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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Tribunal	Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2002	INT 2009-06-16 on Steam, by Bethesda Softworks (lang: eng) -- GOTY edition
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind	Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2002	2003? --- Game of the Year (GOTY) edition, includes Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. INT 2009-06-16 on Steam, by Bethesda Softworks (lang: eng) -- GOTY edition*[b]missing images:[/b] title screen, character creation, some other screens*The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an epic, open-ended single-player game where you create and play any kind of character you can imagine. Be the noble hero embarking on an epic quest, or an insidious thief rising to leadership of his guild. Be a malevolent sorcerer developing the ultimate spell of destruction, or a reverent healer searching for the cure to a plague. Your actions define your character, and your gameplay changes and evolves in response to your actions. Confront the assassins' guild, and they take out a contract on you. Impress them, and they try to recruit you instead. No two sagas are the same in the world of Morrowind. Original copies of the game came with Macrovision SafeDisc. An official patch removed the need for SafeDisc but required a CD check per play. A later publishing of the game came with no protection whatsoever. [Zerothis]
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Bloodmoon	Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2003	INT 2009-06-16 on Steam, by Bethesda Softworks (lang: eng) -- GOTY edition
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2K Games;Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2006	Oblivion is set during the Third Era, six years after the events of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, although it is not a direct sequel to it or any other game. The game is set in Cyrodiil—a province of Tamriel, the continent on which all the games in the series have so far taken place. The story begins with the player imprisoned in a cell for an unknown crime. Emperor Uriel Septim VII, accompanied by Imperial bodyguards known as the Blades, arrives in the prison, fleeing from assassins who have murdered the emperor's three sons and are now targeting him. The emperor and the Blades reveal that the player's jail cell contains a secret entrance to a part of the city's sewer that functions as an escape route. Pardoned by the emperor, the player follows the group into the sewer, where they come under attack by assassins. The blade captain is cut down during the fighting that ensues. Knowing he is destined to die by the hands of the assassins, Uriel Septim entrusts the player with the Amulet of Kings, worn by the Septim emperors of Tamriel, and orders the player to take it to a man named Jauffre, the grandmaster of the Blades, at Weynon Priory. Immediately afterward, one of the assassins kills the emperor. The player escapes the sewer and heads out into the open world of Cyrodiil.* [100]* [12]**[b]Add-ons:[/b] (DLC) Knights of the Nine * Horse Armor * Frostcrag * Battlehorn Castle * Mehrune's Razor * Orrery * Thieves' Den * Vile Lair (Deepscorn Hollow) * Spell Tomes [i]Shivering Isles[/i] is also DLC but adds ~30 hours of gameplay and is considered an actual expansion rather than minor add-on.*[b]Performance optimization:[/b] 1) In [code]Oblivion.ini[/code] set [code]iMinGrassSize=130[/code] (default: 80), this makes grass more sparse (the grass is mostly CPU intensive). 2) Disable HDR and use only Bloom effect (HDR in Oblivion is very hackish anyway). In most other games HDR doesn't cause much performance issues nor looks as garish as it does in Oblivion. 3) In [code]Oblivion.ini[/code] set [code]bDSoundHWAcceleration=0[/code] (default: 1, eanbled) if sounds are strange. Anything else is just choosing right quality vs speed trade-off with video settings. [b]Crashes:[/b] 4) In case of random crashes, try running the game on single core. [b]Other:[/b] 5) There are plenty of user made mods that make the game look prettier, but this is usually accomplished with higher polycount models and larger textures, so if you have trouble running the game as is, don't even dream of it. Not that the performance is any issue for hardware people are transitioning to now.?? 2007? --- Game of the Year (GOTY) edition with [game=#161048]Shivering Isles[/game] and [game=#159888]Knights of the Nine[/game] expansions. INT 2009-06-16 on Steam, by Bethesda Softworks (lang: eng) --- GOTY edition, includes Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansions.Oblivion, when it still wasn't out in the light, held my hopes of redeeming the errors done in Morrowind for the series, but woe it was not to be so. Oblivion is much like Morrowind, except they ruined the beast races' looks even more (though I kinda like it they chose not to use digitigrade legs for them instead of vainly trying to get them to work like they tried in Morrowind - it was a horrible sight if you don't know). Anyways, Oblivion did have many improvements over Morrowind, the graphic mood isn't as happy as in Morrowind, but still needs work to reach what it was In Daggerfall to really suit my taste (Battlespire and Redguard had the mood right, too). The graphic side really had gained some improvement (mostly just tech eyecandy), except the land still looks like it's made of bent plastic like in Morrowind. Unsurprisingly the AI seems to have received extremely little attention, with the opponents blindly rushing in at you or blasting from afar with little regard to tactics or anything else than to attack and.. well.. attack. The last time I saw AI this weak was in Serious Sam, but that game didn't really need it. Still, You'd have expected Oblivion to have something more advanced but no, it seems they ignored it completely. It's also sad that they still