showing 12 games
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| PoxNora | Sony Online Entertainment (Octopi) | 2006 | PoxNora is a collectible, turn-based, tactical, online fantasy game. Players command armies of fantastic creatures, cast spells of devastating power, and summon relics and equipment of ancient renown in order to defeat their opponents. Key Features: * Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, chess and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one * Choose a side of good, evil, or a little of both through full or split faction play * Build your collection of runes over time and customize your decks through the rune manager * Trade any or all of your runes with the entire community * Battle and wage war against opponents through exciting player vs. player gameplay * Join in draft tournaments to win prizes * Earn experience for your champions through single player or pvp gameplay * Save up and spend virtual gold that you earn after every match to get your hands on runes through the Player Rewards store * Free – to – play with optional content available for purchase***[b]Expansions:[/b] * The Savage Tundra (2006-10) * The Shattered Peaks (2007-01) * Drums of War (2007-05) * Skeezick Rebellion (2007-08) * Grimlic's Descent (2007-12) * Path To Conquest (2008-05) * Nora Surge (2008-08) | labelimagesubject | |
| The Sims 3 | Electronic Arts (EA Redwood Shores) | 2009 | Way worse than Sims 2, with only a city that is terrain-fixed, and with the control of only ONE family for the sake of neighborhood aging (good concept, but stupid for a shared computer or when you simply want to play many different families) 7 de 10***Although the base game concept is interesting as social simulation game, the game only includes one small town to play in and sell additional towns as microtransactions for about 25USD/20EUR (that's for [u]single town[/u]), there's also other limitations which aren't as egregious as this. But I don't think I need to really go into detail on the game beyond this. It's a money milker for EA, but considering how successful the game has been, I rather question the players who actually fall for this rather than EA for doing it. I bought the game when it was discounted at "low" 15EUR price itself (from original 50EUR) and I can say that the game is hardly worth even that much. Maybe if it was like 10EUR with towns being 2EUR or so, I might consider it reasonable. There's also DLC expansions that cost the same as the base game itself. Unfortunately popularity (or market hype?) of Sims series has made it pretty certain there won't be any serious competition, it also allows EA to continue producing inferior games for ridiculously high price. As a game, it's decent I think, but in terms of value vs price, you're paying 100-1000 times more than you should be. Hence, don't buy any Sims games outside of significant (>60%) discounts.***The game seems to have a long standing non-critical bug where the game starts freezing every few minutes. According to some players this is likely related to pathing code where some NPC gets "stuck" and can't figure out how to get their stuff done as a result. There is no real fix for this besides starting a new game which obviously doesn't prevent an NPC from getting stuck again.***The freedom of The Sims 3 will inspire you with endless creative possibilities and amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief! Create over a million unique Sims and control their lives. Customize everything from their appearances, to their personalities and even the home of their dreams. Then, send your Sims out to explore new locations around town and to meet other Sims in the neighborhood. Go online to download exclusive content and show off your own creations to the world. With all-new quick challenges and rewarding game play, The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to choose whether (or not!) to fulfill your Sims’ destinies and make their wishes come true. Key features: * Create any Sim you can imagine and give them unique personalities! Fine-tune your Sims’ appearances and personalities. Will your Sims be Evil, Romantic, Paranoid, Kleptomaniacs, or more. You choose the traits to create completely unique Sims. * Control your Sims’ destinies! Choose whether or not to fulfill your Sims’ destinies by making their wishes come true. Will your Sims be Rock Stars, World Leaders, Expert Thieves , or more – it’s is up to you. * Customize everything! Build the ultimate dream house for your Sims. Infinite customization possibilities for their clothing, furnishings, even their car. * Explore new locations! Take your Sims to meet friends in the park, go on a date at the bistro, visit neighbors’ homes, or even converse with less-than-savory characters in the graveyard. * Connect, share and shop! Go online to make movies, show off your creations, download exclusive content and more.***Separately sold add-ons: * Showtime * Master Suite Stuff * Pets * Town Life Stuff * Generations * World Adventures * Ambitions * Late Night * High-End Loft Stuff * Fast Lane Stuff * Outdoor Living Stuff |  | labelimagesubject |
