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Alan Wake's American Nightmare Remedy Entertainment2012Enfocándose más en la acción que el título original, y con una ambientación más Pulp que Thriller, aunque narrativamente sea algo más pobre es mucho más entretenido y jugable que la primera entrega.

Recomendable.

Nota: cuidado con la Uzi, come la munición como si fuera ilimitada.

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Allods Online  Nival Online;Gala Networks Europe (Astrum Nival)2009Personally I hate the fact that parties are only formed for mobs that require about 10 or so people to work together ("raid") to defeat. Besides that, parties don't seem to be formed and everyone is soloing. If parties were formed more readily (and actually needed by more than the support classes, such as the healer), I might consider this a good game, but woe, it does not. There's a high variety in the available classes, but the annoyingly non-existant need to work together like in some other MMOs just makes this a very boring single-player experience.

Of course, I don't know about high level stuff since leveling up there on solo takes a looong time. Fact which has escaped me for quite some time, since partying would speed this up, but no-one wants to form parties.***Open beta starts on 2010-02-16.***2009-10-01 Open Beta starts in Russia***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000 or XP
* 1.5 GHz Pentium III CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* GeForce FX 5200 or Radeon 9600 GPU
* 800x600 display
* 4 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GHz Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2
* 1 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 7600 or Radeon X1600 GPU
* 1024x768 display
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Amulets & Armor United Software Artists1997The game uses id Tech 1 (Doom engine) level format (.wad), but is supposedly otherwise unrelated to it. MS-DOSlabelminimizeminimize
Anvil of Dawn New World Computing (DreamForge Intertainment)1995[b]Minimum[/b]
* DOS 5.0 or greater
* 486/33 CPU
* 4 MB RAM
* 5 MB free HD space
* 2X CD-ROM drive
* Mouse

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 486/66 CPU
* 30 MB free HD space***The game's unusual in the manner that although you select one of the five heroes to play as in the beginning, you get to meet the other four in your travels.

The choice of hero mostly affects the voice-overs (and dialog with it) and appearance, attributes are freely customizable if you so desire.***The game was apparently re-released in 2007/01 with Windows XP support. Unable to verify this currently, though.
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ArcaniA - A Gothic Tale  JoWood Productions (Spellbound Entertainment)2010[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 3.2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 3500+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* Radeon 1800XT or GeForce 6800 GPU
* 10 GB HD space***Working titles:
[*] Gothic 4: Arcania
[*] Gothic 4: Genesis
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Ardentryst  Project Ardentryst2007[quote][...] you can get the source package, which [u]should[/u] run on any system with Python and pygame installed.[/quote]
The game seems to be primarily developed on/for Windows. Ubuntu and OpenSUSE packages are also available (by third-parties?).

As of 2010-05, the Getdeb package (Ubuntu), is provided by João Pinto, the GetDeb Team Leader (not associated with Ardentryst). However, version 1.71 has been officially tested on and indicated Linux compatible by the Ardentryst team.
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Ardentryst  Project Ardentryst2007Online play is mentioned in the game, but this seems to refer to only online ranking. Windowslabelimageminimize
Asghan: The Dragon Slayer  Grolier Interactive (Silmarils)1998[b]missing images:[/b] all in-game screens, including title***The Isle of Kyrk appears ominously calm as a horde of blood thirsty dragons amass in its underground dungeons. Spurred on by the mighty sorcerer Morghan, they prepare their most deadly assault on the neighbouring land of Brightmoon.

As Asghan, the Warrior Prince, adventure forth on a perilous journey to slay the dragons before they take flight. Hack your way through a variety of hazardous locations discovering a wealth of tools and knowledge crucial for your mission but prepare to encounter a rich cast of vicious monsters on the way. Only your physical agility, powerful weaponry and magic can help you succeed in the treacherous struggle to regain your rightful place on the throne of Brightmoon.

* Battle for your life using an intuitive combat system with a variety of unique moves
* Run, jump, swim and climb around a full 3D environment, seen through a 1st and 3rd person perspective
* Explore a variety of astounding locations including forests, underwater ruins and terrifying dungeons
* Use your powerful weaponry and magic to slash through over 60 different gruesome monsters
* Solve complex puzzles, escape deadly traps and discover hidden secrets in an immersive adventure full of evil and witchcraft
* Cinematic movie sequences
[Box blurb]
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Atrinik Atrinik Developer Team2009Atrinik is a free open source Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MORPG) with 2D isometric graphics based on Daimonin and Crossfire. All the content and code is released under GNU GPL.

