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* Combos in the ''BitTrip'' series are rewarded two ways: by a more conventional "Mega, Super, Ultra, Extra, etc" system, and by adding more notes to the background music. Furthermore, this is the core of the gameplay, as by the end you're making a fully fleshed out song.

** And there's less emphasis on the second system as the series goes on, [[ confirmed by]] WordOfGod as a reflection of the protagonist's CharacterDevelopment.

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** And there's less emphasis on the second system as the series goes on, [[http://www.bitmob.com/articles/origin-stories-bittrip-runner?page=2 confirmed by]] WordOfGod as a reflection of the protagonist's CharacterDevelopment.

** (''L-L-L-L-[[strike:LUDACRIS]]LUDICROUS KILL!'' '''''[[BeyondTheImpossible HOLY SHIT!]]''''')

* ''TalesOfDestiny'' gives you more XP with a higher combo after you get a certain item and enable the feature in the game's option menu. Combos are scored by knocking an enemy up into the air and hitting it as many times as you can without allowing it to touch the ground. EXP received from Combos starts to get up to ludicrous levels if you can get a 25+ hit combo (which is not easy by any means), and can be worth more XP than the hardest non-boss monsters in the game. Said XP gain is exponential, 2-3 hit combos barely give you anything, 5-8 hits are 'meh', 10+ and it starts getting awesome quickly.

* And then there's the Style Point system from the ''DevilMayCry'' series: it's actually alphabetical. Towards the end, it goes 'Beautiful!' 'Amazing!' 'STYLISH!'... and from there [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment it just keeps adding more]] !'s to the end of STYLISH!.
** It actually varies from one game to the next. The first game had Dull, Cool, Bravo, Awesome, and Stylish.
* ''SonicAdventure2'' awards you bonus points for the number enemies you kill in a combo. As Sonic/Shadow, this means number of enemies you kill without touching the ground. As Tails/Eggman, this means number of enemies you kill with one round of seeker shots. The number of bonus points you get increases as you kill more enemies, with each combo being complemented by a ranking. They range from Good to Radical to Perfect. Most of them are meant to keep with the "'tude" that Sonic has.

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* ''UnrealTournament'' rewards combination kills with announcements approaching the orgasmic: "Monster Kill!"

* ''ClayFighter 63 1/3'' parodies this with labels like "lame", "cheesy", and "little girlie" for small combos. Bigger ones get labels like "ludicrous" and "insane".
** Or King Size.

** (''L-L-L-L-LUDACRIS KILL!'' '''''[[BeyondTheImpossible HOLY SHIT!]]''''')

* The CapcomVsWhatever and MarvelVsCapcom games often have this. Often, at least one combo level is named for the company Capcom is picking fights with (Such as [[{{MarvelComics}} Marvelous]] or ''[[{{Tatsunoko}} "Tatsunical"]]'')
* MadWorld rates the impressive nature behind your kills as various levels of "violence". This includes "routine violence, ultraviolence, hardcore, etc."

* TeamFortress2 has these in the form of achievements for the characters, such as "be efficient" for the Sniper.
* the {{Halo}} games have ratings for killing sprees achieved in a set amount of time. 6 is Killtrocity, 7 is Killimanjaro, 8 is Killtastrophe, 9 is Killapocalypse, and 10 is Killionare.

* Combos in the BitTrip series are rewarded two ways: by a more conventional "Mega, Super, Ultra, Extra, etc" system, and by adding more notes to the background music. Furthermore, this is the core of the gameplay, as by the end you're making a fully fleshed out song.

* ''KillerInstinct'' label combos based on the number of hits. Names include Master, Blaster, Ultra ect...
** And deliciously averted in the most ''[[Memes/VideoGames memorable]]'' label: '''C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!'''
* ''XMenNextDimension'' and some other X-Men games have half of the combo levels include the letter "X": eXact, eXciting, eXtc...

* PuzzlePirates has combo levels like "Donkey" and "Vegas"

* ''HouseOfTheDead: OVERKILL'' ranks your KillStreak this way. The lowest is "Extreme Violence", followed by "Hardcore Violence", "Ultra Violence", "Psychotic!" and finally "GOREGASM!"

* The CapcomVsWhatever games often have this. Often, at least one combo level is named for the company Capcom is picking fights with (Such as [[{{MarvelComics}} Marvelous]] or ''[[{{Tatsunoko}} "Tatsunical"]]'')

* SonicAdventure 2 awards you bonus points for the number enemies you kill in a combo. As Sonic/Shadow, this means number of enemies you kill without touching the ground. As Tails/Eggman, this means number of enemies you kill with one round of seeker shots. The number of bonus points you get increases as you kill more enemies, with each combo being complemented by a ranking. They range from Good to Radical to Perfect. Most of them are meant to keep with the "'tude" that Sonic has.

* ''X-Men: Next Dimension'' and some other X-Men games have half of the combo levels include the letter "X": eXact, eXciting, eXtc...

** And thanks to ESPN's Rob Stone, four is a "hambone".

* Non video game example: Scoring three strikes in a row in bowling is a "turkey".