X-COM is an advanced organization created by world governments to combat alien invasions. You do really cool stuff like shooting down UFOs, commanding an army of infantry with access to futuristic weapons, and you can even retrieve alien tech.
Successful assault missions will reward you with alien DNA and their technology, which your scientists can use to manufacture weapons that are just as good, or even better. The alien tech also allows you to understand their culture and race, bringing you one step closer to developing a counter-strategy for their invasion. Certain governments around the world will enter into secret pacts with alien civilizations, exchanging insider info for alien goodies.
This will impact X-COM funding and reduce your ability to research or create new technology. The story of the game brings us to a fantasy world, one that is inhabited by dragons, mages, warriors, kings, etc.
You play around the Moonsea region, in the city of Phlan which has been taken over by dark forces. This brave city has fended off multiple attacks from several invading armies before, but the attackers now are led by a powerful dark lord. A bronze dragon has been possessed by an ancient evil spirit named Tyranthraxus.
Your objective is to cleanse the city of its demonic parasites, leading the rebellion so the people of Phlan can recoup and rebuild their damaged civilization. Based around the Star Wars cinematic universe created by Lucas Film, this is a space simulation video game in which you pilot starfighters for the Rebel Alliance. This is one of the very first games to use 3D polygon graphics and the iMuse music system. Updated and re-released multiple times since its debut in Feb , the game was a massive success.
Pretty much every Star Wars fan who grew up in the 90s and had an interest in computer games has played it. You reenact that scene, taking the role of a Rebel pilot fighting against the Galactic Empire. There are a total of around 12 to 14 operations per hour, and 3 tours in total throughout the story. You can play tours out of order, but operations are played linearly. There are mission briefings, cutscenes, and in-game dialogue to advance the plot.
Released in North America all the way back in November of , this is the game that started it all. It made Blizzard a household name and has spawned an entire series of Warcraft games that are still being released and updated to this day. Do you prefer the brute strength of Orcs? Or the resourcefulness and wit of humans? Build strongholds, and defend them from invading hordes of enemies. Take over new territories, gather resources, and build a massive army consisting of many creatures such as Demons, Elementals, Necromancers, Archers, etc.
One of the things that made Prince of Persia stand out from the rest of the action-adventure games of that time was its fluid, life-like character animation. It inspired an entirely new genre of games that came to be known as cinematic platformers. The plot for this game is fairly simple, you are a prince trying to rescue the girl you love from the hands of an evil wizard.
You even have to fight an evil version of yourself, an apparition that has been created from a magic mirror. He filmed his younger brother David running, climbing, and jumping across obstacles. All the while David was wearing white clothes. He then digitally transferred that motion captured on a real camera into the game world.
You can learn more about the process from this Forbes article. Ever wanted to build your very own city? Well, bring those dreams to life with SimCity. This is a city-building simulator that allows you to create residential complexes, office buildings, police stations, hospitals, schools, etc. You will have to deal with natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc. So you can set your creativity free, and build whatever you like while taking as long as you need.
There is also a game mode in which you have a limited period of time to create a city while having to deal with problems like criminals, traffic jams, unemployment, and even nuclear disasters. This is more of an interactive movie than an actual video game. But it is an extremely fun experience and takes you through the tale of detective Tex Murphy. The year is , crime and corruption have taken over the city just like in all other parts of the world.
The radiation has resulted in the development of two classes- normal people, and mutants. Mutants are disfigured, with bodily changes that make normal people look down on them as if they are dangerous or evil. Mutants are cornered into the run-down parts of cities, like Old San Francisco.
Tex Murphy is a normal human, but a lot of his friends are mutants. The degree of mutation can vary from slight to extreme. Tex is a private investigator, who just recently got divorced from his wife Sylvia.
He has no job, is low on money, and has hit rock bottom. Tex solves a burglary case at the local pawnshop and is hired by a mysterious woman called Countess Reiner who has heard tales of his detective prowess.
She wants Tex to find her missing statuette and is willing to pay Tex more money than he could ever imagine. There is a doomsday cult called the Brotherhood of Purity, and they are out to destroy what remains of mankind.
