Lock-on

You fight with guns, you look for monsters but to battle them the player needs to do a 'Lock-on Action'.

RPGamer 2010

There are two special attacks that the player can use, A "Wing Layer" and a "Lock-on Shot".

Fulldls.com 2009

So in those modes the gamer needs to be cautious rather than gung-ho Top-Gun style flying and shooting anything that moves as soon as you hear the "Lock-on" sound.

OXCGN - XBox News Reviews and Views GrathiusXR 2009

Lock-on technology is said to be present in this collection, which will allow players to experience the complete

SPOnG.com 2009

Lock-on control could have been used to alleviate at least some of the camera's problems, but yet again, it's nowhere to be found.

GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009

Smith said he expects the USAF eventually to go further and install a more powerful rocket motor that could fully exploit the new data link capability: "Lock-on after launch implies there may be an interest down the road to increase the range."

HEADLINES 2008

Lock-on is typically how this is solved (the first 3D Zelda game did this) but multiple opponents can make lock-on very frustrating – and again, I’d cite the GTA series here, since they threw multiple enemies at you in close quarters and gave you lock-on, with the result that you’d keep wailing on the same guy while three other guys cut you to pieces.

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