| Altitude | Nimbly Games | 2009 | A nice multiplayer action game. Pros: -Different classes of planes that compliment each other and have avery different way of playing. -Flying mechanics. -Different game modes Cons: -The editor is a mess. 7 of 10***Blast your way across the cartoon skies in this fast-paced game of aerial combat. Nimbly Games has crafted an instantly accessible, rewardingly deep, and ravishingly fun multiplayer action game. The sirens have sounded, bogies are coming in hot... Jump into the fast and agile Loopy and drop your enemies from the sky with a tactical EMP blast - but hit your afterburners before your Biplane support tears them to pieces with 20mm cannons blazing! Barrel roll through the enemy minefield and arm your nuke as you enter the drop zone. There it is - the enemy base - but two Mirandas just warped in with lasers hot and an Explodet is lumbering into position over their hangar decks — will you carry your team to victory? Multiplayer Done Right: Altitude combines Call-of-Duty style perks with the gameplay variety of Team Fortress 2 in a fresh multiplayer experience. Carefully refined controls, netcode, and balance make for hundreds of hours of deep, rewarding gameplay. [Steam Store] | labelimagesubject | |
| Spiral Knights | Sega (Three Rings) | 2011 | Un juego de acción-RPG multijugador, con ciertas similitudes a los Zeldas. Está bien. 5 de 10***Login is either through Facebook, Steam, or the game's own login system.***[media=youtube]P7OQRA2kDyE[/media]***Band together and fight to the Core! Spiral Knights is a cooperative adventure in a persistent world with a focus on instant, fast-paced action. Arm yourself and join the ranks of the Spiral Knights; stranded on an alien world, they must explore the ever-changing Clockworks beneath its surface in hopes of reaching its mysterious Core. Key Features Co-operative Exploration * The Clockworks offer challenges that are best tackled with friends. * Fight monsters, solve puzzles and discover treasures together! Instant Action * Go from login to a multiplayer adventure in less than a minute. Ever-changing World * The Clockworks cycle levels to explore in real time. Every moment of every day changes the world. Create an Arsenal * There are hundreds of unique weapons and gear to discover and alchemize. Form Powerful Guilds * Guild alliances allow greater influence over the world. Amass powerful minerals to transform the Clockworks! Free to Play! * Spiral Knights is free to play, no subscription is required to enjoy everything the game has to offer. | labelimagesubject | |
| Anomaly: Warzone Earth | 11 bit studios | 2011 | Un anti-tower defense (ya que eres el que tiene que recorrer el camino y no el que lo defiende) fresco, con muchos elementos tan interesantes como originales. Muy recomendable, una auténtico soplo de aire fresco en el tan agotado género de TD, seguramente uno de los mejores TD que existen. 8 de 10***[b]Minimum:[/b] * Windows XP w/ SP2, Vista, or 7 * 2.4 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 64 2800+ CPU * 1 GB RAM * GeForce 7600 or Radeon X1800 GPU * 1 GB HD space***Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula. The game tasks you with saving a near-future Earth from an alien onslaught. The invaders have captured world’s major cities, building huge turrets that destroy everything in their path. It’s up to you to lead an armor squad through the streets of cities like Baghdad and Tokyo, planning the route and strategically choosing which units to deploy in order to crush the opposition. Take control of the Commander, whose special abilities and quick thinking will be vital in supporting the squad in its mission, as you engage in fast-paced, tactical battle across story campaign and two heart-pounding Squad Assault Modes. Key features: * Enjoy innovative game play – mixing action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula – you’re the attacking side! * Play the commander whose special abilities and quick thinking are crucial to support the squad in its quest for victory. * Think tactically and strategically, choosing the right squad and the best route for the mission. * Extend tactical possibilities by gathering resources to buy new units and upgrade your squad during a battle. * Play for hours on end in the engaging story campaign, as well as the two exciting Squad Assault Modes. * Immerse yourself in the game with great visuals and atmospheric audio. | | labelimagesubject |