rely on level-scaling the opponents to keep the "challenge" up, but that makes the world seem ridiculous since everything becomes tougher with you. So, in the end, you don't kick the ass out of those pesky rats any more easily then than you did when you just started out of the prison, which leaves room to question, what is the leveling there really for? It seems as if you leveling up means the world is becoming more and more dangerous simply because _you_ are becoming better (by around level 20 pretty much every bandit and God knows what is wearing full Daedric armour and weapons all enchanted to the brink with who knows what), raising curious questions about what your character really is to cause such grand change in the order of things. Your actions still go largely unnoticed by others and have little impact on things that you can do, making one wonder what they really did for the series. The story goes on, the series gets better tech, but the gameplay stays the same crappy self from year to year. If they ever decide to make fifth chapter, well... if it looks like nothing's changed from this for the better, then my hope for the series will be gone for good.*Game links: [[link:http://www.tessource.net/ The Elder Scrolls Source (mods)]] [[link:http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/ Planet Elder Scrolls (mods)]] [[link:http://timeslip.chorrol.com/obmm_download.html Oblivion Mod Manager]] [[link:http://jorgeoscuro.googlepages.com/home Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul]] [[link:http://www.tescreens.be/oblivionmodwiki/index.php/Cosmetic_Compilation Cosmetic Compilation (mod for making better looking characters)]] [[link:http://korana.elricm.com/eshme_bodies.htm Eshme's Bodies (better bodies)]] [[link:http://btmod.beider.org/ BTmod (better UI)]] [cjlee001]
Scarface: The World is Yours	Vivendi (Radical Entertainment)	2006
Lord of the Rings Online	Turbine;Midway Games;Codemasters (Turbine)	2007	Un mal plagio del WoW, y encima plagado de errores. De nada sirve usar un mundo interesante si el juego no está a la altura. 3 de 10*Made free-to-play on 2010-09-06. Subscription is possible. For differences between free and subscription, see here: [url]http://www.lotro.com/free.php[/url][b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP or Vista * 1.8 GHz Pentium IV CPU * 512 MB RAM * 64 MB VRAM * GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 GPU * 7 GB HD space * 56 kbps internet connection [b]Recommended:[/b] * 2.8 GHz Pentium IV CPU * 1 GB RAM * 128 MB VRAM * GeForce 6800 or Radeon X850 GPU * 10 GB HD space * Broadband internet connection***A persistent world RPG with thousands of players. Based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and set in 'The 4th Age'. The developers have endeavored to portray Tolkien world as accurately as possible even to the point of implementing permanent death. However NPC and monster will almost never kill a player and player killers will suffer great consequences. Choice of race determines where a player starts in the game. Though not to full scale, the game world is huge and has countless dangers in between settlements. Races will be likely remain separated except for certain communities between them and rare fellowships that travel great distances, like the books. Vivendi Universal Games and Turbin were developing Middle Earth Online for Sierra On-Line. Vivendi left the project. Sierra On-Line formed their Yosemite Entertainment division and transfered all their experienced artists to it. Sierra then had Yosemite Entertainment fire all its employees. Codemasters hired nearly all of Yosemite Entertainment's former employees. Turbin made a deal with Midway and Codemasters to publish this game. And finally, the name was changed. [Zerothis]
Eschalon: Book I	Basilisk Games	2007	[spoiler=Level progress;Hide]2: 1k total XP 3: 2k (+1k XP) 4: 3.5k (+1.5k) 5: 5k (+1.5k) 6: 7k (+2k) 7: 11k (+4k) 8: 15k (+4k) 9: 20k (+5k) 10: 30k (+10k) Any subsequent levels take 10k XP (verified up to lvl 17)[/spoiler]**Latest version: 1.06 (as of 2010-09-02) Version history: 1.05 (2009-01-19)**Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery in this classically inspired RPG. A tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined. Strategy is paramount to success; careful skill management, equipment selection and magic usage will win your fights, not rapid button clicking. We are very pleased to say this is not another "action RPG". * Hundreds of items and dozens of creatures await your discovery. A combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies means that no two games will play the exact same way. * Unlimited character development style: Choose from 24 unique skills to make the character you want and 8 base attributes that affect your character's every action throughout the game. The game world does not scale or adjust itself to match anyone's play style, so the ease or difficulty of the game is directly related to how successful you are at developing your character. * Combat plays out at your pace. Eschalon: Book I features a turn-based system that allows you to roll through combat as fast or slow you want...make it fast and furious, or analyze every option for maximum advantage. * A non-linear storyline means that the game world is open to explore as you desire. Follow the storyline or don't...it's up to you. Just be careful where you go and who you choose to trust- the world of Eschalon can be a deadly place for an inexperienced adventurer. * An epic adventure that you must face alone...a single-player RPG carefully designed to feel like the great old school RPGs of the past such as Ultima , Might & Magic , and Wizardry [?]*[spoiler=Show trailer;Hide...][media=youtube]FqSkCka_Ijg[/media][/spoiler]*The creator advertises that gameplay is, "the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically determined ", and it has a "combination of randomly generated treasure and carefully hidden goodies". The difficulty of the game is determined by the development of a character's skills and the adeptness of the player's using them. The story is not linear. Requires a 1.8 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, and a 3D card. [Zerothis]
