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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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Castle Crashers Remastered
Castle Crashers Remastered

6.3 Game Score

An enhanced edition of the humorous action game by The Behemoth, originally released in 2008 for Xbox 360. Castle Crashers Remastered can be described as a modern version of the classic side-scrolling game Golden Axe. You play as one of the four knights embarking on a journey to find a thief who stole a precious figurine from their castle. You constantly move to the right side of the screen and fight various enemies, using two kinds of attacks, which you can combine in many ways.

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LEGO Worlds
LEGO Worlds

6.2 Game Score

Another game from Traveller's Tales, featuring the highly-popular LEGO bricks. Unlike the previous installments in the series, this time the game doesn’t take us to any movie or comic book universe. LEGO Worlds was designed as a multiplayer virtual playground, in which the gameplay is focused on creating our own constructions and exploring thus created brick world with other players.

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The Typing of The Dead: Overkill
The Typing of The Dead: Overkill

6.2 Game Score

A PC version of The House of The Dead: Overkill from the Wii console, where instead of a gun our weapon is the keyboard and the fun is to type in the words appearing on the screen as quickly as possible. The game is a continuation of the popular - especially on SEGI rail-shooters, which is based on elimination of zombie substitutes.

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Splatoon
Splatoon

6.2 Game Score

A colorful arcade game realized in the convention of a shooter with a view from the third person perspective. The game is conducted in two teams of four, whose task is to eliminate the opponents and paint with their color the largest possible area of the map on which the match takes place.

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Let it Die
Let it Die

6.2 Game Score

A brutal action game by Grasshopper Manufacture, the creators of such productions as Killer7, No More Heroes, Lollipop Chainsaw, and the Shadows of the Damned. Initially, the project was announced under the name of Lily Bergamo but in time changed its formula and was renamed to Let it Die. It is exclusive to PlayStation 4 and uses the free-to-play business model.

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7554: Glorious Memories Revived
7554: Glorious Memories Revived

6.2 Game Score

Taking place during the First Indian War, by Vietnamese studio Emobi Games. 7554 allows us to get to know the reality of this unusual conflict from the perspective of the Ho Chi Minha partisan units. The graphics are powered by the Vision 8 engine for realistic collision calculation and surface wavy effects.

PC

Snipers
Snipers

6.2 Game Score

Multi-person online shooter, in which the theme of the title snipers was taken up. Twelve soldiers meet on different battlefields to fight with one of several futuristic weapons. The game does not lack typical functions: several game modes, development system and the ability to buy new rifles.

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Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Silent Hill: Book of Memories

6.2 Game Score

The well-known series of horrors returned in a completely new version, the assumptions of the game that differed from the previous parts. This time we are dealing with a network action game, in which the events are observed from a camera set in isometric projection.

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Painkiller: Recurring Evil
Painkiller: Recurring Evil

6.2 Game Score

The sixth installment of the popular FPS series developed by MED-Art, a Russian developer studio. The players assume the role of Bill Sherman, a character from Painkiller: Resurrection. The protagonist fights bloody battles against hellish forces, using a rich and sophisticated arsenal in the process as well as the ability to transform into a demon after collecting a certain amount of souls.

PC

Halo: Spartan Assault
Halo: Spartan Assault

6.2 Game Score

A spin-off of the legendary Halo shooter, prepared mainly for mobile and PC players. The title was created by the new developers of the series from 343 Industries studio in cooperation with Vanguard Games, and its characteristic feature is presenting the gameplay in isometric perspective. The story of the game was placed between events known from the 3rd and 4th Halo games and it reveals the backstory of the first missions of Spartan Ops and the conflict between humans and the Covenant race.

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Astral Chain
Astral Chain

6.2 Game Score

Astral Chain is an action adventure game in which we lead a policeman defending the futuristic city against the invasion of monsters. The game focuses on arcade combat, during which our character helps a robot obedient to his orders.

Switch

Destroy All Humans!
Destroy All Humans!

6.2 Game Score

A complete remake of the first installment of Destroy All Humans!, a series of humorous action games released in 2005. Once again, we take on the role of an alien named Crypto, sowing destruction on our planet in the mid-20th century.

