Action Video Games93
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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Coded Arms
Action 06 July 2005
Coded Arms is an FPS game. The player takes on the role of a computer hacker who explores a forgotten and abandoned system of virtual reality, which in the past was supposed to serve as a simulator to help train soldiers in the event of an alien invasion.
Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory
Action 26 April 2005
Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory is a third-player action game with RPG elements. Players are guided by the android, which aims to exterminate a hordes of enemies and get to the top of the title tower. The Hudson Soft team was supported by a well-known Japanese draughtsman, Jun Suemi, when working on the visualisation of the game.
Dead to Rights: Reckoning
Action 28 June 2005
Three-dimensional TPP shooter combining Hollywood style with actions from Hong Kong movies. Jack Slate, the main character, together with his indispensable companion, Shadow dog, once again arrange a bloody slaughterhouse on their opponents.
Evolva
Action 24 May 2000
Evolva is a tactical action game taking place in the distant future, in which the player, having at his disposal a group of genetically modified commandoes, fights against a parasitic race that infects the whole galaxy.
Shadow Man
Action 28 August 1999
Acclaim's third person perspective action game. The main character is voodoo warrior Michael LeRoi, who tries to prevent the apocalypse of the living world.
Star Trek: Away Team
Action 15 March 2001
Star Trek: Away Team is a strategy/action game set in the Star Trek Next Generation world where we take control of a highly trained team of specialists.
Champions: Return to Arms
Action 07 February 2005
Champions: Return to Arms is a cRPG production in the hack'n'slash convention. The game is a direct continuation of the events of the Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest. As in the first part of the game was prepared by Snowblind Studios development team known for their excellent Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance.
Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy
Action 27 October 2004
"Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy" belongs to the genre of classic, often encountered on the GameBoy Advance console platform games, in which we will find many elements known from racial action games. Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy" is the responsibility of a very experienced Vicarous Visions company.
Shadow Watch
Action 13 April 2000
Help build an international space station by leading a group of agents. Discover a conspiracy to prevent human expansion into space.
Comar Barbarian
Action 21 December 2001
A game designed mainly for the youngest players, combining adventure elements with action elements. It has a non-linear plot, a large number of addictive stages, fabulously colourful graphics and a large dose of humour.
Die by the Sword
Action 15 April 1998
Die by the Sword is an adventurous action game with an extensive element of fighting with small arms. The player takes on the role of a swordsman named Enric, who travels through a dangerous, fantastic world in search of his missing sister, Maya. Developers from Treyarch studio used an innovative VSIM system, which allows for realistic simulation of duels with the use of a sword.
Die by the Sword: Limb from Limb
Action 15 December 1998
An addition to the interesting game Die by the Sword, where we meet Enrica and Maya again, who thanks to their new skills and weapons have to defeat the evil Black Queen and her new monsters.
Sabotain: Break the Rules
Action 14 September 2004
Sabotain: Break the Rules is an action game with RPG elements, prepared by Avalon Style Entertainment studio. In the distant future there is a galactic war between the Empire and the Confederation of the United Planets. The player plays one of the two available characters - Kent Reed's agent or Alex Keeton's murderer - and hits the middle of the conflict.
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.
Secret Service: In Harm's Way
Action 07 November 2001
An action/FPS game in which we become a young agent of the elite units of the United States Navy. We have only just undergone military training and now we have to prove ourselves in a number of dangerous combat missions.
Messiah
Action 29 March 2000
Messiah is an action game produced by Shiny Entertainment studio. The main character in the plot is cherubin Bob, who receives from the Creator the task of eradicating sinners on Earth. The angel is able to take control of people and, using their ability to wield various weapons, sow destruction among God's breaking commandments. The game is characterized by a non-linear storyline and the ability to complete the game in many ways.
Golden Axe
Action 20 September 1990
A side-scrolling fighting game classified as a slasher, set in a fantasy world, and a conversion of the hit production from arcade machines of the SEGA company. Action of Golden Axe takes place in a land of Yuri, invaded by a barbarian named Death Adder, who kidnapped the king and his daughter, wanting to take possession of the legendary golden axe. Three heroes arise to fight him: a barbarian, a dwarf, and an amazon, each of them specializing in a different type of weapon.
Line of Sight: Vietnam
Action 04 March 2003
Line of Sight: Vietnam is a first person shooter produced by nFusion Interactive studio, the action of which was set in the realities of the Vietnam War. The player takes on the role of sniper of an elite commandos unit, who is delegated to perform a number of dangerous missions. Creators of the game took care of, among others, detailed 3D graphics and multi-player mode of play.
Mortyr 2: For Ever
Action 22 October 2004
The second part of FPS Mortyr game, created by the Polish developer group Mirage Interactive. We play the role of Sven, who belongs to the same family as the hero of the first Mortyr. The action was set during World War II, and individual levels are set in Sweden, Poland, Slovakia and Greece.
Wanted Dead or Alive
Action 11 January 2003
An action game that combines horseback riding, silent gliding and dynamic shooting. As Devlin, currently a clergyman who in his previous incarnation robbed his gang mates, you must catch those responsible for looting your new home and killing all its inhabitants.
Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way
Action 30 April 1998
A realistic game with a strong emphasis on tactical action in which the player takes control of an elite American Ranger squad.
Tread Marks
Action 07 January 2000
Races of heavily armed tanks in which you have to show reflexes and knowledge of war tactics in order to be able to use the whole arsenal of the most modern weapons.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Action 22 August 1998
First-person action game developed by Red Storm Entertainment, a studio founded by the famous writer Tom Clancy. The production allows you to direct an anti-terrorist squad during subsequent missions.
Toy Story 2: Action Game
Action 11 November 1999
Film toys in action. Astronaut Buzz Lightyear must save the Miracle, a friend kidnapped by the evil Emperor Zurga. Buzz, equipped with special accessories, travels through various worlds fighting evil robots.