Aquaria	Bit Blot	2007	A medio caballo entre el Ecco The Dolphin y un Metroidvania, este juego destaca por su atmósfera y por el buen diseño de los niveles, que te seducen para ser explorados. Imprescindible, de banda sonora sublime. 8 de 10*Latest version: 1.1.2 (as of ?)2005. Project started 2007-12-07 by BitBlot (download; non-Steam version) 2008-12-15 by BitBlot through Steam (download; with Steam achievements added)[[youtube:G40cXjcz-9c]]*Minimum: * 1.6 GHz CPU * 256 MB RAM * 200 MB free HD space***A beautiful, hand-crafted 2D adventure Lonely, restless Naija has spent her entire life wrestling with questions about her identity. We join her as she takes her first steps away from the comfort of home and into new, potentially dangerous waters. Through exploration and magical combat, Naija will unearth the history of Aquaria and connect with beings lost in the depths of time. On the search to discover the fate of her people, her destiny and that of Aquaria's will be forever altered. A massive, underwater fantasy world to explore Aquaria is an action-oriented, non-linear 2D side-scrolling game. Using an intuitive and fluid mouse control system, Naija can deftly swim through and explore a massive, handcrafted world that is teeming with undersea life. Along the way, she will encounter literally hundreds of different types of plants and animals and explore many ingame miles of hidden caves, lost ruins, and other strange places. As kids, we grew up playing the brilliant 2D action and roleplaying games of the time. With Aquaria, we've aimed to capture the excitement of those games in a new way, using updated technology, controls, and visuals. This is a game with a very personal touch, from the characters and story to the creature interaction and expansive environments. Seamless, non-linear gameplay In order to make the experience as engaging as possible, we created an interface that lets the player easily control Naija with just a two-button mouse. The HUD is minimal (restricted to only a minimap in the lower-right corner of the screen). In place of textual dialogue that most games rely on we used voice acting to drive the story without interrupting the gameplay. Through a realtime interface, Naija can sing songs and cast spells without going to a menu screen. With practice, these spells can be cast easily to interact with the environment, solve puzzles, or combine them for strategic effect during combat. Certain spells will allow you to change form, creating new ways of playing the game depending on the form chosen. [Bit Blot]
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames	Electronic Arts (Pandemic Studios)	2008	Latest version: 1.1 (as of 2008-09-28?)**[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP or Vista * Pentium IV HT or Athlon X2 CPU * 1 GB RAM * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 6800 GT or Radeon X1600 GPU * 10 GB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2 4600+ CPU * 2 GB RAM * 512 MB VRAM [b]Ports:[/b] * UDP: 8123, 9000, 10000, 18715, 55123 * TCP: 13505, 18710, 18715
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky	GSC World Publishing;Deep Silver (GSC Game World)	2008	[b]Minimum:[/b] * Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 or Vista * 2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon XP CPU * 512 MB RAM * 128 MB VRAM * GeForce 5700 or Radeon 9600 GPU * 10 GB HD space * Internet connection for multiplayer [b]Recommended:[/b] * Core 2 Duo E6400 or Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * 1.5 GB RAM * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 7900 or Radeon X1950 GPU***Latest version: 1.5.05 (as of 2008-09-??)
Far Cry 2	Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montréal)	2008	Con un entorno mucho más abierto que la anterior entrega, manejas a un futuro queso gruyere con patas y malaria en un entorno africano muy interesante. Juego muy completo, la misión de la plantación no tiene pérdida. P.D: Odiarás el proceso conocido como oxidación. 7 de 10**[b]Fortunes[/b] DLC features: Single player additional content: Three brand-new weapons: Silenced shotgun, Sawed-off shotgun, Crossbow * Two new vehicles: Unimog, Quad Multiplayer additional content: * Additional weapons and four new exciting maps: Cheap Labor, Last Resort, Lake Smear, Fort Fury*[b]lives[/b] - this is almost the same as [url=/groups/info/deathless]deathless[/url]; you have 1 extra life which is used when you "die" and your partner arrives to drag you off to relative safety. However, if you die again before your partner is ready to save you (gain 1 up, so to speak), you die for good. You meet your partner in one of the safe houses when she's ready to do it again.[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP w/ SP2 or Vista w/ SP1 * 3.2 GHz Pentium IV, 2.66 GHz Pentium D or Athlon 64 3500+ CPU * 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 6800 or Radeon X1650 GPU * 6 GB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD 64 X2 5200+ or AMD Phenom CPU * 2 GB RAM * 512 Mb VRAM * GeForce 8600 GTS or Radeon X1900 GPU * 5.1 soundcard***Far Cry 2, the next-generation first-person shooter from Ubisoft, will take you deep into the most beautiful but also most hostile environments in the world: Africa! More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry 2, the true sequel to the award-winning PC game, will provide you with an unprecedented gaming experience. Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal", a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfil your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralise their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force. OPEN WORLD The extensive artistic research combined with the next-gen engine will allow you to explore over 50Km2 of seamlessly rendered African landscape. No game has ever provided such freedom of movement! DUNIA ENGINE The Dunia Engine was built specifically for Far Cry 2 by the award-winning Ubisoft Montréal development team. