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* [[Evolutionary Retcon]] <br />As graphics technology improves, the appearance of the enemies changes so they are scarier, more detailed, and/or more and more lifelike.
* [[Faux First Person 3D]] <br />A way to simulate 3-D graphics by arranging 2D elements into a perspectivical picture.
* [[First Person Ghost]] <br />In [[First
* [[Fixed Camera]] <br />The camera in a game shifts, but you can't control it.
* [[Flip Screen Scrolling]] <br />A continuous gameworld scrolls only in full-screen intervals, or is otherwise rendered as a series of "screens".
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* [[Check Point]] <br />A point to which the player can return after play has been interrupted, especially by player character death.
* [[Check Point Starvation]] <br />A severe lack of [[Check Point|Check Points]].
* [[Color
* [[Color
* [[Comeback Mechanic]] <br />A feature that provides assistance to losing players or players near elimination.
* [[Controllable Helplessness]] <br />Video games that allow you to control your character (somewhat) even while helpless.
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* [[Non Combatant Immunity]] <br />No enemies will try to attack you, or be capable of killing you, until you have the means to fight back.
* [[No Points for Neutrality]]<br />Lets face it, being neutral sucks in video games. Those goody-two-shoes and bastard villains get all the development.
* [[One
* [[Only Smart People May Pass]] <br />Any barrier that requires the heroes to solve some kind of puzzle or [[Riddle Me This|riddle]] in order to pass.
* [[Outside the Box Tactic]] <br />Certain enemies are vulnerable to tactics that are bizarre or otherwise not intuitive at first glance.
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* [[Point of No Return]] <br />A place in the story where it becomes impossible to revisit earlier points.
* [[Pop Quiz]] <br />A sudden general knowledge quiz regarding obscure facts about the events, characters and monsters in the game universe.
* [[Power
* [[Pressure Plate]] <br />A door that's powered by a floor plate that trips when stood upon.
* [[Press X to Not Die]] <br />During a cinematic event, you are instructed to press a button to trigger events or dodge attacks etc.
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* [[RPG Elements]] <br />Where a non-[[RPG]] is given some aspects of one (menu battles, equipment, levels).
* [[RP Gs Equal Combat]] <br />The only way to get equipment, skills and levels is to fight things.
* [[Run, Don't Walk]] <br />Modern games have characters run by default; walking is more difficult to do.
* [[Rules of the Game]] <br />An area of the game with special rules or restrictions.
* [[Save Point]] <br />A specific spot where the player is allowed to save.
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* [[Time Trial]] <br />A game mode where the game keeps track of how long you've been playing a level.
* [[Tube Travel]] <br />In which you get somewhere by going through a tube.
* [[Unexpected Shmup Level]] <br />Whoa, my trusty steed! Forsooth, we must pause to do a [[Shoot
* [[Veteran Unit]] <br />An equivalent of a [[Character Level]] in [[Real Time Strategy]] games
* [[Videogame Set Piece]] <br />An occurrence that is not part of the game's typical gameplay/engine mechanics (e.g. monsters suddenly smashing down doors).
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=== Common non-gameplay-related tropes: ===
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* [[Addressing the Player]] <br />Once you enter your name, the game brings it back later as part of the plot or gameplay.
* [[Alchemic Elementals]] <br />Four specific monsters (variations are rare) are often used to represent an element.
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* [[Coup De Grace Cutscene]] <br />After you defeat a boss, a cutscene shows you delivering the final blow.
* [[Crate Expectations]] <br />Crates are ''everywhere'' in video games and serve all kinds of different purposes.
* [[Cruelty Is the Only Option]] <br />Hey, you! Yeah, ''you!!!'' [[Kick the Dog|Kick this puppy!]] What's that, you say? [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|You say that'd be mean?]] That you're not [[Karma Meter|evil]]? Well, ''that's too [[Precision F
* [[Cutscene]] <br />Non-interactive sequences inserted into the action of a game.
* [[Death Cry Echo]] <br />When a character is killed, they give off a dying scream, which is repeated (getting fainter) like an echo.
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* [[Excuse Plot]] <br />A bare-bones plot that's only there as a justification for the gameplay.
* [[Exposition Break]] <br />A break in the gameplay to provide you with [[Exposition]].
* [[Fackler Scale of FPS Realism]] <br />A scale that measures how close [[First
* [[Foreboding Architecture]] <br />Games which allow you to predict when enemies will appear based on the room or visuals you're seeing.
* [[Gameplay Guided Amnesia]] <br />Because the character knows things the player doesn't, sometimes the character gets amnesia to excuse the explanation to the player.
* [[Gay Option]] <br />A game that allows the character to pursue romantic ties with a same-sex character.
* [[Golden Ending]] <br />The only "real" ending; [[Multiple Endings|the rest]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|just tell you]] [[
* [[Golden Path]] <br />The exact combination of choices that will make the best (usually with the most content) playing experience.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]] <br />In an RPG, the main character always uses a sword.
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* [[Involuntary Group Split]] <br />The characters are forced by a suddenly falling pile of rock, to continue their journey alone.
* [[Irrelevant Importance]] <br />An important object that's already been used and hence irrelevant is still prevented from being destroyed or lost by the game.
* [[
* [[Journey to Find Oneself]] <br />After the end of a game, one character goes off on his own to wander the world.
* [[Late Character Syndrome]] <br />A character who comes to the party too late in the game for the player to want to go through the effort of using him.
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* [[No Gear Level]] <br />A level or piece of the plot where you've been stripped of your weapons and/or equipment.
* [[No Item Use for You]] <br />You can't use certain or any items in certain situations.
* [[No Plot, No Problem]]<br />Forsaking any plot or character development so that the game is purely about the gameplay itself.
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again]] <br />OK, I saved my place three months ago and I'm picking the game up again... so where was I supposed to go?
* [[Omnicidal Neutral]] <br />Games that let you be not good nor evil but to take on ''everybody''.
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* [[Saving the World]] <br />Typical ''modern'' video game plot.
* [[Scenery As You Go]] <br />As you walk along a bridge or walkway, it creates itself, allowing you to continue.
* [[
* [[
* [[Shoplift and Die]] <br />Stealing from a shop can be hazardous to your health.
* [[Sidetrack Bonus]] <br />It can be a good idea to go the wrong way.
* [[Songs in The Key of Panic]] <br />Certain events cause a song in video games to speed up.
* [[Space Filling Path]] <br />Rooms always have to have stuff in them, or twist or turn or generally make you spend more time in them than necessary.
* [[A Space Marine Is You]] <br />In [[Science Fiction|sci-fi]] [[First
* [[Speaking Simlish]] <br />A language, generally for [[NPC|NPCs]], made up of nonsense sounds strung together like actual words.
* [[Stalactite Spite]] <br />Inanimate cones of limestone can see players coming and fall appropriately.
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* [[Wasted Song]] <br />This is the [[Video Games/Awesome Music|best music ev]]--HEY! Where'd it go?
* [[What Are You Looking At]] <br />[[NPC|NPCs]] just stand and stare blankly into the distance when you're not talking to them.
* [[What the Hell, Player?]] <br />When the player does something weird or cruel, another character will call him out on it.
* [[A Winner Is You]] <br />An ending sequence that's little more than a single line and a pixelly picture.
* [[You Must Be This Tall to Enter]] <br />Once you receive a particular item that lets you enter a previously inaccessible area, you will need it all over the place to simply continue on your journey.
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