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AirBuccaneers LudoCraft2012Un juego de acción-estrategia multijugador como pocos, consistente en batallas aeronavales entre barcos flotantes.

Muy divertido, especialmente con amigos o con gente que sabe jugar en equipo en el mismo barco. Aunque ser un kamikaze con éxito también es genial.

6 de 10***[b]AirBuccaneers is a multiplayer airship pirate game with shamanistic Buccaneers and infamous Vikings fighting over domination of the North. This cooperative 1st person game requires seamless teamwork and strategic battle skills.[/b]

Welcome to the ancient North that, once the cradle of culture and peace, is now corrupted by magic and inhabited by nasty bandits sowing destruction in airships.

The Buccaneers blame the Vikings who, according to old sagas, once let the magic escape from their hands. The hatred just keeps adding up, leading the antiheros to even fiercer battles.

Fight over the questionable honor of your tribe in airships loaded with cannons, rockets and gunpowder. The success, as well as the bitter defeat, is solely dependent on how well you co-operate with your crew mates. Maybe one day you will conquer the ancient North and find wonderful Atland, the city of scholars, that was once destroyed by no one but your own tribe.

Finding the right kind of battle strategy is not self-evident in the merciless winds and twisted magic of the North...

* [b]Heavy emphasis on teamwork.[/b] Solo players, time to team up!
* [b]Intense air battles.[/b] Airship armadas fighting against each other in berserk frenzy.
* [b]Mythical story.[/b] This is what really happened in the darkness of the past.
* [b]Character development.[/b] Start as a lousy low-life and turn into a crazy shaman warlord.
* [b]Powered by Unity 4.[/b] Game developed by an independent game studio from northern Finland.
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Alien Assault TearDown2009Latest version: 1.021 (as of 2010-02-01)***The game was at some point in or before 2009 called Space Hulk as the game was a clone of the [url=/groups/info/spacehulk]board game[/url] and possibly of the [game=Space Crusade]Space Crusade[/game] computer game (which also was a computer adaptation of the original boardgame). However, the game name as well as all references to Warhammer 40,000 were removed at some point after this, though in essence the game has not been changed (gameplay is still the same). labelimageminimize
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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Alien Shooter 2 - Reloaded Sigma Team2009Notable differences with the original are missing voice overs, the lack of separate weapon skills - you no longer need certain level on a weapon skill to use more powerful weapons - and the damage modifier has been merged with accuracy skill (formerly this was purely accuracy, now it's universal weapon skill, offering both increased accuracy and some damage improvements). This simplifies your weapon choices to economic issues. Implants no longer have intelligence requirement and you can only have one implant in use at any time, effectively making intelligence almost pointless (formerly lack of intelligence restricted more powerful implants from your use and you could have 3 implants total in use). Armor skill has been removed completely, allowing anyone to wear any armor they want. And then there's the additional missions (missions 8 and 9, a small town). And net ranking.***Alien Shooter 2 - Reloaded is a modified version of the Alien Shooter 2 game. We started working on it right after release of AS2, taking into account the players' wishes. Well, here's the list of what we've done:
1. Size of the full version installation file was reduced to 300 Mb, compared to 1Gb of the original Alien Shooter 2. Large installation file prevented users with slow connection from buying and downloading the game.
2. Player upgrade parameters simplified. Now you don't need to develop separate skills for each weapon type, so you'll be able to complete the game using all the weapon types featured in it.
3. Two new missions added. Now the game features 17 full levels.
4. New individual shooting mode added - Gun Stand. You will use powerful military equipment to eliminate advancing enemy troops. As the game goes on, you will upgrade your weapon in different ways, and the right choice will let you win the battle!
[Sigma Team]
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Alien Shooter: Vengeance  cdv Software Entertainment;1C Company;Strategy First (Sigma Team)2007[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 1.7 GHz CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* GeForce2 or Radeon 8500 GPU
* 2.5 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce FX 5700 or Radeon 9600 GPU***[b]activation limit[/b] - only applies to Strategy First's release, where you can activate the game only twice on separate hardware configurations.
[b]21st century[/b] - in-game the date is stated to be June 2030.***1C will publish the game on 26th October 2007
Strategy First published the game on 2007-10-18***For the first half of the 21st century, the war on terror became a global phenomena as more blatant and frenzied attacks struck deeper into the lives of common people. Inevitably, the pressure from public outcry to stop the madness grew to an irresistible level; the military forces of the world slowly but steadily retooled their outlooks, weapons, and tactics to combat people who were willing to die for their cause.

By 2100, the world was more or less at peace, with continued discord in some regions as modernized military forces sought to track down and destroy the remaining terrorist cells that continued to fight and harass civilian and military alike. Regardless, as this war began to wane, it slowly moved out of the public's eye, and they began to pick up the pieces and try to make better lives for themselves. Not since the years following World War II had such prosperity been felt across the planet; even war-ravaged regions received a "Marshall Plan" of sorts, having their infrastructures built up far beyond what they ever were before.

As prosperity grew, so too did the ventures of capitalism. In this day and age, science was the 'new capitalism,' fueling the growth of amazing new technologies. The first high-profile ventures into the creation of a viable fusion energy source, an offshoot of the efforts of the aging multinational oil companies, began in 2105 in the United States, with the backing of billions of dollars in venture and government capital. The International Power Initiative of 2112, an agreement among nations investing in the fusion power project, but eventually including many hundreds of other projects based on energy, radically restructured how science was to approach new energy sources. The level of freedom granted to a group of corporations might have been dangerous one hundred years ago, but it was felt that today since there was not a rivalry in the race to find the secrets of fusion power first, that giving a corporation autonomy to do what it needed to do would foster creativity and growth on an unheard-of scale.

It didn't.
[Sigma Team]
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Alien Swarm Black Cat Games2004[b]Additional campaigns:[/b]
* Telic / Escape from Rhea ([url]http://www.moddb.com/mods/alien-swarm-the-telic-campaign/[/url])
* Phalanx ([url]http://forums.blackcatgames.com/showthread.php?t=6235[/url])***Alien Swarm is an overhead view tactical squad-based shooter for UT2K4. Set in the the distant future, the players take the role of a Commander in the Interstellar Armed Forces. They must guide their squad of marines through Swarm infested colonies, overrun bases and outposts, to achieve a variety of objectives. Featuring Assault Rifles, Heat Tracking Guns, Sentry Guns, Flamethrowers and more. Supports co-operative multiplayer.

