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Earth 2150: The Moon Project Zuxxez Entertainment;SSI;1C Company (Reality Pump Studios)2000Also published by Topware Interactive.
Zuxxez may have been only a distributor.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95, 98 or ME
* Pentium II 300 MHz CPU
* 32 MB of RAM
* 4 MB VRAM
* 4X CD-ROM
* 130 MB free HD space
* 56K or better for modem play

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Pentium III 450 MHz CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 8 MB VRAM
* Voodoo II or better GPU
* 8X CD-ROM***Stand-alone expansion of [game=#44850]Earth 2150[/game].
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Factorio Wube Software2016 labelimageminimize
Carnivores  WizardWorks Software (Action Forms)19982190 AD. On a routine exploration mission, science vessel FMM UV discovered a planet with suitable climate for humankind. During the initial scouting expedition, this young planet, code-named FMM UV-32, was declared inhospitable for colony life, due to its unstable terrain and immense population of prehistoric reptiles. News of this amazing planet spread, and articles on the "Dinosaur Planet" lead an earth corporation to purchase the rights to the planet, and create DinoHunt Corp. DinoHunt created the unique opportunity for paying customers to become dinosaur hunters for the first time in 50 million years. You are the newest client of DinoHunt Corp.
[Action Forms]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95 or 98
* 150 MHz Pentium CPU
* 16 MB RAM
* 45 MB HD space
* 2X CD-ROM drive

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 200 MHz Pentium CPU
* 32 MB RAM
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StarCraft: Retribution WizardWorks Software (Stardock Systems)1998 labelminimizeminimize
Jesus in Space Wisdom Tree (Sunday Software)?How would you explaining baptism to aliens that live underwater? Or explain them them the camel hair that John the Baptist wore? Is there a way to explain the Last Supper and the Passover meal to artificial beings (robots) that do not consume food? And how does one share Jesus with sentient balls of ice?
In this game, the player struggles to translate essential sections of God's Word into forms of communication that newly discovered races from elsewhere in the universe can understand. Be it words, actions, or other, how do you?
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Planet Stronghold Winter Wolves2011Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system.

You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.

As the story goes on, you'll have to choose a side in a a war that will change the destiny of the planet, and of humankind, forever.

GAME FEATURES

- Play as male or female
- Four different character classes
- Eight NPCs will join you in the battle
- Detailed battles with many tactical choices
- Over 40 unique enemies to fight including some "boss fights"
- Three optional romance endings for each gender for a total of 6 different romance endings
- Lots of quests and side-quests to solve: over 50h of gameplay!
- Dynamic story that changes based on your choices
- Use non-combat skills like Explosives, Science, Sneak to solve some situation without resorting to combat
- Lots of unique weapons and armor
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Dune 2000  Westwood Studios (Intelligent Games)1998Virgin Interactive functioned as European distributor, not publisher.

Essentially a remake of Dune 2 but the plot is different.***Latest version: 1.06 (as of 1998-12-17)***Remake of the classic strategy game [[gameid:42652 Dune 2]]. This one is compatible with Windows XP.
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Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage  Wanadoo Edition;Microïds (Digital Reality)2003 labelimageminimize
GUN GODZ Vlambeer2012 labelminimizeminimize
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus  Vivendi Universal;Sierra (Massive Entertainment)2004[b]display-800x600[/b] - 800x600 and anything up displays fine, anything below turns text to mush.***[sic]
[b]Ground Control II: Operation Exodus[/b] is an epic real-time action-strategy game that puts you on a futuristic battlefield where only brilliant tactics will prevail. As Captain Jacob Angelus take command of the hardware-intense [b]Northern Star Alliance[/b] or the nano-organic technology of the alien [b]Virons[/b]. Battle it out in [b]24 action-packed missions[/b] and in [b]multiplayer[/b].

[b]Innovative Gameplay[/b]
Keep your enemy on the back-foot by creating new, more powerful alien units with unique abilities by melding your Viron troops together.

[b]Amazing Graphics[/b]
Experience outstanding levels of detail. Take a strategic view of your battlefield or zoom in to see the battlescared faces of your infantry.

[b]Unique Multiplayer Modes[/b]
2 to 8 players play simultaneously in co-operative or competitive games over LAN or Internet. Unique drop-in game servers allow you to join an on-going game at any time, and compete in equal terms.

[b]Free Level Editor[/b]
The included editor allows you to create new maps featuring an infinite number of different modes.

The [b]Massgate[/b] online community system gives immediate access to online matchmaking, hi-score ladders, tournaments, chat rooms and much more. Join thousands of players online to get a quick adrenaline rush any time you want.
[Box blurb]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* GeForce or Radeon GPU w/ T&L
* 1.5 GB HD space
* 56K modem for multiplayer***Latest verion: 1.0.0.8; patch 2 (as of 2004-10-04)
Retail: 1.0.0.6***[b]Factions:[/b]
* Northern Star Alliance
* Terran Empire
* The Viron Nomads***Ground Control 2 is an action-oriented game of tactics and warfare. As Captain Jacob Angelus of the Northern Star Alliance, you will command squads of infantry, artillery, and airpower against the might of the Empire of Terra. Base building and resource-collecting are replaced with unit control and combat tactics where your knowledge of the battlefield maneuvers will make the difference in your fight against a ruthless enemy. Position your troops on hilltops for better aim or inside buildings and forests for protection as you'll need to use every inch of terrain to your advantage. Call in air strikes or assault pods to bring the battle behind enemy lines. Send out scouts to locate the enemy and use spotters for your artillery with the 360° free-roaming camera. Experience the total immersion of futuristic warfare as you lead your forces to victory!

STORY

The story begins in A.D. 2741 on a distant planet called Morningstar Prime, a world initially colonized during the 24th century by Crayven Corporation from Earth. Morningstar Prime is but one of hundred planets discovered during mankinds reemergence from the Third World War. Morningstar Prime resembles Earth in many ways, it features indigenous life forms and a similar but still different flora and fauna.

The Great War with the Terran Empire has forced the originally democratic twelve city-states of Morningstar Prime to unite under one military leader and the flag of the Northern Star Alliance.

Battlefield Lost
During the First Stellar War in the 25th Century, the Crayven Corporation lost contact with the colony on Morningstar Prime, leaving them and the other colonies in the outer fringes to fend for themselves. In 2701, the new Terran Empire returned to the outer fringes with the intent of reconquering those colonies. The Imperial forces initially expected little resistance, having assumed that Morningstar would have been devastated and regressed like many other outer colonies.

