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Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
The Chrono Vortex is a side effect of the chromosphere use in Red Alert 1. It has a 20% chance of appearing on the battlefield every time the chromosphere is used. It appears as a ripping vortex on the battlefield that destroys anything it touches.
The Cold War is the period of tension between the USA and the Soviet Union that dominated world politics from the mid 1940s all the way until the early 1990s.
The act of building something. Using resources to build units, buidlings, structures of any kind.
CTRL 1-9 = CTRL Group. Crucial to battlefield success, using Control Groups in most RTS games allows one to better manage ones forces.
An Expansion brings new missions, modes & new story elements to a full product title. Expansions typically require a full version game to function, but there are also stand-alone packs as well.
A powerful release of energy. This energy is usually expelled in all directions very quickly, typically giving off orange or red flames.
A staple in both the real-time and turn-based strategy genres, Fog of War simulates the unknowns of the battlefield by covering areas of the map, to be progressively revealed by the player.
A heads-up display is a graphical overlay of vital information used in most modern games.
Hotkeys allow advanced players to map game functions to a single button on a keyboard for quick and easy access.
While a data install can be a long and unpleasant process, certain games entertain the player in various ways to make the long-lasting event an entertaining process.
Micromanagement is the act of increasing the efficiency and longevity of units during a battle, or managing equipment, statistics and abilities on an obsessive level.
The minimap is a small, simplified version of a larger map. This plays a vital role in many games, especially Real Time Strategy, where it is important to have an overview of the entire map.
A subscription service from EA for the PC. Similar to EA Access, users pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of titles published with additional incentives.
A designer can use a racial stereotype to make a character easier to understand, though in the process the character may come across as offensive and hurtful.
Citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which was a country that emerged after the Civil War in The Russian Empire.
A two-dimensional image or animation overlaid into a scene. The foundation of early 2D games, making up everything from props to the player-controlled character.
The option to display dialog and other information with text on screen.
A "Tech Tree" is a concept used mainly in strategy and role playing games. Unlocking a node in the tree generally unlocks some effect (example: a new ability in a role playing game or new unit in a strategy game). Unlocking a parent node allows access to its child nodes.
The concept of a character leaping forwards or backwards in time.
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