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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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SIN
SIN

Action 26 November 1998

SIN is a FPS action game in which we play Colonel John R. Blade and face the task of stopping SIN-TEK and crazy Elexis Sinclaire from distributing a drug that changes human DNA.

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MechWarrior 4: Black Knight
MechWarrior 4: Black Knight

Action 02 November 2001

Add-on to the well-known action tactical game MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, which enriches the basic version of the game with a new campaign and a number of elements that make the game more attractive.

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Unreal: Return to Na Pali
Unreal: Return to Na Pali

Action 15 July 1999

The official expansion for Epic Games' hit FPS shooter Unreal, released in 1998. The expansion, entitled Return to Na Pali, contains seventeen new missions in which we return to the title planet to find the crew of another spaceship that crashed somewhere on its surface. If our protagonist - former prisoner number 849 - manages to complete the task, he will be freed and cleared of all charges.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear: Urban Operations
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear: Urban Operations

Action 05 April 2000

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rouge Spear: Urban Operations is an extension to the 1999 tactical shootout under the name of a well-known writer, created by Red Storm developers. The plugin contains, among other things, a package of new missions for single player mode, as well as new maps for online games.

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Slave Zero
Slave Zero

Action 17 November 1999

Slave Zero is a Third-Person View (TPP) action game in which players direct the actions of a giant cyborg. The action was set in the distant future, when people and machines became one, and the world was plunged into war. Accolade developers took care of the visual appeal of their work, giving players plenty of freedom to explore and destroy a huge, futuristic metropolis.

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Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artifact
Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artifact

Action 08 March 2000

A continuation of Lara Croft’s adventure started in Tomb Raider III. In contrast to the expansions to the two previous installments of the popular series, Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artifact was sold separately and I was not free for owners of the base game. This time the archaeologist starts her adventure in the British Isles – first she visits Scotland, then Channel Tunnel, and finally she goes to Paris.

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Terrorist Takedown
Terrorist Takedown

Action 13 September 2004

"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.

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

Action 28 January 2002

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.

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Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

Action 30 September 2005

The third part of the adventures of the title thief. This time Sly sets out to look for a family fortune. The latest version of the series introduces many interesting solutions, including multiplayer for two players.

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Final Doom
Final Doom

Action 15 April 1996

Developed in collaboration between id Software and GT Interactive, this is the official expansion to the 1994 cult FPS shooter Doom II: Hell on Earth. The expansion entitled Final Doom enriches the basic version of the game with two brand new episodes: Plutonia Experiment and TNT: Evilution, in which we follow the further fate of a lone soldier, fighting hordes of hellish monsters.

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Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K. 2

Action 28 July 2000

Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.K.2 is an action game referring to the legendary animated film Heavy Metal. The events are shown from the perspective of a third person. Fun mechanics combines exploring the world and solving riddles in the style of Tomb Raider with an extensive hand-to-hand combat system.

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Hidden and Dangerous
Hidden and Dangerous

Action 27 July 1999

A three-dimensional shooter set during World War II, in which players take control of an allied infantry unit during a series of risky missions. Hidden and Dangerous is the work of Illusion Softworks.

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I Was An Atomic Mutant
I Was An Atomic Mutant

Action 25 July 2003

A crazy action game in which the player plays the role of a monster created as a result of a radiation mutation, burning with a desire to take revenge on humanity.

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Multiplayer Battletech 3025
Multiplayer Battletech 3025

Action canceled

A strategic action game designed to play thousands of players in massive multiplayer online mode. Its action takes us to the world of the future, where, as a pilot of a huge battle robot, we will be thrown into the very middle of a great war for power.

PC

MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior 3

Action 02 June 1999

Mosses are powerful and armed to the teeth combat robots, led to battle in the BattleTech world by brave pilots. Now you too can become a hero.

PC

Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour
Pearl Harbor: Zero Hour

Action 13 May 2001

Arcade game that takes us back to World War II, where as an American pilot we can take part in the most groundbreaking sea and air battles of the Pacific Wars.

PC

Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel

Action 03 September 1996

The only official extension to Hexen, a fantasy FPS game. The plugin offers 20 premiere single player scenarios and a completely new Multiplayer mode that can be used by up to eight players at once.

PC

Tortuga: Age of Piracy
Tortuga: Age of Piracy

Action 17 October 2003

Tortuga: Age of Piracy is an adventurous action game and at the same time an extensive maritime simulation taking place during the reign of powerful sailing ships flying the flag of the "skull", prepared by the Ascaron team (creators of Port Royale, among others).

PC

Fighting Force
Fighting Force

Action 18 October 1997

A "walking" brawl, developed by the creators of Tomb Raider - Core Design studio, realized in the third person perspective. In the game we play one of the four characters trying to stop the booming of the crazy Dr. Zening. Disappointed by prophecies about the imminent end of the world, he decides to bring an apocalypse to mankind on his own.

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Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin

Action 21 May 1994

An arcade game based on the plot of a film of the same title. We play the role of Aladin, a young thief from the city of Agrabah, who, due to the evil know-how of the evil vizier Jaffar, must acquire a magical lamp from the mythical Miraculous Cave.

PC

Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Medal of Honor: Vanguard

Action 23 March 2007

This console-only FPS shooter set in the realities of World War II is a sequel to the best-selling Medal of Honor series. In this part of the game, the developers from Electronic Arts focused on the fate of Corporal Frank Keegan from the American 82nd Airborne Division. Together with him and his comrades-in-arms we first land on Sicily, in order to move with the progress of military operations to the Rhine region and take part in a famous operation codenamed Varsity in March 1945.

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killer7
killer7

Action 06 July 2005

The vengeful Harman Smith is coming! Play as a professional murderer, who has extraordinary abilities - he can assume 7 different personalities, and each of them has different properties and abilities. The cruel Kun Lan is just waiting for you to stumble. Don't be fooled and keep your eyes wide open!

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Star Trek
Star Trek

Action 23 April 2013

Action game with Third Person View (TPP) addressed to the science-fiction lovers. The title was produced by Digital Extremes studio (known i.a. from Homefront and The Darkness II). The plot of the main campaign is located between events presented in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek 2 (2012). Commander James T. Kirk and Spock of the USS Enterprise are on the trail of a mysterious race, the Gorn, who intend to invade Federation planets. They must stop this intergalactic plot before it is too late.

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TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Action 20 March 2007

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is another action adventure game about the adventures of Ninja Turtles Warriors. This time it was decided to create a product on the canvas of a full-length film, made entirely with the use of computer graphics. Of course, we see Leonard, Donatell, Raphael and Michelangel in the leading roles, both in the cinema hits and in the game.

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