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire propagation and storm effects, real-time night-and-day cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and so much more... REAL-TIME IMMERSION Real-time story telling, systemic auto-healing, minimal in-game interface are just few of the features that will make you feel the tension of being alone against barbarous warlords that threaten thousands of innocent lives. WEAPONS OF CHOICE Choose from a wide range of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine-gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kills as a Sniper. If you feel that the atmosphere is not warm enough, light up your flamethrower and let your enemies and everything around them feel the heat. VEHICLES Fly, Drive, Run, slide and hover over the huge open world with your glider, trucks, cars, boats and much more. [Ubisoft]
Fallout 3	Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2008	A spin and rebirth of the saga, brings back a desolate atmosphere but in FPS-packed-action; neverless, the VATS compensates incredibly for the turn-system action. Sadly, the story empowers epicness over good story, with immortal characters an black/white characters in general (there are exceptions) But is important for being the predecessor of Fallout: New Vegas, who is better in every way possible and retakes the old developers of Fallout 1 and 2. 8 de 10**[b]Non-free add-ons:[/b] (DLC) [url=http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/info/opanc.html]Operation: Anchorage[/url] (2009-01-27) * [url=http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/info/thepitt.html]The Pitt[/url] (2009-03-24) * Broken Steel (2009-05-05) * Point Lookout (2009-06-23) * Mothership Zeta (2009-07-29?) Available only through the Microsoft LIVE service (for both Windows and X360). GOTY edition of the game comes with all five DLCs included.*Bethesda decided, without anyone asking them to (or being required to do so by anything), to censor the Japanese release. This includes changes such as removing NPC Burke from the Power of the Atom side-quest and the option to detonate the a-bomb in the city of Megaton. Kotaku: [url]http://kotaku.com/5082637/bethesda-censors-fallout-3-for-japan[/url] Bethesda: [url]http://www.bethsoft.com/jpn/news/20081110a.html[/url]Latest version: 1.1.0.35 (as of 2009-01-13)*[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP or Vista * 1GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) * 2.4 Ghz Pentium IV CPU * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 6800 or Radeon X850 GPU * 6 GB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * Core 2 Duo CPU * 2 GB RAM * 512 MB VRAM*[b]active pause[/b] — VATS functions like active pause even if it isn't [i]exactly[/i] that; using the PipBoy also effectively pauses the game. [b]cannibalism[/b] — you meet current and "former" cannibals and can become one yourself by picking the "cannibal" perk. [b]auto-regen[/b] — there are at least two perks that give this under certain conditions, normally not present. [b]growing protagonist[/b] — goes through from birth to ages of 1, 10, 16 and 19. This effectively covers character creation completely and offers some backstory. [b]slavery[/b] — besides being somewhat common topic, player can also partake in this activity by stunning and collaring people (the collar will cause the slave's head to explode if they try to escape). [b]variable ending[/b] — the ending is constructed of 3 things: karma and two choices near the end that form total of around 10 "unique" endings (if minor details are ignored) constructed out of 28 video segments (see breakdown at [url=http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3_endings]Fallout wiki[/url]). Only around 4 endings if you play them out in very archetypical manner. [b]thx-1138[/b] — the number is encountered at least in [i]The Republic of Dave[/i], unconfirmed reference.Project started in 2004**Description: Vault-Tec engineers have worked around the clock on an interactive reproduction of Wasteland life for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own vault. Included is an expansive world, unique combat, shockingly realistic visuals, tons of player choice, and an incredible cast of dynamic characters. Every minute is a fight for survival against the terrors of the outside world – radiation, Super Mutants, and hostile mutated creatures. From Vault-Tec, America's First Choice in Post Nuclear Simulation. Story: Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes. For 200 years, Vault 101 has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you've ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth. Key Features: * Limitless Freedom! – Take in the sights and sounds of the vast Capital Wasteland! See the great monuments of the United States lying in post-apocalyptic ruin! You make the choices that define you and change the world. Just keep an eye on your Rad Meter! * Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects! * Fantastic New Views! – The wizards at Vault-Tec have done it again! No longer constrained to just one view, experience the world from 1st or 3rd person perspective. Customize your view with the touch of a button! * The Power of Choice! – Feeling like a dastardly villain today, or a Good Samaritan? Pick a side or walk the line, as every situation can be dealt with in many different ways. Talk out your problems in a civilized fashion, or just flash your Plasma Rifle. * Blast ‘Em Away With V.A.T.S.! – Even the odds in combat with the Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System for your Pip-Boy Model 3000! V.A.T.S. allows you to pause time in combat, target specific body parts on your target, queue up attacks, and let Vault-Tec take out your aggression for you. Rain death and destruction in an all-new cinematic presentation. * Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence! – At Vault-Tec, we realize that the key to reviving civilization after a global nuclear war is people. Our best minds pooled their efforts to produce an advanced version of Radiant AI, America's First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results by the latest in Vault-Tec technology. * Eye-Popping Prettiness! – Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics. From the barren Wasteland, to the danger-filled offices and metro tunnels of DC, to the hideous rotten flesh of a mutant's face. [Bethesda]