The first Imperial strike was sudden and savage but the NSA managed to defeat the strike fleet, much thanks to the military competence and leadership of Fleet Admiral T Parker. The initial victory allowed NSA to improve their defenses and gear up for war. Fleet Admiral T Parker, an experienced and wise commander knew that they had won the battle but not the war. She initiated several projects that would search for a long-term solution to the threat from the Terran Empire.

In the following years, the war continued to be fought in space. For several years the Terran Empire attacked NSA space, destroying its colonies one by one, enslaving the people and getting closer to Morningstar Prime, the NSA home world. In 2730, after 29 years of constant war, NSA lost the last of their huge Fortress class ships along with the majority of all their capital ships in a decisive battle outside Morningstar. The NSA had in one single battle lost all their space capability and was at the mercy of the Empire. The Terran Empire ignored all negotiations for peace, they held true to their long-kept tradition: leave no pardon, no surrender.

Fortunately, Fleet Admiral T Parkers' legacy was already in action. Huge electromagnetic domes had been erected on Morningstar Prime to shield the largest cities from orbital bombardment. But they never had the time nor the resources to shield all cities; millions died in month long planetary bombardments. Several urban areas were reduced to piles of rubble and eerie graveyards.

The war entered a brief state of stalemate, as the Empire was unable to penetrate the shields while the NSA were being held prisoners in their own shields. The stalemate was broken when the Empire managed to land their first troopships in the bombarded regions outside the domes.

Jacob Angelus' Company has been sent to Morningstar capitol, where situation is becoming more and more critical and desperate.
For NSA, destiny is at hand; its only hope lies in an ancient and forgotten legend...
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Nexus – The Jupiter Incident Vivendi Universal;HD Interactive (Mithis Entertainment)2004I'm still surprised by this title and it is one of my all-time favourites (even among the favorites). The first (and still the only) tactical starship game I've played, and I haven't seen any others come up since or before. Realistic starship physics - no constant propulsion when they're moving, only acceleration and deceleration - which is amazingly rare in games even these days (and certainly not in the mainstream games). Unusual - if not exactly impressive - story despite its few lackluster elements. Even the graphics look [i]a lot[/i] better than in games made several years later, despite the fact it was made for inferior hardware that ran it quite well. All-in-all this is an undeservingly unappreciated among space simulation/strategy games with barely anyone even having heard of it.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, 2000 or XP
* Pentium III 1 GHz CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* GeForce 2 GPU
* 1.4 GB HD space
* 64 Kbps modem for internet multiplayer***Among many others, Nexus was known at one point as [i]Imperium Galactica III: Genesis[/i], but no longer has any connections with that game series nor its [url=/groups/info/4Xstrategy]4X[/url] genre.***Immerse yourself in "Nexus - The Jupiter Incident", the latest surprise to hit the gaming world! Innovative and groundbreaking, it is a real-time mission-based tactical space game featuring spectacular real time battles and breathtaking motion picture quality. Focus on tactics and action as you control up to a dozen battleships encountering aliens, unknown solar systems and astrophysical phenomena in your struggle to save Earth.

At the dawn of the 22nd century the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system is being monopolized by several huge and ambitious megacorporations. Although extremely delicate and vulnerable, a balance is maintained by these companies. It has now been 60 years since the terrible catastrophe that befell Noah's Ark, the first colony ship of mankind.
At the very edge of the solar system the companies make a discovery which will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident". You are Marcus Cromwell, a young but already famous captain. With your legendary spaceship Stiletto you find yourself in the middle of the conflict.

"Nexus – The Jupiter Incident" is what we call a TFS: a Tactical Fleet Simulator. It's like nothing you've played before. The strong, elaborate story takes you from mission to mission and allows different approaches. It's up to you which tactics you choose to bring each mission to a good end. A reward system enables you to repair, upgrade and enhance your ships depending on the approach you chose. Mission briefings let you roam through an unbelievably accurate 3D animated star map system.

Are you ready to take on the challenge...?

FEATURES

* Epic campaign with 6 Episodes and more than 26 thrilling missions
* Powered by Mithis' unique Black Sun 3D engine
* Spectacular real-time battles with breathtaking motion picture quality
* Control up to 10 extremely detailed, customizable spaceships from basic to simulation level
* Diverse mission types: espionage, fight, stealth, sabotage, rescue, science, etc.
* NPCs and crew with improving skills
* 6 different alien species with race-specific tactics and 30 alien spaceships
* More than 50 unique characters and 90 different weapons and devices
* More than 50 capital ship types and 10 small ship types
* More than 350 planets, moons etc. in 10 solar systems
* Flexible starmap system: animated map objects, light flares, etc.
* Zoom in on every planet, moon, comet, asteroid field, etc. in a fully 3D environment
* Planet movement based on real physics

MULTIPLAYER:
* Internet and LAN
* Playable alien races with unique abilities
* Diverse missions
* Built-in voice-com support
* In-game browser through HD Interactive's authentication server
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay Vivendi Universal Games (Starbreeze Studios)2004The first game to have an optional audio commentary.
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Aliens versus Predator 2  Vivendi Universal (Monolith Productions)2001[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME or 2000
* 450 MHz Pentium III CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 16 MB VRAM
* 800 MB HD space
* 4X CD-ROM drive

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 1.3 GB HD space***Latest version: 1.0.9.6 (as of 2002-04-22)***Comes on 2 CDs.***Continuing with the three-games-in-one theory, an impressive storyline dominated this once again fear-based shooter. The Marine game was generally regarded as superior to either of the alien games, but two years on AvP2 still failed to match Half-Life as most people's favourite FPS.***Sequel to one of the most frightening games ever made, Aliens vs. Predator 2 takes you to Planet LV1201, where three diverse and bloodthirsty species battle for survival.
The story-driven plot weaves together the fates of all three races, while the action is as heart stopping as the blockbuster films on which this game is based. Choose to play as Alien, Predator, or Marine as you use your physical prowess, killer instincts, or superior firepower to stay alive.
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Vivendi Games (Starbreeze Studios;Tigon Studios)2009[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP w/ SP2 or Vista
* Pentium D 805 or Athlon X2 3800+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* Radeon HD 2600 XT or GeForce 6800 Ultra GPU
* 11 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 5200+ CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* Radeon HD 3850 or GeForce 8800 GT GPU***[b]tages[/b] - Atari has made a promise (of a sort) to remove this at some point in the future. [url]http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=673039[/url]

-- Butcher Bay specific: prisonbreak, mine, subterranean, npcspawning
-- Dark Athena specific: cyborgs, spacecraft-location, submachineguns, remotedetonators***US 2009-06-16 on Steam; uses Tages copy protection like the retail release with "3 machine activation limit".
... elsewhere much later (on 2009-11-30??)
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Tribes: Vengeance  Vivendi (Irrational Games)2004 labelimageminimize
Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 - Empires at War Virgin (Taldren)2001 labelminimizeminimize
Cargo 3 Vinci Games2014 labelminimizeminimize
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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Flashback Ubisoft (VectorCell)2013Besides being a rather liberal remake of the original, the original version is also included in ported form.***[b]20 years after the original game’s launch[/b], Conrad is enlisted back to active service for the triumphant return of one of the most acclaimed franchises in gaming history.