Feature Highlights

* Guilds
* PvP arenas
* Many maps to explore, and quests to complete
* Player shops
* And a lot more!
* You can help out with the game development!
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Avatar  Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)2009Based on James Cameron's film, the game takes you deep into the heart of Pandora, an alien planet that is beyond imagination. Gamers encounter the Na'vi, Pandora's indigenous people and discover creatures and other wildlife the likes of which have never been seen in the world of video games before. When conflict erupts between the RDA Corporation, a space-faring consortium in search of valuable resources, and the Na'vi, players find themselves thrust into a fight for the heart of a planet and the fate of a civilization. X360labelimagesubject
Avatar  Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)2009Seriously, anyone playing this game should NOT map [i]use key[/i] to [i]space bar[/i] like I always do. The space is hard-mapped to skip dialog and with use mapped to it (the same key that initiates the dialog), you'll miss >99% of the dialogs, makes a rather empty game and if not for the objective marker, you'd be completely lost.***[b]bioroids[/b] - the human-Na'vi hybrid remote controlled hosts (Avatars)
[b]magic[/b] - although the movie makes anything even slightly mystical have some scientific sounding answer (although still quite fantastic), the game incorporates elements (not seen or even hinted in the movie) that are impossible to explain away as such (many of the "skills").
[b]upgrade system[/b] - hidden behind the conquest minigame.
[b]no children[/b] - although this makes sense for the RDA, the Na'vi villages, especially the hometree, are oddly devoid of children.
[spoiler=Show spoiler tag descriptions;Hide][b]human / bioroid protagonist[/b] - early on the player is given choice to side with RDA or the Na'vi, later events also make the latter (and likely former) choice quite permanent, the former obviously bars out any use of the Avatar as they were intended mostly for diplomatic reasons, while the latter occurs as an accident of sorts where the original host body of the protagonist dies and the Na'vi use their pseudo-magical religion to transfer the protagonist's consciousness permanently into the Avatar.[/spoiler]

Na'vi specific: bows, crossbows, riding, melee weapons, summoning
RDA specific: all firearms (except machineguns), driving (and all vehicles), hostile flora, ammo magazines, flamethrowers, g.launchers, infinigun (the dual pistols)***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP, Vista or 7
* 3.2 GHz Pentium IV, 2.66 GHz Pentium D, Athlon 64 3500+ or Athlon 64 X2 5200+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* 4 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GB RAM
* 512 MB VRAM***North, Central and South America 2009-12-01 by Ubisoft
?? 2009-12-03 by Ubisoft
EU? 2009-12-04 by Ubisoft (lang: eng, fre, ger, ita, spa) - includes Tages copy protection with "3 machine activation limit"***Based on the [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/]movie[/url] by James Cameron by the same name.
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Avatar  Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)2009Based on James Cameron's film, the game takes you deep into the heart of Pandora, an alien planet that is beyond imagination. Gamers encounter the Na'vi, Pandora's indigenous people and discover creatures and other wildlife the likes of which have never been seen in the world of video games before. When conflict erupts between the RDA Corporation, a space-faring consortium in search of valuable resources, and the Na'vi, players find themselves thrust into a fight for the heart of a planet and the fate of a civilization. Wiilabelimagesubject
Avatar  Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)2009Based on James Cameron's film, the game takes you deep into the heart of Pandora, an alien planet that is beyond imagination. Gamers encounter the Na'vi, Pandora's indigenous people and discover creatures and other wildlife the likes of which have never been seen in the world of video games before. When conflict erupts between the RDA Corporation, a space-faring consortium in search of valuable resources, and the Na'vi, players find themselves thrust into a fight for the heart of a planet and the fate of a civilization. PS3labelimagesubject
Back to the Golden Age author2014Unofficial conversion. Despite being listed in at least one gaming magazine back in 1990/1991 the game was never released officially. Amigalabelimageminimize
Back to the Golden Age Ubi Soft (Power Concept)1991 Amstrad CPClabelimageminimize
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Baldur's Gate Graphic Simulations (BioWare)2000 Mac OS Classiclabelimageminimize
Baldur's Gate Runecraft (Bioware;Interplay)?Announced but not released.
[Zerothis]***The bastards!
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Baldur's Gate  Interplay;Black Isle Studios (BioWare)1998This game can be played on HaikuOS using the GemRB replacement engine.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95
* 166 MHz Pentium CPU
* 16 MB RAM
* 2 MB VRAM
* 320 MB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 200 MHz Pentium MMX CPU
* 32 MB RAM
* 4 MB VRAM
* 570 MB HD space***Latest version: 1.1.4315 (as of ?)***EAN-13: [code]3546430126868[/code] (Complete Compilation; 4 in 1 Boxset) - lang: eng, fre, ita, spa
... includes all games from the Bhaalspawn arc
... pre-patched to 1.1.4315***[b]companion[/b] - the familiar, if the player chooses a mage class (no other mages are allowed to have familiars for some reason).
[b]prophecy[/b] - in Candlekeep the chanters speak the prophecies of Alaundo.