Prince of Persia	Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)	2008	[b]deathless[/b] - any time you're about to die, Elika saves you in some manner or other. Helps that she can do magic and fly. In certain situations this also reverts time, but usually this only returns you to the nearest bit of stable ground or simply slightly off of your opponent while allowing them yo regenerate a large chunk of their health.*Completely unrelated to the previous Prince of Persia games.US 2008-12-09 RU 2008-12-17*The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed , Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming experience to consumers. With a whole new Prince, storyline, open world environments, combat style, signature illustrative graphical style and the addition of Elika, a deadly new ally, Prince of Persia brings the franchise to new heights of deadly acrobatic artistry and is set to become the #1 action-adventure game of 2008 this holiday season. [b]A new hero emerges:[/b] Master the acrobatics, strategy and fighting tactics of the most agile warrior of all time. Grip fall down the face of a building, perform perfectly timed acrobatic combinations, and swing over canyons, buildings and anything that is reachable. This new rogue warrior must utilize all of his new skills, along with a whole new combat system, to battle Ahriman's corrupted lieutenants to heal the land from the dark Corruption and restore the light. * [b]A new epic journey begins:[/b] Escape to experience the new fantasy world of ancient Persia. Masterful storytelling and sprawling environments will deliver to action-adventure fans an experience that rivals even the best Hollywood movies. * [b]A new open world structure:[/b] A first for the Prince of Persia franchise — now you have the freedom to determine how the game evolves in this non-linear adventure. Players will decide how they unfold the storyline by choosing their path in the open-ended world. * [b]Emergence of a deadly new ally:[/b] History's greatest ally is revealed in the form of Elika, a dynamic AI companion who joins the Prince in his fight to save the world. Gifted with magical powers, she interacts with the player in combat, acrobatics and puzzle-solving, enabling the Prince to reach new heights of deadly high-flying artistry through special duo acrobatic moves or devastating fighting combo attacks. [Ubisoft?]**[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP or Vista * 2.4 GHz Dual-Core Pentium D or Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU * 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) * 256 MB VRAM * 9 GB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2 4400+ CPU * 5.1 sound system * X360 controller
Red Faction: Guerrilla	THQ (Volition)	2009	An 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)
Borderlands	2K Games (Gearbox Software)	2009	DLC add-ons: * The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (2009-12-09) * Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot (2010-01-07) * The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (2010-02-25) * Claptrap's New Robot Revolution (2010-10-29)**[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP or Vista * 2.4 GHz CPU * 1 GB RAM * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 7 series or Radeon HD2400 GPU Game hosting: * TCP: 7777, 28900, 28910 * UDP: 7777, 27900**Latest version: 1.40 (as of 2010-09-28) History: 1.31 (2010-08-04) * 1.30 (2010-02-25) * 1.21 (2010-02-02) * 1.20 (2010-01-08) * 1.01 (2009-11-16)*For 1-4 players simultaneously.*As the first title in an all-new sci-fi action franchise, Borderlands combines the best elements of Gearbox Software's first-person action titles with player customization and vehicular combat. Borderlands features a unique content generation system allowing for near-endless variety in missions, environments, enemies, weapons, item drops and character customization. Borderlands is a cooperative experience, allowing for multiple players to share the same game experience simultaneously online. Players can freely join or leave each other’s games at anytime, or choose to play in the full single-player mode. Borderlands features life-like character animations, impressive real-time physics, and customizable vehicles. More details to follow.
Assassin's Creed II	Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)	2010	Con una gran variedad de misiones secundarias y mucha más exploración, parece mejor que el primer juego. Sin embargo, un Ezio con demasiados cachivaches (o demasiada munición según se mire) y con habilidades de combate demasiado poderosas (como poder bloquear con la hoja oculta) hacen que las misiones se tornen muy asequibles. Además el sigilo no prima tanto como en el primer juego. 7 de 10*Deluxe Edition adds 3 maps: Palazzo Medici, Santa Maria Dei Frari, and the Arsenal Shipyard. Ad speech mentions secret treasures and nothing else. Unknown if this means simply florins or actual equipment.Undefined game-play elements: blending in with the crowd, hiring prostitutes (or others?) to serve as cover (controllable crowd) or to distract those who'd wish you harm.**Continues Desmond Miles' story right where it ended in the first game, even if Altair is no longer his alter ego inside the Animus.