| Frozen Synapse | Mode 7 Games | 2011 | Un juego de estrategia/acción por turnos, donde debes planificar tus acciones no sólo en función de lo que tu quieres hacer, sino también pensando en las acciones del rival. Muy mental (aunque demolerlo todo a bazocazos es sencillo y eficaz), desgraciadamente no hay tanta gente para jugar partidas como antaño. Lo cual es curioso, ya que debido a su planteamiento tu envías/recibes una partida y recibir la respuesta/contestarla días más tarde con su/tu estrategia, para ver el resultado de vuestras acciones y seguir (si ambos permanecéis mínimamente vivos) Original como el sólo, el único defecto que le veo es que su campaña es excesivamente exigente (su curva de dificultad hace de su tutorial un infierno y de su campaña una quimera, se aprende más jugando en multijugador) Un interesante enfoque en los juegos de acción por turnos. 6 de 10***A semi-abstract, semi-cyberspace tactical squad-based combat strategy with ability to give surprisingly complex commands to your troops at about decisecond precision. Each turn is about 5 seconds of action where you need to plan your moves in a way that avoids unnecessarily loss of life by scanning surroundings, controlling facing, designating targets to focus or ignore, etc. and since actions can cross the timeline between turns, you can easily end up with a turn starting where you have a rocket a millimeter way from your trooper's face with no solution available to save them. Each singleplayer mission takes place on randomly generated map that is generated again if you restart that mission, disallowing you to grind same level over and over again to win it by brute forcing your tactics (as in, the challenges if not the goals are different on each try). Multiplayer at the time of writing only has 1-vs-1 battles against human players.***Frozen Synapse is the ultimate tactical game on PC and Mac. It brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre bang up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad: classic gameplay with a modern interface. Plan your moves, test them out, then hit the "Prime" button: both you and your enemy's turns are executed simultaneously. Competitive-but-intuitive multiplayer and a huge single player campaign mean that Frozen Synapse will give you hours and hours of tactical delight. Key features: * Get a FREE full copy of the game for a friend with every purchase * 5 challenging multiplayer modes, including the innovative bidding-based "Secure" and "Hostage Rescue" * 55-mission single player campaign with dynamic dialogue and thrilling near-future narrative * Powerful Skirmish Generator * Facebook, Twitter and YouTube integration * 15 Steam Achievements * Integrated IRC chat as well as various community features * Random generation combined with hand-crafted content means that levels and maps are different every time * Critically-acclaimed electronica soundtrack by musician nervous_testpilot***[media=youtube]aXbsSLeINhg[/media] |  | labelimagesubject |
| Hamilton's Great Adventure | Fatshark | 2011 | Juego de puzzle basado en tus movimientos, estéticamente bonito y con una curva de dificultad algo leve, no destaca demasiado en los juegos de su género. 4 de 10***[b]Minimum:[/b] * Windows Vista or 7 * 2.4 GHz dual-core CPU * 2 GB RAM * GeForce 8 series or Radeon 2xxx GPU * 1 GB HD space***Take part in an amazing adventure, guiding the explorer Ernest Hamilton and his friendly bird Sasha as they co-operate to solve crafty puzzles and challenges! Progress through 60+ levels set in four unique and visually stunning environments. Enjoy co-op or single player gameplay featuring both action puzzling and traditional problem solving. Immerse yourself into the fantastic storyline filled with extravagant escapades and memorable characters. Join in on the fun as Hamilton’s Great Adventure delivers an exhilarating experience of family entertainment! Key Features: * Highly addictive puzzle adventure! * Embark on a fantastic journey & unravel an ancient mystery! * Puzzle solo or take a friend along on the adventure with simultaneous hotseat coop! |  | labelimagesubject |
