Gimmicks
Traps
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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While the game is a metroidvania, it plays more like the older Castlevanias, with plenty of platforming, level gimmicks and traps.
Source: Video Game / Hasslevania - While every level has environment-based gimmicks and traps, they all still feel the same.
Source: The Problem with Licensed Games -
The Labyrinth in Path of Exile is a series of zones filled monsters and traps, leading to a 3-part battle with a Lightning Bruiser boss with randomized gimmicks you have to play around.
Source: Marathon Level
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Traps and Gimmicks. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gimmicks/traps
Gimmicks & Traps. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gimmicks/traps>.
Traps or Gimmicks. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gimmicks/traps.
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