The original Core-Team revamped their own creation, leveraging the best of today’s technology while remaining true to the classic side-scroller that set the standards of the genre in the 90’s.

[b]Features:[/b]
[b] • One of the best adventure-action games ever created re-imagined by its creators [/b]
It’s the same team. It’s the same passion. Only this time, they have had much more firepower at their disposal to recreate the legendary classic!
[b] • Gorgeous graphics, amazing animations [/b]
It’s the Flashback you’ve always dreamed of. True to the original spirit but made a million times better by using modern engines such as Unreal and Havok. The makeover is completely stunning.
[b] • It’s all about Gameplay [/b]
The team modernized gameplay mechanics, making the game more reactive, offering new features, like gadgets and an experience progression system. But the developers kept the original formula in mind: a fine balance between rolling and shooting, exploring remote space stations and obliterating hostile alien planets.
[b] • Bringing back new memories [/b]
The story was revamped to speak to 21st century gamers. Most of the cast of the original game is still here – Conrad, the Morphs – but you can expect new characters and a few twists you’re definitely not going to forget... this time.
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Starlink: Battle for Atlas Ubisoft (Ubisoft Toronto)2018 labelminimizeminimize
Conquest: Frontier Wars Ubi Soft (Fever Pitch Studios;Digital Anvil)2001Digital Anvil is uncredited, they handled the initial development until the project was moved to Fever Pitch but apparently Digital Anvil's work hadn't been scrapped in the process.***[spoiler=Intro video;Hide][media=youtube]rBknmWnEr1Y[/media][/spoiler][spoiler=Terran theme music;Hide][media=youtube]Xw7brsv99cA[/media][/spoiler]***Latest version: 1.01 (as of ?)***[b]missing images:[/b] title and in-game screens***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Pentium II 350 MHz CPU
* Windows 95, 98, ME or 2000
* 64 MB RAM.
* 350 MB free HD space
* 8 MB VRAM
* 4X CD-ROM drive***Many have said Frontier Wars is Starcraft with fleets (a bit like how Battlefleet Gothic is to WH40k), so the similarities may be a bit too glaring for those who see it this way.***[b]Species:[/b]
* Terrans — all-rounded with perhaps the most powerful vessels
* Mantis — locust-like species with biological ships and orbital structures, mostly uses carrier vessels with massive numbers of fighter craft.
* Celareons — the high-tech energy-based species living inside machines that allow them to interact with the physical world, uses sweeping energy based weapons.***Your Fleet. Your Fate.

In the late 22nd century, the Terran race found means to explore the outer rim of the galaxy through a powerful cosmic phenomenon : wormholes. But what they encountered on the other side would thrust their species into interstellar chaos. Your goal as a commander in the Frontier Wars will be to explore and secure sector after sector of the galaxy.

* Large-Scale Fleet Battles : Oversee up to 16 interplanetary battle maps at once through the cunning use of wormholes.
* New Strategic Challenges : Enter an explosive new dimension of strategic possibilities with the supply line management system.
* Unequaled Artificial Intelligence : Command up to 6 AI fleet admirals who implement your orders, assess threats and react with organised tactics.
* Infinite Gameplay : build units, gather resources and fight against dozes of units, in a highly detailed 3D environment. Control 3 races each with its own technology, behaviour and strategy.
* A Variety of Intense Multiplayer Options : Play with up to 8 via LAN or 4 via Internet at ubisoft.com.
* User-friendly Interface : Allows access for the novice and experienced gamer alike.
[Box blurb]
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Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern Ubi Soft (Ubi Studios UK)2001 labelminimizeminimize
POD - Planet of Death Ubi Soft1997[b]Add-on[/b]: [i]POD Extended Time[/i] includes 16 tracks and 8 cars from Gold Version, plus 3 new tracks and 11 new vehicles.***Review for the add-on "Extended Time".
[84]***Review for POD Gold.
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[58]***There were also two original versions, OEM with 12 tracks and standard with 16.

Re-released later on the same year as POD Gold with very little added content (besides having all the tracks from both previous versions) in addition to D3D renderer.

The game had a number of renderers: pure software, MMX, 3dfx/Glide, and D3D (only in Gold).
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UFO: Extraterrestrials  Tri Synergy;Paradox Interactive (Chaos Concept)2007Project started on 2002-01

Note that some releases (e.g. Steam) include a community produced patch.***Latest version: "patch 2" (as of 2007-10-03)***Unofficial sequel to [game=#33563]X-COM: UFO Defense[/game], in which the aliens won the war and humans set out to a planet called Esperanza where the alien threat has just arrived.

Apparently BMAN's mod was included in some re-release(s?) of the game.
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Turok  Touchstone Studios (Propaganda Games)2008[b]npc spawning[/b] - does not cover humans
[b]flare gun[/b] - only available as an attachment to the shotgun
[b]dodging[/b] - since there's no way to run/sprint, this is pretty much the only way to briefly move faster in any direction, essential against larger predators.***Latest version: retail***EAN-13: [code]8716051023432[/code] (2 DVDs)***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2 or Vista
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 3400+ or equivalent processor
* 1 GB RAM
* 18 GB free HD space
* 128 MB VRAM (GeForce 6600 or Radeon X1300 or better [excluding X1550])
* 16-bit DX9-compatible sound card
* 8X DVD-ROM drive

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GB RAM
* 16X DVD-ROM drive
* Internet connection
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Waking Mars Tiger Style2012Uno de los mejores juegos de exploración que haya visto.

Recuerda en ambientación y en música inmersiva a la saga Metroid, aunque en este caso tu "armamento" esté compuesto por un puñado de pseudosemillas y una IA con bastante sentido del humor.

Perfecto para aficionados a la Areología

8 de 10***[b]BRING A SLEEPING PLANET BACK TO LIFE[/b]
WAKING MARS is a one-of-a-kind adventure in which you jetpack through subterranean Mars encountering a host of extraordinary alien lifeforms that operate as a living, breathing ecosystem. Learn and master the behaviors of these creatures to create ecosystems of your own design if you are to survive and discover the secrets of Mars’ past.

[b]UNCOVER THE MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT MARS[/b]
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
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Red Faction: Armageddon  THQ;Syfy Games (Volition)2011Un juego de acción con un especial énfasis en la destrucción del entorno.

