Action Video Games54

7.5 Game Score

The fourth installment in the series of glamorous action games that focus on the war between humans and the dangerous race of Locust. The game was developed by Polish studio People Can Fly (Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and other titles) that belongs to Epic Games. Gears of War: Judgment is a prequel to the story shown in Gears of War. The main protagonist is Damon Baird who, together with his brothers in arms – Augustus Cole, Garron, and Sophia, is falsely accused of treason.

X360

7.5 Game Score

A simple sniping mini-game advertising Hitman: Absolution, the fifth installment in the popular game series about the mysterious assassin known as Agent 47. The program was distributed digitally as a pre-order bonus. Hitman: Sniper Challenge consists of a single mission. Your target is Richard Strong, the head of a large weapon manufacturing company. As you play, you cannot move around – the character remains in a static position on the rooftop of a nearby building.

PCX360PS3

7.5 Game Score

The first, fully-fledged extension to the extremely popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 shooter. The add-on traditionally extends the multiplayer mode with new maps for online gameplay. It is also possible to play for one player in Special Operations mode.

PC

7.5 Game Score

The Year of the Snake is a six mission long feature add-on DLC for Sleeping Dogs. This time, Wei Shen, a detective, has to face the cultists who took to the streets of Hong Kong and began murdering people in order to secure their place in paradise.

PCX360PS3

7.5 Game Score

Continuation of the 2008 network shooter based on the popular game Counter-Strike. The title is intended mainly for the Asian market and a significant role in the game is played by the micropayment system.

PC

7.5 Game Score

An episodic action game developed by Intoxicate. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic universe known from the cRPG Afterfall and from the survival horror Afterfall Insanity. The player enters a world that survived a great war, where groups of survivors are hiding in small mountain settlements, forced to fight in search for supplies and resources. Each of the three episodes tells a completely different story shown from the perspective of a different character.

PC

7.5 Game Score

The third instalment of Army of Two from 2008. The title puts the player in the middle of a drug war taking place in Mexican cities. Just like its previous parts, the game focuses on cooperation.

X360PS3

7.5 Game Score

An action game set in the world of pirates. Created by Miroslaw Dymek, a legendary Polish game maker responsible for series such as Earth 21XX or Polanie. The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt lacks a main storyline driving the gameplay. The action takes place in an extensive, open-world environment recreating a large part of the Caribbean. The player controls a captain of a pirate ship, whose aim is to gain fame and riches at sea.

PCANDiOS

7.5 Game Score

The first story DLC for the game Batman: Arkham Knight, developed by WB Games Montreal, the creators of e.g. the first installment in the series. The story takes place before Arkham Asylum. You play as Batgirl, who, together with Robin, sets out to rescue Commissioner Gordon, kidnapped by the Joker. During the game you visit a brand new location of Seagate Amusement Park, built on an oil platform. This is where you fight Joker's mooks and face new main quests and side quests.

PCXONEPS4

7.5 Game Score

Third action game, accompanying the premiere of Star Wars: Clone Wars. We play the role of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who on the planet Rhen Var are trying to prevent the Confederacy troops from taking over the deadly Sith's weapons called Dark Reaper. The game is divided into two segments, in which we fight in the air at the controls of machines and in the traditional way with the use of light swords and Jedi power.

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7.5 Game Score

An action game with numerous RPG elements. Similar to its predecessor, it is a spin-off title in the Dragon Quest franchise by Square Enix, and although it retains a similar atmosphere, it offers several new solutions. The plot of Dragon Quest Heroes II references the events of its predecessor. Despite the lack of any direct links to the core Dragon Quest productions, there are a few familiar faces to see here.

PCPS4SwitchPS3PSV

7.5 Game Score

An MMO in Medieval setting, classified as a sandbox survival simulator. The game does not introduce a very refined plot; the players' characters, deprived of any memories, find themselves on the coast of a mysterious island, where it's everybody for themselves in the struggle for the royal throne. As in pretty much any survival game, the essential element of the gameplay is the need to obtain food, and the resources necessary to construct simple tools or, eventually, your own fort.

