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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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Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

6.5 Game Score

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is an action-packed platform game created by Arkedo studio. The main driving force behind the plot is the bloody revenge of the rabbit Asha, Prince of Hell, on his enemy known as Fat Rabbit.

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Salvation Prophecy
Salvation Prophecy

6.5 Game Score

Salvation Prophecy is a game that is a real cocktail of the genre. It allows you to fight star battles in the style of space simulators, explore the planets like in third person shooters, as well as develop your own empire, conduct diplomacy, improve technology and take part in wars.

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Six-Guns
Six-Guns

6.5 Game Score

Inspired by the console hit Red Dead Redemption, the third-player action game set in the Wild West. We play the role of Buck Crosshawa, who has to face not only other revolvers, but also supernatural beings lurking in the wilderness of Arizona.

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Assassin's Creed: Unity
Assassin's Creed: Unity

6.5 Game Score

The fifth major installment in the extremely popular Assassin’s Creed franchise, created by the Ubisoft company in 2007. It is at the same time the first iteration of the series designed for PC and the eight generation consoles. The new story features a new assassin, Arno. The story is set in the late-18th-century Paris, faithfully recreated in the game.

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Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

6.5 Game Score

The third installment in a 2.5D platform game series that exists as a spin-off to the Assassin’s Creed franchise. This time you visit the 1918 Russia, when two bloody revolutions lead to some radical changes in the government. The brutal Bolshevik rule ignites a civil war, while the never ending struggle between the Templars and the Assassins rages on in the background.

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Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

6.5 Game Score

Complete edition of Darksiders II, a TPP action game released in 2012, now remastered for the eight generation consoles by Nordic Games, who gained the license after the closure of THQ company. In the game you become one of the legendary Horsemen of the Apocalypse, trying to solve a complex intrigue and help one of his brothers, who got into some serious troubles.

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Samurai Warriors 4: Empires
Samurai Warriors 4: Empires

6.5 Game Score

Another installment of the third-person hack ‘n’ slash action games developed by Omega Force. The title takes the players to feudal Japan and lets them take part in Battle of Okehazama and Battle of Sekigahara. The title is focused on stories of individual characters that we choose before the adventure starts. At the core of Samurai Warriors 4: Empires lies real-time combat with hundreds of units participating.

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Hardware: Rivals
Hardware: Rivals

6.5 Game Score

A sequel to Hardware: Online Arena - a PlayStation 2 game. It is a multiplayer action racing game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The gameplay is based on online duels between the players who control different, armed vehicles. The game offers a wide variety of vehicles that fall into several main categories - each machine has its own different strong and weak spots. As a result, the player has to develop an appropriate tactic for a given vehicle.

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Battletoads
Battletoads

6.5 Game Score

Reboot of the Battletoads series, which combined a platformer with a walking brawl and became famous for its unusually high level of difficulty. The work of Dlala Studios allows you to play both alone and in the company of up to two players.

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The Hong Kong Massacre
The Hong Kong Massacre

6.5 Game Score

Inspired by John Woo's films, this spectacular top-down view shooter is Sweden's debut project by VRESKI studio. Players go to Hong Kong, where a fierce war of triad takes place. The gameplay is based on efficient bypassing of opponents' balls, which makes it easier to slow down time, and eliminating them with a wide range of weapons. The whole is complemented by a spectacular audiovisual setting and largely destructible environment.

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The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game

6.5 Game Score

The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game is a platform action game released along with The LEGO Ninjago Movie. Just like the previous LEGO games, it was developed by Traveller's Tales. The story in The LEGO Ninjago Movie Video Game is based on the movie's plot. The evil Lord Garmadon brought the Ninjago City to its knees. Lead by the wise Master Wu, a group of fearless warriors decides to face Garmadon and bring peace and order back to the city.