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Atomic Heart
Atomic Heart

6.2 Game Score

A first-person perspective shooter, in which the players are taken to a retro-futuristic version of the Soviet Union. In Atomic Heart, the players assume the role of a secret agent tasked with examining a secret facility connection with which had been lost. The protagonist must face an army of hostile robots and hordes of zombies.

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Redeemer
Redeemer

6.2 Game Score

A brutal hack'n'slash game filled with action and created by Sobaka Studio - a Russian developer. The protagonist is called Vasily, a well-built monk with a series of dark events lurking in his past. As a mercenary working for a ruthless military-industrial corporation, Vasily used to commit the worst kind of crimes - he murdered, tortured, and extorted from people.

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Star Wars: Battlefront II
Star Wars: Battlefront II

6.2 Game Score

Star Wars: Battlefront II is a sequel to the 2015 multiplayer FPS game and the fourth game in the cult series that was started eleven years earlier by Pandemic. Unlike the previous game, Battlefront II offers both a complex multiplayer mode and a single player campaign set right after the destruction of the second Death Star. Iden Versio, the game's protagonist and the leader of the Empire's special forces, is given the task of avenging the Emperor.

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Beyond the Law: The Third Wave
Beyond the Law: The Third Wave

6.2 Game Score

Beyond the Law: The Third Wave is a tactical real-time action game, referring to Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive and the popular Commandos series. The user therefore controls a team of experts to deal with terrorist threats against the United States of America.

PC

Prince of Persia 3D
Prince of Persia 3D

6.2 Game Score

The first attempt to transfer the mechanics of the cult Prince of Persia series into a 3D environment, made by Red Orb Enertainment studio working within the structures of Broderbund Software. The action of Prince of Persia 3D (also known as Arabian Nights) takes us back to the 12th century Persia known to fans of the series, where the prince becomes entangled in a convoluted plot involving the Sultan and his brother Assan.

PC

Terrorist Takedown
Terrorist Takedown

6.2 Game Score

"Terrorist Takedown (in Poland: "Conflict in the Middle East") is an extensive action game, the development of which is the responsibility of the native City Interactive team. Players play the role of a soldier of an elite special unit, while the task set by the creators of the programme is to effectively carry out purges among terrorist organisations or self-proclaimed guerrilla militias operating in the Middle East.

PC

Fairytale Fights
Fairytale Fights

6.2 Game Score

Fairytale Fights is a very unusual action game, in which we move around the fantastic and colorful world. The essence of the game, however, is a ruthless fight.

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Breach (2011)
Breach (2011)

6.2 Game Score

First person shooter with extended multiplayer mode. In the game there is a clash of military factions that fight for money and power. The creators of Breach tried to introduce a few realistic elements into the game: faithfully reproduced rifles, a system of hiding behind obstacles, partial destruction of the environment. The production is directed primarily to fans of multi-player games.

PCX360

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

6.2 Game Score

Created by Aspyr Media in collaboration with LucasArts, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is a full-fledged sequel to a Star Wars action game about Darth Vader’s secret apprentice named Starkiller, reprising his role as the protagonist in the sequel. Together you get to explore an array of iconic locations set in the universe created by George Lucas, take part in many epic battles, and use the Starkiller’s unique skills as well as the power of the Dark Side of the Force.

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Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

6.2 Game Score

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a continuation of the relatively unknown action game from the perspective of the third person - Earth Defense Force 2017, in which we saved the planet from the invasion of aliens. This time we stand up to fight huge insects.

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Drake
Drake

6.2 Game Score

An extremely dynamic action game with a fast and engaging storyline. The player becomes the title Drak, who comes from the beyond to administer justice, to avenge his friends and to regain a powerful artefact.

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Urban Chaos: Riot Response
Urban Chaos: Riot Response

6.2 Game Score

Zero Tolerance: City Under Fire is an FPS game set in a metropolitan environment. We take control of Nick Mason, a member of the elite law enforcement team created after numerous gangster incidents on the streets of the metropolis. Our protagonist often gets to the very centre of riots in order to pacify the troubled people and restore the statutory order in this way.

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