Darksiders	THQ (Vigil Games)	2010	Un hack and slash tridimensional con algunos elementos RPG que invocan a tierras hylianas. Nada nuevo bajo el sol, un juego bastante insípido. 4 de 10**Deceived by the forces of evil into prematurely bringing about the end of the world, War – the first Horseman of the Apocalypse – stands accused of breaking the sacred law by inciting a war between Heaven and Hell. In the slaughter that ensued, the demonic forces defeated the heavenly hosts and laid claim to the Earth. Brought before the sacred Charred Council, War is indicted for his crimes and stripped of his powers. Dishonored and facing his own death, War is given the opportunity to return to Earth to search for the truth and punish those responsible. Hunted by a vengeful group of Angels, War must take on the forces of Hell, forge uneasy alliances with the very demons he hunts, and journey across the ravaged remains of the Earth on his quest for vengeance and vindication. [b]Apocalyptic Power[/b] – Unleash the wrath of War, combining brutal attacks and supernatural abilities to decimate all who stand in your way * [b]Extreme Arsenal[/b] – Wield a devastating arsenal of angelic, demonic and Earthly weapons; and blaze a trail of destruction atop Ruin, War’s fiery phantom steed * [b]Epic Quest[/b] – Battle across the wastelands and demon-infested dungeons of the decimated Earth in your quest for vengeance and redemption * [b]Character Progression[/b] – Uncover powerful ancient relics, upgrade your weapons, unlock new abilities, and customize your gameplay style * [b]Battle Heaven and Hell[/b] – Battle against all who stand in your way - from war-weary angelic forces to Hell’s hideous demon hordes**[b]Minimum:[/b] Windows XP SP3, Vista SP1 or Windows 7 * Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz) or Pentium IV 530 (3.0 GHz) CPU * 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista/7) * 256 MB VRAM * GeForce 8800, GeForce GT220, or Radeon X1900 GPU * 12 GB HD space [b]Recommended:[/b] * Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2.6 GHz) or Core 2 Duo E5420 (2.13 GHz) CPU * 2 GB RAM (3 GB for Vista/7) * GeForce GTS 240 or Radeon HD3870 GPU
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)	2011	Special Edition does little else than overhaul the graphics a little bit and bundle all the DLC, biggest change is moving from 32 bit to 64 bit but this does not change the game. Mod compatibility between the two versions is a bit vague.*Otro juegazo de rol por parte de Bethesda, con un mapa para explorar más inmenso que nunca. Sin embargo, el juego si que peca de elementos que lo alejan demasiado del rol, como un argumento demasiado lineal (a pesar de las ramificaciones, el final es idéntico), los personajes invencibles (algo insufrible y que desgraciadamente comparte con el Fallout 3) y sobre todo un sistema de leveo carente de especialización real (sólo es cuestión de estar tiempo para tener al mago-guerrero-asesino perfecto). Brilla por una comunidad mod increíble, y con una plataforma como Steam Workshop que le sienta como anillo al dedo. 8 de 10[b]EPIC FANTASY REBORN[/b] The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose. [b]LIVE ANOTHER LIFE, IN ANOTHER WORLD[/b] Play any type of character you can imagine, and do whatever you want; the legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before. [b]ALL NEW GRAPHICS AND GAMEPLAY ENGINE[/b] Skyrim’s new game engine brings to life a complete virtual world with rolling clouds, rugged mountains, bustling cities, lush fields, and ancient dungeons. [b]YOU ARE WHAT YOU PLAY[/b] Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The new character system allows you to play any way you want and define yourself through your actions. [b]DRAGON RETURN[/b] Battle ancient dragons like you’ve never seen. As Dragonborn, learn their secrets and harness their power for yourself.EAN-13: [code]0093155144569[/code] EAN-13: [code]0093155141551[/code] (Nordic)Set about 200 years after the events of [game=#157662]Oblivion[/game] and the story is not directly related to any other Elder Scrolls games.**[media=youtube]JSRtYpNRoN0[/media]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	EA Partners (38 Studios;Big Huge Games)	2012	The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving. Build the character you’ve always wanted and continuously evolve it to your style of play with the revolutionary Destiny system. Choose your path and battle through a master-crafted universe featuring some of the most intense, responsive, and customizable RPG combat ever. Key Features: * A Massive World to Explore, Filled with Epic Fiction and Rich Storytelling * Uncover the secrets of Amalur in hundreds of hours of immersive gameplay, from the vibrant city of Rathir to the vast region of Dalentarth to the grim dungeons of the Brigand Hall Caverns. * Rescue a world torn apart by a vicious war and control the keys to immortality as the first warrior ever to be resurrected from the grips of death. Turn your lack of a destiny to your advantage and harness fate as a weapon. * Explore deep levels of lore in a universe steeped in 10,000 years of fiction created by New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore. * Intense Action Combat * Customize your play in a dynamic combat system that delivers some of the most intense and responsive action ever seen in an RPG. * Seamlessly integrate magical and melee attacks as you take on scores of enemies in grand fight sequences and finish them off with brutal Fateshift kills. * Choose Your Destiny With Customizable Classes * Build the character you’ve always wanted with the revolutionary new Destiny system that allows you to continuously evolve your character class to your style of play. * Create and modify your hero with millions of combinations of skills, abilities, weapons and pieces of armor.
