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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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Chernobylite
Chernobylite

8.0 Game Score

Survival horror created by Polish studio The Farm 51 - authors of, among others, Get Even shooter released in 2017. The game is set in the so-called Exclusion Zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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Dying Light 2
Dying Light 2

8.0 Game Score

A sequel to the popular open-world game created by the Polish developer, Techland. The players get to explore a ruined city infested by zombies.

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Quake II: Ground Zero
Quake II: Ground Zero

8.0 Game Score

The second official expansion pack for Quake II, created by Rogue Entertainment - authors of the Doom-based shooter Strife and one of the expansions for the first Quake. Ground Zero takes the potential of the Quake II engine to the limit, offering fourteen single player levels and ten multiplayer maps.

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Disney's Aladdin
Disney's Aladdin

8.0 Game Score

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.

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007: Agent Under Fire
007: Agent Under Fire

8.0 Game Score

A first person shooter telling the story of the title character - James Bond. The adventure of the famous British intelligence agent was divided into 12 different missions. In each scenario there is no shortage of shooting, fighting, chases and other attractions. Of course, Bond has a lot of different gadgets at his disposal.

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Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror

8.0 Game Score

Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror is a tactical first person shooter prepared by Kamehan studio. The title is a commercial version of the popular Unreal: Tournament fashion. The player takes on the role of a terrorist or a special police unit officer and carries out a number of missions, depending on the choice made. The gameplay was designed mainly for multiplayer clashes, although the creators have also foreseen the possibility of competing with computer artificial intelligence.

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Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico
Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico

8.0 Game Score

Total Overdose is an expanded action/TPP game, referring to the atmosphere and performance of the Grand Theft Auto series (the main character is a heartwood with a dark past) and the first part of the film hit "Desperado". (a plot centred around the Latin American community).

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Conflict: Vietnam
Conflict: Vietnam

8.0 Game Score

Conflict: Vietnam is another product from the series, the two preceding parts of which dealt with the war in the Persian Gulf region - a reference to the first American Iraqi operation (early 1990s), codenamed the Desert Storm. This time the action was moved further east and deeper into the past, because the plot represents the most intensive phase (1966-1969) of the United States military intervention in Vietnam.

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Armed & Dangerous
Armed & Dangerous

8.0 Game Score

Another project of Planet Moon Studios employees, creators of an extraordinary game Giants: Citizen Kabuto. It is a position combining a lot of dynamic action with strategic elements, realized in full three-dimensional graphic design.

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Guilty Gear Isuka
Guilty Gear Isuka

8.0 Game Score

Another installment in the 2D fighting game for PlayStation and arcades, developed by Arc System Works. Guilty Gear Isuka allows you to participate in a grand fighting tournament, in which human martial arts masters and magical bio-warriors called “Gears” compete with each other. You can choose from 23 varied characters, including three brand new ones, each of them having distinct standard and combo attacks. There are also more game modes available, allowing for e.g.

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Deep Black
Deep Black

8.0 Game Score

Deep Black: Reloaded is a third party action game (TPP) created by Biart's development team. The story takes players to a chaotic world in the near future, where there is a fierce battle for influence, raw materials and control over technologies. The player directs the actions of a member of an elite military unit, an expert in underwater combat.

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Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins

8.0 Game Score

The next part of the cycle about the adventures of ninja warriors prepared by the authors of the original Tenchu. Here we have a counterpoint over the two heroes known from previous editions - Rikimaru and Ayame.

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Blacklight: Tango Down
Blacklight: Tango Down

8.0 Game Score

A tactical action game set in the near future. We play the role of a special military unit, which moves to stop the rebellious Colonel CIA. The heart of the game, however, is primarily an extensive network mode. The whole was created on the basis of the Unreal 3.0 engine.

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Medal of Honor: Heroes 2
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2

8.0 Game Score

The next installment of the popular shooting, in which the action is observed from the perspective of the first person. We play the role of an American intelligence officer, performing missions in the back of the enemy.

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Predator: Concrete Jungle
Predator: Concrete Jungle

8.0 Game Score

The protagonist of "Predator: Concrete Jungle" is the title alien, who came to Earth twice: in 1930 and 2030. Beaten by landowners in the 1930s, the alien returns to the blue planet after a hundred years with the intention of avenging the humiliating defeat.

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Fuse
Fuse

8.0 Game Score

Four-player action game in which we play the role of crazy mercenaries and save humanity from extermination. Each of the four heroes has different skills and equipment. The whole was developed by Insomniac Games studio, i.e. authors of Ratchet & Clank and Resistance series.

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

8.0 Game Score

The fourth part of the hit series of third-person stealth games by Ubisoft, whose main character is a secret government agent Sam Fisher. In the game, he has undergone a distinct transformation, turning into a smooth-shaven villain serving a 20-year sentence. But it's all an effect of deliberate mystification, thanks to which our protagonist tries to infiltrate the ranks of a dangerous terrorist network and work it out from the inside.

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Alice: Madness Returns
Alice: Madness Returns

8.0 Game Score

A third-person action game with elements of 3D platformer and adventure game, designed by American McGee and his Spice Horse studio. Similarly to the previous work of that developer, i.e. American McGee’s Alice, also this game is a reinterpretation of a novel by Lewis Carroll. After ten years of dealing with catatonic schizophrenia caused by the tragic death of her parents, the eponymous heroine has a chance of getting back to a normal life.

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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

8.0 Game Score

A spin-off to the bestselling Grand Theft Auto series, at first developed for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable handhelds and later converted to mobile devices as well. The story takes place in Liberty City, a place well known to the fans of the series. As Huang Lee, member of a Chinese criminal group, the player is trying to prove his worth, avenge the death of his father, and reclaim a valuable sword that for centuries was the symbol of his family’s power.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops

8.0 Game Score

A first-person shooter, the seventh installment in the Call of Duty series, and a start of a new sub-series. The game was developed by studio Treyarch, the team responsible for Call of Duty: World at War. The story campaign of Call of Duty: Black Ops is presented in the form of flashbacks suffered by the main protagonist, Alex Mason. Having previously worked for the CIA as a field operative, in his memories Mason returns to the age of Cold War.

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Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Giants: Citizen Kabuto

8.0 Game Score

Giants: Citizen Kabuto is a crazy action game combining a shooter with light RTS elements in the form of raw material management and building construction. The action takes place on an alien planet, on which three sides of the war are waged: a woman resembling a mermaid, a giant monster named Kabuto, and space adventurers who had to land in this land in an emergency.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II – Endor DLC
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II – Endor DLC

8.0 Game Score

Endor is the first official DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, a third-person action-adventure game developed by LucasArts and Aspyr Media. In terms of size and content, Endor DLC is similar to the DLCs released for the first game in the series. Endor comes with a completely new mission which expands the base game's plotline with an alternative take on Starkiller's fate.

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Warriors Orochi
Warriors Orochi

8.0 Game Score

Warriors Orochi is a brawl, dedicated mainly to lovers of Far Eastern martial arts from ancient China and Japan. Omega Force Studio has included in this production the most important elements from the series of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors.

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Dead Island
Dead Island

8.0 Game Score

A first person survival-horror action game with cRPG elements. Dead Island was developed by Techland Studio, together with the Deep Silver company. The story features a tropical island, cut off from the world, where a zombie epidemic spreads out. Few remaining people are trying to survive and find a way to escape the living dead. Gameplay in Dead Island is built around exploration, completing quests, crafting useful items, and fighting undead opponents.

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