Aunque peca de ser mucho más lineal que el anterior juego (Red Faction Guerrilla), presenta una historia principal mucho más pulida.

Bastante bueno, aunque se hecha de menos el estilo sandox del Guerrilla.
Por otra parte tanto los escenarios como las formas diversas de destruirlos y reconstruirlos (esto último es nuevo en esta entrega) hacen repetir escenarios más divertido que nunca.

6 de 10***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP, [Vista,] or 7
* 2 GHz dual-core CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 320 MB VRAM
* GeForce 88xx or Radeon HD30xx GPU
* 7.5 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Any quad-core or 3 GHz dual-core CPU
* 4 GB RAM
* 1 GB VRAM
* GeForce GTX 400 series or Radeon HD5000 series GPU***Half a century after the Red Faction resistance and their Marauder allies freed Mars from the brutal Earth Defense Force, harmony on Mars is again threatened but this time by a lethal force shrouded in mystery.

When the massive Terraformer that supplies Mars with its Earth-like air and weather is destroyed, the atmosphere turns to chaos, super-tornados and lightning storms engulf the planet. To survive, the Colonists flee to the underground mines and build a network of habitable caves.

Five years later, Darius Mason, grandson of Martian Revolution heroes Alec Mason and Samanya, runs a lucrative business from Bastion, underground hub of Colonist activity. Mining, scavenging, mercenary work--if the job is dangerous, Darius is your man. Few sane people now venture to the ravaged surface, aside from contractors like Darius and the smugglers who run goods between the settlements.

When Darius is tricked into reopening a mysterious shaft in an old Marauder temple, he releases a long-dormant evil and unleashes Armageddon on Mars. As Colonist and Marauder settlements are torn asunder, only Darius and the Red Faction can save mankind. The battle will take them across the storm-blasted planet--and below it, to the very heart of the unspeakable threat.

Red Faction®: Armageddon™ expands on the critically acclaimed, best-selling franchise with new, groundbreaking challenges. You are humanity’s last hope for survival.

Key features:
* Infestation Mode – Survive waves of enemy hordes in a 1-4 player cooperative, objective-based experience.
* Ruin Mode – Master the tools of destruction in competitive and casual destruction-based modes.
* Hell on Mars – Darius Mason can only watch as the surface of Mars is destroyed. Seeking solace underground, an even greater threat emerges against humanity.
* Nano Forge – Unleash the devastating force of the Nano Forge with massive concussive blasts or reconstruct downed colonist defences with Geo-Mod 2.0.
* Martian Underground – The truth behind an ancient evil will force Darius to wage a battle across the devastated Martian surface, beneath massive frozen glaciers, and over rivers of broiling magma.
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Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising  THQ;Akella (Relic Entertainment)2010The 1st expansion of Dawn of War II, brings Chaos to the mix, along with a few additions.

Pros:
-New campaign, with corruption-redemption mechanics.
-New units for the pre-existing factions, with emphasis in magical units.

Cons:
-Still has strange cover orders.

6 of 10***Latest version: 2.2.0 (as of 2010-04-??)***[b]EAN-13[/b]: [code]4005209131155[/code]***Your Blood Ravens have saved the sector, but can they save themselves?

In THQ Inc. and Relic Entertainment’s sequel to the acclaimed Dawn of War II real time strategy franchise, you return to sub sector Aurelia where a long lost frozen ice planet has reappeared from the Warp, bringing with it new secrets to uncover and foes to face.

In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.

* [i]New Single Player Missions[/i] – Continue your fight against the enemies of the Emperor and use your squads’ wargear, abilities, and experience to battle Chaos in 15 new missions
* [i]New environment and Multiplayer Maps[/i] – New ice planet graphics set will increase the visual diversity and adds 7 new PVP maps
* [i]Aspire to Glory[/i] – Build your existing squads up to level 30 and unlock even more devastating abilities
* [i]Chaos Corruption Mechanic[/i] – New single player mechanic allows you to equip incredibly powerful equipment that corrupts your squad and will guide the story towards or away from the corrupting influence of Chaos
* [i]New Multiplayer Race[/i] – Swear loyalty to the Chaos Gods and play as the bloodthirsty Chaos Space Marines in multiplayer battles against both Chaos Rising and Dawn of War II owners
* [i]New Units[/i] – New units for the Space Marines, Ork, Eldar, and Tyranid armies in multiplayer.
* [i]2 New Last Stand Heroes[/i] – Face off against the relentless horde as either the Chaos Sorceror or Tyranid Hive Tyrant
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Dawn of War – Dark Crusade  THQ (Relic Entertainment)2006The 2th expansion for Dawn of War, it fixes and improves the base game.

Pros:
-Fixed graphics and interface.
-Two new factions: Necrons and their powerful bases and teleport/resurrection powers, and the Tau Empire and their ranged supremacy.
-A tabletop-like campaign of skirmishes, less plot oriented but who lets the player to choose its favorite army to conquer the planet.

Cons:
-Camera is clunkier.
-Sometimes graphics downgrade to the point of making units and landscape blurry.

6 of 10***Latest version: retail***EAN-13: [code]4005209104876[/code] (Complete Collection)***[b]Factions:[/b]
- [i]Necrons[/i]
- [i]Tau[/i]
- Imperial Guard¹
- Eldar²
- Space Marines²
- Chaos Space Marines²
- Orks²

¹) Requires Winter Assault's CD-key and the expansion to be installed, the CD-Key alone does nothing, not even with registry editing to make it seem it was installed.
²) Requires Dawn of War's CD-key and similar limiations as ¹.
Though only to be playable by human player, they appear as computer controlled factions anyway.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000 or XP
* 2 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 3.5 GB free HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU***Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funereal chambers house the awakening mass of the Necron plague. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necron purge, and ultimately for the Necron themselves to retire to. Over the millions of years, sand and rock had covered it all until ill-fated excavations awoke the deathless again. Play any of seven races, striving for control over Kronus. Take other races' strongholds by winning challenging battles on various maps individually associated with the respective Strongholds.

* New playable races, each with individual features
* Brand new Single Player Campaign experience, playable by all seven races
* Non-linear game-play: conquer an entire planet in the way you choose
* Watch a unique, non-linear story unfold from your race's perspective
* Customise and manage a persistent army as you sweep across the planet
* Customise the appearance and abilities of your commander unit as he grows in power and influence
* Discover the dark secrets of a planet shrouded in mystery.
[Relic]***[[youtube:nodA5bxueyo]]***Stand-alone expansion to [game=#162150]Dawn of War[/game] and [game=#162151]Winter Assault[/game], but having DoW or WA unlocks the races that were introduced in them, otherwise the player is limited to play only as Necron and Tau which are the new races in this expansion. The computer plays with all the rest regardless of this unlocking.