A Valley Without Wind	Arcen Games	2012	Un juego GENIAL, una obra maestra resultado de una extensa mezcla de géneros y ambientaciones que recuerda a un metroidvania pero que va mucho más allá. En cuanto a su rejugabilidad, el Minecraft a su lado parece limitado. Además se puede jugar desde un acercamiento frenético hasta uno paciente sin que por ello pierda una pizca de entretenimiento. Favorito automático, terriblemente recomendable, adictivo a más no poder. "No le cojas mucho cariño a tu personaje: la pregunta no es si morirás, sino cuando" y "una de tus mayores abilidades es huir valientemente" son dos de muchas frases memorables del juego. Nota: Su secuela, A Valley Without Wind 2, viene incluida con el pago del juego. 10 de 10*Bears some superficial resemblance to metroidvanias, but isn't one of them.A 2D sidescroller without a linear path. An action game with tactical combat and strategic planning. An adventure game that lets you free-roam a vast, procedurally-generated world. A Valley Without Wind defies genre stereotypes. Unlike other procedurally-generated games, you also get a logical progression in difficulty, plus helpful tips and checklists to guide your travels (should you need them). Choose for yourself how to prepare to face the vastly stronger Overlord. Complete a variety of missions to earn arcane rewards, or roam the wilds to uncover secret missions and stashes of magical loot. Customize your characters with unique combinations of enchants and spells that change how you move, jump, and fight. Or rescue people and bring them back to your settlement, recruiting them to help you in return. You choose how to play, and the world adapts around you. Key features: Travel alone or with friends across an ever-expanding world of dangerous creatures, powerful magic, high technology, and mysteries. * You have choice. The world of Environ is procedurally generated, and lets you go anywhere you see -- including right into the overlord's keep at any time. (Good luck with that.) * Environ is endless. When you save one continent from an overlord, a larger and more complex continent appears. * The game adapts to how you play: as you demonstrate your proficiency, monsters upgrade accordingly. Killed 100 bats? Okay, time for... bats on fire! * Crazy amounts of character customization. Combine a multitude of spells, enchants, and equipment to create specialized character builds. * Play as a long line of brave adventurers. It's not a question of IF your character is going to die, but WHEN. Any character that dies is permanently lost, but you keep all your inventory, enchants, and general progress in the game. * Become a community leader. Rescue NPCs, have them join your settlement, and construct buildings for them -- they may return the favor and help you. * Be a clever problem-solver. Challenges have more than one solution, each with its own pros and cons. You get to figure things out rather than just jumping through a set of hoops. * Difficulty levels give exactly the challenge you want, from casual to hardcore on both platforming and combat independently. * New updates are arriving all the time packed with additional content, improvements, and more.
Risen 2: Dark Waters	Deep Silver (Piranha Bytes)	2012	Más enfocado en el combate que la primera entrega, pierde las virtudes de RPG que hacían lucir al primer juego y se vuelve mucho más lineal. 6 de 10*Set in Age of Sail style period with slavery of black tribals, pirates, muskets, voodoo magic, and so forth.*Set several years after the end of Risen, raging titans have devastated the world and pushed humanity to the brink of existence. Subsequently, monstrous creatures have risen from the watery depths of the sea and their attacks have brought all seafaring to a grinding halt. The hero, now a member of the Inquisition, is sent out to find out how to stop the chaos caused by these creatures from the deep. His quest begins with rumors that the pirates who frequent the southern islands are the only ones who know a way to get rid of the creatures once and for all and end their reign of terror. With an all-new pirate-based theme, Risen 2: Dark Waters aims to combine the most loved classic RPG gameplay mechanics of the original Risen with a fresh theme and setting on a huge variety of themed island locales. A third-person role-playing game set in a dark and gritty universe, Risen 2: Dark Waters maintains the most immersive features of the original Risen, with multiple approaches to every challenge allowing players to shape the game world based on their own decisions. These choices will serve to unlock new paths, features and additional skills for the character. Together with a highly interactive environment and a full day/night-cycle affecting countless aspects of the game world, Risen 2 will be set in the most immersive RPG game world so far.
Darksiders II	THQ (Vigil Games)	2012
Far Cry 3	Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)	2012
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.
