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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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Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors

4.9 Game Score

Old school and very dynamic action game. In Vampire Survivors we play as a character whose task is to survive as long as possible in the arena full of enemies. As we progress we develop the character, so our combat potential grows.

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Legion: The Legend of Excalibur
Legion: The Legend of Excalibur

4.9 Game Score

This game is one of those items that are difficult to assign to a particular genre. Action-Advanture, RPG, strategy? Everything here a little bit. And if we are going to lead the Knights of King Arthur, it should be interesting.

PS2

SpecNaz 2
SpecNaz 2

4.9 Game Score

SpecNaz 2 is a continuation of the tactical action game SPECNAZ: Project Wolf released in 2006 by the development team of BYTE Software. The player takes on the role of commander of a group of Russian commandos and must prevent the outbreak of civil war. The game offers 19 missions in single player mode and the ability to play multiplayer via LAN or the Internet.

PC

The Hell in Vietnam
The Hell in Vietnam

4.9 Game Score

The Hell in Vietnam is a FPP shooter developed and released by the Polish development studio City Interactive. Playing the role of an officer of the American army, we take part in eight missions taking place in the bloody Vietnamese conflict.

PC

The Stalin Subway: Red Veil
The Stalin Subway: Red Veil

4.9 Game Score

The Stalin Subway: Red Veil is a creative development of an extremely interesting FPS shooting experience. Red Veil takes place in Soviet Russia, a few years after the events known from the original.

PC

Noby Noby Boy
Noby Noby Boy

4.9 Game Score

A very original arcade game designed by Keita Takahashi, the creator of the series Catamari Damacy. We play the role of a worm-like hero who has the ability to stretch his own body incredibly. At each level, the goal is to maximise the elongation of the form we control.

PS3

Batman: Vengeance
Batman: Vengeance

4.9 Game Score

Batman's latest adaptation of his adventures, based on a series of films rather than comic stories, in which the hero and defender of Gotham City becomes the target of another dark conspiracy.

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Bounty Hounds
Bounty Hounds

4.9 Game Score

Bounty Hounds is a three-dimensional action game in which the course of events was shown from the perspective of a third person. This title is also the name of a group of virtual mercenaries who search for planets suitable for settlement by human civilization conquering the cosmos. The leader of this ruthless team is Maximillian, who is also the protagonist of this product.

PSP

Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Full Auto 2: Battlelines

4.9 Game Score

Full Auto 2: Battlelines is a continuation of the action game from the beginning of 2006, created by employees of the Canadian company Pseudo Interactive. This time, nearly thirty vehicles are available for players, and the basic option of playing for a single player is a fictionalised career mode.

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Fracture
Fracture

4.9 Game Score

Fracture is an action game, shown from the perspective of a third person. This item was created by people to whom we owe, among others, the popular MechAssault cycle. We were allowed to move to the battlefield from the second half of the twentieth century. Developers presented a futuristic conflict between two opposite ends of the United States.

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Star Trek
Star Trek

4.9 Game Score

Action game with Third Person View (TPP) addressed to the science-fiction lovers. The title was produced by Digital Extremes studio (known i.a. from Homefront and The Darkness II). The plot of the main campaign is located between events presented in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek 2 (2012). Commander James T. Kirk and Spock of the USS Enterprise are on the trail of a mysterious race, the Gorn, who intend to invade Federation planets. They must stop this intergalactic plot before it is too late.

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The Terminator
The Terminator

4.9 Game Score

First-person action game, the first computer adaptation of a science fiction Terminator cashier film directed by James Cameron. While playing, we can play the role of Kyle Rees, trying to protect Sara Connor from a future cyborg, or the Terminator itself, whose task is to kill Sarah and her protector.

PC

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition

4.9 Game Score

A remastered and expanded version of Borderlands, which includes both the basic version of this production and all add-ons. Moreover, the authors have enriched it with a number of improvements and improved its graphic design.

PCXONEPS4

Steel Rats
Steel Rats

4.9 Game Score

Steel Rats is the production of Tate Multimedia, Polish studio known for KAO The Kangaroo series. This is an action racing game, in which we play as a member of a motorcycle gang - Steel Rats, and the aim is to clear the city of fearsome robots with our own wheels. Steel Rats is characterized by a 2.5D perspective and retro-futuristic design.

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Ring of Elysium
Ring of Elysium

4.9 Game Score

Ring of Elysium is a third-person shooter that enables us to take part in battle royale matches, in which a hundred players land on an empty island and fight with each other until there is only a single player left standing. The game contains a realistic physics engine and the ability to destroy objects and buildings.

PC

Devil's Hunt
Devil's Hunt

4.8 Game Score

An action game with RPG elements, in which we play the role of a hellish executioner, landing in the very middle of the war waged by angels and demons. In Devil's Hunt, created by the Polish studio Layopi Games, we mainly deal with fighting and solving environmental riddles.

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Journey to the Savage Planet
Journey to the Savage Planet

4.8 Game Score

An action adventure game in which we play the role of a daredevil exploring the newly discovered planet and conducting a research if the planet may become inhabited. Game is maintained in a light tone, emphasized by the colorful graphics design.

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Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition
Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition

4.8 Game Score

A remastered version of the second installment in the Dead Island series, originally launched in 2011 by the Polish studio Techland. The game picks up after the events of its predecessor. While going back home, the four protagonists had to land on a military ship which soon after became a zombie-infested hell. Eventually, we end up on the entirely new island, Palanai, where we have to fight for survival. As far as gameplay is concerned, the title is practically identical to the 2013’s original.

PCXONEPS4

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

4.8 Game Score

The 6th installment in the series of gangster action games published by SEGA, which is popular in Japan. The titular Yakuza is the Japanese word used to describe local organized criminal structures and its members.

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Blackwater
Blackwater

4.8 Game Score

A first person shooter using Kinect sensors. In the game we play the commandos of the title elite unit and perform missions in Africa. The task is simple - we must stop civil wars and support international forces. During the next scenarios we fight with our opponents, destroy targets and follow other orders.

X360

Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

4.8 Game Score

Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger is an action game produced by Atomic Motion studio combining elements of FPS and RTS. Players are guided by the actions of a mercenary unit that tries to get out of the war-torn Amazon. The key to victory is the skillful use of the strengths of each character. In addition to solo gameplay, the game also allows you to have fun in the mode of two-person cooperation.

PCX360

Terminator Salvation: The Videogame
Terminator Salvation: The Videogame

4.8 Game Score

Terminator: Rescue is an action game that is an adaptation of a cinema hit. The production was created in the Grin development studio. The plot shows the events after the nuclear annihilation. Players take on the role of John Connor and fight against the military system Skynet, which killed most of humanity. The game is based mainly on elements of a third person view shooting (TPP).

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Aliens: Colonial Marines
Aliens: Colonial Marines

4.8 Game Score

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a first-person shooter based on the Alien franchise and developed by Gearbox Software. The game's story focuses on finding Ellen Ripley. Our protagonist, Christopher Winter, Colonial Marines corporal, is a member of the rescue mission that, as a result of a disaster, lands on the xenomorph-infected planet LV-426. The eleven-mission campaign can be played alone or in co-op with other players.

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SAS: Anti-Terror Force
SAS: Anti-Terror Force

4.8 Game Score

Tactical action game, in which we observe the action from the perspective of the first person. We play the role of head of the anti-terrorist team and take part in risky actions in different parts of Europe.

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