| Tropico 4 | Kalypso Media (Haemimont Games) | 2011 | The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges. If you are to triumph over your naysayers you will need to gain as much support from your people as possible. Your decisions will shape the future of your nation, and more importantly, the size of your off-shore bank account. Tropico 4 expands on the gameplay of the previous game with new political additions ∼ including more superpowers to negotiate with, along with the ability to elect ministers into power to help get your more controversial policies passed. But remember to keep your friends close and your enemies closer as everyone has an agenda! Your political mettle will be thoroughly tested, as new natural disasters will have the populace clamoring for you and your cabinet to help them recover from some of the worst Mother Nature can dish out. Tropico 4 also brings a new level of social interaction with the addition of Facebook and Twitter integration. Post comments on Twitter direct from the game and have updates go out when you complete missions or unlock new achievements. You can even take screenshots of your burgeoning island and post your dream creation on your Tropico 4 Facebook page and compare your interactive Dictator Ranking on the online leaderboards. Key Features: * New campaign consisting of 20 missions on 10 new maps. * 20 new buildings including Stock Exchange, Shopping mall, Aqua Park and a Mausoleum to El Presidente. * Six new interactive disasters including volcanoes, droughts and tornadoes. * Council of Ministers – selected citizens to mimisterial posts in the government to help push through your more controversial decisions. * National Agenda – receive objectives from Tropican factions, foreign geopolitical powers or opportunities relating to current island events such as ongoing disasters. * Facebook and Twitter integration. * Screenshot gallery – take screenshots of your tropical paradise and share on your Facebook page. * Trading system – import and export goods to/from other nations to boost your economy or production. | labelimagesubject | |
| Dead Island | Techland;Deep Silver (Techland) | 2011 | An open sandbox zombie survival game with crafting (talking about fresh ideas) that brings both brute gory fun and great atmosphere. Pros: -Simple crafting-upgrade system. -Stamina-reliant combat and movement. -IA (specially for beings that hunt down brains) -Drowning zombies. -Leveling up with RPG-like characters and trees (Borderlands anyone?) Cons: -No animals. -No use of extra weapons for repairing or carftfing. -No swimming. -Right seat wheel car. 6 of 10***Note that Dead Island does not strictly match Zombie Apocalypse genre as the zombie outbreak is limited to the island of Banoi with an excessive military quarantine making sure nothing goes in or out of there, thus the outbreak is sufficiently contained. However, none of the events in the game take place outside the containment area, giving it the overall appearance of zombie apocalypse without actually being it.***Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island. Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode. Set in an open world tropical island, hordes of different festering zombies await players around every corner while they embark on a variety of thrilling missions through the holiday resort. With firearms and ammunition being scarce the player must rely on utilizing found items as weapons for self-defense and fight off zombie hordes in intense melee combat. A diverse range of items can be collected and will later serve to transform the player’s ordinary makeshift weapons into serious instruments of destruction. In addition to satisfying even the most bloodthirsty action fan’s fantasy, Dead Island also features role-playing elements which allow the player to develop one of the game’s unique character classes according to their preferences, all the while learning new skills and fresh tactics during their journey through the perilous environments of the island. What’s more, anytime during a game up to four players can seamlessly join together and experience the intense combat and immersive story with cooperative gameplay. With the all-new Chrome Engine 5 powering Dead Island, the game will use the latest installment of Techland’s acclaimed proprietary game engine, allowing the player to experience the tropical island paradise in graphical splendor with diverse environments like lush forests and detailed city environments. Key Features * First-person melee combat * 4-player coop * Weapon customization * Set on an gorgeous open world tropical island * RPG elements for character development * Hordes of gruesome zombies | | labelimagesubject |