Under a Killing Moon has a sci-fi, noir-style adventure with great dialogue and fine acting. The humor is dark, and the plot is a thriller. Developed by id Software, the same guys who created Doom and Wolfenstein. The Arena Shooter, characterized by super-fast gameplay and power-ups like armor, quad damage, etc. Pico Racer. Race your way through three continents! Future Reality. Virtua Racing Demake. The Fish and the Furious. Race the clock or a friend while keeping your car fueled with fish!
Quest Of Graal. Racing platformer with splitscreen multiplayer. CRT Racer. Maze Racers. Memorize the map for each maze then race through it before the time runs out.
Street Skater - City. Smashing Pixels. Brutal Pico Race. No Brakes. Now with more levels! More cars! And even fewer brakes! Idle Machine Learning. Idle Game based on machine learning algorithms. Cars, destruction, rock'n'roll. Olde Shipmates. Big Donut. Kill people and crash police cars! Skinner Space. Grand Fix. Here you could once again race around the open terrains, attempt to get up big mountains, boulders, even some buildings. Not to mention, that players could grab a car, get a ton of upgrades on the vehicle to make it easier to manage off-road, and then again race around within.
Of course, we all probably just supped up a fast car and attempted to speed up a mountain without any care in the world. Rockstar Games put a ton of time into Grand Theft Auto V so it will be really interesting to see if they add anything else to off-road vehicles with the next mainline installment.
Art of Rally was released back in and it was a big indie title hit. This is an arcade-style rally game with visuals that look simplistic. Players are going through single-player races in rally cars with a focus on drifting. Fortunately, the handling starts beginner-friendly with players being able to tweak the driving modes to offer a more difficult and realistic style approach to the races. Everyone loves monster trucks am I right? These big behemoth vehicles that make a ton of noise, can perform wicked flips, and smash cars and trailers to bits is something to behold.
Being big old monster trucks, the levels are based around rough terrains both in terms of racing and stadium tricks. The V-Rally franchise got started back in and in we received the latest installment V-Rally 4. This game once again puts players into a rally racing game that can be compared to the likes of WRC. Players can expect a traditional rally simulation-style game here but where this entry shines bright is the generated routes the game puts within the different maps.
It offers a bit more unique and fresh gameplay experience for fans that might find the same routes to be a bit bland after so long. FlatOut first came out in and its latest installment was in with FlatOut 4: Total Insanity.
Overall, this series started as a fast-paced muscle car racing game with a ton of destruction and demolition derby racing. The game was all about racing around courses and smashing against another player. The game just encouraged you to race dirty, as you whipped through the course obstacles and purposely rammed an opponent into obstacles in hopes of taking them completely out of the competition.
World Rally Championship or better known as WRC is a long-running video game series that came out in and continued to release rather regularly with WRC 9 being the latest installment. This is a realism racing game with courses based around different countries which can keep things a bit fresh visually. Within the game, players are in Russia going through off-road rough terrains in Soviet Union vehicles to deliver different cargo loads.
However, the game focused on players using their fuel wisely as they attempted to deliver the cargo while also avoiding any loss cargo wrecks. The popularity of this title release put the development team back to work with the initial spin-off title Mudrunner which offered an enhanced version of this game.
As mentioned above we have the enhanced version of Spintires. MudRunner puts players into a fictional Russian environment as you attempt to deliver different cargo loads within the tough, unpaved, and muddy landscapes. It sounds simple on paper, take some logs, deliver it to the destination all while using these massive old Soviet Union vehicles. If you enjoy this game then I would highly suggest looking at SnowRunner as it continues with this gameplay but enhances it with the number of environments, vehicles, upgrades, and missions.
Created by the same development team behind the popular FlatOut franchise, Wreckfest was a game developed with two modes in-mind. The first being a standard racing game where players are barreling through the tracks in hopes of coming out in first place. Meanwhile, there is a demolition derby game mode that has players bashing their vehicles against each other in hopes of knocking them out of the game.
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