Tomb Raider	Square Enix (Crystal Dynamics)	2013	Probablemente el mejor Tomb Raider jamás hecho, aunque abusa un poco de los QTM y se nota la ausencia de puzzles. Aún así, la mezcla de acción-plataformas está mejor realizada que nunca. 8 de 10***Notes on tags: [spoiler] [b]Giant humanoids[/b] - the Oni are not explained what they really are, whether they are actually Japanese demons ([url=/groups/info/ogres]ogres[/url] really) or just some of the samurai who suffer from gigantism. [b]Undead[/b] - the Stormguard. Although nothing really suggests this except for that you can kill them by destroying their belt buckles, which presumably animate their dead bodies. [/spoiler]
Full Bore	Whole Hog Games	2013	(Jugado hasta las profundidades) Un juego de exploración en formato de puzzle, con un mundo profundo, colorido y que logra ser a la vez oscuro y bonito. Pros: -Un mundo desconocido por explorar repleto de misterios. -Puzzles que retan al jugador, con la fustración compensada con el elemento de deshacer tus acciones. Además son muy variados, desde puzzles rápidos de tiempo limitado y coordinación de eventos hasta puzzles más lentos donde cada paso es clave. -La música lleva muy bien la acción y la atmósfera. Cons: -No tiene editor de niveles. 8 de 10*Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way. [Steam Store]*[media=youtube]EXhOyTD6Tik[/media]
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montreal)	2013	The year is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established their own lawless Republic where corruption, greediness and cruelty are commonplace. Among these outlaws is a brash young captain named Edward Kenway. His fight for glory has earned him the respect of legends like Blackbeard, but also drawn him into the ancient war between Assassins and Templars, a war that may destroy everything the pirates have built. Welcome to the Golden Age of Piracy.***Probablemente el mejor juego de la saga, retomando elementos de todos los juegos y puliendo o eliminando los que no acababan de encajar, con un personaje genial, un argumento doble (fuero y dentro del Animus) impecables, y aportando muchísimos elementos de exploración y crafteo. 9 de 10
Risen 3: Titan Lords	Deep Silver (Piranha Bytes)	2014	Piranha Bytes, the creators of Gothic and Risen, return to their origins with a new, classic RPG. Risen 3: Titan Lords pulls the player in to a hand-crafted role-playing world full of rugged charm where every decision changes the course of the story. Risen 3: Titan Lords is set for release in August 2014 for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system as well as Windows PC. The key element of the cult Gothic series as well as Risen is the vivid world and the freedom to explore it. The world of Risen 3: Titan Lords will be diverse, authentic and full of life, providing the player with an authentic, classic RPG experience. "Like a carpenter with a hand-crafted piece of furniture, we put together the story, the characters and the landscape until it all fits and the player has the possibility to discover things all around the place. You can try out and find things that others might not. Exploration is the key to our game", says Bjoern Pankratz, Project Lead at Piranha Bytes. The world of Risen 3 is abandoned by all gods and suffers from the Titan Wars when a new threat rises from the soil. A young warrior is attacked from the shadows and deprived of his soul. He sets off to reclaim what is lost amidst the darkness that is spreading throughout the world. The banned Mages could be powerful allies on his quest. To get their help, he needs to find the Mage sanctuary on Taranis, also known as the Island of Thunder. Protected by the Guardians, the Mages search the mines of Taranis for crystals loaded with magic energy. Will the player join the Guardians to get in contact with the Mages? Or will he choose one of the other guilds in Risen 3 to reach his goals?***The retail versions are DRM free. Moreover, the First Edition contains a DRM free copy of Risen 1, the Limited Shadow Lord Edition DRM free copies of Risen 1 and 2.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	WB Games (Monolith Productions)	2014	Like a lovechild of Assassin's Creed and Batman Arkham series, its most remarkable feature is the lieutenant system and the "live" that brings to your actions and the map itself, making the game a pretty fun sandbox (even dying on purpouse can be useful) intertwinned with some exploration and a few interesting missions. 7 of 10***Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
Dex	Dreadlocks	2015
Kholat	IMGN.PRO	2015	Based on the Dyatlov Pass incident in the Ural Mountains.
Dark Souls III	Bandai Namco Entertainment (FromSoftware)	2016	Dark Souls continues to push the boundaries with the latest, ambitious chapter in the critically-acclaimed and genre-defining series. Prepare yourself and Embrace The Darkness!* [100]* [12]***2016-03-24 Japan 2016-04-12 Worldwide There's no perceivable reason for the delayed worldwide release considering the non-Japanese version was release ready at the same time. In fact some players managed to play the English version of the game (legally) by jumping through few hoops before it was released.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition	Microsoft Studios (Moon Studios)	2016	Adds new areas, two new abilities along with allowing fast travel between the Spirit Wells. Some of the old areas have been modified to require or benefit from the use of the new abilities. There's also option of easier and harder difficulty.***NEW IN THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Packed with new and additional content: New areas, new secrets, new abilities, more story sequences, multiple difficulty modes, full backtracking support and much more! • Discover Naru’s past in two brand new environments. • Master two powerful new abilities – Dash and Light Burst. • Find new secret areas and explore Nibel faster by teleporting between Spirit Wells.
Salt and Sanctuary	Ska Studios	2016
Ghost	author	2016	Has an unusual feature where you can skip two mandatory segments of the story that break out from normal gameplay. Since neither of these provide any items or other resources, this can be welcome for those who do not care about the different gameplay required in them.
OneShot	Degica (Little Cat Feet)	2016
Hollow Knight	Team Cherry	2017
Toukiden 2	Koei Tecmo (Omega Force)	2017
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Activision;FromSoftware;方块游戏 (FromSoftware)	2019
Remnant: From the Ashes	Perfect World Entertainment (Gunfire Games)	2019

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