--- averted (not worth tagging)
autoregen - characters with abnormally high constitution regenerate health automatically (and even then so slowly it hardly matters), most characters don't have it this high.***An attempt to perfectly reproduce the AD&D ruleset in a significant area of the AD&D world.
Up to 6 players can cooperate using TCP/IP, IPX, 1 player, 2 player, 3 player, 4 player, 5 player, or 6 player cooperative.
serial or modem connections.
The standard edition comes on no less than 5 CDs, The DVD edition contains the entire game on 1 DVD.

[b]Tags[/b]
Uses the AD&D ruleset. is set in Forgotten realms where Baldur's Gate is a location. This game begins the Baldur's Gate series. Players can create and name Human, Elf, Dwarf, Half-Elf, Halfling, and Gnome characters of either gender of the Fighter, Mage, Thief, Cleric, Ranger, Druid, or Paladin classes. Some classes can engage in sorcery according to the AD&D ruleset. Players can also dual-class or multi-class according the AD&D ruleset. In a 1-player game, the player controls an entire party, in multiplayer games, each player can control one or more characters (or none at all). Players must cooperate, there is no competitive options in the game. There are multiple ways for a character to summon underlings for temporary help. Characters must sleep or suffer the effects of fatigued. Characters can also become poisoned, confused,charmed, enfeebled, paralyzed, turned to stone, encumbered, impaired, or drunk if the character does avoid situations that lead to such effects. The detail of the fantasy world this game takes place in seems to qualify it as belonging to the high fantasy genre. Characters can use bows, crossbows, slings, knives, swords, axes, bludgeons, pole arms, whips, or fight unarmed (non-lethal). A vast number of items can be aquired from stashes in the world, on defeated foes, or purchased from shops or individuals. The AI of the player's characters can be programmed in a scriptable language. But this is highly optional as adequate AIs are provided or the player can pause constantly to direct everybody with point-n-click commands; then unpause for as long as those commands are helpfully being executed. (Documentation for Scripting can be found on the 1st CD. Users have created AIs that can be found online and loaded into an existing game). Many NPC can be joined to the party and left to retrieve later. Some will leave if they are unhappy with the main characters actions. Evil people prefer the main character to do evil, good characters prefer good. Some NPC have their on purposes for joining and will stay of leave depending on the changing conditions matching their goals or not. The experience system follows the AD&D ruleset. This includes XP awarded for defeating enemies and for completing quests (which are documented on-the-fly in an automated journal that also records some plot information). The XP required to level up are preset according the the AD&D ruleset. When leveling up (at the players initiation, once the require XP are collected), skill points are awarded that can be distributed to a subset of skills available to the character's class (not all AD&D skills are included in this game). Several small village/towns can be visited and Baldur's Gate is a massive 10+ levels (not counting interiors that include multistory buildings) of civilization that approaches the definition of a city. Several large keeps make up whole levels (again not counting interiors that include multistory buildings). Several tall towers can be explored. Many multilevel mines and dungeons can or must be explored. Developers comments can be read on some tombstones a cemetery. [spoiler=View spoiler;Close]Bauldur's Gate has a sewer system as a location.[/spoiler]. Books, scrolls, and documents in the game offer extraneous details about the Forgotten Realms and Bauldur's Gate area, plot background, plot information, and character advancement training (rare). This game is available in a 5 CD set (original), 3 CD set, or on a single DVD to save on disc swapping. The game can be configured to run from the various CD or have them installed to hard drive per CD. But, upon running the game will require CD 1 to be in the drive for copy egest.
[spoiler=plot similarities;Close]The plot shares some similarities to events in the Book of The Watchers (from the Book of Enoch, an apocryphal Jewish writing). In Baldur's Gate, an unearthly being came to the earthly realm and copulated with mortal females. The children of these unions have unusual and advanced traits and eventual fight with and kill each other. In the book of the watchers, unearthly beings came to the earth and copulated with mortal females. The children of these unions are giants and eventually fight with and kill each other.[/spoiler]