The expansion took a different approach and instead of giving new campaigns to complete, the player was given a [game=Risk]Risk[/game]-style overworld which to conquer as the player sees fit and unique albeit short storyline for each of the races.
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Dawn of War – Soulstorm  THQ (Iron Lore Entertainment)20083rd and last expansion of Dawn of War.

Pros:
-Two new factions, both with an unique resource for special abilities, for a whooping 9 factions in total. Newcomers are Sisters of Battle, tanks with poweful healing abilities and moral protection, and Dark Eldars, powerful but fragile units and unmatched in movility and speed of contruction.
-A lot of maps to play.

Cons:
-Sometimes commanders' abilites override normal units' abilities (or viceversa), making very confusing and difficult to use them in combat.

6 of 10***EAN-13: [code]4005209104876[/code] (Complete Collection)***[b]Factions:[/b]
- [i]Dark Eldar[/i]
- [i]Sisters of Battle[/i]
- Necrons¹
- Tau¹
- Imperial Guard²
- Eldar³
- Space Marines³
- Chaos Space Marines³
- Orks³

¹) Requires Dark Crusade's CD-key
²) Requires Winter Assault's CD-key
³) Requires Dawn of War's CD-key
Though only to be playable by human player, they appear as computer controlled factions anyway.***[b]faith[/b] - Sisters of Battle gain access to powerful abilities when the combined strength of their faith reaches certain state. The Tau may be seen as a less direct approach on this as their whole society is build around the concept of serving the Greater Good and belief that it will ultimately triumph over all.***Strategic warfare in the 41st Millennium takes to the skies as each army gains new air units to rain death from above. Every map, battle and strategy in Dawn of War has just been reinvented!

Features:

* Take command of two new factions, the Sisters of Battle and the Dark Eldar, and fight with a new resource derived from the souls of the faithful and the fallen.
* Customize your hero's weapons, items and abilities as he grows in power and personalize your army's insignias, colours, banners and names. Earn and unlock achievements and medals as you prove your superiority online in 29 NEW multi-player maps. Includes all previous Dawn of War maps for a stunning 114 maps in total!
* Wage war across an entire solar system. Liberate, enslave, or destroy entire worlds as you unleash your army's fury on an interplanetary scale. Experience unique storylines, control your supply lines and lead any one of nine separate armies to victory in the largest Dawn of War campaign ever envisioned.
* Groundbreaking Hybrid Expansion design allows Soulstorm to be played alone, or combine it with Dawn of War, Winter Assault, and Dark Crusade to create the largest RTS ever!
[Relic]***This is very similar to what Dark Crusade was, except instead of single planet with large number of provinces to be conquered, you have multiple planets and only few provinces each. Each race also starts with an unique special power, like the Tau planetary cannon.

Like with Dark Crusade, you need the previous games to play as one of the other races than Dark Eldar or Sisters of Battle. You only need the CD-keys for this, no need for installing the games.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000 or XP
* 2 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 3.5 GB free HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU***Stand-alone expansion that adds [i]Dark Eldar[/i] and [i]Sisters of Battle[/i] as new armies.

"Warhammer 40,000: [game=Dawn of War]Dawn of War[/game] - Soulstorm will be a standalone expansion, playable with or without previous iterations; and this time containing 2 new playable factions, one of which is the malicious Dark Eldar, bringing the grand total to 9.

The new chapter will feature an entire intergalactic campaign, spanning not just a planet, but an entire star system - building on the revolutionary meta-game from Dark Crusade. Soulstorm will also introduce air units, additional units for the existing 7 races, and multiplayer achievements to boot."
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Dawn of War – Winter Assault  THQ (Relic Entertainment)2005Similar to the base game, this expansions adds some new features and changes.

Pros:
-Two different campaigns: one for "order" armies and another for "chaos" hordes.
-A new faction who is extremly reliant in defense and slow but secure advancing.

Cons:
-Still carries issues with resolution and display.
-Removes some interesting upgrades of a few units for no logical reason.

6 of 10***EAN-13: [code]4005209104876[/code] (Complete Collection)***[b]Factions:[/b]
- [i]Imperial Guard[/i]
- Eldar
- Space Marines
- Chaos Space Marines
- Orks

Necrons also appear in this but are unplayable and have only small subset of their troops.***Winter Assault is the expansion pack to the 2004's RTS Game of the Year, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

Lost amongst the ruins of a leveled city lies an Emperor Class Titan, a war vessel of untold power forged in the planet-wide furnaces of Mars, and revered by billions as the epitome of Imperial dominance.

The one who controls it will command the power to destroy, or defend, a world. The Imperials will summon it to overcome great evil, Chaos will corrupt it for their own designs, Orks will destroy it in their bloodlust and Eldar will disregard it in their arrogance.

Features:

* Take command of a completely new race, the Imperial Guard, in 12 new single player missions.
* Battle against the Space Marine, Eldar, Ork and Chaos races, each with brand new units.
* Direct your troops in all out war across harsh new winter battlegrounds with enhanced urban terrain and additional interactive objects and structures.
* Revel in new and improved gameplay features including a new tech tree, hundreds of new animations and endless new strategies.
* Dominate 20 new multiplayer maps with advanced online features including observer mode, arranged team play and improved auto match.
[Relic]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
* 1.8 GHz Pentium III or equivalent CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* 2.5 GB free HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
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Dawn of War  THQ (Relic Entertainment)2004A squad RTS who heavily relies in micromanagement and special abilities of the ample selection of units.

Pros:
-Squad upgrading and special units.
-Fast ranged and melee combat.
-Orks and their special tech tree and morale system.
-Customizable faction aesthetics.

Cons:
-Badly optimized for contemporary computers (specially for graphics and resolution)
-Crashes frequently.
-No map editor.
-Sometimes your units don't follow your orders about stances/modes.

6 of 10***EAN-13: [code]4005209104876[/code] (Complete Collection)***[b]Factions:[/b]
- Eldar
- Space Marines
- Chaos Space Marines
- Orks***Ten thousand years have passed since the treasonous acts of Chaos toppled the Golden Age of mankind. Fires burn brightly throughout the galaxies, illuminating carnage and slaughter as mankind defends itself from ancient enemies. Hardened forces collide with one goal in mind, the complete extermination of their opposition. "Game of the Year" developer, Relic Entertainment, brings the world's most successful tabletop war game to the PC. Control one of four unique races in head-to-head or cooperative multiplayer action, where faith, skill, and strategy are requisites in ruling the universe.