| Xotic | WXP Games | 2011 | Un juego a medio camino entre un shooter/plataformas 3D y un juego de ritmo, donde tu objetivo es alcanzar la meta con la máxima puntuación y matando a todos los enemigos. También tiene 3 modos de juego alternativos contrarreloj. En resumen, pierde su gracia al manejar un protagonista más bien lento, ya que se acaba conviertiendo más en un juego de puzzle (conocer la pantalla y saber el orden por el cual se deben hacer las cosas) que un shooter frenético de hacer combos. Ganaría mucho con una velocidad de paso estilo Quake. 4 de 10***Xotic is an arcade-style first-person shooter where you rack up huge scores by shooting enemies, detonating chain reactions, and discovering secret power-ups and point multipliers. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, you must cleanse the evil presence and re-plant the seeds of life on a planet ravaged by the minions of the Orb. Destroy the insidious scab plants and new life will grow in their place, diminishing the Orb’s control of the planet. Trigger scab plant chain reactions to earn score multipliers and chain bonus points. Collect Orb essence to boost your score, or grab them in mid-air to earn an aerial combo bonus. Seek out and destroy the hidden Orb brains and collect all of the Orb essence in each level for even more points. Earn experience points to upgrade your weapons and skills, including "Absorbtion" which pulls points towards you automatically! Unlock the secrets of "Hard Hologram" technology to deploy mobile shields or aerial landing platforms. Xotic is a unique arcade shooter experience unlike anything you’ve played before. Get it now! Key features * Arcade-style scoring and point combo mechanics * Unique "Hard Hologram" technology * Exceptionally colorful environments and effects * Upgradeable weapons and skills * Steam Leaderboards & Achievements | | labelimagesubject |
| Shoot Many Robots | Ubisoft (Demiurge Studios) | 2012 | A 4-player co-op run-n-gun action shooter throws you into a tidal wave of degenerate robots with an array of weaponry that would make any shooter enthusiast proud. Players take control of P. Walter Tugnut (The "P" stands for "Pickles"), a hillbilly who stockpiles guns, ammo, and beer in his dilapidated RV awaiting the inevitable robot apocalypse. When the abandoned factory in the distance begins producing robots on its own, Walter sets off in his RV on a robot-killing rampage, hoping to save humanity from an onslaught of robot hordes. Key Features: * Run-n-Gun A classic 2.5D side-scrolling shooter, revitalized with modern game design. * 4-Player Co-op Four players online and up to two players locally can work together to take down the robot armies. * Character Customization Players can equip Walter with countless combinations of crazy items to tailor to their play style. Players also level up and gain XP by killing robots, boosting Walter’s stats, as well as unlocking new missions and equipment. * Missions Push forward through robot territory in Run-n-Gun missions – huge levels that end in epic robot boss battles. Hunker down in Survival missions – claustrophobic levels where the only object is to outlast waves of robot hordes. For the truly hardcore, there are three difficulty modes to keep players hurting. * Diversified Combat Take two weapons with you into battle – but it's going to be a tough choice. Revolvers, rocket launchers, assault rifles, flamethrowers, SMGs, and shotguns all beg to be used, not to mention the freeze ray, gnome launcher, and a cat carrier that shoots an exploding robot decoy. With melee combat, players can (and should) punch robots to knock them back and inflict damage. Rockets shot by robots can also be punched, if timed correctly, back into their metal faces. * Nut Up, Gear Up, Power Up Nuts are dropped by robots when they are killed, and are used to buy new weapons and gear. Robots occasionally drop power-ups that temporarily grant superhuman powers. These power-ups can turn the tide and reward players for high combos. * Robots with Personality Numerous robots – from tiny chainsaw-wielding Choppers to gigantic fire-spewing Fatboys – all have unique personalities, AI, and unique ways to kill, with even fiercer models appearing as the difficulty ramps up. There are zillions of robots to murder. | labelimagesubject | |
| Waking Mars | Tiger Style | 2012 | Uno 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. | | labelimagesubject |