[b]Game Features[/b]
Alien Swarm is a total conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004, featuring:
* Unique blend of action and strategy.
* 1-8 players co-operative play.
* Single mission or Campaign mode.
* Large array of equipment for your marines, including Assault rifles, Shotguns, SynTek SmartEye Autoguns, Flamethrowers, Pistols, Incendiary Mines, Flares, Stim Packs, Ammo Bags, Sentry Guns, Medkits and more!
* Four marine classes: Explosives, Special Weapons, Medic and Technical
* Skill and experience system allowing your marines to improve as they progress through the campaign.
* Full tutorial to teach you how to play and to use the equipment at your disposal.
* 8 unique marines with portaits, personality, skills and background.
* Easy to use emote system for team communication.
* Full character speech for each marine which adapts to the current situation.
* Alien parasites which infest your marines and hatch from inside them.
* A variety of mission objectives.
* High scores, kill records and medals.
* A range of difficulty settings and unlockable map variations.
* Leader and voting system for online play.

Requirements: Unreal Tournament 2004. Alien Swarm has been tested on Windows, Linux and Mac.***Latest version: 1.34 (as of 2010-01-31)
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Alien Swarm  Valve (Black Cat Games;Valve)2010Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.

Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.

Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

* Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
* Complete game code and mod tools
* Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
* Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
* 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
* Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
* 64 achievements
* Tile-based map generation tool
* Powered by Source and Steam***More outlying human colonies have fallen to Swarm attacks this month, the most notable of which being the research base of Tau Ceti 5. This base was known for its intensive research on the alien threat, having produced a number of papers on their behaviour and biological makeup, information the ISAF paid a great deal for. It's unknown whether the attack on this base was caused by the recent presence of a number of recently captured live bugs or whether it was just a random attack.
[Valve Steam]***Alien Swarm: Infested is an upcoming action strategy game featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad level tactics all in an overhead view. As a Commander in the Interstellar Armed Forces, your job is to guide your squad and successfully complete their mission against the ravages of the Swarm infestation, a threat which plagues mankind across the breadth of colonized space.
[Black Cat]
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Alien Trilogy Acclaim Entertainment (Probe)1996Comes on the same CD as the DOS version. labelminimizeminimize
Aliens versus Predator  Fox Interactive (Rebellion)1999[i]Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000[/i] features the Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator Campaigns and the frenetic single-player Skirmish mode from the original title: Alien Versus Predator Gold Edition, which was released to massive acclaim in 2000.

Alien Versus Predator Classic 2000 has been updated to run on modern PCs and laptops using DirectX 9.0c and includes support for Xbox 360 Controller for Windows, however, it does not currently support multi-player.

The three most ferocious species in the universe in a bloodthirsty battle for the ultimate prize: survival. Take your pick: be a Colonial Marine, a Predator or an Alien. Fight through suspense-filled environments: from starships and space stations to colonial bases and eerie planetscapes. One wrong move turns you from hunter to prey.

* Three campaigns: Colonial Marine, Alien and Predator
* Includes all the levels from the original AvP Gold Edition plus the Millennium Expansion Pack
* Skirmish mode against infinite Alien hordes
* Bonus Episodes
* Unique abilities, weapons and equipment for each species
* Scale walls and elevator shafts as an ALIEN with frightening speed as you attack and devour your victims
* Stalk your prey as the deadly PREDATOR using wrist blades, shoulder cannons and stealth mode
* Lock and load as a COLONIAL MARINE using motion trackers, grenade launchers and flame-throwers to exterminate your foes
* Supports Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
* Music from the original soundtrack CD
[Fox Interactive?]***[b]healing magic[/b] - Predator heals himself by expending his energy reserves and stabbing himself with the healing stabby things, can be repeated whenever the player feels like it and there's sufficient energy reserves left.
[b]health draining[/b] - xenomorph's healing method vaguely belongs to this: by "eating" the heads of humans and predators, live victims give more health.
[b]hypermobile foes[/b] - xenomorphs when playing against them.

[b]steam[/b] - only for AvP Classic***Lack of out-of-place music, impressive (at the time) ambient noises, slick darkness, the gritty and terrifying world and xenomorphs of the Alien franchise with the somewhat monstrous but oddly honorable cloaked hunters from Predator movies, AVP sets an experience that is action-packed and laden with horror. Stalk humans and predators alike as a lone xenomorph drone. Run in the darkness as a lone marine, hunted by both the swarming xenomorphs and the stealthy predators. Or stalk as a predator, nailing down humans one at a time and fighting the hordes of xenomorphs. Regardless of whom you play as, the feeling of anxiety, exhilaration and fear you felt with the original Alien movie and the sequel are pretty much there.

The game actually feels almost Lovecraftian, but instead of psychological horror, the game gives you a relentless horde of aliens with nary a sufficient arsenal to counter them. Besides the foreboding darkness and the lonesomeness each character makes you feel, each character's gameplay is different in their own way.

The [b]xenomorph[/b] drone outmaneuvers and stalks individual targets from the dark while avoiding most direct confrontations as he is quite fragile but can rend almost anything they come in close enough to pieces in less than a second. [b]Marine[/b] has it tough as the neverending swam of xenomorph drones forces them to progress onward, not giving him time for a breather, making even his impressively varied arsenal seem pitiful and even a single predator on his path can make things a lot more difficult. For [b]predator[/b], picking out humans while cloaked may seem simple, they rarely offer much of a challenge except in large numbers. The aliens however see through the predator's cloak and come swarming in on him like a nest of bees, making many of his more powerful weapons useless in close quarters. All three provide unique challenges and experience.

It's amazing how AVP didn't become more popular than it is, it's a solid package of great gameplay with decent story, however it was unfortunately released shortly after Half-Life which was hyped by the press and many others even though it offered less in a sense, contributing to AVP's lower popularity. AVP was perhaps too hectic and not everyone is fan of horror and dark places where you feel insignificant and can't see your enemy properly. Instead of making you feel like a hero like HL did, AVP makes you feel like you survived.

(Sorry for the ad-like speech at the start, but I couldn't think of anything better.)***Seems like people have trouble running the game with anything newer than XP SP2, meaning anyone with XP SP3 or newer (like my XP64) are unlikely to get the game to work.

Though the game is practically playable even on XP64, as long as you don't linger in the main menu for long and skip the cinematics as the game otherwise crashes in a minute or so.***Comes on 2 CDs.***[b]Gold Edition[/b] includes the "Millenium Expansion Pack". I couldn't find info if this was available for separate download for owners of regular AVP, but my memory says it was. There's 9 new multiplayer levels and few singleplayer levels for the marine. There's 2 new weapons, pistol and "skeeter", for the marine. Other weapons, mostly the explosive kind, were made more powerful, too. Gold Edition multiplayer is incompatible with the original AVP. There's different title screen and apparently some voice overs were replaced by Rebellion staff.