(needs descrition, hazardouspowers, inventory, limitedcapacity, randomencounters, titlementioned, containers, infinityengine, karma, ,magic , voiceovers, cdrom, basilisks, ,caninoids ,giantspiders ,goblins ,godlingprotagonist ,golems ,undead , wyverns, forest, sewers, camping, lockpicking, romance, sorcery)
[Zerothis]***A great RPG where the AD&D world is perfectly reproduced.
A huge world to explore and wonderful graphics are the main reasons to try it out.
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition  Beamdog (Overhaul Games)2014 Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal  Interplay;Black Isle Studios (BioWare)2001BALDUR's GATE: THRONE OF BHAAL is the add-on pack to BALDUR's GATE: SHADOWS OF AMN. It expands and enriches the game play experience by adding several new locations, high-level spells and powerful new characters. Set in the Forgotten Realms world, this is the ultimate conclusion of the Baldur's Gate legend. This game takes you through an all-new storyline rich with intrigue and treachery as you unravel the mysteries of the Dungeon of Watcher's Keep and explore other new areas such as the City of Saradush, the Fortified Monastery of Amkethran, Sendai's Underdark Fortress and your own Abyssal Stronghold.
Take part in the legend.***This game can be played on HaikuOS using the GemRB replacement engine.***[b]data import[/b] - if no character is imported, the player must create a new character that starts with 25,000,000 xp (level 16-19 depending on class).***Latest version: 2.5.26498 (as of ?)***EAN-13: [code]3546430126868[/code] (Complete Compilation; 4 in 1 Boxset)
... includes all games from the Bhaalspawn arc
... pre-patched to 2.5.26461
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Baldur's Gate III  BeamdogTBA Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Edition spéciale  Interplay Productions1998 MS-DOSlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition  Beamdog (Overhaul Games;Beamdog)2014Despite being available on Steam, contractual obligations required the developer to offer separate versions with separate licenses per platform. Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition  Beamdog (Black Isle Studios;Beamdog)2013Includes both base game and Tales of the Sword Coast expansion along with extra content such as the Black Pits arena mode, various fixes and updates to make the game more modern. The engine is closer to BG2's along with various changes that were made in BG2 and weren't in the original BG1, including class choices that weren't available in the original BG1. BG1EE also includes new possible party members. Windowslabelimageminimize
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition  Beamdog (BioWare;Beamdog)2014 Mac OS Xlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear  Beamdog2017 Linuxlabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear  Beamdog2016 Windowslabelimageminimize
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Graphic Simulations2001 Mac OS Classiclabelminimizeminimize
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast  Interplay;Black Isle Studios (BioWare)1999This game can be played on HaikuOS using the GemRB replacement engine.***Latest version: 1.3.5512 (as of 1999-06-21?)***Adds Durlag's Tower, Werewolf Island and Ulgoth's Beard regions.***EAN-13: [code]3546430126868[/code] (Complete Compilation; 4 in 1 Boxset)
... includes all games from the Bhaalspawn arc
... pre-patched to 1.3.5508***Adds new areas, quests and dungeons to Baldur's Gate. Also raises the experience cap and fixes a few oversites in BG such as uknown magical items are colored blue and missle fly at more realistic speeds. All players must have the same version for network games the original BG and TotSC will not work together.
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Beneath the Pyramids Crystalware1980The game comes on a 13-sector disk which can be an issue with operating systems and BIOSum of later Apple II systems. A dis drive that is 13-sector compatible is also required, Apple II Elabelimageminimize
Beneath the Pyramids Crystalware1981You are an archaeologist in 1932 and must find your way through the perilous chambers beneath the pyramids to discover a golden statue of the cat goddess Bast.
This game is in hires graphics, includes sound, your little man actually moves through the corridors which you can see on the screen.
The monsters are animated and very aggressive. There is a new $100 prize for the first to solve the mystery, which is a toughie!
$29.95/1 disk
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Betrayal at Krondor Sierra (Dynamix)1993
[22]***
[59]***
[37]***Set about 10 years after the end of the Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist.***Re-released in the [i]SierraOriginals[/i] line on single CD.***The game was available for a limited time as a promotion for Return to Krondor at no cost. After this promotion, the game was no longer available for free. The copyright has not expired, no permissions to copy or distribute this game are currently in effect.

