare is waged by a small and mobile armed force against a larger, more regimented force. It typically involves the use of ambushes, sabotage, and other offensive tactics meant to overcome an enemy's greater numbers.
Although the United States has not been subject to a major invasion since the War of 1812 with the British Empire, it is the subject of many modern themed games. It usually spurs on the protagonist to save the United States of America from certain doom.
Members of the German National Socialist Party, which controlled Germany from January 1933 unto the end of World War II in May 1945. Nazis and characters inspired by them are often used as villains in video games.
A common concept used in World War II games, where the limited knowledge of everything the Nazis did helps create an alternative history.
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.
Any character you can control in a game is a Player Character (PC), as opposed to a non-player character (NPC), which is a character that can only be controlled by the game.
A portrait that conveys a character's health or other statuses via their facial expressions.
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.
Spies are the masters of espionage. They're also (usually) quite adept at the art of stealth, disguise, and assassination.
A game that takes gameplay mechanics, characters, or story elements from an existing series in a separate and different direction, sometimes changing genres along the way.
Games set in, or focused primarily around, the years between 1940 and 1949.
An alliance of nations who opposed the Axis powers in World War II. They included the USA, the United Kingdom, the USSR, France, and many others.
Alternate realm of the "Black Sun" that was discovered by the Nazis in the Wolfenstien series. This realm derives from the occult
The main armed force the United States and responsible for all major land operations.
Weapons can often be upgraded with new attachments, augmentations, or magical enchantments. These upgrades result in the original item being more powerful than originally intended.
You're halfway through the game or more, everything's going great. You've got tons of weapons and crap and BAM! Flash grenade! You wake up later captured, off to either be executed, interrogated, etc. Often, you've lost all of your weapons as well. You sir, have just woken up captured.
Items, experience, outfits, and/or gold earned in an Xbox Live Arcade game are transferred to the larger disc game.
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