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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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Hurtworld
Hurtworld

7.6 Game Score

A survival simulator that emphasizes multiplayer. It is the first major production by Bankroll, an Australian developer studio. The gameplay mechanics do not deviate from the majority of similar games, especially the bestselling Rust. The player character finds himself at a vast desert plain and his task is to survive in this hostile environment.

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Blade Symphony
Blade Symphony

7.6 Game Score

Blade Symphony is an action game developed by Puny Human Games team focusing on multiplayer mode. The game boils down to fencing duels between players using a very complex system of fighting with small arms.

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7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die

7.6 Game Score

A post-apocalyptic sandbox FPS developed by a debuting indie studio The Fun Pimps. The game takes you to a near future, when a nuclear war allowed a dangerous virus to spread across the entire world. The virus kills its victims in 7 days, as the title suggests, and turns them into bloodthirsty zombies. You play as one of the few not infected people, fighting for survival in Navezgane County, Arizona. 7 Days to Die allows you to freely explore its open world, adjusting the story to your actions.

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Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage
Borderlands 2: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage

7.6 Game Score

The second major DLC for Borderlands 2, a post-apocalyptic first-person shooter with RPG elements developed by Gearbox Software. The plot of Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage revolves around a new Vault which requires a special ritual to be opened. In order to perform it, a champion of Pandora must be chosen by means of a brutal tournament on a special arena. Mr.

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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

7.6 Game Score

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is an enhanced version of the best-selling action-RPG released in 2009 on the Nintendo Wii console. The player plays the role of a hero who tries to protect a peaceful fishing village from dangerous beasts. Prepared for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo WiiU consoles, the port introduces a number of new features, including additional enemies and improvements in the visual layer.

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Dynasty Warriors 8
Dynasty Warriors 8

7.6 Game Score

The eighth edition of the series of action arcade games based on one of the most famous Chinese historical novels - Legend of the Three Kingdoms. The title does not introduce revolutionary changes to the beaten formula, extending the gameplay with new elements and re-introducing solutions from previous parts.

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault

7.6 Game Score

A cyberpunk online FPS game based on the popular Ghost in the Shell franchise, and more precisely, on the animated TV series Stand Alone Complex. This title was created by a Nexon company’s subsidiary who specialize in online games. The story is set in the year 2030 in New Ports, a fictional Japanese city. Most of the society has enhanced their bodies with implants or even exchanged their bodies for fully mechanical shells.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

7.6 Game Score

A sequel to the 2010’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a hack ‘n’ slash game. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and its prequel were both developed by Mercury Steam Entertainment in cooperation with Konami. The players learn the further fate of Gabriel Belmont. The protagonist fell victim to evil and transformed into a Lord of Shadow.

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Apotheon
Apotheon

7.6 Game Score

A 2D platform game with an open world, inspired by Greek mythology. It was developed by an indie Canadian studio Alien Trap, known from, e.g. the well-received platform game Capsized. The game tells the story of Hera, who overthrows her husband, Zeus, and, driven by her dislike towards mortals, decides to obliterate them. You play as a hero, who has to reach the summit of Mount Olympus to save humanity and end the tyranny of the gods.

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Happy Wars
Happy Wars

7.6 Game Score

Happy Wars is a dynamic action game focused on multiplayer battles in which up to 30 players can take part at the same time. In the production of Super Smash Bros. Brawl is also not lacking attractions for lone gameplayers.

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Zone of the Enders HD Collection
Zone of the Enders HD Collection

7.6 Game Score

A set consisting of the first and second parts of the Zone of the Enders series - appropriately tuned to the possibilities offered by PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The creator of this well-known series of games about robots is Hideo Kojima.

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Hard Reset
Hard Reset

7.6 Game Score

First person shooter maintained in the cyberpunk atmosphere. The action takes place in the distant future, and we play the role of a soldier defending the inhabitants of Bezoar against bloodthirsty robots. The game bets on a dynamic fight with a large number of opponents. The authors focused on the single player campaign and omitted multiplayer mode.

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Remember Me
Remember Me

7.6 Game Score

A cyberpunk action-adventure game with third-person perspective view. It is the first work of the French studio Dontnod Entertainment. The story of Remember Me is set in 2084, when humanity developed technology that allows for digitization of memories. This system is supervised by the Memorize corporation and its special agents called Memory Hunters.

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Super Monday Night Combat
Super Monday Night Combat

7.6 Game Score

The next edition of the dynamic network shooting, in which the action is observed from a camera placed behind the back of a controlled character. The title is a representative of free-to-play production.

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Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD

7.6 Game Score

A refreshed edition of the classic spin-off of the popular Resident Evil series, which was originally released in 2000 on the Dreamcast console, and then in a slightly enhanced version for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. In the game we direct the actions of siblings Claire and Chris Redfield, who try to escape from the Rockfort Island, which belongs to the Umbrella Corporation.

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Manhunt
Manhunt

7.6 Game Score

After the three installments of the Grand Theft Auto series, Manhunt is a yet another brutal game created by Rockstar. Manhunt is an action stealth game only for adults, as the level of violence in this game surpasses anything we have seen in the GTA games.

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Godzilla: Save the Earth
Godzilla: Save the Earth

7.6 Game Score

Save the Earth is already the second action game prepared by Pipeworks Software development team in which the main role is played by fighting with each other giant creatures from the subsequent films about Honor.

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Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow the Hedgehog

7.6 Game Score

Shadow the Hedgehog is a three-dimensional arcade game about the adventures of the title dark alter ego of the most famous hedgehog in the history of electronic entertainment - the blue Sonic. The "Spiky Shadow" appeared for the first time in a product called Sonic Adventure 2, which was made available in 2001 to the owners of the Sega Dreamcast platform.

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Metro 2033
Metro 2033

7.6 Game Score

A post-apocalyptic first-person shooter featuring RPG and survival horror elements, based on the bestselling book written by Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was the first game developed by 4A Games, a studio that consists of developers working previously on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. The plot of the game takes place after a nuclear catastrophe that wiped out almost all life on Earth and made the natural environment irradiated and uninhabitable.

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Shadows of the DAMNED
Shadows of the DAMNED

7.6 Game Score

Shadows of the Damned to keep the convention of a horror action game with a third person view (TPP) by Grasshoper Manufacture studio. Players take on the role of the demon killer Garcia Hotspura and set off on a crusade to hell. The game abounds in exciting clashes with hordes of beasts, which can be exterminated with a variety of weapons - from guns, through crossbows and rifles, and on elements of the environment.

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Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue
Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue

7.6 Game Score

Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue is a game with the world's most popular doll in the lead role, addressed mainly to the youngest representatives of the beautiful sex.

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Alien Breed 3: Descent
Alien Breed 3: Descent

7.6 Game Score

The third part of the action/TPP game trilogy, initiated in 2009, resembles the cult shooting known primarily to Amiga computer owners. The main task of the player is to overcome the next stages, eliminating hosts of aliens.

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James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

7.6 Game Score

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing is an EA Redwood Shores studio-produced dynamic third person perspective action game (TPP). The title character, the famous MI-5 agent, tries to reclaim the stolen technology, which found its way into the hands of dangerous subversionists from Eastern Europe. The game combines elements of shooting and spectacular chases with the use of various vehicles.

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Inversion
Inversion

7.6 Game Score

TPP Shooting by TimeShift authors. Our task is to solve the puzzle of gravitational anomalies in which the normal rules of physics do not work. While staying in them we can, among others, float in the air and walk on the walls. Thanks to the use of the unusual properties of these places the fight becomes much more interesting than in traditional shooters.

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