The new AvP Classic is essentially the Gold Edition.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95 or 98
* 200 MHz Pentium MMX CPU
* 32 MB RAM
* 640x480x16 display
* 400 MB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 400 MHz Pentium MMX CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 4 MB VRAM
* 640x480x16 display
* 500 MB HD space
* EAX***EAN-13: [code]3348542147805[/code] (BestSeller series, Gold Edition)***For 1 to 8 players.***Not to be mistaken with the new [game=#172171]AVP game[/game] (2010) from the same developer.***Based on the 'Alien' and 'Predator' films, this highly rated shooter became famous for its intense fear factor, equal to if not better than other famously terrifying games: Thief, System Shock 2 and Half-Life in places.

Despite its superb exploitation of human terror, however, it failed in terms of gameplay to match the top FPSs of the time (Half-Life had been released just five months before). But with three games in one, one for each race (Alien, Predator, Human [Marine]), few could be disappointed by AvP.***Official description:
Featuring characters from the popular and terrifying film sagas Aliens and Predator, Aliens vs. Predator pits three of the deadliest species in the universe against each other in a bloodthirsty battle for the ultimate prize survival. Playing as a colonial marine, a Predator, or an Alien, players stalk their way through richly detailed, spine-tingling environments.
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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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Aliens vs Predator  Sega (Rebellion Developments)2010EAN-13: [code]5055277002238[/code] (UK; 2 DVDs; SEGA-PC111)***For 1-18 players, multiplayer maps include player caps at 8, 12, and 18.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP, Vista or 7
* 3.2 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce 6600 or Radeon X1600 GPU
* 4.6 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 512 MB VRAM
* GeForce 8800 or Radeon HD2900 Pro GPU***[b]healthregen-stunted[/b] - the marine has 3 health bars, regeneration is limited to filling the currently partially depleted bar. Predator regenerates arbitrary chunks of damage that "fall off" the health bar, completely gone chunks do not regenerate. Xenomorph regenerates any and all damage and therefore is not covered by this tag.
[b]cloaking[/b] - unlike in the previous games, the predator can remain cloaked indefinitely as long as they avoid certain actions. this causes no energy drain of any kind. And the cloak can be immediately resumed when the cloak breaking action is ceased.***Aliens vs Predator is an entirely new title for PC and high-definition consoles from acclaimed British developer Rebellion, the team behind the 1999 original PC gaming classic.

Bringing the most intense war between two of science-fiction’s most popular characters FPS fans, AvP delivers three outstanding single player campaigns and provides untold hours of unique 3-way multiplayer gaming.

Experience distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay as you survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps surrounding the damned colony of Freya’s Prospect.

- As the Marine, you’ll experience a claustrophobic and terrifying experience where light is your friend, but there’s never enough. However, the United States Marine Corps are humanity’s last line of defence, and as such they are armed to the teeth with the very latest in high explosive and automatic weaponry.
- As the Predator, you will stalk from the shadows and from above, passing athletically through the treetops to ambush your victims. Although equipped with an array of powerful, exotic weapons and tracking equipment, honour ultimately dictates that you must get in close and take your trophies face to face.
- As the most deadly species in the universe, the Alien offers you the chance to play as the very stuff of nightmares - the monster in the dark swarming forward with countless others, jaws like a steel trap and claws like blades.
- Play all sides off against each other in a series of unique 3-way online modes and go tooth-to-claw-to-pulse rifle in the reinvention of one of multiplayer gaming’s defining moments.
[Sega]***Not to be mistaken with an earlier [game=#16824]AVP game[/game] from the same developer.
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Aliens: Colonial Marines  Sega (Gearbox Software;TimeGate Studios;Nerve Software)2013Has been received extremely poorly, here's few things that go over why:
* [url]http://www.destructoid.com/so-who-the-hell-did-make-aliens-colonial-marines--244939.phtml[/url]
* [url]http://www.destructoid.com/gearbox-lied-about-aliens-from-e3-demo-to-retail-product-244966.phtml[/url]
* [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lGXDM3LGnk[/url]***For any Aliens fans, this game will be horribly disappointing. Despite the gratuitous fanservice from including LV-426, Hadley's Hope, Sulaco, the Derelict and its dead Jockey pilot, Hicks, and various other things from the movies, this game utterly fails to deliver on the atmosphere of the films. Alien acidic blood is only a minor annoyance, player can trivially fight the aliens in melee, the aliens themselves seem incredibly lazy, the way player can carry ~10 different weapons with separate ammo for each, extremely linear locations, and whatever else make this feel unsatisfying when you come to it expecting a proper Aliens game. The license seems almost wasted on it considering how much they deviate from what fans of the franchise would expect. If they had made this a game with no ties to Aliens franchise it would've probably been half-decent, but as it is, it fails to be what it is supposed to be. The graphics are the main point where this actually is quite good at, though for PC game they're kinda low fidelity, but nothing you wouldn't expect from a game that's published on the usual platform trio (X360/PS3/PC).

To summarize: fans of the Alien franchise, keep away. People who don't care for the franchise on the other hand, this can work as a mediocre tube shooter.
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AliensRL  author2007Latest version: 0.8 (as of 2010-06-03)
Version history:
* 7DRL++ (2007-03-23) --- hotfix release
* 7DRL+ (2007-03-19) --- hotfix release
* 7DRL (2007-03-18) --- version name comes from 7DRL competition (7 Day Roguelike).***Created in 7 days.
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Alone in the Dark  Atari;Akella (Eden Games;Hydravision Entertainment)2008Latest version: retail***THEY SAID CENTRAL PARK WAS FOR THE PEOPLE... THEY LIED.

Central Park was not built as a haven for the people of New York, but for something else entirely. Now the truth can no longer be contained.

In one apocalyptic night, Edward Carnby must fight the unimaginable to reveal the earth-shattering secret of Central Park.

Intense story: Told in thrilling episodes of action, plot twists and cliff-hangers
Improvise to survive: Use your imagination to create devastating new weapons
Exhilarating gameplay: Blockbuster action, tense exploration, dangerous driving, vicious fights
Pyromania: Play with fire but don't get burned
Never Get Stuck: DVD-style chapter select lets everyone reach the game's climax

NEW YORK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
[Box blurb]***UPC: [code]742725273887[/code]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP w/ SP2 or Vista
* Pentium D 2.6 GHz or Athlon X2 3800+
* 1 GB RAM
* 7.7 GB HD space

[b]Recommended[/b]
* 2.2 GHz Core 2 CPU
* 2 GB RAM***This is the most bugged game I've seen in ages, and have to wonder how they manage to sell any copies of it out at all.

Besides that, the concepts and gameplay elements they've invented up are quite refreshing, but don't do much in the light of the bugs that prevent you from enjoying it.

