Video Game Search

showing 25 games

name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Conquest of Elysium II	Illwinter Game Design;Shrapnel Games (Illwinter Game Design)	2001	Behold the lands of Elysium before you! Marshal your armies, o conqueror, and let all who would oppose you taste the steel and flame that you wield. Let them tremble when your name is whispered on the wind, and cower in their hovels when kissed by your shadow. Go now, and make an empire in your image. Go now, and let the conquest of Elysium begin! Originally released in 1997, Conquest of Elysium II is a turn-based fantasy strategy game, and the precursor to the wildly popular Dominions series. As one of up to eight players (human, computer controlled, or a mixture) your goal, as suggested in the title, is very simple: total subjugation of all that do not fly your banner! Choose your leader from twenty distinct character classes, including brutal barbarians, insane necromancers, mighty maharajas, sinister shamans, and even the Agarthan king from Dominions 3! Each character allows new strategies for the player to explore. The Priestess of Baal can summon demonic creatures, change the weather, and sacrifice the innocent. An Enchanter can create constructs out of corpses, lakes, forests, and more. Barons can build siege towers, raise levies, and keep his subjects in line, even in times of high taxation. The world itself is ever changing with each new game. Worlds can be entirely randomly created, or players can customize the world creation, tailoring the world to the experience you want to play. Create maps that range from small to large, from thick with trees and mountains to barren steppes and plains, and even dictate the type of society. Much like the ages in Dominions, Conquest of the Elysium II's societies alter how the game unfolds. Play in the Dark Ages and find the ruins of lost civilizations scattered about the lands, while mankind huddles in tiny villages. Or mayhap the Empire suits your play style. Great cities abound as man sprawls across the world, but trouble brews in the north as barbarian hordes make their presence felt. Each society reflects the strength of magic, the influence of civilization, and the might of man. When battle is joined it is not only against those who are also seeking to command the realms, but also against the foul denizens that answer to no ruler. Numbering over three hundred unique types, the independent creatures players will engage boast a total of one hundred different special abilities, making each encounter new and exciting. Combine the twenty character classes, the randomly generated worlds, over three hundred monsters, and plenty of surprises, and you'll find that Conquest of Elysium II is a game with hard drive staying power that can be replayed again and again, providing players with an unique experience each and every time. And it's FREE! That's right, all this action will not cost you a single dollar, peso, euro, or pound. Consider it a gift from Illwinter Game Design and Shrapnel Games. Now you can discover how one of the most regarded fantasy series came to be. ♦ Turn-based, fantasy strategy. ♦ Playable on Windows, OS X, and Linux. ♦ 1-8 players, computer or human. (Note: Multiplayer only possible via hotseat play). ♦ Randomly created worlds, including the ability to influence what type of world is generated. ♦ Twenty different character classes of either sword or spell. Each class provides its own unique strengths and weaknesses. ♦ Six different societies, allowing a variety of play styles. Choose from uncivilized societies steeped in magic, to feudal societies that rule from massive stone fortresses. ♦ Over 300 different monsters to slay with 100 different special abilities. ♦ Recruit troops, tax the populace, and discover the mysteries of the world. ♦ Absolutely FREE! [Zerothis]
Killing Floor	Shatterline Productions	2005	The tags need to be verified for this since this is the UT2k4 mod rather than the later commercialized version created by Tripwire (whom had nothing to do with the original). Patriarch (the boss fight) was not in the mod, though the developers had tested it by themselves, it was only made available to players in the commercialized version. Same for molotov cocktails and incendiary grenades.
Killing Floor	Tripwire Interactive (Tripwire Interactive;Shatterline Productions)	2012	[media=youtube]QM3sbMk_Ujs[/media]
Conquest of Elysium III	Illwinter Game Design	2012
Tales of Illyria	Little Killerz	2013
Proteus	author	2013
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	Torn Banner Studios	2014
Wild Season	Quickfire Games	2014
Sir, You Are Being Hunted	Big Robot Entertainment	2014
Mountain	Double Fine (author)	2014	The announcement [media=youtube]FpObFKcyLJ8[/media]***At first I read the information on the web about this game and it sounded as if it a neglected niche market that was before tamagochi players and after pet rock owners. I figured a 16K UHD (8640p) 48 inch Electrophoretic Color Display (when these became affordable) framed and hung in my living room would be the best place for it. However, after seeing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpObFKcyLJ8]David OReilly's presentation[/url] I realized the product has interaction, there are features to unlock, causes to effect. It is on the outside definition of a game. But it is still more of a game than [game=#162665]Narcissu[/game] (which is often accepted as such). And it's minimally subversive (kind of an artistic necessity). I couldn't tell you exactly what, but this guy has probably started something at least as noteworthy as [game=#19073]Kings Quest[/game], [game=#34]Centipede[/game], [game=#173178]Passage[/game], or [game=#107889]Seven Cities of Gold[/game]. However, I'm still looking forward to decorating my wall with this first of the new. "You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible." Right? $1 is way more than possible for me.
This War of Mine	11 bit studios	2014
Conquest of Elysium 4	Illwinter Game Design	2014
Darksiders	THQ (Vigil Games)	2015
Heirs to Skull Crag	SSI (MicroMagic;SSI)	2015
Killing Floor 2	Tripwire Interactive	2015
The Deer God	Crescent Moon Games	2015
Outlast	Red Barrels	2015
Killing Floor - Toy Master	Tripwire Interactive (author)	2016
Killing Floor: Uncovered	Tripwire Interactive	2016
Outlast: Whistleblower	Red Barrels	2016
The Whispered World	Deep Silver (Daedalic Entertainment)	2017
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues	Portalarium	2018	The game includes an offline mode. A classic Ultima style story by Tracy Hickman (no involvement by EA). 5 guaranteed episodes (there probably be more eventually) Online modes are "open", "friends", and interestingly, "solo". It seems one can experience the online world version populated only by AI players and opponents or with only a select group of friends (together or verses, it would seem). It seems to be shaping up to be a [s]direct competitor[/s] superior replacement to Ultima Online, period[s]by offering all the UO features plus many more[/s]. Also, I've been playing beta content and seeing some content that seems vaguely familiar. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that among the vast amount of worlds and content a small subset of it is [game=#38049]Ultima IX[/game] done right. "Vendors sell vendors.. Its obscene" -redfish***[media=youtube]gSZLrF657yo[/media]
Conquest of Elysium 5	Illwinter Game Design	2021
Outlast 2	Red Barrels	TBA
Darksiders II	Nordic Games (Vigil Games)	TBA

permalink