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![Throne of Darkness Had Whole Team Fighting and Risking Death. It Was a Diablo and Diablo 2 Clone That Wasn't Afraid to Experiment](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/466362045.jpg)
Throne of Darkness Had Whole Team Fighting and Risking Death. It Was a Diablo and Diablo 2 Clone That Wasn't Afraid to Experiment
Throne of Darkness is a forgotten Diablo 2 competitor with more of the „Devil” DNA than it appears.
video games
Hubert Sosnowski
October 14, 2024
![AquaNox Captivated Gamers With Its Graphics Despite Being Just a Blowout](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/465812075.jpg)
AquaNox Captivated Gamers With Its Graphics Despite Being Just a Blowout
It would seem that the pursuit of graphics in video games is an „invention” of recent years. Nothing could be further from the truth, and AquaNox, an underwater shooter released in 2001, is a prime example.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
October 7, 2024
![Broken Sword Threw Players Into Templar vs Assassin Conflict and Ended Tedious „Pixel Hunting”](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/465248914.jpg)
Broken Sword Threw Players Into Templar vs Assassin Conflict and Ended Tedious „Pixel Hunting”
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is one of the best adventure games in the history of the genre. An engaging story was woven into gameplay that abandoned the tired and annoying themes familiar from other adventure games of the time.
video games
Zbigniew Woznicki
October 1, 2024
![How to Find Protective Pendant in Halls of Torment 1.0](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/465419855.jpg)
How to Find Protective Pendant in Halls of Torment 1.0
Can’t find the Protective Pendant in Haunted Caverns? Check out our detailed Halls of Torment guide for a step by step walkthrough.
How to
Olga Racinowska
September 30, 2024
![Father of PlayStation Discusses Origins of Iconic Console; „Everyone at Sony Told Us We Would Fail in This Project”](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/465050573.jpg)
Father of PlayStation Discusses Origins of Iconic Console; „Everyone at Sony Told Us We Would Fail in This Project”
The father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, revealed that there was no faith in the success of the console at Sony. In 1993, the failure of the hardware, which eventually became the apple of the company's eye, was prophesied.
hardware & software
Zbigniew Woznicki
September 26, 2024
![Close Combat 3, Best Wargame of Its Time, Focused on Soldier Psychology and the Eastern Front](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/464575687.jpg)
Close Combat 3, Best Wargame of Its Time, Focused on Soldier Psychology and the Eastern Front
With ratings of 90%, Close Combat 3 was one of the best-rated strategy games of 1999. No wonder - it was the peak of popularity for the series, which wanted to show pixelated soldiers as something to be scared of.
video games
Adam Kusiak
September 23, 2024
![Knights and Merchants Was Unique Response to Settlers and Forgotten Fruit of Love](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/464004519.jpg)
Knights and Merchants Was Unique Response to Settlers and Forgotten Fruit of Love
Knights and Merchants is a strategy game that was undoubtedly modeled on Settlers but was definitely not a copy. See a game that holds a special place in my heart.
video games
Damian Gacek
September 17, 2024
![Brutal Shooter From Heretic and Hexen Creators. Soldier of Fortune Showed No Mercy to Opponents](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/462815563.jpg)
Brutal Shooter From Heretic and Hexen Creators. Soldier of Fortune Showed No Mercy to Opponents
Soldier of Fortune is one of those series that had a bright future ahead of them but was eventually lost in the darkness of history. Let's check out what Raven Software's masterpiece had to offer players besides brutality.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
September 3, 2024
![Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Aged Better Than Soul Reaver. That's the Cornerstone of This Legendary Series](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/460383089.jpg)
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Aged Better Than Soul Reaver. That's the Cornerstone of This Legendary Series
Fans of Cain and Raziel have reason to rejoice, as we will most likely get a remaster of Soul Reaver. On this occasion, it is worth firing up the first Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. It's still a great game that has aged the best of the series.