After crashing or otherwise exhibiting bugs, it is good idea to exit the game and delete Alone_Data_DFE folder and possibly drm_dyndata_*.dll file in the system temp folder. Removing these seems to at least temporarily fix any bugging, until Eden Games releases a patch for the issues.***EU 2008-06-20
NA 2008-06-24
RU 2008-06-?? by Akella (possibly only distribution)
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Alpha Prime IDEA Games;Meridian4 (Black Element Software)2006[b]unusual protagonist[/b] — the protagonist is the only person (in game, though in background story he is only one of few) resistant to the mind altering effects of "hubbardium", using it to induce a "reflex boost" state at which time seems to slow down, instead of causing delirium and addiction.***Strong story, fast paced shooting action. However, if you cannot shoot, then there is your RECON, hacking device enabling you to remotely control various devices you meet on your way through the dark halls and corridors of Alpha Prime. If that's not enough, you can drug your mind and sharpen your senses by injecting a small dose of hubbardium. And all the time you will be surrounded by physical world in a very literal sense, because almost everything that moves, moves thanks to advanced real-time physics algorithms.

* Hacking – need to know who or what is hiding around the corner or behind the door? Use the camera and everything will be revealed at once!
* Remote control – make use of the environment and clear your way without having to actually fight!
* Machines – have you something heavy to move somewhere else, remove an obstacle from your path? Do you want to get to some otherwise unreachable location? No problem. Just use this Loader.
* Bullet time – time seems to fly too quickly to your liking? A small dose of hubbardium will fix it. For a time...
* Car – nothing like a little ride under the starlit sky! Jump in and enjoy the otherworldly vistas of Alpha Prime!
* Compatible with Matrox TripleHead2Go , enabling gamers to connect 3 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 3840x1024*.
[Black Element Software]
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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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BioShock 2 2K Games (2K Marin;Digital Extremes;Arkane Studios)2010Una acción con fuerte carga en la personalización, que mejora respecto al primero en:
-Uso de plásmidos: ahora mucho más dinámico junto con las armas.
-Protagonista: Se define por sí solo.
-Multijugador: Aunque los modos no son ninguna novedad, el uso de trampas y de plásmidos cambia completamente la forma de jugar.

Rapture nunca tuvo tanta vida.

8 de 10***Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as they travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival.

Multiplayer in BioShock 2 will provide a rich prequel experience that expands the origins of the BioShock fiction. Set during the fall of Rapture, players assume the role of a Plasmid test subject for Sinclair Solutions, a premier provider of Plasmids and Tonics in the underwater city of Rapture that was first explored in the original BioShock. Players will need to use all the elements of the BioShock toolset to survive, as the full depth of the BioShock experience is refined and transformed into a unique multiplayer experience that can only be found in Rapture.***The story is not directly related to the first BioShock game and therefore this is not eligible for any story succession relations (sequel, prequel, etc.).***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP, Vista or 7
* Pentium IV 530 (3 GHz) or Athlon 64 3800+ (2.4 GHz) CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 7800GT or Radeon X1900 GPU
* 11 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Core 2 Duo E6420 (2.13 GHz) or Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2.6 GHz) CPU
* 3 GB RAM
* 512 MB RAM
* GeForce 8800GT or Radeon HD4830 GPU
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Breed cdv Software Entertainment (Brat Designs)2004Latest version: 1.1; patch 1 (as of ?)***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 1 GHz Pentium III or Athlon CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* T&L capable GPU
* 1.2 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 1.5 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 1.5 GB HD space***[b]missing images:[/b] title and in-game screens***"ALIENS - GET LOST!"

As the commander of humankind's lone surviving battleship, this is your one and only thought upon your return to Earth in the year 2610. The devastating war the BREED waged in the far reaches of the universe was nothing but a diversion! While the battle was raging far away, the aggressive aliens took over Earth. Find allie, discover your oppressors' weaknesses and strike at them without mercy.

Your suicide squad has only one goal:
ANNIHILATE THE BREED!


* Totally nerve-shattering multi-player battles as a BREED or USC combatant
* 18 nerver-wracking missions that will make your blood boil
* Explosive action on Earth and in space: fighter jets, landing crafts, tanks, jeeps, and buggies... buckle up and rock!
* Gigantic interior and exterior locations are all realistically destructible.
* Cool story, tough scenario
* Huge arsenal includes MPs, MGs, assault rifles, grenade and rocket launchers, and even plasma guns
* Sudden attacks or meticulously planned missions - there are many ways to win, and you determine the course of action
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Burn, Zombie, Burn!  P2 Games (doublesix)2010 labelimageminimize
Call of Duty: World at War  Activision Blizzard (Treyarch)2008[b]gore[/b] - quite mild, and somewhat infrequent.
[b]killing blow[/b] - head shot with any firearm, knife/bayonet will also so this regardless where you strike.

--- Nazi Zombies co-operative multiplayer mode (mp-survival)
--- This is so different from the rest of the game that it is not tagged so they're not confused with the main game, but here are the tags that have been omitted that apply to it alone.
[i]shopping[/i]
[i]zombies[/i]
[i]dismemberment[/i]
[i]powerups[/i]
[i]waves[/i]
[i]barricading[/i]
[i]dogs/caninoids[/i] (demonic dogs or whatever)
[i]popupnpcs[/i] (above demonic dogs)
[i]respawning[/i] (at end of each wave)
[i]deathpenalty[/i] (current equipment is lost, possibly power-ups too)***If anyone is having trouble starting a game (game refuses to start after selecting difficulty and so forth). You don't have active profile.
[spoiler=Alternatively....;Hide]* Make sure the following folder exists:
...XP: C:/Documents and Settings/USERNAME/Local Settings/Application Data/Activision/CoDWaW/players/profiles/
... Vista/7: C:/Users/USERNAME/Local Settings/Application Data/Activision/CoDWaW/players/profiles/
* Add profile folder there, choose whatever name you want (e.g. "Default").
* Add active.txt file there (in profiles/), and add the name of your profile folder in it.
* Start

Note that the [i]Local Settings[/i] folder is usually hidden.[/spoiler]***Latest version: 1.7 (as of 2009-08-13)***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 3 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 64 3200+ CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 6600GT or Radeon 1600XT GPU
* 8 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GHz dual-core CPU
* 1 GB RAM
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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars  Electronic Arts (EA Los Angeles)2007CnC3 is probably the hardest strategy game I know, and not because the AI is that good, but because it cheats so much. Even on the so called easy difficulty the game is frustratingly hard to even barely win (later) missions. Besides that I still like it, especially the revised GDI and the all new Scrin faction. As a game I would not recommend this to anyone but the masochistic players or diehard Tiberium series fans.***Latest version: 1.09 (as of ?)***March, 2047. A massive nuclear fireball explodes high in the night sky, marking the dramatic beginning to the Third Tiberium War and long-awaited return of the most groundbreaking Real-time Strategy franchise (RTS) of all time.

The critically-acclaimed Command & Conquer (C&C) series returns with Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (C&C 3). Setting the standard for the future of RTS gaming once more, C&C 3 takes you back to where it all began—the Tiberium Universe.