Features:

* Cinematic quality melee and ranged combat that show battle in detail never before seen in a real-time strategy game.
* Improved resource model that focuses action on the frontline.
* Tactical features, such as cover, squad-based gameplay, morale and hero units, which promotes unit strategy over mass assaults while still allowing for large-scale battles.
* 4 unique races, each with their own unique strategies.
* Epic ‘Single Player Campaign' employing classic storytelling elements of treason and conspiracy.
* 2-8 player multiplayer via LAN or Internet providing endless re-playability.
* New multiplayer features, including customizable squad colors, banners, badges, insignia and names, and the ability to ally with other players
[Relic]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
* 1.8 GHz Pentium III or equivalent CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* 2.5 GB free HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM***First game in the Dawn of War series, starting with only one campaign for the Blood Raven chapter of Space Marines. Other races included, but not playable in single-player, are Orks, Chaos Space Marines and the Eldar.
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Dawn of War II - Retribution  THQ (Relic Entertainment)20112nd expansion or Dawn of War II.

Pros:
-2 new races: Imperial Guard and Tau Empire (the second one only for last stand)
-Upgrades of units (similar to Dawn of War 2) and some base building.
-Campaign for the 6 races.
-Steamworks implementation.

Cons:
-No Tau Empire for multiplayer and campaign.

6 of 10***Command any of the six unique factions in the next stand alone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead your small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your faction. Go online and face off against your enemies and experience the fast brutal combat of the 41st millennium.

Key features:
* Multi-Race Campaign: For the first time in the Dawn of War II series, players will be able to experience a single player campaign for any of the 6 available races.
* Build your Army: Upgrade your heroes and unlock new buildable units as you progress through the single player campaign.
* 6 Playable Races: Choose from 6 multiplayer races, each with their own unique super heavy units.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2, Vista SP1, or 7
* 3.2 GHz single-core or any dual-core CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM***Pre-order was available as 6 different race packs, with Ork race pack exclusive to Valve's Steam and Tyranid race pack exclusive to THQ.com E-Shop. The pre-orders included only few "unique" in-game items for the particular race. Collector's Edition includes all race packs. The pre-order bonus items were made available as DLCs on release date.
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Dawn of War II  THQ (Relic Entertainment)2009It’s the 41st Millennium in the Sub-Sector Aurelia – a cluster of worlds on the edge of the galaxy – where a battle of epic proportions is about to commence. Ancient races will clash across the planets that dot this sector of space, battling for the greatest of stakes – not only for control of Sub-Sector Aurelia – but the fate of each race.

With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle as you play through your chosen race’s epic campaign. Clash with the enemies on battlefield ablaze with visceral melee and ranged combat. Lead and develop your squads from raw recruits into the most battle hardened veterans in the galaxy. Also included is The Last Stand, a co-operative game mode featuring user controlled heroes fighting waves of enemies.***Deviating a lot from the first Dawn of War, this RTS plays more like a tactical-action (Commandos) than a strategy game (even with is touches of Command and Conquer)

Pros:
-Great controls, even to seem easy to use many units in the field.
-Equipment and leveling up: brings some roleplay elements in the development of your team.
-Tyranids.
-3 game modes: campaign (Space Marines cleansing places), coop defense (pick your hero and prepare to withstands waves of enemies) and multiplayer (a mix between a hero RTS and a MOBA)

Cons:
-Too many times soldiers adopt stupid covers (like being in the two sides of a trench)

6 of 10***DoW2 is perhaps best defined as tactical RPG than strategy RPG, with RPG elements mostly covering only how good your characters are doing their stuff and the otherwise equipment based system. There's no role-playing to speak of, though.***Tagline: "Your slavery to the False Emperor ends today!"***Latest version: 2.2.0 (as of 2010-04-??)

Version history:
* 1.3.2 (2009-05-14)***Although the devs/publishers touted a lot about new approach to RTS with the title, the only thing I noticed to be truly new (for the type of RTS DoW2 is) was that your troops couldn't be killed for real. Few units (4 squads total in this case) to somewhat non-linear tactical missions have been done before, although none before in my experience are so lenient on the matter. Your squads can't be killed since only the squad leader is actually important and he can only be knocked unconscious. If all squads become unconscious, emergency evac is pulled and the squads and their leaders are back to full strength as if nothing happened. You lose the turn in the overworld meta-game with a lost battle, but that's hardly anything new. The squad leaders gain experience and level up occasioally, which can be spent on very few areas of interest, and they can be given new equipment which most of the time just makes them more powerful, resilient and generally more efficient.

Each map has several teleport beacons scattered around where squads can be re-inforced, 2 secondary objectives which can be completed, and the primary objective. These are invariably(?) placed at the 4 corners of the tactical map. You can perform multiple attacks on single turn if you perform sufficiently well in a battle, but this is usually unlikely on harder difficulty settings. Each map also holds a boss at the primary objective location who usually has 200 times (and more) as much health as the more regular units from the tougher end. On harder difficulty settings these become rather dreary as you spend most of the time resuscitating unconscious squad leaders and doing round-trips to teleport beacons for re-inforcements than actually fighting the bosses.

In conclusion, the base tactical gameplay is interesting like in any other tactical game, but all value is lost from the fact that you can practically never lose and success in missions is purely based on how well you manage to keep at least one squad conscious long enough to get the others back up, beyond that, all your great tactical plans are pointless except to reduce the number of times you need to get the squads back up.***2009-01-19 gone gold
2009-01-21 closed beta with Soulstorm owners started
2009-01-28 public beta
2009-04-15 single-player demo released

The betas are used to produce a day 1 patch if necessary for the actual release slated for 2009-02-19.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2 or Vista SP1
* Pentium IV 3.2 GHz CPU or any Dual Core CPU
* 1 GB RAM (1.5 GB for Vista)
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce 6600 GT or Radeon X1600 GPU
* 5.5 GB HD space
* 1.5 GB swap file

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or any Core 2 Duo CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 7800 GT or Radeon X1900 GPU***[b]Factions:[/b]
* Space Marines
* Orks
* Eldar
* Tyranids
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Red Faction  THQ (Volition)2001[b]driving[/b] - TBM, a minisub and a VTOL aircraft.
[b]lost equipment[/b] - at least twice, at the start of each "stealth" segment.***2009-08-06 on Steam, by THQ (lang: eng)***Latest version: 1.21 (as of ?)
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Red Faction: Guerrilla  THQ (Volition)2009An incredibly fun 3rd person shooter, with some melee and driving features and a big and destructable open world.
Includes some cool mission styles and a few interesting and unique weapons.
Hammer time!