"We [Vivendi Universal Games] have existing contracts with other companies that preclude us from being able to authorize this [redistribution by unlicensed third parties]."
[Zerothis]
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Betrayer Blackpowder Games2014
[100]***
[12]***Un juego que no sé si llamar de sigilo o de terror, pero que tiene una buena dosis de ambas y encima logra ser esperpéntico a plena luz del día.
Tiene una jugabilidad bastante minimalista y una estética que salta entre un mundo colorido y un mundo rojo y gris. Además la dosis de exploración y los combates casi siempre en clara desventaja lo convierten en un juego de lo más interesante.

8 de 10***Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.

The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life? Where are the settlers and tribes who lived here?

Clue by clue, you must piece together the story of what befell this doomed settlement and find a way to set things right. You will be hunted by corrupted Conquistadors and ravening shadows as you explore an expansive wilderness in order to trace the brief, tragic history of the colony and search for survivors.

Key Features

Explore large, open environments teeming with danger and discovery. Chart your own course in search of clues and treasures.
Switch between two distinct worlds featuring different enemies, obstacles, and threats.
Wield early 17th century weaponry including muskets, bows, crossbows, and tomahawks. Upgrade your arsenal by purchasing or finding faster, deadlier, longer-ranged weapons.
Charge headlong into battle with guns blazing or pick enemies off quietly. A novel, movement-based stealth system lets you hide in plain sight or use the wind to mask your footsteps.
Equip ability-enhancing Charms to complement your play style, granting anything from extra health to faster movement to improved stealth.
Play with the default visual style for maximum eeriness and tension or customize the color and contrast settings to suit your tastes.
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Big Game Hunter  Activision (Sand Grain Studios)2008 Wiilabelimageminimize
BioShock 2K Games (2K Boston;2K Australia)2007Una ambientación y estética únicas en una especie ciudad sumergida art decó, que presenta una acción directa con el doble uso de armas y plásmidos y una historia que baila entre la nostalgia y lo grotesco.
Además tiene una dosis de elección muy superior a un juego de acción al uso.

8 de 10***[b]flash[/b] - used for the map at least.***2007-08-21 as boxed
2007-08-24 on Steam***Both the full game and the demo use SecuROM 7.x copy protection. SecuROM is used to enforce CD-in-drive, enforce an online activation, to damage the data on the CD to try to prevent coping it, and was for a much hated "installation limit" that prevented more than 3 install [i][b]attempts[/b][/i]. The geniuses at 2k game didn't want people installing the product on multiple PCs simultaneously and figured that limiting attempts would do the trick. Ingoring the fact that the CD-in-drive restriction already prevents multiple installations from running simultaneously. In reality, it caused the game to be uninstallable if the install process was abandon 3 times (due to errors, or failed requirements such as HD space, or just someone changing their mind). It also forbid reinstallation in cases of a crashed PC or transfer to new computer or in cases of system restore. Any finally, it was possible to successfully install 3 copies on 3 PCs simultaneously, this restriction failed in its purpose! After much complaint, 2k games announced, "Good news! As promised, all activation restrictions, including install limits, have been removed from BioShock PC as of today. You don't have to patch or install anything for this to go into effect for your copy of BioShock – it's already done! " [b]This is NOT and announcement of removal of SecuROM![/b] 2kgames later said "Our other methods of copy protection remain. You will still have to activate your copy, and you will still need to keep the disc in the drive. SecuROM has not been removed" So the cpremoved tag does not yet apply.
[Zerothis]***[quote]No encounter ever plays out the same way twice. No two gamers will ever play BioShock the same way.[/quote]
This is because the game has quite rapid respawn rate (enough rapid to be irritating and making the game into forced slugfest), causing encounters to happen even if not wanted and the creatures wander around aimlessly through the levels with apparently nothing to do. They sometimes huddle over corpses as if there was something interesting there, but there really isn't (I had scavenged all valuables from those corpses long ago).

Though I have to admit that I [i]did[/i] play it on the hardest difficulty, so maybe that's (the rapid respawn) the only way they could think of how to make it more difficult. Didn't have much chance for stealth or alternative approaches when the guys were running everywhere.

Although it was advertized that munitions were supposedly scarce, I never really ran out of them, actually I was almost constantly maxed, except in the particular weapon I had taken a liking of and after fighting swarms and swarms of suddenly script-spawning enemies or after fighting a Big Daddy (they really can take a beating).

The only ways this game is better than Quake 4, Doom 3 or the like is that it's more free roaming (though there's very little use for it), has conversations and some sort of plot twists as well as the light RPG-ness in form of weapon and plasmid upgrades.

The number of choices of approach are quite limited actually, either you shoot them or you.. well.. shoot them. Sneaking past them is usually impossible, or simply just ridiculously difficult opposed to just shooting them and the game has too many scripted sequences where you have to shoot them regardless of how you wanted to do it.

The reliance on scripted sequences for variance is too old, but gives stronger story (scripted sequences are required to have a story, but the use of them outside it is not very good). Some of the things that happened were also very retro FPS-like, for example the one case where I picked up a new gun and swarms of new Mobs were spawned so I could "test it out".

Sad little game in that regard, but can be fun if you ignore all that.