In 2047, Tiberium has blanketed the Earth, which is now divided into zones based on the level of Tiberium infestation. Pristine Blue Zones represent 20% of the planet's surface and are the last refuge of the civilized world. Partially habitable Yellow Zones make up 50% of the planet's surface; most of the world's population lives in these war-torn and ecologically ravaged areas. The remaining 30% of the planet is uninhabitable, a Tiberium wasteland swept by violent Ion Storms. Red Zones are like the surface of an Alien planet.

The infamous Kane has returned to lead the Brotherhood of Nod in a massive global assault on the Global Defense Initiative and the few remaining Blue zones left on the planet. Only you can stop him. The fate of humanity – and the planet – is in your hands.

Featuring state-of-the-art, next-generation graphics, an epic story with live action, full-motion video sequences, and the classic fast-paced C&C style of play, C&C 3 sets the standard for the single player RTS experience.

When you decide to test your skills online, a suite of truly innovative features, such as the ability to transform online battles into a spectator sport, unfold.

Welcome back, Commander.

KEY FEATURES
* [b]Fast, Fluid, Fun[/b]: The ultra-responsive, smooth-as-silk gameplay C&C invented is now better than ever, intuitively placing your entire arsenal at your fingertips.
* [b]Over 30 Single Player Missions[/b]: In a vast open-world 'theatre of war' where each decision you make matters, you'll experience one cohesive, epic story told from the unique perspective of all three warring factions.
* [b]RTS as a Sport - Battlecast [/b]: Observe, broadcast, and compete in thrilling online battles with innovations including all-new interactive spectator modes, VoIP communication, player commentary, and more.
* [b]Story Like You've Never Seen[/b]: High-definition, live action video sequences that seamlessly tie the game's epic story together featuring an unparalleled, diverse cast.
* [b]Adaptive AI[/b]: The game AI matches your style of play - choose from distinct AI playing styles such as 'rushing', 'turtling', and more, or level the battlefield and let the AI use its own tactics to give you the highest level of challenge.
* [b]New Ways to Attack[/b]: Keep your opponent guessing by building flying battleships, wielding the power of terrifying Ion Storms, and combining units to form powerful never-before-seen super-units.
* [b]Technology Makes the World Come Alive[/b]: Lose yourself in reflected sunlight and scream in sheer joy as you blow chunks off of enemy tanks, structures, and anything else you can launch a rocket at. The game world gains a new dimension and the battlefield comes to life as the atmosphere fills with smoke, fire, haze, tracers, explosions, and state-of-the-art weather effects.
* [b]Intuitive and Evolved Interface[/b]: Fully evolved side-bar interface that allows you to fully manage your base operations while never leaving the action.
* [b]Battle the Best Online[/b]: With multiple online game modes, all-new multiplayer maps, and a fully featured content editor, go online to see how you stack up in RTS' ultimate forum.
[Electronic Arts]
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Command & Conquer: Renegade Electronic Arts (Westwood Pacific)2002Command & Conquer: Renegade is a first-person 3D shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe. Game progression is mission-driven; most missions have primary, secondary, and tertiary objectives. A few drive able vehicles are available. Though the gameplay does not deviate from traditional FPS formula, scripted events and some of the mission objectives share common themes and features with the real-time strategy games of the series. The multiplayer emulates RTS gameplay to a larger extent, putting players in control of either GDI or the Brotherhood forces, and requiring them to harvest tiberium in order to upgrade the armies.***
[100]***
[12]***Latest version: 1.037 (as of 2003-01-23)
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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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Dead Space Electronic Arts (EA Redwood Shores)2008Un survival horror soberbio, donde tus recursos son limitadísimo y temerás hasta el titileo de la luz de la nave.

8 de 10***Only the Dead Survive.

A massive deep-space mining ship goes dark after unearthing a strange artifact on a distant planet. Engineer Isaac Clarke embarks on the repair mission, only to uncover a nightmarish blood bath — the ship's crew horribly slaughtered and infected by alien scourge. Now Isaac is cut off, trapped, and engaged in a desperate fight for survival.

* Strategically dismember the Necromorph enemies limb by bloody limb.
* Zero gravity combat means terror can strike from anywhere.
* Uncover the horrific truth of this shocking thriller.***Finishing the game on [i]hard[/i] difficulty unlocks [i]impossible[/i] difficulty (as well as giving 50k credits, 10 power nodes and military suit). What that entails, however, is unknown.***2009-01-09 on Steam (lang: eng, fre, ita, spa, ger)***[b]Launch trailer[/b]
[media=youtube]S7VvKGlVZu8[/media]***There has been several animated comics and apparently they're making a direct-to-DVD/Bluray animated film as well to cover the back story (and so far it seems like they're selling the movie separately). I truly hope these are included in the final game, I hate to miss out on the plot simply because the people want to make more money out of it.***[b]achillesheelfoes[/b] / [b]dismemberment[/b] — this is the only way you can defeat the necromorphs, by shooting or otherwise ripping off all their limbs. Just shooting at their head or torso won't help much (much like with zombies).
[b]technomagic[/b] — (tele)kinesis and stasis devices, the latter of which literally creates a temporal distortion that significantly slows down the passge of time for the targeted object or creature (ergo, slowing their movements down to crawl).

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[b]limited supplies[/b] — happens only with ammo in case you use single weapon exclusively (you can carry 4). Otherwise you have plenty of ammo around.
[b]faceless protagonist[/b] — you can rotate the camera early on in the in-game cinematic portion to point towards the back of the ship when Isaac hasn't donned his helmet yet, showing his face clearly.
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Deus Ex  Eidos Interactive (Ion Storm)20002007-03-29 on Steam; GOTY edition (lang: eng)***This GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION of the smash hit Deus Ex features an all-new multiplayer mode and a new head-to-head deathmatch mode. Also included is a software development kit, so you'll be able to create both single and multiplayer missions from scratch, as well as modify existing ones.

The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control. No one believes they exist. No one but you.

