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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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Fat Princess
Fat Princess

7.7 Game Score

A fun arcade game in which we deal with saving the title "fluffy" princess with the use of available armies. At the same time we try to prevent the enemy from performing this task.

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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

7.7 Game Score

"GoldenEye: Rogue Agent" is a FPP game in which the player plays one of the former agents of Her Majesty's Royal Highness. The game is also a continuation of the great hit from the Nintendo 64 console, whose title is GoldenEye 64.

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X-Men Legends
X-Men Legends

7.7 Game Score

X-Men Legends is an action-RPG game, which is an ideal proposition for lovers of comic books or animated adventures of Mutants. As in most of the series scenarios, the main task is to stop the sinister Magneto.

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Bakugan: Battle Brawlers
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers

7.7 Game Score

Bakugan: Battle Brawlers, created by Japanese developer NOW Production, is based on the popular anime series under the same title.

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Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

7.7 Game Score

The third installment of the cult series about the great warriors of Onimusha. In order to stop evil, the main characters, Samanosuke Akechi and Jacques Branc, have to visit foreign worlds and look for a recipe for victory there, while discovering what they really have in common.

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Stranglehold
Stranglehold

7.7 Game Score

Stranglehold is an action game produced under the watchful eye of the famous director John Woo. This product is a de facto continuation of the 1992 film Hard Boiled (the Polish title is Children of Triad) - it was the last work of this cinematographic creator, shot in Hong Kong before moving to Hollywood.

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Ninety-Nine Nights
Ninety-Nine Nights

7.7 Game Score

The game Ninety-Nine Nights (created by the fathers of the well-known Kingdom Under Fire series) is similar to the games from the Dynasty Wariorrs series, a typical battle on the great battlefield. The story shows the eternal conflict between people and goblins - to get to know it all, you have to play with all seven available characters.

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Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy
Shrek 2: Beg For Mercy

7.7 Game Score

"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.

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Quake III: Revolution
Quake III: Revolution

7.7 Game Score

The first console installment of the very popular FPS series. The title combines the traits of the basic edition of Quake III: Arena with the novelties implemented in the Team Arena expansion. Similarly as its PC archetype, Quake III: Revolution concentrates mostly on its six multiplayer modes, which allow up to four players to play simultaneously on a split screen. Thirty partially original maps and twelve weapons are available in the game.

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Ultimate Quake
Ultimate Quake

7.7 Game Score

A special set of the first three installments in the cult series of first-person shooters, Quake, that were developed by id Software. The collection was published by Activision and it contains Quake and Quake II, games that were released in years 1996-1997 and which codified the standards of their genre, both when it comes to graphics and to very advanced multiplayer modes.

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Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Hexen: Beyond Heretic

7.7 Game Score

Hexen FPS is an official continuation of Heretica published in 1994. Technically, this is one of the most advanced titles using the Dooma engine. The action takes place in a fantasy world, so in the fight against enemies we use mainly spells and medieval-style weaponry.

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F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch

7.7 Game Score

Arcade action game, belonging to the well-known subspecies of metroidvania. The production is set in the universe in the climate of dieselpunk, and the player takes on the role of quite an original hero - a humanoid rabbit, wearing a powerful mechanical arm on his back. The Chinese studio TiGames is responsible for creating this title.

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Apex Legends
Apex Legends

7.7 Game Score

A free-to-play online FPP battle royale shooter, set in the futuristic universe of the Titanfall series. Respawn Entertainment studio developed the game, and the publisher is Electronic Arts.

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Savant: Ascent
Savant: Ascent

7.7 Game Score

Shoot'em up production, where we take control of a mechanical alchemist climbing to the top of his tower. The building was captured by an army of adversaries, so the primary element of the game is to eliminate them using magic missiles. We broaden our range of combat skills by collecting gold records containing new songs playing our struggle and unlocking the increasingly powerful skills associated with them.

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Secret Neighbor
Secret Neighbor

7.7 Game Score

A multiplayer action game with adventure game elements, in which the players take on the role of children trying to free a friend held in the basement by a neighbor. The situation is further complicated by the fact that one of the characters is a man in disguise, and his task is to make the lives of the other characters miserable.

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ReCore: Definitive Edition
ReCore: Definitive Edition

7.7 Game Score

An improved edition of the 2016 ReCore, developed by Comcept in cooperation with Armature and published by Microsoft Studios. In the game, the player assumes the role of Joule Adams, who is one of the last existing humans. She was supposed to prepare the planet of Far Eden for colonization; something went wrong, however, and now she has to fight for her life with the help of a robot called Mack.

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Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds
Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds

7.7 Game Score

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds is the first DLC for Guerilla Games’ successful third-person action game Horizon Zero Dawn, where humanity is on the brink of extinction and fights for survival against mechanical beasts. This DLC takes us to a frigid area that lies beyond the mountain ridge in the far north of the game’s world and borders with the lands of the Banuk tribe. A new threat arises there and Aloy, the game's protagonist, must face it.

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Driver 2: Back on the Streets
Driver 2: Back on the Streets

7.7 Game Score

Continuation of the 1999 hit. This is an action game set in the open world of cars, in which the player takes on the role of a policeman acting under the cover. The missions focus mainly on impressive chases or the shortest possible route from A to B. A novelty in relation to the first part of the cycle is to allow the main hero to leave the vehicle he controls.

PS1

Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
Duke Nukem: Time to Kill

7.7 Game Score

Action game with TPP view released exclusively on PlayStation. The title abandons the assumptions of previous productions with the famous Duke, but retains the characteristic climate of the cycle. The title character sets off on a journey in time to thwart the plans of the cosmic race.

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Star Wars: Battlefront - Bespin
Star Wars: Battlefront - Bespin

7.7 Game Score

Another DLC pack for the 2015 online multiplayer action game Star Wars: Battlefront by DICE. The expansion includes four new maps, which allow you do visit previously unavailable locations, such as Cloud City or the Administrator's Palace on the eponymous planet Bespin, as well as hunt your opponents in the Bioniip Laboratories and carbon-freezing chambers. On those maps, you can encounter e.g. the iconic AT-AT walkers and take to the skies in a new vehicle called the “cloud car.

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ORION: Dino Horde
ORION: Dino Horde

7.7 Game Score

A sequel to the FPS co-op shooter game series by Spiral Game Studios, and an enhanced version of ORION: Dino Beatdown released one year earlier. The game is set in a science-fiction world, and the players take on the roles of space marines, who are sent to a distant, resources-rich planet, with the task of eliminating the deadly dinosaurs living there.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

7.7 Game Score

A third person perspective stealth action game belonging to the famous Metal Gear Solid franchise. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was created by the Japanese studio Kojima Productions (formerly a subsidiary of Konami) led by Hideo Kojima. The story is set after the events presented in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which served as a prologue. The main hero – Punished Snake – awakes in a hospital bed after having spent 8 years in a coma.

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Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD
Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD

7.7 Game Score

Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD is an action game with elements of space shooter TPP, which is a conversion of a hit known to smartphone users. In the distant future, mankind is in conflict. Meanwhile, a technologically advanced, threatening race of aliens appears unexpectedly in the galaxy. The future of the universe lies in the hands of a resourceful mercenary, Keith T. Maxwell.

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Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians

7.7 Game Score

The fifth major installment in a bestselling science fiction FPS game franchise, whose consecutive editions were exclusively released for different generations of Microsoft consoles. This is the first iteration dedicated to Xbox One, developed by 343 Industries - the studio responsible for the previous installment as well as a low-budget production Halo: Spartan Assault. In terms of the plot, this new title is a sequel to the previous game, and follows the events of Halo 4.

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