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Destiny: Rise of Iron
Destiny: Rise of Iron

6.5 Game Score

Another major expansion to the multiplayer FPS by Bungie Software, published in autumn 2014. Destiny: Rise of Iron is the first expansion available exclusively for the 8th generation of consoles and it requires the previous extension, called The Taken King, to work. The plot revolves around a breach in the wall, located on the southern border of Old Russia, which let hordes of fallen mutants get into the Golden Age graves, filled with valuable artifacts.

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Samurai Warriors 5
Samurai Warriors 5

6.5 Game Score

The fifth part of the popular slasher series with tactical elements. In Samurai Warriors 5 we go to Japan of Sengoku period and take part in great battles. In comparison to its predecessors, the game stands out thanks to the cartoon graphics made in cel-shading technique.

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Chorus
Chorus

6.5 Game Score

Chorus is a TPP space shooter, in which we direct a self-aware ship. As a pilot named Nara we explore the vast space and fight in spectacular battles. Deep Silver and Fishlabs teams are responsible for the game.

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Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Saints Row: The Third Remastered

6.4 Game Score

A refreshed version of the humorous sandbox action game Saints Row: The Third, released in 2011. Compared to the original version, the Remastered version offers primarily an improved graphic design.

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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Mafia II: Definitive Edition

6.4 Game Score

Mafia II: Definitive Edition is a refreshed edition of Mafia 2 for PC and eighth generation consoles. The game offers a modernized graphics design compared to the original, and is the responsibility of Hangar 13 studio.

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Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

6.4 Game Score

A remastered version of People Can Fly’s first-person shooter that initially came out in 2011 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition offers, first and foremost, enhanced graphics, while the gameplay core remained unchanged. The action takes place in a distant future, and the player assumes the role of a former special forces operative of the charismatic general Sarrano, now wanted as the public enemy number one.

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MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies
MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies

6.4 Game Score

A hack-and-slash action game developed as an effect of cooperation between a company known as Idea Factory, and the Japanese Tamsoft studio; the game is a spin-off of the popular Hyperdimension Neptunia series. The plot of the game is unrelated to any installment belonging to the said franchise, offering a completely new, alternative universe instead. The game follows the adventures of students attending a girls' school.

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No More Heroes III
No More Heroes III

6.4 Game Score

No More Heroes 3 is the third full-fledged part of the adventures of the professional assassin Travis Touchdown, who returns to Santa Destroy after 10 years, discovering a powerful and mysterious flying fortress hovering over it. The producer of the title is the Japanese studio Grasshooper Manufacture and its founder Goichi Suda, better known under the pseudonym Suda51.

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Marvel's Avengers
Marvel's Avengers

6.4 Game Score

The Avengers Project is a production created by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos-Montréal and released by Square-Enix, embedded in the Marvel universe.

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Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered

6.4 Game Score

A remastered version of Asssassin's Creed III: Liberation. Like the 2014 HD version, the production stands out from the original thanks to improved graphics and mechanics.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge

6.4 Game Score

First DLC for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Lara visits an ancient blacksmith's shop, exploring the mystery of Kuwaq Yaku and discovering the ancient heritage of her friend Abba. The expansion primarily introduces a new tomb.

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Miscreated
Miscreated

6.4 Game Score

A sandbox TPP game developed by the debuting Entrada studio, created with online play and survival in mind. It is set in post-apocalyptic wasteland of a world destroyed by a nuclear war, with players taking roles of survivors who try to survive in this unfriendly environment. During the game we must constantly check our levels of hunger, thirst, and radiation, with the latter being very relevant to the overall condition of our body.

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LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

6.4 Game Score

Another installment in the popular arcade game series from the LEGO brand. It is also the third game depicting the adventures of the legendary hero from the DC universe. It was developed by Traveller’s Tales, known for many other productions in the LEGO series. The story focuses on the struggle between the Justice League, led by Batman and other comic superheroes — and a villain called Brainiac who wants to shrink our planet and include into his disgraceful collection.

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