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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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LEGO Alpha Team
LEGO Alpha Team

7.3 Game Score

A game for children, the action of which was placed in the world of Lego bricks. We are the commander of the Alpha Team, which is supposed to stop the evil Ogel from taking control of the whole world.

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Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest
Blaze & Blade: Eternal Quest

7.3 Game Score

Enter the land of Foresia where you can travel with four heroes in search of adventures and treasures. Discover secret passages, secret places and terrifying undergrounds as you fight the forces of evil.

PC

Die Young
Die Young

7.3 Game Score

An independent exploration game with survival elements from an in-house team of the Indie Gala company. We play as a heroine who found herself on a Mediterranean island, not knowing how, why, and by whom she was kidnapped. She must uncover the truth behind this event and escape. Die Young employs first-person perspective and focuses on exploration. Aside from that, the protagonist must fight for survival, gathering food, water and useful equipment.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

7.3 Game Score

Another entry in the bestselling adventure game series, combining popular LEGO franchise with the classic universe of Star Wars. Its plot is largely based on the seventh part of the galactic saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and tells the story of completely new characters, though some familiar and iconic faces from previous movies appear in the background. There are also many exclusive plotlines that fill in the story gaps between Return of the Jedi and the latest movie in the series.

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Battlefield V
Battlefield V

7.3 Game Score

Another entry in the series of first-person shooters developed by DICE. Battlefield V takes place during the World War II. In addition to a single player story campaign, the game features an advanced multiplayer mode.

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Far Cry 3: Classic Edition
Far Cry 3: Classic Edition

7.3 Game Score

Special edition of Far Cry 3 game, developed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One devices. Far Cry 3: Classic Edition lets us play as Jason Brody, who must save his friends from the hands of psychopathic pirates terrorizing Rook Islands.

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Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home

7.3 Game Score

Home Sweet Home is a first-person perspective horror inspired by Thailand’s mythology and beliefs. Since his wife has gone missing, Tim has hit the bottom. One night, the protagonist wakes up in an unknown, locked and closed residential facility. A young woman covered in blood lurks in the darkness. Is it a demon, part of his broken psyche, or maybe the soul of his lost loved one?

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Deceit
Deceit

7.3 Game Score

Deceit is a multiplayer shooter with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in a psychiatric hospital. Four people take on the role of healthy patients trying to escape and the other two are bloodthirsty monsters, the aim of the latter is to hunt the rest of the players and prevent them from completing the mission.

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One Piece: World Seeker
One Piece: World Seeker

7.3 Game Score

One Piece: World Seeker is a PC adventure game, based on the manga and anime One Piece. You play as Luffy, a pirate, who can stretch his body like rubber. During the game, you explore an open world, complete quests, fight enemies, and complete platform and stealth challenges.

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MediEvil
MediEvil

7.3 Game Score

An adventure action title with hack’n’slash elements. The game’s protagonist is an undead knight who is trying to defend his kingdom against an evil sorcerer. This is a major remake of original MediEvil published on PlayStation in 1998.

PS4

Panzer Dragoon: Remake
Panzer Dragoon: Remake

7.3 Game Score

Remake of the cult third-person shooter "on rails" from 1995, in which we play the role of a rider flying on the back of an armored dragon. The developer of the title, trying to recreate the look and feel of the original, is the Polish studio MegaPixel.

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Horizon: Forbidden West
Horizon: Forbidden West

7.3 Game Score

Continuation of Horizon Zero Dawn, an action adventure action game with a TPP view from Guerrilla Games studio. Players return to the postapocalyptic world, dominated by mechanical creatures.

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Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition
Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition

7.3 Game Score

A collection of the first two parts of the popular Japanese action game series that was originally released on PlayStation 2. Both titles have been refreshed and boast an improved graphics design that supports high resolutions.