On the confrontation with Ryan, I heard a rather poor explanation for it once (if I remember it correctly, they simply assumed Ryan was raving mad). My own interpretation of it, however, is different.
[spoiler=Show;Hide]Ryan first demonstrates the protagonist's dilemma, he's been "programmed" to follow orders of others, with key words activating certain behaviour and in this case, simple "please" would force the protagonist to do as was asked. Protagonist ridiculously follows Ryan's brief orders ("turn around", "run", etc.) followed by "please", until finally Ryan gives him a golf club and tells the protagonist to "kill" (please), while the protagonist is beating him to death, Ryan solemnly repeats a motto: "Man chooses, slave obeys." which he had said earlier (IIRC). This is where some might think Ryan is insane, however, to me he seems idealistic or something that the protagonist is not a slave as he was made to be (which he also demonstrated with his earlier commands), but a free man, able to choose his own actions. Unfortunately, the protagonist is unable to break through the "programming" (mind control) and finally kills Ryan.[/spoiler]***BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you. Injectable plasmids give you super human powers: blast electrical currents into water to electrocute multiple enemies, or freeze them solid and obliterate them with the swing of a wrench.

No encounter ever plays out the same, and no two gamers will play the game the same way.

* Biologically modify your body: send fire storming from your fingertips and unleash a swarm of killer hornets hatched from the veins in your arms.
* Hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new ammo variants.
* Turn everything into a weapon: the environment, your body, fire and water, and even your worst enemies.
* Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean.
[Valve]***[b]Minimum requirements:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM (GeForce 6600 or Radeon X1300)
* 8 GB free HD space

[i]Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation[/i]

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Core 2 Duo CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 512 MB VRAM (GeForce 7900 GT for DX9, GeForce 8600 for DX10)***BioShock is the "genetically enhanced" first person shooter that lets you do things never before possible in the genre: turn everything into a weapon, biologically mod your body with plasmids, hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new ammo variants, and experiment with different battle techniques in an incredible and unique underwater city.

You are a cast-away in Rapture, an underwater Utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces, and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, you have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters. No encounter ever plays out the same, and no two gamers will play the game the same way.

BioShock is loaded with some of greatest, most modifiable weapons to ever blast their way into a shooter. But guns alone won't be enough to defeat the devious AIs of Rapture. There are literally hundreds of other strategies players can use to take out his enemies. Here's just a few things you can do a foe:

* Catch his Grenades in Mid Air and Toss Them Back at Him
* Freeze Him Solid and Shatter Him with Smack of your Wrench
* Lead him and his comrades to water and Zap them all with 1000 Volts
* Burn Him Up With Home-Made Molotov Cocktails
* Booby Trap Healing Machines and Watch Them Blow up IN his Face
* Brainwash Him to Become Your Personal BodyGuard
* Invent your own Ammo Types to Prey on his Vulnerabilities
* Turn his own Security System Against Him
* Light Him on Fire and Launch Heat Seeking Missiles At him
* Torment Him with Plagues of Insects
* Take Research Photos of Him to Learn his Weaknesses
* Send Him Flying into the Ceiling to Knock him Senseless

No encounter ever plays out the same way twice. No two gamers will ever play BioShock the same way.
[2K Games]***In the middle of the north Atlantic, a lighthouse juts out of the water. Inside waits a rusted bathysphere, which takes you deep under the ocean to Rapture, a city sprawling along the sea floor.

A man named Andrew Ryan, a former Soviet citizen, built the city in 1946, and the society was envisioned as the ultimate capitalistic and individualist paradise, with the elite achieving for themselves, rather than for the whole. Protected by a network of giant sea walls and consisting of a cluster of enormous skyscraper-shaped hive towers, Rapture was designed to be entirely self-supporting, with all of its electricity, food production, water purification and defense systems powered by volcanic vents at the bottom of the ocean.

At one point Rapture's population numbered several thousand at its peak during the early 1960s, composed of those people Ryan viewed as the best examples of mankind. A large and tiered economy grew among the people, with different quality products catering to different levels of the society.

The grand Art Deco architecture is at once futuristic and archaic, but as you step into Rapture, you find the city a shell of itself. The walls are crumbling and the ocean is seeping in. The hallways are littered with corpses, those who were once the best and brightest of the world above are now mutated and mad, roaming the corridors and waiting to ambush you at every turn.
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BioShock 2K Games (2K Boston;2K Australia)2007[b]technomagic[/b] - plasmids.
[b]living weapons[/b] - swarm plasmid (border case).
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BioShock 2K Games (2K Boston;2K Australia;2K Marin)2008Supposedly this is an expanded version of the X360/Windows game.***2K Marin handled porting of the game to PS3. PS3labelimageminimize
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Black Mesa  Crowbar Collective2020
[12]***On the game being vaporware: Between 2009 and 2010 the developers ceased to publish notable new information until suddenly resurfacing and releasing part of the game.

