Elite NPCs
Creatures concept
NPC characters that are far more dangerous than any regular opponent. Possibly worse than some bosses you may encounter.
105
games
17platforms
Alternate names: Elite mobs, Named mobs, Mini bosses
DOS 1990
WIN 2010-07-19
WIN 2011-03-01
WIN 1997-11-24
OSX 2010-10-05
X360 2011-03-09
WIN 2011-04-29
WIN 1996-12
MAC 1996-12
WIN 2009-10-27
WIN 2009-11-18
WIN 2004-05-28
In certain games (commonly RPGs) these are identifiable by the fact that they have a proper name, which has given them a common name of "named mobs".
These are occasionally equivalent to minibosses in other games, but minibosses themselves are not necessarily equivalent to elites.
Effectively anything that is noticeably more powerful than regular mook, but not so much to be a boss character. These have a habit of appearing first as a boss lookalike fight, but later on come in numbers. The first fight could've been a powered up version of the elite, being able to take more damage before going down and therefore qualifying for boss fight alone.
In cooperative games or games where players control more than one character, these require (or at least greatly benefit from) concentrated and usually somewhat coordinated efforts of everyone to take down on.
These are occasionally equivalent to minibosses in other games, but minibosses themselves are not necessarily equivalent to elites.
Effectively anything that is noticeably more powerful than regular mook, but not so much to be a boss character. These have a habit of appearing first as a boss lookalike fight, but later on come in numbers. The first fight could've been a powered up version of the elite, being able to take more damage before going down and therefore qualifying for boss fight alone.
In cooperative games or games where players control more than one character, these require (or at least greatly benefit from) concentrated and usually somewhat coordinated efforts of everyone to take down on.
Related:
* Boss battles
* Elites - in case the player controls similar characters.
Contrast:
* Swarmers
* Boss battles
* Elites - in case the player controls similar characters.
Contrast:
* Swarmers
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The first Elite NPCs video game was released in 1989.
Blizzard, Kalypso Media Digital and THQ published most of these games.