They are more dangerous than their cinematic inspiration, however ; they typically surround the player's character, so escape is impossible, and then mercilessly beat the player with rubber hoses from all directions, while temporarily blinding the player with cream pie.

In the game's third installment, Descent³, the player's character is rescued and then assisted by a group of scientists whose base of operations is located on Mars, before the facility is destroyed at one particular game level by an invading Earth force.

Previously completed stages may be revisited to improve the player's high scores ; a " C " grade in all the selected child's levels must be achieved to unlock the relevant Twin Seeds dream for that character.

Curiously, in the case of Civilization, a player's chosen historical character is the same throughout the course of the game despite the fact that a campaign can last several hundred years before and after the lifetime of the real historical persona.

In contrast, a non-player character ( often shortened to NPC ) is a character in a game whose actions are not under the player's control.

However, whereas in Quake, the only option was to change the color of the player's uniform unless third party modifications were used, now the game comes with a selection of three different player models: a male marine, a female marine, and a male cyborg ; choice of player model also affects the speech effects the player's character will make, such as exhaling in effort while jumping or groaning when injured.

* Gryphus 1, aka the " Southern Cross " is the player's character in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

The game featured digital characters drawn from real actors, numerous secrets, and a " fatality " system of finishing maneuvers with which the player's character kills their opponent.

( In each trilogy, there is a sense of assumed continuity ; that is, the player's character in Zork III is assumed to have experienced the events of Zork I and Zork II.

In fact, in Enchanter the player's character encounters the Adventurer from Zork, who helps the player's character solve a puzzle in the game.

William Joseph " Billy Blaze " Blazkowicz II, a. k. a. " Commander Keen " or " Keen ", is the main character of the games, and the player's alter ego.

Players also had to land on another player in order to make suggestions about that player's character through the use of special counter-tokens, and once exhausted, a player could no longer make suggestions.

In addition to a " gravity gun ", the item also serves as a map and a time machine for the player's character, Sergeant Cortez.

The player's character has been embedded within a facility that controls vital systems, such as moving public transportation belts and weather control, for an Earth-settled planet called Contra.

Suspended takes a novel approach in its game mechanics ; rather than being free to move about and interact with the game world directly, the player's character spends the entire game in a state of suspended animation ( hence the title ) and can only interact by controlling the actions of a number of robot surrogates.

Antilles is the player's character in the Rogue Squadron and Rogue Leader video games ( reprised by Denis Lawson in the latter ) and is a playable character in Rebel Strike.

In the first Kingdom Hearts and in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Mushu is a summonable character, and in Kingdom Hearts II, the movie is featured as a playable world named " The Land of Dragons ", with the plot being changed to accommodate the game's protagonists ( Sora, Donald and Goofy ) and Mulan ( both as herself and as " Ping ") able to join the player's party as a skilled sword fighter.

After the trial period has expired, the character starts attacking the player, but in EV Override, Cap ' n Hector also steals the player's credits.

To maintain the character of standard chess, a player's bishops start on opposite-color squares, and the king starts on a square between the rooks.

Once in Bjarnarhaven, the player explores the levels beneath a nearby fortress, eventually facing Hrungnir, the Hill Giant Lord, responsible for ordering the player's godparents ' death.

The blinds will eventually consume all of a player's stack if he or she does not play and win more.

The game is eventually won by seceding from the motherland, signing the Declaration of Independence and defeating the armies which are sent to usurp the player's ‘ unalienable rights ’.

The player's rise to prominence, and his lust for revenge will take him through various areas of the city: from chemical plants through to steel mills and train yards, and eventually onto Radio City, home of the Kingpin's headquarters.

The player's number of aerial kills is kept track of and he is promoted in rank and awarded medals as he progresses, and he can eventually customize the colors of his aircraft.

The Pikachu's trust must be earned by the player and eventually it will come and live in the player's house.

They would eventually go after the player's Arwings when some time has passed.

Starting in Wave 5, demons also divide into two smaller, bird-like creatures that eventually attempt descent onto the player's cannon.

Winning a competition during a player's own turn allows the player to bank or draw a card ; banking enough cards of sufficient value eventually leads to victory.

The replay continues until the other player finally dies ( from the nuisance that will queue up eventually ), and the first player's board unfreezes at that moment.

Disposition from the first four factions is initially friendly, though through the player's actions it can go from friendly to neutral and eventually hostile.

The player's goal is to protect the parks ' owner, John Hammond, grandchildren Lex and Tim and completing a series of missions that will eventually lead to him escaping the island without being eaten.

The game was innovative in that, instead of the player's tank being destroyed with a hit from an enemy, it was merely damaged, losing some capabilities such as radar or speed ( enough damage would eventually destroy the tank ).

However, Torino eventually offered two hundred thousand lira plus two players and won the player's signature.

A player's health is monitored by a humorous Cool Spot face that gradually bends forward and will eventually fall from its position as damage occurs.

In the shooting games, the player's bullet power increases on a linear scale as the player collects power-ups dropped by enemies, and eventually maxes out.

Instead, the Mater League begins from the start, and all players acquired from transfers are kept in the player's squad, and the player can continue playing the Master League to eventually buy more players with their acquired points until the player has finally created their desired squad, since the Master League never actually finishes and always loops after all matches have been played.

The player controls a Huey or a WWII-era propeller fighter, each with different control scheme, to assist ground troops and tanks taking over enemy bunker to gain credits ( which used to automatically purchase armies or repair / refill player's vehicle ), and eventually to destroy enemy base.

They destroy the player's ship if the player collides with them, and if left unattended eventually explode sending out lines in the four cardinal directions.

There are a few multiplayer minigames which involve four differently coloured protagonists competing over the love interest, such as an elimination based game of catching an ever-growing beach ball which eventually explodes, and log rafting while trying to rescue the female from the water, while trying to steal her from other player's log rafts.

He failed to reproduce his previous form at Ibrox Stadium, even when McLeish replaced the Dutch at the helm of the club-the new manager expressed a desire to field younger players, Latapy was 34 ; in addition to his age, the player's hard partying tendencies also did little to put him in the coach's good graces, and he eventually left the club early in 2003.

After the player's and SHODAN's mutual enemies have been defeated, the player enters SHODAN's expanding new reality — created via her manipulation of the Von Braun's reality-warping faster-than-light engine — and defeats her.

Each time the player defeats the Elite Four, one of eight randomly selected prize Pokémon will be awarded, which can be transferred to the player's Pokémon Red, Blue, or Yellow game using the Transfer Pak.

As with other role-playing video games once the player's party defeats the opposing monsters and the battle ends, the party is awarded a certain amount of experience points ( EXP ) which are used to level up monsters.

As the player's party performs tasks or defeats enemies they receive experience, leading to increased levels and additional skill points.

If the player's ship is hit by a certain kind of weapon, but still defeats the boss, the next boss is likely to have more weapons of that type.

As a player's party defeats enemies, they earn experience points that go toward gaining levels, making each character stronger.

A player's wizard defeats an opponent by desecrating his or her altar through the magical " sacrifice " of a friendly unit.