Action Video Games55
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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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
7.4 Game Score
An arcade flight simulator and continuation of the popular series published by Bandai Namco. Like its predecessors, Ace Combat 7 is set in alternative timeline, in which there are different countries, and humans have constructed unique flying units. Game focuses on the story, which we learn both through events during missions and many cutscenes. The gameplay is mostly arcade, with only a few simulation’s features.
Downwell
7.4 Game Score
An old school 2D rogue-like platform shooter. Despite the fact of being quite simple, Downwell features extraordinary mechanics and high difficulty level. You are in control of a hero wearing special military gun-boots that enable him to shoot enemies, crush rocks, and perform air stunts. The action is set in a narrow, bottomless well filled with carefully-guarded treasures.
System Shock
7.4 Game Score
A remake of the 1994's System Shock. The original game was developed by Looking Glass Studios and is considered a classic of the genre, combining shooter mechanics with RPG elements in a cyberpunk setting. This new edition was created by Night Dive Studios, known for the 2015's enhanced edition of the same game. System Shock Remake recreates the original story, taking the player to the Citadel space station.
AirBuccaneers HD
7.4 Game Score
A commercial continuation of the popular Unreal Tournament 2004 game fashion, which became one of the winners in the first edition of the Make Somethng Unreal contest. The game consists of multiplayer battles of balloons filled with hot air and armed with powerful deck guns. Ships are controlled by a multiplayer crew consisting of players.
Starbound
7.4 Game Score
An exploration game that eludes standard genre classification, developed by independent studio Chucklefish. Starbound combines elements of a 2D sandbox platformer and a strategy game. As you play, you explore and colonize other planets, provide for their inhabitants, construct useful items and vehicles, as well as fight hostile aliens. The game is set in a procedurally generated world,providing a great amount of freedom to the players.
MDK 2 HD
7.4 Game Score
Graphically refreshed version of the third person shooter from BioWare studio. Kurt Hectic returns and again has to defend the world against nasty aliens. This time, however, we manage not only him, but also the mighty armed dog Max and doctor Hawkins, who is very good at solving riddles.
War of the Roses
7.4 Game Score
War of the Roses is a game-oriented multiplayer team action game, the plot of which was set in the reality of 15th century England. Players have the opportunity to move to the battlefields of the famous "War of Two Rose", fought between the families of Lancasters and Yorkers. Developers from the Fatshark studio put the main emphasis on multiplayer gameplay.
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
7.4 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.
The Showdown Effect
7.4 Game Score
Multi-person platformer, in which we play the role of warriors from different periods of history. Bold men stand up to fight in the arenas and use an extremely diverse range of weapons. The production refers to many classic action films and is presented in a humorous way. Its creators, Arrowhead Game Studios, became famous for playing Magick.
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves
7.4 Game Score
Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves is a mix of an action game, a cRPG, and a tower defense strategy. It is the first game from the indie studio Artifice. Bryan Perro, author of the fantasy novel Amos Daragon, collaborated with the production team. The game takes place in 19th century Canada. The plot focuses on two brothers who, despite their differences, do everything they can to save their sister who is chased by the Devil himself. Gameplay is based on a day-night cycle.
Deceit
7.4 Game Score
Deceit is a multiplayer shooter with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in a psychiatric hospital. Four people take on the role of healthy patients trying to escape and the other two are bloodthirsty monsters, the aim of the latter is to hunt the rest of the players and prevent them from completing the mission.
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
7.4 Game Score
Another add-on to Destiny 2, a hybrid of first-person shooter and MMO game from Bungie Software studio. The production introduces several new objects and activities and introduces a completely new plot.
Far Cry 5
7.4 Game Score
Far Cry 5 is the fifth installment of the first-person action game series from Ubisoft. Unlike the previous installments of the series that took place in various exotic locations, Far Cry 5 takes the players to Montana, one of the least populated states of the USA.
Last Year
7.4 Game Score
A first-person survival horror developed by independent studio Elastic Games. Last Year draws inspiration from typical slasher films. At the core of gameplay lies asymmetrical multiplayer designed for up to 6 players. In Last Year five players play as typical American teenagers, while the sixth assumes the role of a psychopath, hunting down the rest. In the game each hero has a particular role to play, and the key to success is proper cooperation and using each character’s strengths.
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
7.4 Game Score
A third-person perspective hack-and-slash action game developed by Omega Force. The title adapts the popular Japanese comic series Berserk, set in a grim dark fantasy realm filled with wars, demons and villainy, drawing inspiration from European Middle Ages. The main protagonist of the series is a warrior named Guts, initially a mercenary he was later forced to declare war on the demonic forces pulling the strings of this dark world.
The Hulk
7.4 Game Score
The Hulk is a dynamic Third-Person View (TPP) action game, whose plot refers to the plot of a film directed by Ang Lee. The title character, well known to Marvel's comic book fans, must stop the cruel Leader from creating an army of creatures. Developers from the Radical Entertainment studio have prepared 30 complex and full of opponents levels, some of which are locations known from the film.
KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
7.4 Game Score
KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child is a first person shooter (FPS) in a psychedelic climate produced by Third Law Interactive studio. The action of the game was set in the hellish world of Psycho Circus, and the player takes on the role of one of the members of the KISS team and starts fighting with the servants of the title Child of the Nightmare.
Requiem: Avenging Angel
7.4 Game Score
Requiem: Avenging Angel is a first person shooter (FPS) action game by Cyclone studio. The plot of the game refers to biblical themes. Players take on the role of Maliachi's archangel and, using various divine powers and quite earthly weapons, set off on a crusade against the servants of darkness.
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force: Expansion Pack
7.4 Game Score
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force action game add-on that greatly enhances interactivity and introduces new maps, levels, tasks and characters.
Descent 3: Mercenary
7.4 Game Score
Add-on to Descent 3, a first person shooter and a spacecraft simulator. Enlargement introduces a new short campaign consisting of 7 missions. In addition, we receive new multiplayer boards and a level editor. The game is characterized by great audio effects and detailed three-dimensional graphics.
Clive Barker's Undying
7.4 Game Score
Action game FPP maintained in the convention of horror, to which the script was written by the master of the genre Clive Barker himself. As an occult Patrick Galloway, the player must discover the mystery of the Covenant family's curse.
Tenchu: Return From Darkness
7.4 Game Score
In Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, the player takes on the role of one of the two ninja warriors and, while remaining hidden, performs further tasks. The game is relatively brutal (spectacular executions of enemies).
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
7.4 Game Score
A three-dimensional action/FPS game with a story set in the world of Warhammer 40,000. The player can survive 24 hours of the life of the 23-year-old Tau warrior named Kais.
Gatling Gears
7.4 Game Score
A dynamic action shooter with a top-view perspective by Vanguard Games. The action takes place in a fictional universe, where as a soldier we cross the Earth, which is disintegrating as a result of the exploitation of natural resources. A combat moss was put at our disposal, which we will have to carry out various tasks. The system of destruction used in the game is very impressive.