8 of 10***[b]Performance issues?[/b]
If the games gets sluggish when large structures are collapsing, some have had success with lowering the game's priority from default to something lower.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 2 GHz dual-core CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce 7600 GT or Radeon X1300 GPU
* 15 GB HD space (stated; 7 GB actually)

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 3.2 GHz dual-core CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 8800 GT or Radeon HD3850 GPU***SMASH AUTHORITY

Lead the Red Faction revolution using guerrilla tactics and strategic destruction in an epic battle for control of the red planet.

Guerrilla tactics: Raid military compounds, rescue revolutionaries, and sabotage EDF supply lines.

Geo-Mod 2.0: Tear down enemy strongholds brick by brick with the most realistic destruction engine to date.

Multiplayer: Put your demolition skills to the test with 16 player anarchy, siege, and damage control modes.
[Box blurb]***EAN-13: [code]4005209113038[/code]***Red Faction: Guerrilla is a 3rd person, open-world action shooter set on Mars, 50 years after the events of the original Red Faction. Players assume the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Throughout their fight for freedom, players carve their own path, wreaking havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars, from the desolate mining outpost of Parker to the gleaming EDF capital city of Eos. Utilizing improvised weapons, explosives and re-purposed mining equipment and vehicles, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to tear through fully destructible environments in an unforgiving Martian landscape swarming with EDF forces, Red Faction resistance fighters, and the downtrodden settlers caught in the cross-fire. Red Faction: Guerrilla also features a robust multiplayer component, including several modes focused on destruction-based gameplay.***2009-09-11 on Steam, by THQ (lang: eng, cze, fre, ger, ita, jap, pol, rus, spa)
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Space Marine  THQ (Relic Entertainment)2011[b]Add-on packs:[/b]
* Golden Relic Bolter — adds a weapon
* Golden Relic Chainsword — adds a weapon
* Traitor Legions Pack — adds skins/weapons
* Emperor’s Elite Pack — adds skins/weapons
* Blood Angels Veteran Armour Set — adds skins
* Alpha Legion Champion Armour Set — adds skins
* Legion of the Damned Armour Set — adds skins
* Salamanders Veteran Armour Set — adds skins
* Chaos Unleashed Map Pack — adds a survival mode between Imperial Guard and Space Marines (other than the already included Exterminatus mode, which is Space Marines vs aliens)***Step into the armor of a relentless Space Marine and use a combination of lethal and deadly weapons to crush overwhelming alien forces. Immerse yourself in an intense and brutally violent world based on the richest science fiction fantasy ever created.

In Warhammer® 40,000® Space Marine® you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.

A millions-strong Ork horde has invaded an Imperial Forge World, one of the planet-sized factories where the war machines for humanity’s never ending battle for survival are created. Losing this planet is not an option, but a darker and far more evil threat is lurking large in the shadows of this world.

With an Imperial liberation fleet en-route, the Ultramarines are sent in to hold key locations until reinforcements arrive. Captain Titus and a squad of Ultramarine veterans use bolter and chainsword to take the fight to the enemies of mankind.

Key features:
* Storm Into Battle – Step fearlessly into the heart of combat as an unstoppable Space Marine. Never hide, never cower, just purge all that stand in your way.
* Unleash Visible Violent Death – Using an innovative new combat system, switch seamlessly from high-caliber ranged weapons to devastating close-combat strikes. Taking out an enemy has never been so satisfying.
* Experience the dark future of Warhammer 40,000 – Jump into a rich universe of awe-inspiring landscapes, deadly enemies, immense battles and ruthless annihilation.
* Take the Battle Online – Form your own Space Marine squad or Chaos Space Marine warband and face off in 8 vs 8 online matches. Gain experience and unlock new weapons and armor to customize the Devastator, Assault, and Tactical Marine classes.
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Supreme Commander  THQ (Gas Powered Games)2007Three opposing sides - the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation - have been fighting in the Infinite War all across the galaxy, spreading chaos and unrest. You are a Supreme Commander and you have to take one of the sides and put an end to this war.

As in most strategy games, you have to build up a base, gather resources and build armies to fight off your enemies. But being created by Chris Taylor of Total Annihilation fame, the RTS also has many unique features, such as a huge unit cap of 500 units per side, different resource management, queue up commands and waypoints, diverse unit types and even dual screen support.

Players can play through the Campaign and carry on the story as one of the sides, or fight off computer enemies in Skirmish and human opponents in Multiplayer.***
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[12]***Latest version: 1.1.3280 (as of ?)***For 1-8 players, with teams or in FFA.

The skirmish/multiplayer mode includes AI that cheats (there's non-cheating AI, too) for those who want the challenge.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2 or Vista
* 1.8 GHz CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 8 GB free HD space
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce 6x00 or better

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 3.0 GHz CPU or better
* 1 GB RAM or more
* 256 MB VRAM or more
* GeForce 6800 or better

Multiplayer port: 16010 (configurable)***'spiritual successor' to [game=#47246]Total Annihilation[/game].
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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance  THQ (Gas Powered Games)2007The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike. With their backs against the wall and staring into the abyss, the tattered remnants of Humanity’s forces must put aside old hatreds and band together as they prepare to make one last desperate stand. One last chance. An alliance forged in blood, steel and hope, they turn to face the dark.

Key Features:
* New Playable Faction: A completely new playable faction will be available in multiplayer games and serve as the main threat during the new single-player campaign. This new threat is a cunning and devious race with advanced technology and are true masters of quantum technology. New weapons, new strategies, new conquests!
* New Units: 110 new land, sea, air, base and experimental units evolve armies to address strategic weakness or become the ultimate expressions of factional military doctrine.
* Warfare on an Epic Scale: Fully realized navies, orbital weaponry and advanced counter intelligence technologies give commanders unprecedented, deadly new capabilities in what is already the most strategic RTS on the market today.
* New Multiplayer Maps: New multiplayer battlefields provide new grounds for players to prove their supremacy.
* New Single Player Campaign: Play through a brand new single player campaign as you gather your forces to save mankind from extinction.***Latest version: 1.5.3599 (as of ?)***For 1-8 players, with teams or in FFA.***People who play the game in skirmish or multiplayer against or with AI controlled players may be interested in the following fan-made AI MODs.
* [url=http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=23929]Duncane AI fix[/url]
* [url=http://code.google.com/p/sorian-ai-mod/]Sorian AI MOD[/url]

Official map editor is available through GPGNet client only.***Commonly labeled as stand-alone expansion to [game=#158479]Supreme Commander[/game], but FA is its own game, it does not expand the base SupCom nor is it compatible with it (though some maps work with both).
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X-Tension  THQ (Egosoft)2000X-Tension is the eagerly awaited expansion pack to X: Beyond the Frontier. The expansion is not limited by a linear plot line but makes use of new ways to expand your empire. You can now take part in missions that are offered to you throughout the game.***
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X: Beyond the Frontier  THQ (Egosoft)1999[b]meta proportional world[/b] - mostly space stations and production facilities; the game explains this by spatial/space compression technology. Also used to increase storage capacity of your own craft.***X: Beyond The Frontier is the first part in the X-Universe series of games developed by Egosoft.
It tells the story of mankind's rise and fall in the universe, and the attempt by Kyle Brennan to help repopulate the stars using a new ship called the Experimental Shuttle, and how he became trapped in a closed group of sectors linked by a series of jumpgates, owing credits to an alien for helping to save him, and hunted by several people. Unknowingly, a group of secret service people are after him, a group who have tried to hide their races secret, that they are the descendants of a group of Humans who saved earth from the Terraformer fleet they created to help colonise the universe.

