showing 12 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
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| Max Payne | Take 2 Interactive (Remedy Entertainment) | 2001 | Remedy and 3D Realms present Max Payne- a story-driven 3rd person action game aimed for a mature audience. Realistic weapon setup includes over a dozen real-life guns, all fitting the crime-story setting like a bullet in the head. The action is surrounded with more than 80 hand-painted comic-screens that enhance the game's gritty atmosphere and attitude, introduce the game's murderous cast of characters, and carry the plot from one location to the next. When darkness falls in New York City tonight, a lone man will go through hell to avenge his loves ones only to discover that the answers he seeks can hurt more than having no answers at all. Against all odds, back against the wall, and with no one to trust ... Max Payne. A man with nothing to lose.*** [100]*** [12]*** [32] | labelimagesubject |
| Turok: Evolution | Acclaim (Acclaim Studios Austin) | 2002 | Turok: Evolution is a prequel that travels back to the origins of the Turok lineage. In the beginning of the game, we see our hero, Tal'Set, fighting his nemesis Captain Tobias Bruckner in 1886 Texas. During the battle, a rift between their world and the Lost Lands opens and Tal'Set is sucked into it. Turok: Evolution is an epic adventure of treachery, exploration, and war in a land of lush jungles, suspended cities, mysterious temples, reptile armies, and towering dinosaurs. This shooter features tons of cool weapons like the including the Variable Payload Cruise Missiles, Gravity Disrupter Beams, and the Swarm Bore each with unique traits and damage. There are over 32 different types of prehistoric and indigenous life in the game. You?ll also have the ability to shoot down trees onto enemies and collapse massive rock spires onto dinosaurs. The Turok legacy is in safe hands with Turok: Evolution. [R2D2-A] | labelimagesubject |
| Splinter Cell | Ubi Soft (Ubi Soft Montreal) | 2002 | Infiltrate terrorists' position, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace! You are Sam Fisher, a highly trained secret operative of the NSA's secret arm: Third Echelon. The world balance is in your hands, as cyber terrorism and international tensions are about to explode into WWIII.***Splinter Cell is a stealth game where you play as Sam Fischer and have to infiltrate many areas without being detected. Very fun game. Clint Hocking and JT Petty won the3rd annual (2003) Game developers Choice Awards - Best Writing. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Red Faction II | THQ (Volition) | 2003 | labelimageminimize | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay | Vivendi Universal Games (Starbreeze Studios;Tigon Studios) | 2004 | labelimageminimize | |
| Doom 3 | Activision (id Software) | 2005 | A massive demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporations' (UAC) Mars Research Facility, leaving only chaos and horror in its wake. As one of only a few survivors, you struggle with shock and fear as you fight your way to Hell and back in an epic clash against pure evil. Built on a revolutionary new 3D graphics engine, Doom III draws you into the most frightening and gripping 3D gaming experience ever created. Dripping with atmosphere and changing the look of 3D games forever, Doom III features realistic physics, 6-channel surround-sound, and real-time dynamic lighting and shadows that create an environment of ever-changing fear and uncertainty. Compete in vicious multiplayer action where light, shadows, and a totally dynamic world can be used to your advantage or peril. Features: * Struggle with shock and fear as you fight your way, in an epic clash against pure evil * Incredible, advanced 3D graphics and physics, with surround sound and real-time dynamic lighting * Compete in vicious multiplayer action where you'll use light, shadows, and a totally dynamic world to your advantage * The most intensely realistic and visually stunning game yet -- with the look and feel of a computer-rendered animated movie [R2D2-A]***Science has unlocked the gates to the unknown. A Sci-Fi horror masterpiece, DOOM 3™ is like nothing you've ever experienced. Dramatic storyline, pulse-pounding action, incredible graphics, and revolutionary technology combine to draw you into the most frightening and gripping first person gaming experience ever created. Fight for your life in single player, online multiplayer, or the Xbox® LIVE™ exclusive co-op mode. | labelimagesubject |
| Destroy All Humans! One Giant Step On Mankind | THQ (Pandemic Studios) | 2005 | From official site: Use destructive weapons and innate mental powers to take on the most feared enemy in the galaxy—mankind! Play as Crypto, an alien warrior sent to Earth to clear the way for the Furon invasion force. Your mission is to infiltrate humanity, control them, harvest their brain stems, and ultimately destroy them. You choose the method: infiltration or disintegration. | labelimageminimize |
| Stubbs The Zombie | Aspyr Media (Wideload Games) | 2005 | Stubbs, a zombie who'll tug at your heartstrings and tickle your funnybone even as he's tearing the living guts right out of your body. This former traveling salesman trades in his briefcase for your braincase as the leading man in Wideload's first game, Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse". [R2D2-A] | labelimagesubject |
| Half-Life 2 | Electronic Arts (Valve) | 2005 | Valve Software/Vivendi Universal Gameswon the 5th annual (2005) Game developers Choice Awards - Best Writing. Marc Laidlaw was designated in the nomination. [Zerothis]***Defining a new benchmark in gaming with startling realism and responsiveness. Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him. * DIGITAL ACTORS: Advanced animation technology delivers the most sophistocated in-game characters ever witnessed. * ADVANCED AI: Friends and foes assess threats, master tricky terrain and fashion weapons from what is at hand. * PHYSICAL GAMEPLAY: Objects from trucks to desks obey laws of gravity, friction and buoyancy. * STUNNING GRAPHICS: Simply amazing special effects ignite incredibly-realistic environments. | labelimagesubject |
| Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter | Ubisoft (Ubisoft Paris;Red Storm Entertainment) | 2006 | labelimageminimize | |
| Painkiller: Hell Wars | Dreamcatcher (People Can Fly) | 2006 | Gothic Story, Frantic Gameplay. Painkiller is an award-winning first-person horror shooter, designed to satisfy your hunger for intense, fast-paced action. It's an adrenaline addict's nightmare, where hellish monsters swarm in seemingly endless mobs. Features: * Intense gameplay: The player will be constantly outnumbered, fighting against seemingly insurmountable odds. * Includes Xbox Live Multiplayer action! * Next-generation graphics: The game uses the proprietary 3D "PAIN Engine" capable of pumping out an unbelievably high polygon count, while adding increased texture quality and the latest lighting and shadowing techniques. * Combo weapons: All weapons come in pairs, with a primary and secondary fire. * Morphing: Your unholy pact gives you the power to morph into a powerful possessed creature with every 66 souls collected. * Lasting replay value: Painkiller features a standard single player campaign, with additional modes to encourage replay. The game also features full multiplayer Xbox Live support. * Physics Engine: Painkiller employs the Havok 2.0 physics engine, allowing for inverse kinematics ("rag-doll physics") and deformable, interactive environments. | labelimagesubject |
| The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning | Universal Interactive;Sierra (Krome Studios) | 2006 | labelminimizeminimize |