PC

7.5 Game Score

A mobile edition of the survival adventure game created by Klei Entertainment. The action of Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition takes place in a randomly generated wilderness, where the protagonist, a scientist named Wilson, was teleported by a deceitful demon. The hero has to use his knowledge and skills to survive in a hostile environment full of wild beasts, and find a way to go back home.

ANDiOS

7.5 Game Score

The fourth installment in the action game series, featuring the titular comic book superhero. The game was developed by Rocksteady, the studio which had previously worked on Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The plot depicts the next chapter of Batman’s adventures. This time, the hero must face Scarecrow, who successfully terrorized Gotham City.

PCXONEPS4

7.5 Game Score

An atmospheric FPP survival horror game set in the iconic universe of Alien. It has been created by Creative Assembly, known from their strategy game series, Total War. The game takes place after the events of first movie, and the developers adapted not only the movie's visual style, but also the it's characteristic atmosphere. We play as Amanda, daughter of Ellen Ripley, the main protagonist of the movie. She sets on a journey to find out what happened to her mother after the Nostromo incident.

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7.5 Game Score

It is the ninth major installment in a best-selling action game series, this time developed by Ubisoft Quebec. After a brief affair with the French Revolution the developers decided to take players to 19th-century London of the Victorian era, giving them control of two characters: hot-headed young man named Jacob and his twin sister Evie. Although the game retains all of its key elements, gameplay mechanics went through some changes.

PCXONEPS4

7.5 Game Score

Developed by Butterscotch Shenanigans, Crashlands is an action adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay-wise similar to another popular title, Don’t Starve. You explore a vast, diverse world filled with plants, wildlife, and numerous dangers. The game does not set any specific goal for you to achieve; the player’s main objective focuses solely on survival.

PCXONESwitchANDiOS

7.5 Game Score

The fifth installment of the well-known mobile series, also available for the first time to Windows 8.1 users. In the game we play the skin of the title, eternally hungry shark, and our goal is to perform further arcade missions, while taking care of the contents of our stomach.

PCANDiOSWP

7.5 Game Score

A humorous, three-dimensional rail shooter by Inti Creates studio and a sequel to 2011 Gal*Gun, a game designed for motion game controllers. We play as an ordinary Japanese high-school student named Hodai, whose life has turned upside-down after he is shot with an arrow by mischievous angel Kurona. This results in every female trying to hit on him in more than aggressive way, after as little as a single glance.

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7.5 Game Score

A continuation of the well-received game that combines elements of platform games, RPGs, and roguelike productions. Both installments of the Risk of Rain series have been developed by the independent studio called Hopoo Games. In Risk of Rain 2, a player assumes the role of a character traversing the surface of an unknown distant planet with the objective of surviving in this unwelcoming environment and exploring locations filled with aggressive adversaries.

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7.5 Game Score

A continuation of a multiplayer-focused TPP shooter from 2015, developed for the Nintendo Switch console. Splatoon 2’s gameplay follows its predecessor and lets the players control Inklings – joyful human octopuses who fight using paint-based weapons. Those can be used not only to attack opponents, but also to paint the map – which is one of game’s objectives and allows increased movement speed and faster ammo regeneration. Major novelties include e.g.

Switch

7.5 Game Score

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop is an improved version of Alien Swarm, a 2010 shooter developed by Reactive Drop Team. The game is free-to-play and, in comparison with the original one, it has new kinds of enemies (like the Antilon Guards from Half-Life 2), new weapons, such as combat rifle, Devastator, or Desert Eagle, and better bots that will fight with you side by side on all of the official maps. Nonetheless, Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop focuses on co-op matches, this time for up to eight players.

PC

7.5 Game Score

A remastered edition of Red Faction: Guerilla developed by THQ Nordic. In comparison to the original, the game features improved visuals, higher resolution, as well as more detailed textures, shadows, and lighting.

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7.5 Game Score

Another entry in the popular series of action games, in which the players assume the role of the assassin for hire known as Agent 47. In Hitman 2, the protagonist is chasing the mysterious client. 47 must eliminate the target and destroy his criminal network. The game takes the players on a journey to various parts of the world, including tropical forests and Miami. In addition to a story campaign, the game features a cooperation multiplayer mode.

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