Now with the Truth coming out, X: Beyond the Frontier allows the player to play as Kyle Brennan on his hunt to find a way home, whilst helping a group of people find the truth about their ancestry, and continue to help save earth from the Terraformers who are now known as the Xenon.

Trade
Trade in over 50 sectors, with over 50 different goods, upgrade you ships with dozens of upgrades available to you by 5 different races.

Fight
Find the location of the hostile pirates and survive against attacks by the Xenon.

Build
Construct stations to build your own production empire.

Think
Adapt your trading empire to suit the needs of each sectors local economy.
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Alien Breed 2: Assault Team17 Software2010Un juego de vista cenital, que juega mucho con las cámaras y las luces para sorprenderte.

6 de 10***Can you survive the alien onslaught? Alien Breed™ 2: Assault is the second chapter in the Alien Breed™ series, and is an explosive science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weaponry, highly detailed and rich environments, developed using Epic Games' Unreal® Engine 3. Take control of the hero, Conrad, the ship’s Chief Engineer, and continue your fight for survival across the fatally damaged space vessel, against a ruthless assault by an alien horde. Your only hope relies on reigniting the alien space craft’s monstrous engines to rescue you from impending annihilation. Deep inside the bowels of the unfamiliar craft, and with time rapidly running out, ready your weapons and begin to claw your way through the darkness in a fight for survival. But you are not alone. The ship is home to the carnivorous alien horde and something else ... something yet to reveal its true intentions ... something biding its time. In addition to the thrilling single-player campaign and all new "survivor" modes, the game also offers relentless, action-packed, two-player online co-operative battle modes.

[b]Key Features[/b]
* Survive the assault! – An action-packed mix of arcade-shooter, survival-horror and tactical weapons upgrades and customisation.
* NEW - set pieces – fight the breed through the new vertical climb section and the mounted gun battle.
* NEW – fight the alien horde with new hardened armour and new weaponry:
* Hyper Blaster – a destructive chain-gun.
* Rocket Launcher – blow the horde away.
* NEW - take on new alien enemies – the ‘webber’ alien and endure dramatic encounters with new shocking bosses.
* Epic single-player story mode – The single-player campaign mode that follows the narrative of the game through five huge and challenging environments.
* NEW - single-player "survivor" mode: – Resist endless waves of intense alien horde attacks in three specifically designed arena environments.
* Single-player free-play mode – A single-player challenge mode – beat your high score on a previously completed campaign mission.
* Two-player co-operative play mode – Work together to defeat the alien horde across three specially customised assault maps for two players, over Steam.
* NEW - two-player co-operative "survivor" mode – Join forces and try to survive three specifically designed arena environments, over Steam. Get competitive and challenge others to beat your survivor abilities on the extensive Leader-boards.
* Additional Steam online features – Quick Match, Create Game, Friends Lists, Voice Chat, Leader-boards/Achievements/Co-operative Achievements.
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Alien Breed 3: Descent Team17 Software2010Una saga que mejora levemente juego tras juego, mejorando las situaciones y los retos a los cuales somete al jugador.
Claramente el mejor de los 3, y el único que es verdaderamente difícil.

7 de 10
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Alien Breed: Impact  Team17 Software2010Un shooter de vista cenital reseñable por su fácil manejo y control de la cámara.
Por lo demás tampoco destaca frente a otros juegos similares.

5 de 10***Alien Breed Impact is an explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons, highly detailed and rich environments; all implemented with superb technology in a state-of-the-art gaming experience. In addition to the thrilling single-player campaign mode, the game also offers a relentless, action-packed, online two-player co-operative battle mode.

GAME FEATURES:

* Alien Breed is back! – An action-packed mix of arcade-shooter, survival-horror and tactical weapons upgrades and customisation.
* Epic single-player story mode - The single-player campaign mode that follows the narrative of the game through five huge and challenging environments.
* Single-player free-play mode - A single-player challenge mode – beat your high score on a previously completed campaign mission.
* Two-player co-operative play mode – Work together to defeat the alien horde across three specifically customised maps.
* Additional Steam online features - Quick Match, Create Game, Friends Lists, Voice Chat, Leader-boards and Co-operative Achievements.
* FREE TRIAL – The "Prologue" sample section – a specifically designed introduction to the game; play in either single-player or two-player online co-operative mode.
* NEW – Upgrades shop – Search fallen comrades and lockers to accumulate cash, and then tactically spend it on weapons/kit upgrades in the shop.
* NEW - Enemies– Re-imagined and improved Alien Breed enemies.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP
* 2 GHz CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* GeForce 6800 or Radeon X700 GPU
* 1.5 GB HD space***Single-player campaign and online two player cooperative skirmish.
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DropTeam TBG Software (Battlefront.com)2006 labelminimizeminimize
Dark Colony: The Council Wars Take-Two Interactive Software (GameTek)1998 labelminimizeminimize
COPS 2170: The Power of Law Strategy First;DreamCatcher Europe;Game Factory Interactive (MiST Land South)2004[b]morale[/b] — units start panicking if enough many of their friends get killed and/or they get sufficiently wounded, effects usually involve running around and shouting for help/mercy while others go into berserk and start shooting everywhere, often killing their own friends rather than enemies in the process.***Latest version: 1.22 (as of 2005-02-21?)

The patch can't be applied on XP64 for some reason (and possibly any other similarly recent Windows OS), but the game can be temporarily installed on a virtual machine, patched there and the files copied back to the host OS over the installation there and the game will work without any issues.***Comes on 2 CDs.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* 700 MB HD space
* 4X CD-ROM drive

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
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Chrome  Strategy First (Techland)2003Working title: [i]FireZone[/i]

[i]Advanced Battlegrounds: The Future of Combat[/i] is alternate title used for the [i]Chrome Gold Edition[/i] which was an updated version of the game.
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Offworld Trading Company Stardock (Mohawk Games)2016 labelimageminimize
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