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Summary Gaming Terminology
1 page key terms for gaming
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In the gaming industry platform refers to the console you play a game on e.g., PS4,
PLATFORM X-Box 360
VIRTUAL An artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in
REALITY such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment
A side-scrolling game, side-scroller or 2D is a video game in which the gameplay
SIDE SCROLLER action is viewed form a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen character s can
generally only move to the left or right.
A sandbox is a style of game in which minimal character limitations are placed on
the gamer, allowing the gamer to roam and change a virtual world at will. In
SANDBOX contrast to a progression-style game, a sandbox game emphasises roaming and
allows a gamer to select tasks instead of predetermined or compulsory levels.
A game that is underpinned or dependent upon its story just as much as the actual
NARRATIVE gameplay.
A role-playing game (RPG) is a genre of video game where the gamer controls a
ROLE PLAYING fictional character (or characters) that undertakes a quest in an imaginary world.
GAME Defining RPGs is very challenging due to the range of hybrid genres that have RPG
elements.
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a genre of action video game that is played from the
SHOOTER/FIRST point of view of the protagonist. FPS games typically map the gamer’s movements
PERSON and provide a view of what an actual person would see and do in the game. An
FPS usually shows the protagonist's arms at the bottom of the screen, carrying
SHOOTER (FPS) whatever weapon is equipped.
In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced “triple A”) or Triple-A is a
classification term used for games with the highest development budgets and
AAA GAME levels of promotion. A title considered to be AAA is therefore expected to be a
high-quality game or to be among the year’s bestsellers.
Downloadable content is content that you purchase or receive as a USP when you
DLC purchase a game. This either adds to the experience of a game/its playability and
often expands the game e.g., additional missions, costumes, weapons etc.
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