2012-09-14 Black Mesa: Source was released, after which the project went on another hiatus and limited communication.
2020-03-06 The final game was released, no longer free and instead fully commercial project.***Notable gameplay related changes from original:
* Energy leeches were removed
* Rails no longer electrocute
* Rocket test chamber tentacles can't be sneaked around when they're smashing on the same floor simply because of too wildly random swiveling (that is: distractions are much more mandatory)
* On the rails no longer has player changing where the rails lead
* Gauss gun ricochets off the walls instead of penetrating them
* Scientists no longer heal Freeman
* Alien grunts are no longer immune to weapons fire at armored parts of their body

Other notable changes:
* Certain level segments have been omitted or streamlined, making levels shorter.
* Certain level segments have been made to make actual sense (or at least some, unlike the complete lack of seen in the original)
* Weapons are received in different order and in somewhat different places than in the original***Coop was officially dropped on 2010-03-17, stated reason was technical difficulties.***Black Mesa (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking VALVe Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life. Utilizing the Source engine, Black Mesa will reintroduce the player as Doctor Gordon Freeman, along with the original cast of memorable characters and environments seen in Half-Life. Black Mesa was built and founded on the basis that Half-Life: Source was inadequate as the Source engine port of Half-Life, regardless of the intentions of VALVe Software. As such, Black Mesa was founded to fully reconstruct the Half-Life universe utilizing Source to its fullest potential in terms of art detail, level sizes and code features. This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source to play - only a copy of any Source Engine game installed on Steam.

[b]The Environment[/b]
Black Mesa is set in and around the Black Mesa Research Facility as depicted in the original Half-Life game. The research facility is a former Cold War missile complex based in New Mexico, and features a diverse array of locations ranging from abandoned rocket testing silos to modern administrative offices, from underground physics laboratories to a full-scale hydroelectric dam. The game continues beyond, into an inter-dimensional border world known as Xen. What will set Black Mesa apart from other Source engine modifications in development is the attention to environment detail. Levels will be faithful to the original Half-Life concept and built from scratch, yet will feature higher-resolution textures, detailed world models, and a higher quality of audio ambience courtesy of the Source engines soundscape system. The end goal of such attention to detail is an immersive single-player environment, which will engross the player in a story that is yet to be matched by any other first-person shooter.

[b]Features[/b]
Black Mesa has many features, several of which are still in planning or being tested. Below are a few of the larger and more distinctive features of Black Mesa:

* Detailed and interactive environments based on the original Half-Life game, including reconstructed multiplayer maps;
* Single-player, co-operative and deathmatch modes planned;
* Original music score by Joel Nielsen;
* Artificial intelligence that will dynamically think, react and interact with and about their environment;
* Normal, specular and parallax mapping utilized on world surfaces and models where applicable;
* A priority on gameplay and immersion factors such as ambience, logical functionality and interactivity.

[b]Game Modes[/b]
Black Mesa will feature three game modes designed to provide a high replayability factor.

Single-player
* Assuming the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman you will experience an immersive, story-driven mode of play. A world where around every corner a new threat or situation presents itself, provoking thought and interaction between you and your world. Relying on more than just combat to survive, your wits and intelligence will become strong allies in your fight for survival. Environments will be interactive, rich with detail, fully ambient and NPC characters will react to these environments and your actions therein. A world driven by story, locations conquered by wit, enemies matched with firepower. Welcome to Black Mesa. Run, think, shoot, live, Source.

Co-operative
* Black Mesa co-op will allow players to not only recruit the assistance of security guards and scientists, but also that of your friends! Share the single-player experience by battling through Black Mesa together. Players will be able to wage battles, travel corridors and emerge victorious over the enemies and escape the confines of the Black Mesa Research Facility.

Deathmatch
* The adrenaline pumping, bullet dodging, rockets-flying, big-red-button riddled deathmatch is back in classic Half-Life style, featuring graphically enhanced multiplayer maps and the full lineup of weapons. You'll find yourself having more fun blowing away your friends than, well, anything.
[Black Mesa Team]***[media=youtube]G32_q_3es8E[/media]
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Blasphemer author2012Heretic has several open source engine choices. But playing the game initially required purchasing the proprietary data (or downloading the proprietary shareware version). Blasphemer is a project to replace proprietary Heretic data with non-proprietary data. Thus allowing players to enjoy a complete Heretic-like game with no proprietary entanglements.

