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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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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

7.8 Game Score

One of the first arcade cRPGs released for Sony's portable console. We play the role of a hero representing one of the four possible professions and set out to save the magical metropolis of Aven.

PSP

Fired Up
Fired Up

7.8 Game Score

Fired Up is an action car game for up to eight players. The action takes place mainly in deserted cities. We don't even meet individual people in them, but we find a whole lot of enemy vehicles.

PSP

Franko: The Crazy Revenge
Franko: The Crazy Revenge

7.8 Game Score

Franko: The Crazy Revenge is a Polish answer to the battles like Double Dragon or Golden Axe, which once made a dizzying career in local gaming salons. We see our hero from the side, and the whole philosophy is to constantly walk to the right and delete the coming delicatessen.

PC

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

7.8 Game Score

The fourth part of the famous series, started on PSX. The game has 17 expanded singleleplayer levels and an equally interesting multiplayer.

PS2

Crackdown
Crackdown

7.8 Game Score

Crackdown is another, after All Points Bulletin, production of Real Time Worlds development studio, which was founded by David Jones - the father of the famous and controversial Grand Theft Auto series. This time we are dealing with a dynamic action game/TPP.

X360

Chameleon
Chameleon

7.8 Game Score

An ambitious project of Silver Wish Games team belonging to Illusion Softworks, which is famous in the world for producing such hits as: Mafia or Hidden & Dangerous. Chameleon represents the genre of action games, and its plot takes place in the 80s of the XX century.

PC

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

7.8 Game Score

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.

PC

Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune

7.8 Game Score

An eye-catching, breathtaking first-person shooter game in which players take on the role of mercenaries working for the American government. They must dismantle a dangerous group of terrorists and recover stolen nuclear warheads.

PC

SIN
SIN

7.8 Game Score

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.

PC

Scarface: The World is Yours
Scarface: The World is Yours

7.8 Game Score

A dynamic action game/TPP, directed decisively to older players, whose plot loosely refers to the 1983 film Scarface (Man with a Scarf), directed by Brian de Palma and with a great Al Pacino in the lead role.

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Agent Hugo
Agent Hugo

7.8 Game Score

Another part of the adventures of a nice troll named after Hugo. This time, our hero decided to play the role of an intelligence agent and, like the famous James Bond, solve the riddle of a power-hungry organization.

PCPS2

Zeno Clash
Zeno Clash

7.8 Game Score

A brutal action game in which we observe the events from the perspective of the first person. We play the role of a warrior, setting off to the end of the world. We roll down effective melee battles with monsters.

PCX360

Call of Juarez
Call of Juarez

7.8 Game Score

Call of Juarez is an FPS by the Polish developer Techland. The game is set in the Old West, and quite unusually, there are two playable protagonists. The first is Billy, a young fellow who is falsely accused of murdering his father; the other one is Ray, a preacher, although his past is questionable and shady.

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TMNT Mutant Melee
TMNT Mutant Melee

7.8 Game Score

TMNT: Mutant Melee is an extension of an idea that started in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and continued in a sequel titled Battle Nexus.

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Combat: Task Force 121
Combat: Task Force 121

7.8 Game Score

America's Secret Operations is a military FPS (first person perspective shooting) by the development team of Direct Action Games studio. The player plays the role of a member of the elite Task Force 121, whose task is to fight terrorism. In addition to the solo campaign, the creators also prepared a multiplayer online mode, designed for up to 16 participants.

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TimeShift
TimeShift

7.8 Game Score

Original FPP shooter, created after many perturbations by Saber Interactive studio team. In the game we play as a nameless rebel who has to face a mad scientist, doctor Aiden Krone. Thanks to inventing the method of time travel, he managed to change the past in such a way that all humanity was subordinated to his corporation.

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Medal of Honor: European Assault
Medal of Honor: European Assault

7.8 Game Score

Another console installment of the series of World War II first-person shooters developed by Electronic Arts. After a short trip to the Pacific this time the series goes back to European countries. The player assumes the role of Lieutenant William Holt, a commander who, together with his new squad, is selected to complete many secret special missions. He and his team can impact the outcome of four great battles that took place in France, North Africa, Stalingrad and in Ardennes.

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WALL-E
WALL-E

7.8 Game Score

An electronic version of the adventures of the title work. The whole is based directly on the animated film by Pixar studio. We travel all over the galaxy, exploring interesting locations and defeating enemies.

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Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

7.8 Game Score

In Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project we go back a little bit in time, until some mysterious people decided to discover a new source of radioactive energy, when Duke was busy fighting foreign invaders.

PCX360

LEGO Batman: The Videogame
LEGO Batman: The Videogame

7.8 Game Score

Another production by Traveller's Tales, blending the world of the Danish bricks with the universe of Batman, known from comics and movies. As you play as the eponymous hero, accompanied by his sidekicks, your task is to fight the chaos unleashed upon the streets of Gotham by such villains as the Joker, Penguin, and Two-Face. The gameplay focuses on exploring the LEGO brick world, fighting enemies, and solving simple puzzles.

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Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm
Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm

7.8 Game Score

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is a game based on the popular animated series produced by Mondo Mini Shows. Its publisher is Sega, which commissioned a development studio Stainless Games, known for its series of brutal racing games Carmageddon.

PCX360

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition

7.8 Game Score

The third installment in the third-person perspective action hack-and-slash series. The story of Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening takes place before the events shown in the first installment of the series. It reveals more details about Dante’s past and motivations. The gameplay mechanics return to the roots of the series while adding an innovative feature – the possibility to choose a combat style, slightly altering Dante's abilities.

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The Saboteur
The Saboteur

7.8 Game Score

A game developed by the creators of Mercenaries. The title takes place in Paris occupied by the Nazis during the World War II. In Saboteur the player assumes the role of an Irish man named Sean who begins a guerilla war against the occupant. The gameplay consists mostly of sabotaging German plans and structures, which awakens the will to fight in other citizens. The player must silently eliminate important persons, blow up military transports and kill many regular soldiers.

PCX360PS3

Section 8: Prejudice
Section 8: Prejudice

7.8 Game Score

Section 8: Prejudice is the second part of the First Person Shooting (FPS) by TimeGate Studios developers. The action of the game was set in the distant future, when the Earth is threatened with danger from the Cosmos. Players take on the role of Alex Corde, a soldier of an elite unit who treason to discover who is behind a series of betrayals threatening humanity.

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