* Real role-playing from an immersive 3D, first-person perspective. The game includes action, character interaction and problem solving.
* Realistic, recognizable locations. Many of the locations are built from actual blueprints of real places set in a near future scenario.
* A game filled with people rather than monsters. This creates empathy with the game characters and enhances the realism of the game world.
* Rich character development systems: Skills, augmentations, weapon and item selections and multiple solutions to problems ensure that no two players will end the game with similar characters.
* Multiple solutions to problems and character development choices ensure a varied game experience. Talk, fight or use skills to get past obstacles as the game adapts itself to your style of play.
* Strong storyline: Built on "real" conspiracy theories, current events and expected advancements in technology. If it's in the game, someone, somewhere believes it.
[Valve - GOTY edition]***If there's a thing that doesn't make sense, then it's the early sound cutoff bug this game has on my system. After trying solutions that work in every other game, I found on a forum that switching to sw rendering and back to D3D fixes it temporarily, and it did, even OpenGL rendering didn't have it. But both of those had some other issues I didn't want so I kept looking. Until I switched off vsync, and behold, sound clipping is [i]gone[/i]. Fine and dandy with me, except it doesn't make slightest bit of [u]sense[/u]. Video card setting that releases the framerate synchronization with screen refresh and allows the game to render more frames [i]somehow[/i] allows the game to play the voice overs to the end. Other people have had similar issues with the game and all with different solutions, but those other solutions actually made sense.***Latest version: 1.112fm (as of 2001-04-28?), 1.4 for French

The 1.014f patch is the last that affected single-player.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95 or 98
* 300 Mhz Pentium II CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 4X CD-ROM Drive
* 150 MB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* Athlon or Pentium III CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 16 MB VRAM
* 8X CD-ROM Drive
* 750 MB HD space
* EAX or A3D compliant audio card
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin  Warner Bros. Interactive (Monolith Productions)2009Was worked on simply as "Project Origin" before Monolith re-acquired the rights to the F.E.A.R. title from Vivendi.***Comes on 2 DVDs.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2 or Vista SP1
* 2.8 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon 64 3000+ CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 256 MB VRAM
* GeForce 6800 or Radeon X700 GPU
* 12 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2 4400+ CPU
* 1.5 GB RAM
* 512 MB VRAM
* GeForce 8600 GTS or Radeon HD 2900 XT
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Fallout 3  Bethesda Softworks (Bethesda Game Studios)2008A 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.
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Fallout: New Vegas  Bethesda Softworks (Obsidian Entertainment)2010Has 2 minor content DLC:
-Courier's Pack: Includes all the items from the differente store preorders of FNV.
-Gun Runners Arsenal: Introduces challenges and achievements related to them, and a store with some new weapons and mods.***Nyaeh there's the high roller.

El mejor RPG de exploración de la generación actual, con personajes humanos creíbles (nadie es inmortal) y hasta cierto realismo económico (granjas, lucha por el agua...)

El argumento del Skyrim en comparativa es de segunda.

10 de 10***Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas.

It’s the kind of town where you dig your own grave prior to being shot in the head and left for dead...and that’s before things really get ugly. It’s a town of dreamers and desperados being torn apart by warring factions vying for complete control of this desert oasis. It’s a place where the right kind of person with the right kind of weaponry can really make a name for themselves, and make more than an enemy or two along the way.

As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wasteland, the colossal Hoover Dam, and the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you’ll be introduced to a colorful cast of characters, power-hungry factions, special weapons, mutated creatures and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare "winner takes all" and crown yourself the King of New Vegas in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout 3.

Enjoy your stay.

Key Features
* Feel the Heat in New Vegas! Not even nuclear fallout could slow the hustle of Sin City. Explore the vast expanses of the desert wastelands – from the small towns dotting the Mojave Wasteland to the bright lights of the New Vegas strip. See the Great Southwest as could only be imagined in Fallout.
* Feuding Factions, Colorful Characters and a Host of Hostiles! A war is brewing between rival factions with consequences that will change the lives of all the inhabitants of New Vegas. The choices you make will bring you into contact with countless characters, creatures, allies, and foes, and determine the final explosive outcome of this epic power struggle.
* New Systems! Enjoy new additions to Fallout: New Vegas such as a Companion Wheel that streamlines directing your companions, a Reputation System that tracks the consequences of your actions, and the aptly titled Hardcore Mode to separate the meek from the mighty. Special melee combat moves have been added to bring new meaning to the phrase "up close and personal". Use V.A.T.S. to pause time in combat, target specific enemy body parts and queue up attacks, or get right to the action using the finely-tuned real-time combat mechanics.
* An Arsenal of Shiny New Guns! With double the amount of weapons found in Fallout 3, you’ll have more than enough new and exciting ways to deal with the threats of the wasteland and the locals. In addition, Vault-Tec engineers have devised a new weapons configuration system that lets you tinker with your toys and see the modifications you make in real time.
* Let it Ride! In a huge, open world with unlimited options you can see the sights, choose sides, or go it alone. Peacemaker or Hard Case, House Rules, or the Wild Card - it’s all in how you play the game.***EAN-13: [code]0093155125049[/code]***[b]Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas.[/b]

As you battle your way across the heat-blasted Mojave Wastelands to the neon drenched Vegas Strip, you'll be introduced to a colourful cast of characters, factions, special weapons, mutated creatures and much more. Choose sides in the upcoming war or declare "winner takes all" in this follow-up to the 2008 videogame of the year, Fallout® 3.

[b]Enjoy Your Stay.[/b]

* Feel the Heat in New Vegas! Experience the Great Southwest as could only be imagined in Fallout.
* Up the Ante! New features, weapons, factions and foes await you in Sin City.
* Let it Ride! In a huge, open world you can explore, choose sides, or go it alone. Peacemaker or Hard Case, House Rules, or the Wild Card - it's all how you play the game.
[Box blurb [sic]]
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Far Cry 2  Ubisoft (Ubisoft Montréal)2008Con 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]
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Farscape  Simon & Schuster Interactive (Red Lemon Studios)2002Can be played successfully solely with the mouse, no need for keyboard though it can be used to access certain features, no action however requires use of the keyboard.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
* 450 MHz Pentium III CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* 16 MB VRAM
* 450 MB HD space
* mouse

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 700 MHz Pentium III CPU
* 128 MB RAM
* 32 MB VRAM
* 3-button mouse with wheel
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Freedom Fighters Electronic Arts (IO Interactive)2003If the game doesn't start up, try Win98 compatibility mode. If that doesn't work, and the game hangs at startup with blank screen (maybe plays the EA thing's sound), see the [code]movies[/code] folder and delete/rename the two videos there (you may want to do this even if the game starts up fine).***Latest version: retail labelimageminimize
Gang Garrison 2  author2008[b]mp-undefined[/b] - Generator, essentially mutual [url=/groups/info/mp-assault]assault[/url] mode where both teams are attacking and trying to destroy the other team's generator.***Originally conceived for the 2008 TIGSource.com 'Bootleg Demake' competition, Gang Garrison 2 is a free multiplayer 'demake' of Valve's Team Fortress 2 started by mrfredman and MedO with many developers later adding new features. With all 9 classes, many different TF2-inspired environments, and fast-paced, team-based, multiplayer gameplay represented, GG2 is the premier TF2 tribute/parody/alternative.

Gang Garrison 2 presents the player with 9 unique classes to use in frenetic, cooperative multiplayer action in a stylish and unique 8-bit style. Battle with your friends or others you encounter online through a whole range of vibrant maps; TF2 maps reimagined in 2D as well as a multitude of maps with all sorts of different looks and settings, all of which have been dreamed up and constructed by members of our community. We've made a huge effort to provide simple, bugfree custom map support, so that anyone with a paint application can put together a map and test it themselves with our Garrison Builder utility. We also gladly encourage Gang Garrison modifications; many successful mods have been incorporated into the game as new features.