Turn enemies into multiple gibs in this dark fantasy 1st-person shooter. Look up and down (sort of). Features inventory manipulation, environmental interaction, use magic, find powerups that improve [b]all[/b] the weapons you are carrying, and the ability to fly. These are in addition to the features seen in its predecessor, Doom.
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BlockWars Sirius Applications2013BlockWars is a multiplyer first-person shooter with a twist - the world is created entirely out of blocks! In the style of games such as Minecraft and Infiniminer, BlockWars features a game world created out of blocks. Use your rocket launcher to blow a hole in the wall, build defensive walls and cover with the Build Tool, plant a bomb to destroy the floor - since the world is made of blocks, all of this and more is possible in BlockWars! BlockWars is played in a capture-the-flag mode, in which you must bring the enemy flag back to your base three times to win. Linuxlabelminimizesubject
Blood Knights dtp entertainment (Deck13 Interactive)2013 Windowslabelimageminimize
Bloody Good Time Ubisoft (Outerlight)2010For 1-8 players.***Congratulations, you’ve just been cast in your first slasher movie! You’ve been given your big break by the notorious Director X. His methods have produced some of the finest grindhouse films ever committed to celluloid. Famous faces and big names are not what this director is looking for. Fresh faces are all Director X casts, and with your embarrassingly empty resume you’re as fresh as they come!

But seven other hopefuls are also in the running, so you’re going to need to prove your worth if you’re to hit the leading credits. You’re going to have to scratch, claw and strike to slash your way to the top. This job’s going to be murder!

Developed by Outerlight, Bloody Good Time takes a new and irreverent approach to multiplayer shooters. The game runs on the Valve’s Source engine, known for classic multiplayer shooters such as Half-Life and Team Fortress.

[b]Key Features:[/b]
* Be a deceitful bastard! Flush your enemies in the toilet, crash their heads on their plates when they eat, do whatever it takes to maim and kill other competitors in nasty and unexpected ways!
* Use a full arsenal of wacky weapons including guns, a baseball bat, a frying pan, and even an exploding remote-controlled rat to transform the movie set into real mayhem!
* Clash with up to 8 players online in a zany, first-person shooter, multiplayer experience like no other.
* Choose from a variety of stereotypical B- movie characters, including the bikini beach babe, the stoner, the creepy clown and the super jock.
* From Spring Break Beach to the Horror House to the Vegas Hotel, discover what’s behind the Hollywood set in these unique multiplayer maps.
* Developed by Outerlight, best known for their work on The Ship and the Half-Life mod of the Ship. This Scottish-based developer brings a great combination of humor and quality game play to Bloody Good Time.
* Running on the Valve’s Source engine, Bloody Good Time comes from the same pedigree of classic, online multiplayer shooters such as Half-Life, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike.
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Blue Stinger  Sega;Activision (Climax)1999"Awakening shipwrecked just after a meteor collides with a remote biotech research island, you begin to discover an uncontrollable madness unleashed in the meteor's wake. As one secret uncovers another, you piece together a horrifying revelation that could lead to the end of life on Earth." Can you survive the terror of Dinosaur Island? Blue Stinger is a game along the lines of the Playstation's Resident Evil, in the action horror genre. The graphics are amazing, and with a huge island to explore and over 20 weapons to master, this game will keep you riveted for hours***The first attempt of Sega in the survival horror genre.
While plagued with some camera problems, this game showcases the graphical power of the console and its a very enjoyable game.
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Breath of Fire II  Capcom1994Incorporating the same adventuring viewpoint and battle interface that made the original Breath of Fire so popular, Breath of Fire II became an instant favorite among RPG fans when it was released for the Super NES back in 1995. Breath of Fire II features four new fighting formations, which allows for greater control and strategy in battle. Adding even more depth to the series, players can combine their party members with Shamans to create enhanced characters.***Featuring a wide range of characters and personalities and a vast, endless world to explore, Breath of Fire II is the sequel to the original smash-hit role-playing game. In a world set 500 years after the previous installment, in a frontier village known as Gate, the father and sister of a young boy known as Ryu are suddenly abducted. Strangely, all the villagers appear to have completely forgotten everything about the incident, and Ryu has instantly become an orphan. At a church, Ryu meets Bow, another orphan in a similar predicament, and they slip away from town together to begin their adventure. Take advantage of the multiple game-play viewpoints found in the game (such as the quarter-view perspective during battles that made the original game so popular) to use exciting abilities like shaman fusing and dragon transformations and help these two heroes complete their mission.***This is a traditional RPG, and doesn't really do anything drastically different from other games in the genre with the battles. Enemy encounters occur at random while you are walking on the overworld, or when you're going through an area such as a tower or a cave. By looking at your menu, you are able to get a rough idea about how many random battles there are likely to be in the particular area you are in. Though they occur more at some areas than others, there will be many enemies to fight. This can become frustrating, particularly when you are in a confusing area or maze.***Another classic RPG that was butchered by Nintendo during translation. An unofficial translation with improved graphics and cosmetic modifications is being worked on here (they also have a completed German translation):
[[link:http://bof2.blogspot.com/]]
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice Beast (Beast Games)2009 Nintendo DSlabelimageminimize
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