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Mad Max
Mad Max

7.3 Game Score

A TPP sandbox action game, based on the cult film franchise by George Miller. The production was developed by Swedish studio Avalanche in collaboration with Warner Bros. Interactive. The plot of Mad Max is not an adaptation of the blockbuster movie, presenting instead a completely separate story set in a post-apocalyptic world in the near future. Players get an opportunity to assume the role of the titular character.

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Sanctum 2
Sanctum 2

7.3 Game Score

Continuation of the original production of Coffee Stain studio from 2011, which is a unique combination of classic FPS shooter with tower defense strategy elements. In terms of mechanics, Sanctum 2 does not introduce any revolutionary changes to the gameplay, focusing in particular on the new set of maps. The game still boils down to the proper deployment of defensive structures to prevent the next waves of aliens from destroying the energy nucleus, located in the central part of each location.

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Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand
Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand

7.3 Game Score

An addition to the popular EA DICE shooter, which recalls classic maps, weapons and vehicles from Battlefield 2. The arenas from this production went down in the history of the genre and became the determinants for other games. Now we can play them again in a new version - each element has been reconstructed and tuned in Frostbite 2 technology.

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World of Warships
World of Warships

7.3 Game Score

After World of Tanks and World of Warplanes, Wargaming.net (the company also known for strategy games like Massive Assault, Galactic Assault, and Order of War) brings us yet another MMO. Similarly to its predecessors, the game allows us to participate in the various armed conflicts of the twentieth-century; this time, commanding our own warship.

PC

Hitman: Sniper Challenge
Hitman: Sniper Challenge

7.3 Game Score

A simple sniping mini-game advertising Hitman: Absolution, the fifth installment in the popular game series about the mysterious assassin known as Agent 47. The program was distributed digitally as a pre-order bonus. Hitman: Sniper Challenge consists of a single mission. Your target is Richard Strong, the head of a large weapon manufacturing company. As you play, you cannot move around – the character remains in a static position on the rooftop of a nearby building.

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Ravaged
Ravaged

7.3 Game Score

Ravaged is a FPP shooter with an action located in a postapocalyptic world. The creators focused on the exciting multiplayer mode, the variety of weapons and the introduction of a large number of vehicles that play an important role in the game.

PC

God of War III Remastered
God of War III Remastered

7.3 Game Score

A remastered version of the third installment in a cult action-game franchise, whose consecutive parts were released on different generations of Sony’s consoles. This product was prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series and was released on PlayStation 4. The story is a direct sequel to God of War II. It tells about the war between titans and gods, which was ignited by Kratos. This time players get brand new weapons, each one characterized by a different combat style.

PS4

Far Cry Primal
Far Cry Primal

7.3 Game Score

A spin-off to the first person open world action game series launched by Ubisoft in 2004. Far Cry Primal strands significantly from the previous entries in the franchise, taking us back in time to the year circa 10 thousand B.C. We play as hunter named Trakkar, whose tribe has been slaughtered and who find himself in the dangerous land of Oros, where humans are nothing more than prey for prehistoric beasts.

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The Final Station
The Final Station

7.3 Game Score

A post-apocalyptic adventure game featuring a classic 2D side-view and old-school pixel art visuals. The action of the game is set in a world in which the human kind is almost gone because of an outbreak of a virus that transforms people into strange and dangerous beasts. You assume the role of a survivor traveling from town to town to look for fuel and other important resources.

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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

7.3 Game Score

An arcade flight simulator and continuation of the popular series published by Bandai Namco. Like its predecessors, Ace Combat 7 is set in alternative timeline, in which there are different countries, and humans have constructed unique flying units. Game focuses on the story, which we learn both through events during missions and many cutscenes. The gameplay is mostly arcade, with only a few simulation’s features.

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Everspace
Everspace

7.3 Game Score

A space-themed shooter game with roguelike elements and the first production by the team at Rockfish. The members of the studio used to work for Fishlabs, the creators of the mobile series Galaxy on Fire. Everspace is set in the far future, when humanity has colonized myriads of planetary systems. The plot, which is an important element of the gameplay, was written by Falko Löffler, the writer of Jack Keane or the Ankh series.

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