video games
Hubert Sosnowski
August 7, 2024
![This Shooter Still Impresses with Its Awe-Inspiring Graphics. Black from Criterion Games Remains a Tasty Treat](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/459763880.jpg)
This Shooter Still Impresses with Its Awe-Inspiring Graphics. Black from Criterion Games Remains a Tasty Treat
Rarely do specialists in spectacular racing venture into the field of shooters. Criterion Games team and its Black is proof that such a breakneck venture can be a recipe for success.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
July 31, 2024
![This Game Combined Features of Heroes and Magic the Gathering. Etherlords Had No Mercy for Newcomers](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/456739992.jpg)
This Game Combined Features of Heroes and Magic the Gathering. Etherlords Had No Mercy for Newcomers
At a time when the Heroes of Might and Magic series was still at its peak, the Nival team took on a seemingly impossible task and launched an assault on the territory it had seized. Etherlords drew handfuls from the legacy of the iconic series, but also introduced ideas of its own.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
July 2, 2024
![Good Humor and Weapons Turning World Upside Down. Armed and Dangerous Is the Last Game in the Spirit of Shiny Entertainment](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/456136063.jpg)
Good Humor and Weapons Turning World Upside Down. Armed and Dangerous Is the Last Game in the Spirit of Shiny Entertainment
Armed and Dangerous is the second game from Planet Moon Studios that had an original idea for itself. Let's find out what makes it popular even today.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
July 1, 2024
![We Have Diablo at Home. Without Get Medieval, There Wouldn’t Be Many Iconic Games](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/455546775.jpg)
We Have Diablo at Home. Without Get Medieval, There Wouldn’t Be Many Iconic Games
Get Medieval, although it didn't exactly belong to the same genre as Diablo 2, was considered by the „backyard” to be a cheap fake of a Blizzard game. However, when we discarded prejudices, it turned out to be an interesting and graceful arcade game.
video games
Hubert Sosnowski
June 26, 2024
![Story of the Myth Series, or How to Revolutionize Strategies](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/454342258.jpg)
Story of the Myth Series, or How to Revolutionize Strategies
With the Myth series, Bungie revolutionized the strategy genre and developed a dark fantasy epic that is still unmatched today.
video games
Adrian Werner
June 6, 2024
![How to Cheese Dog in Animal Well](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/453380329.jpg)
How to Cheese Dog in Animal Well
If you are struggling with a Ghost Dog in Animal Well, there is a cheese method that can facilitate this portion of the game.
How to
Aleksander Kartasinski
May 14, 2024
![How to Use Flute in Animal Well](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/453380194.jpg)
How to Use Flute in Animal Well
If you would like to learn the biggest power of the flute in Animal Well, we have prepared this article especially for you.
How to
Aleksander Kartasinski
May 13, 2024
![20-YO Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood Wasn't Afraid to Experiment. This Unique Combat System is Remembered to This Day](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/450700439.jpg)
20-YO Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood Wasn't Afraid to Experiment. This Unique Combat System is Remembered to This Day
Robin Hood is a character that everyone knows. However, not everyone's aware that this hero lived to see his own game modeled on the Commandos series. The Sherwood legend has his own flair, including a very unusual combat system.
video games
Damian Gacek
April 17, 2024
![Fans Annoy Gears Developer. „Please Stop Asking Me to Bring Back Games That I Don’t Have the Rights To”](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/450529604.jpg)
Fans Annoy Gears Developer. „Please Stop Asking Me to Bring Back Games That I Don’t Have the Rights To”
Cliff Bleszinski has had enough of fans writing to him regarding the return of games to which the American developer has long lost the rights. Could this be the result of rumors of a revamp of the first installments of the Gears series?
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 11, 2024
![Fan Pays $90,000 for Castlevania NES, First Game Bought by His Mother Years Ago](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/450359470.jpg)
Fan Pays $90,000 for Castlevania NES, First Game Bought by His Mother Years Ago
More than $90,000 was paid by a gamer to have an original copy of Castlevania - the first game he got from his mother many years ago.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 9, 2024
![First RPG From Creators of Baldur's Gate 3 is Holding Up. Without Divine Divinity, There'd Be no Larian as We Know It](https://cdn.gracza.pl/i_gp/h/16/448923104.jpg)
First RPG From Creators of Baldur's Gate 3 is Holding Up. Without Divine Divinity, There'd Be no Larian as We Know It
Larian came a long way before it released three veritable behemoths of the RPG genre. The road that was concluded with Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 began with a highly successful hybrid of hack'n'slash and role-playing game – the imperfect, albeit great Divine Divinity.
video games
Hubert Sosnowski
April 2, 2024