While this game has come a long way, it is still a work in progress and many impressive new features are being planned such as new gametypes and alternate weapons. Because this game continues to grow only because of the devotion and hard work of our community, we invite you to come and participate in the future of this game. We are always looking for talented people to join the forum, contribute art, content, ideas, and modifications, and maybe even help us behind the scenes on new official versions. We hope you'll stop by and have a look at our game; it is the imagination and spirit of our players that makes it so fun.
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Gorky17  Monolith Productions (Metropolis Software)1999Gorky 18 is a re-interpretation/re-release of the game which shouldn't have very much different to the original. labelimageminimize
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Gunster: Rain of Bullets  NHN2006Service closed down on 2007-02-14 for unknown reasons. labelminimizeminimize
Incubation: Time is Running Out  Blue Byte1997Can't be installed or played on XP64 due to compatibility mode with Win95 being insufficient.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 95
* Pentium 90
* 16 MB RAM
* 2 MB VRAM
* 37 MB free HD space
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Iron Grip: The Oppression Isotx2006[media=youtube]afqAXR1KKTc[/media] labelminimizeminimize
Iron Grip: Warlord Isotx2008Un juego de FPS multijugador, con algunos elementos de tower defense.
Necesitaría una mejora de la interfaz de armas y de las rutas de los niveles para ser un juego decente.

4 de 10***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
* 2.0 GHz Pentium IV or Athlon XP 2000+ CPU
* 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
* 128 MB VRAM
* GeForce FX 5200 or Radeon 8500 GPU
* 450 MB HD space***Grab your weapons and head to the battlefield in the debut commercial game from Isotx, Iron Grip: Warlord!

Boasting both cooperative and single player game modes, a rich and original steam punk universe, and an innovative blend of RTS/FPS gameplay, Warlord gives you and fellow players a different experience from most titles out right now. Experience the intense combat of total war in the crumbling nation of Atelia. Whether you're fighting alone or with your friends, the odds are stacked against you as hundreds of Confederates swarm your base. Do you have what it takes to be a Warlord? Download the free demo and find out today!

* Cooperative multiplayer or singleplayer modes
* Up to 8 players supported at a time
* 7 engaging maps with more to come
* Hundreds of enemies at a time from all directions
* Various difficulty levels bring endless replayability and challenge
* An original soundtrack to enhance the mood of gameplay
* Frequent patches that include free downloadable content
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Killing Floor Tripwire Interactive (Tripwire Interactive;Shatterline Productions)2009Un juego multijugador cooperativo de jugadores vs. máquina, donde debes sobrevivir a una serie de oleadas de zombies bastante pintorescos y con diferentes habilidades.

Aunque no tan divertido como el Left 4 Dead, su repertorio de armas y El Patriarca hacen que este juego merezca la pena ser probado.

6 de 10***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000, XP or Vista
* 1.2 GHz CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 2 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM

[b]Ports:[/b] (for game hosting)
* UDP 7707 (game; should be enough for direct connect)
* UDP 7708 (query?)
* UDP 7717 (master server query)
* TCP/UDP 28852 (master server announce)
* Steam ports: [url]https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711[/url]***2005 free UT2k4 mod by Shatterline Productions (no longer available, points to the commercial release)
2009-05-14 by Tripwire
2009-05-15 for European and likely Asian customers.

2009-11-20 Polish language added in a patch***Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS taking place in the devastated cities and countryside of England, after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and your friends are members of the military, dropped into these locations with a simple mission: survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments. The only problem is, these "experiments" aren’t waiting to be taken out – they’re coming for YOU!

Key features:
* Co-op game mode for up to six players obliterating multiple waves of specimens
* Persistent Perks system, allowing players to convert their in-game achievements into permanent improvements to their character’s skills and abilities
* Over 40 Steam Achievements, including "Dignity for the dead" for killing 10 enemies feeding on dead teammates’ corpses and * "Hot Cross Fun" for finishing off 25 burning enemies with a Crossbow.
* Watch those crucial and violent creature deaths in slomo "ZEDtime", even in multiplayer
* Solo game mode for offline play
* 9 different monster types trying to eat your face off, armed with everything from teeth and claws, through to chainsaws, chainguns and rocket-launchers
* 12+ weapons for the players to chose from, ranging from knives and fire-axes up to pump shotguns, rifles and a flamethrower
* Add in a welder, medical tools and body armor to help the players survive
* Players choose which Perks to play with, so they can best balance out a co-op team to survive the horrors
* Open, non-linear play areas: choose when and where to fight – or run; weld doors closed to try and direct the monster horde
* Fully-configurable, allowing players to change things as simple as the difficulty level or number of creature waves, or go so far as to set up their own favorite waves of monsters
* Support for Steam Friends and other Steamworks features
* Includes SDK for the creation of new levels and mods
[Tripwire Interactive]
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Killing Floor 2 Tripwire Interactive2016Takes the formula of the first game and pumps it to a more gory and intense zombie limbfest.

Pros:
-Great enemy AI (for a zombie, don't expect advanced calculus)
-Light vs. dark places and itchy placement of objects to hit with them in your escape.
-Good and simple interface.
-You can be the white englishcotish friend of Grandpa "Beetches" Freeman.

Cons:
-Its kind of repetitive, even for its variety of weapons.
-Scarce vertical action situations.

6 of 10
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Kingpin: Life of Crime Interplay Entertainment (Xatrix Entertainment)19992002 by SoldOut Software
2009-08-19 on Steam, by Interplay (lang: eng, fre)***Currency (buying and selling crap), talking to NPCs in two different ways (taunting or agreeing), weapon mods, your own little mob, scavenging bodies for crap (usually few extra dollars), etc. These things were rather unusual at the time.

The game was apparently a mishmash of modern tech with 1930s outlook, so the tagging is somewhat inaccurate.***[b]Minimum requirements:[/b]
* 233 MHz CPU
* 64 MB RAM
* OpenGL graphics card

For the squeamish, the game installer gives the option to disable blood&gore and explicit language.
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Larva Mortus Rake in Grass;Meridian4 (Rake in Grass)2008Meridian4 published the game on 2009-03-19***Latest version: 1.02 (as of 2008-06?)***In the end of XIX. century dark forces shade the world once again. A brave agent experienced in exorcism and combat comes to face the incomming evil and fight loathsome supernatural monsters and horrific spawns of black magic.

Larva Mortus offers fast and entertaining monster-hunting gameplay. Cheesy horror atmosphere goes hand in hand with furious action splatter fest, everything accompanied by creepy first class soundtrack!

