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[-noun] Web community dedicated to ensuring PC games run properly on your tablet, netbook, personal computer, HDTV and multi-monitor gaming rig.
Players take control of a party of supernatural Others. The Others are split into the two factions of Light and Dark. These two factions battle each other in a secret war admist the humans of the world. The game plays out with a top-down perspective allowing players to make tactical decisions during combat. Combat is turn-based with action points determining what each character can accomplish during a combat turn. With enough practice you will be able to jump into the Gloom and sneak by the kiosk vendors at your local mall.
Developed by Liquid Entertainment, Dragonshard is an RTS set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.
Players can choose one of three factions and compete against the AI or online against other opponents. This game has campaigns and single-map skirmishes available.
Players compete concurrently on dual maps consisting of the overworld Eberron and the underworld Khyber.
The story for the campaigns was written by Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron universe.
Developed by Black Hole Entertainment, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is an RTS set in the "Old World" of the Warhammer universe.The focus is on the battles with minimal resource management. The battles are large with multiple units comprised of up to sixty characters that have many tactical formations. As units battle they will gain experience and grow more deadly.
Submitted by schlaufer on 2 November, 2007 - 02:46
Set in a world created by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher combines spectacular action and an intriguing storyline. You are aWitcher, a warrior who has been trained to fight since childhood, subjected to mutations and trials that have transformed you. You earn a living killing monsters, and are a member of a brotherhood founded long ago to protect people from werewolves, the undead, and a host of other beasts.
Crysis is based in a fictional future, where an alien race has invaded Earth. The single player campaign has the player assume the role of Jake Dunn. Dunn is a United States Delta Force operative, who is armed with various futuristic weapons and equipment, most notably a "Nano Muscle Suit", which is an artificial and technologically advanced exoskeleton, inspired by the United States' Future Warrior 2020 program, according to Bernd Diemer, one of Crytek's senior game designers.
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is the latest continuation of the Half-Life story from your friends at Valve. Gameplay is essentially the same as the previous two games with the emphasis on action. There are some large maps which give a nonlinear tint to parts of the game. A new ammunition is available for the gravity gun which allows placement of Strider destroying "sticky bombs".
If you got the first two you know you are getting this one so why fight it?
Players control characters that appear throughout the books as hero units and enact many of the scenes from the movies. There are additional standard units that make up the traditional RTS ranks. A good and evil campaign are both available allowing players to control the "Free Peoples" or the "Forces of Darkness". Flow of events in the game can be altered from the movie scenes to add some twists to the gameplay. Characters gain special abilities as they grow in strength which allow them to perform deeds of heroism and summon powerful allies.
Quake is an FPS from iD Software. You play as a grunt who must travel to a variety of worlds through interdimensional portals and destroy a Lovecraftian horror and hundreds of minions before they can locate and overrun earth. Dark Places is a source port that has various enhancements over the official versions.
It may not be as impressive graphically as say, Tenebrae, but this port is the widescreen king of source ports, so it gets the honors here. Dark Places can be downloaded here (original Quake data is required and not included) http://www.icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/
Submitted by X-Warrior on 28 September, 2007 - 02:46
Full name: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization It's a turn-based strategy game based on the Civilization IV engine. Essentially it's a remake of the original Sid Meier's Colonization. Apart from the graphics engine, very little has changed. The goal of the game is simple enough: colonise the New World, starting in the year 1492, and eventually declare independance. Your home nation won't like this so you'll have to fight a serious army before the final victory. It's a standalone game, it does not require Civilization IV to run.
The world changed when Aziraal, the god of war, was slain in the huge battle long ago. The hordes of Orcs lost their divine leader and were forced to withdraw to the southern wastelands. Now, thousands of years later, the location of Aziraal's tomb is still unknown, well hidden by other gods who did not dare to entrust the secret to mere mortals. However, now, a fragile peace between the civilized races and the hordes is at stake.