How words are described
| good | good score | good total |
| high | high score | high total |
| low | low score | low total |
| special | special score | special total |
| Other adjectives: best, exact, certain, current, single, actual, entire, massive, impressive, lower, new, combined, possible, final, negative, highest, lowest, last, minimum, maximum, higher, previous, overall. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Completion Meter: The earlier games had a counter with your current score and the total number of points available (e.g. 5/20).
Source: Video Game / Leisure Suit Larry - Your total amount of points not only serves as a high score, but also as a "life meter" of sorts.
Source: Scoring Points - And of course, when your party's total Offense score is greater than that of the map enemies by a certain amount, they'll automatically win any battle they get into. Literally.
Source: Foregone Victory
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