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Action games. Wide category of games that require reflex, accuracy and agility. It includes, among other things, shooters (e.g. Call of Duty and Battlefield series) and action-adventure games (Tomb Raider). First and third person perspective (FPP/TPP) is used. In most cases we are playing as a character who has to defeat some enemies and reach a specific point. We can use a wide range of weapons, including pistols, rocket launchers, swords, knives and like. Action-adventure is a particular category within action games genre. Such titles put less emphasis on action and combat, focusing more on story, exploration and puzzles.

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Hexen II
Hexen II

8.4 Game Score

Another action/FPS game created by Raven Software team. This time, Raven Software developers decided to adapt the engine Quake for the game. Of course, not without minor corrections, after all, the first Hexen was known for the fact that in addition to the traditional portion of devastation, it also offered accents characteristic of adventure games.

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Dino Crisis 2
Dino Crisis 2

8.4 Game Score

Sequel action adventure game, originally released in 1999 and dedicated to Sony PlayStation. The authors of the program were inspired by the best-selling series of virtual survival-horrors called Resident Evil - however, this time the opponents are not rotting zombies, but bloodthirsty reptiles from prehistoric times.

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Descent 3
Descent 3

8.4 Game Score

A 3D action game with a first-person perspective that gives players freedom of movement in a state of weightlessness. Working for the PTMC corporation, a material defender tries to stop a nanovirus that turns robots into assassins.

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Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D

8.4 Game Score

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D is a spectacular action game in the universe of Star Wars. The plot of the title shows the events taking place between Star Wars: New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The player takes on the role of Luke Skywalker, who after the destruction of the Death Star joins the Rogue Squadron pilot unit and as a subordinate general Rieekan takes part in many dangerous missions.

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Toy Story 2: Action Game
Toy Story 2: Action Game

8.4 Game Score

Film toys in action. Astronaut Buzz Lightyear must save the Miracle, a friend kidnapped by the evil Emperor Zurga. Buzz, equipped with special accessories, travels through various worlds fighting evil robots.

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America's Army: Special Forces
America's Army: Special Forces

8.4 Game Score

Released directly by the U.S. Army, the tactical shooter quickly became very popular. "Special Forces" is a continuation of the successful "America's Army: Operations". (this game premiered in 2002).

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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

8.4 Game Score

A continuation to the 2002's best-selling first-person shooter Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, released by Electronic Arts company. Action of the installment, developed this time by the EA's internal studio, focuses on the US-Japan conflict during the World War II in the Pacific region.

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Gorky Zero: Fabryka Niewolnikow
Gorky Zero: Fabryka Niewolnikow

8.4 Game Score

Prequel of the well-known tactical-adventure game Gorky 17, created by the Polish development studio Metropolis Software. The action of this title takes place several years before the events known from Gorky 17, and its main character is the Canadian commander Cole Sullivan, a member of the NATO special forces.

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Drakan: The Ancient's Gates
Drakan: The Ancient's Gates

8.4 Game Score

Drakan: The Ancients' Gates allows you to move to a fantastic virtual universe, well known from the game Drakan: Order of the Flame, released in 1999.

PS2

Half-Life: Counter-Strike
Half-Life: Counter-Strike

8.4 Game Score

Multiplayer modification of the cult Half-Life, prepared by the creators of the original from Valve Software studio. The game is a tactical FPP shooter, in which two teams face each other, representing terrorists and specialized anti-terrorist units. Each team has at their disposal a dedicated arsenal of weapons, which were prepared on the basis of original equipment of special forces from different countries (like Navy Seals, GSG9, GIGN or SAS).

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Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Sly 2: Band of Thieves

8.4 Game Score

Band of Thieves is a continuation of the best-selling adventure game entitled Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus. The Sly is a thief, a true expert in his trade, who deals only with the biggest jumps.

PS2

Pirates! Gold
Pirates! Gold

8.4 Game Score

Pirates! Gold is an upgraded version of Sida Meier's classic hit, which at the end of the 1980s triumphed on almost all major hardware platforms. In the "Golden Edition", MicroProse has invested primarily in improving the audio-visual setting, which would allow a new generation of players to see what their older colleagues used to be excited about.

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Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

8.4 Game Score

Another installment in the popular action adventure game series by Core Design, featuring the sexy archaeologist as the main role. The action of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation starts in Cambodia, in the Angkor Wat temple, but the main part of the plot takes place in Egypt, where the heroine happened to have released the evil god Seth, which threatens the whole humanity.

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Vulture
Vulture

8.4 Game Score

Vulture is a typical shooting, in which we play the role of a pilot of a combat helicopter taking part in a number of heavy and dangerous missions.

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Aliens vs Predator (1999)
Aliens vs Predator (1999)

8.4 Game Score

Alien vs. Predator is a game based on classic science fiction films "Alien" and "Predator". Now we have the opportunity to confront with each other the two most dangerous alien species encountered in space, or to fight them as a marines soldier.

PC

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

8.4 Game Score

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a third party action game produced by Raven Software, based on the popular comic book series and a film directed by Gavin Hood. The player has the opportunity to get to know the dark past of the title superhero before he became a member of the X-Men team. The advantage of the game are spectacular combat sequences using elements of the environment and Wolverine's supernatural skills.

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Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D

8.4 Game Score

A 1992 cult shooter game, often called the “forefather” of 3D FPS games. Wolfenstein 3D was developed by the famous studio id Software, also known from such titles as Doom or Quake. You play as William “B.J.” Blazkowicz, an Allied special forces spy, who undertakes dangerous missions on enemy territory. Blazkowicz is sent to Nazi Germany to infiltrate Castle Hollehammer, a secret base where research on creating a super-soldier is conducted.

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Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

8.4 Game Score

An official expansion pack for Doom 3. It was developed by Nerve Software, under the auspices of the base game's creators. Resurrection of Evil continues the storyline established in the core game, once again taking the player to the secret research facility on Mars. It turns out that defeating the powerful Cyberdemon and destroying the portal leading to hell were not the only problems of the Union Aerospace Corporation.

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Infernal
Infernal

8.4 Game Score

Infernal is an extensive action game created by the Polish studio Metropolis Software known mainly from the Gorky series. The player takes on the role of Ryan Lennox, a super-agent working in the service of his devilish character, hellish equivalent of the well-known James Bond.

PCX360

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising

8.4 Game Score

Multi-person tactical action game with a first person perspective called Joint Operations prepared by a development team from NovaLogic (authors including Delta Force: Black Hawk Down).

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Conker: Live & Reloaded
Conker: Live & Reloaded

8.4 Game Score

Conker: Live & Reloaded is a significantly expanded and improved version of Conker's Bad Fur Day, which was released at the end of the popularity of the Nintendo 64 console, and in the current, improved incarnation is available on the Xbox console.

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Delta Force: Xtreme
Delta Force: Xtreme

8.4 Game Score

Delta Force One: Next Gen is a kind of return to the roots of the famous Novalogic studio cycle. Developers from this company have given players a much refreshed and improved version of the precursor of the series, Delta Force, released in 1998.

PC

Bugs Bunny & Taz: Timebusters
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Timebusters

8.4 Game Score

Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil are in trouble - their friend broke down the time machine and lost the jewel needed to control time. Help them find the jewel by wandering through the four epochs of cartoons.

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Battlefield 2: Euro Force
Battlefield 2: Euro Force

8.4 Game Score

Battlefield 2: Euro Force is the first of a series of mini-packages, the "booster packs", extending the content of the great Battlefield 2 action game for team skirmishes on the web.

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