Features:

* 30 frightful supernatural monsters to destroy. Vampires, undead, werewolves and more!
* Solid arsenal varying from classic pistols and shotgun to fancy "dynamo gun".
* Randomly generated missions for high replay value.
* Main character development through set of RPG-like features.
* Many environments from spooky manors to catacombs to dark forests.
* Animated comix cutscenes.
* AWESOME dark orchestral music score.
* And gore can be turned off if you like (but who would? ;-)
[Rake in Grass]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP or Vista
* 1.2 GHz CPU
* 256 MB RAM
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Left 4 Dead  Valve;EA Partners (Valve South)2008A medio camino entre una remodelación del mod de zombies del Counter-Strike y un juego de supervivencia cooperativa aparece el Left 4 Dead, cuya mayor virtud sin duda alguna es que la verdadera competición es supervivientes contra zombies especiales, siendo en realidad un cooperativo en modo versus.
También es de lo más interesante la IA de los zombies genéricos y sus diversas reacciones frente a la luz, el sonido etc...

6 de 10.***[b]Named updates/patches[/b]: (called DLC for some strange reason)
* Survival Pack (2009-04-21)
* Crash Course (2009-09-29)***For 1-8 players, 2-8 in versus, 1-4 in other modes.***[b]bleeding[/b] - border case as this only occurs when a player gets incapacitated and waits for someone to assist them.
[b]hypermobile foes[/b] - hunters mainly, the others have only slightly higher mobility than the protagonists.
[b]karmic creatures[/b] - boomer, killing him in close quarters has the same effect as having him barf on you.
[b]killing blow[/b] - the common infected are so very fragile. not applicable to the special infected.
[b]elite npcs[/b] - the special infected.

[b]asymmetric factions[/b] - versus mode, the infected and the survivors.***US 2008-11-17
RU 2008-11-20 by Akella***Built for multiplayer cooperative play (with up to four players), single player is the same as multiplayer except the other characters are AI controlled and not the intended point. The AI generally controls all missing players even in multiplayer games and takes over temporarily if a player goes AFK (at least if they tell it to).***Only English, French, German, Spanish and Russian have full voice-overs, the others are as text only.***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP, Vista or Vista64
* 3.0 GHz Pentium IV CPU
* 1 GB RAM
* 128 MB VRAM
* Radeon 9600 or GeForce 6600 GPU
* 7.5 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU
* GeForce 7600 GPU***Left 4 Dead [...] casts up to four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants.

Set in the immediate aftermath of the long-awaited zombie apocalypse, L4D's survival co-op game mode is played out across four sprawling "Movies" set in a variety of urban and rural environments. Each "Movie" has an over-riding team objective, is comprised of five large maps, and may be played by 1 to 4 human players.

New technology dubbed "the AI Director" is used to procedurally generate a unique experience each time the game is played. Just as in Hollywood films, the Director calls for new monsters, sounds, and action as it tailors the gameplay experience based upon the team's performance.

[...] Left 4 Dead also includes new multiplayer modes.

* Addictive co-op action gameplay [...]
* Advanced artificial intelligence drives both friendly and unfriendly creatures to dynamically create intense single-player, co-op, and multiplayer experiences every time the game is played
* 20 new maps. 10 new weapons. Four sprawling "Movies"
* Match making, stats, rankings, and awards system drive collaborative play
* Designer's Commentary mode allows gamers to go "behind the scenes" of the game
* Powered by Source and Steam
[Valve]
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Legendary  Gamecock;Atari (Spark Unlimited)2008Latest version: retail***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows XP SP2 or Vista
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D or Athlon X2 3800+ CPU
* 2 GB RAM
* Radeon X1600 or GeForce 7600 GT GPU
* 9.5 GB HD space

[b]Recommended:[/b]
* 2 GHz Dual Core CPU
* 4 GB RAM
* GeForce 8800 GT or Radeon HD3850 GPU***All creatures of ancient myth, legend and lore are real — they've just been sealed away for thousands of years inside Pandora's Box, waiting...

When a thief named Deckard is hired to steal an ancient artifact, he unwittingly triggers a war between man and myth.

Griffons rule the skies, Werewolves tear the innocent limb from limb and cities are held under siege as creatures we'd dismissed as imaginings of our ancestors prove to be very real and very angry for being held prisoner for untold millennia.

As the only person able to return these creatures to the box, Deckard finds that he must work with a shadowy secret society to save civilization before it is torn apart by tooth and claw.

* A mythical first person shooter set in an unprepared, modern world.
* A massive blockbuster movie experience — society collapses around you as man and machine take on beasts of legend in spectacular battle.
* Awe-inspiring fire-fights where high caliber ordinance meets beak, talon, fang and claw.
* Dynamic environments crumble around you as you and your enemies tear a living, breathing environment apart in your battle to stay alive.
* Devastation realized on an unprecedented scale. See London burn to the ground and witness New York torn apart through spectacular supernatural destruction.
* The enemy of your enemy is your enemy — witness and take part in three way battles as you combat the supernatural as well as the militant arm of an age old clandestine organization who prove to be a formidable opponent and adequate prey for the armies of mythical beasts.
* Take the battle online with multiplayer combat.
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Madballs in... Babo:Invasion Microsoft (Playbrains)2009For 1-4 players (2+ over the internet). labelimageminimize
Messiah Interplay;SoldOut Software (Shiny Entertainment)1999Names of interest:
* Bob (the protagonist; diapered litttle angel/cherub)
* Prime Father (the antagonist)***[b]posthumans[/b] - the Chots (devolved rather)
[b]cannibalism[/b] - it is said the Chots eat their own. (Unverified if this is actually seen or if the player can perform this when possessing one of them.)

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religion-christian --- the most I can gather from this game is that there's a single god who sends out Bob the cherub down to Earth to fix things because satan or some other evil devil/demon is messing things up. This seems to be more as punishment for Bob than actually to save Earth. The focus of the game is humor, however, so the religious content may be only superficial.***Sex, Religion, Possession, Death

Bob is the scum of the Heavens, an angel in name only. He's been asked by the `Big Man´ Himself to rub out those "Screw Ups down on Earth". He has the power to possess anyone and use sinners to slay sinners. He can enter over 40 characters and control them to mutilate, sneak, impale, charm and creatively wipe out other vermin, but it takes cunning to decide who to possess...

* As Bob, you can possess and control any of the over 40 characters, including: Prostitutes, cops, behemoths, priests, bouncers, sub girls, bondage dancers, gigolos, demons, chots, welders, nuclear workers, medics, bartenders, dwarves, pimps, monsters, animals and much more!

* Over 10 different weapons, including: rocket propelled harpoons, needle guns, rocket launchers, flame throwers, grenades, stun guns.

* Use enemies as weapons.

* All characters have real skin covering their bones, resulting in skin that jiggles and stretches in all the right places.
[Box blurb]
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