PLATFORMS
September 1920, the Vatican appoints Father Arno Moriani, the “Devil’s Advocate”, to investigate a potential candidate for sainthood in Transylvania. But in the shadows of the disturbing ruins that were once Vlad the Impaler’s castle, his investigation takes an unexpected turn…
Year: 2008
Platforms: Macintosh, OnLive, Windows
Genre: Horror
Theme: Puzzle elements
Continuing the tradition of adapting known franchises such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones with visuals based on LEGO, this game takes on the Batman universe. The basic concept is the same, with characters and objects built up using LEGO blocks, but here shown against surroundings drawn in a regular fashion. Most of the environments … Continue reading “LEGO Batman: The Videogame”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Macintosh, OnLive, PSP, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess is the sequel to King’s Bounty: The Legend. It takes place years after the events of the first game and the player takes control of Princess Amelie, who was just a child in the first game. Once again Endoria is threatened by Baal and his hordes of demons and Amelie has … Continue reading “King’s Bounty: Armored Princess”
Year: 2009
Platforms: Macintosh, OnLive, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
You find Kate Walker continuing her journey exactly where the first game, Syberia, ended. Rather than return to her life as a New York attorney, Kate chooses to journey with Hans Voralberg to the frozen northlands of Syberia aboard his futuristic train. Kate, Hans and Oscar, the humorous automaton, will travel through four locations on their … Continue reading “Syberia II”
Year: 2004
Platforms: Android, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, OnLive, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Windows, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Xbox 360, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Graphic adventure
The Ukrainian town of Chernobyl was the site of a severe nuclear accident in 1986. In an alternate timeline, following attempts to repopulate the area, another unexpected accident occurred twenty years later. By the year 2012 the area, which was dubbed “Zone”, has become hazardous with mutated animals, bandits, and mysterious anomalies. These anomalies differ … Continue reading “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl”
Year: 2007
Genre: Action
Theme: RPG elements, Shooter
A devastating nuclear war had wiped out almost the entire population of the Earth. The civilization, as we know it, has been destroyed. The Earth has become a huge wasteland populated by mutated creatures. Only small number of humans survived and they formed communities living on the surface, where they mostly scavenge what remains from … Continue reading “Fallout”
Year: 1997
Platforms: DOS, Macintosh, OnLive, Windows, Windows Apps
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations is an entry in the historical series with an open world environment and a focus on stealthy gameplay. Once Desmond Miles is forced to stab his ally, he falls into a coma. He then returns to the Animus to retain his consciousness. Once in the Animus, he falls into a back door known … Continue reading “Assassin’s Creed Revelations”
Year: 2011
Platforms: OnLive, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements, Stealth
Tomb Raider: Underworld concludes the story of Lara’s search for her mother who is supposedly trapped in a place called Avalon. Continuing the events from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary, her search brings her once again to locations around the globe from the cold wastes of the Arctic to the beautiful landscapes of … Continue reading “Tomb Raider: Underworld”
Year: 2008
Platforms: Browser, Macintosh, OnLive, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, Puzzle elements
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with a technically more advanced graphics engine. It has the same basic storyline, though some cutscenes and much of the dialogue within have been expanded or modified in other ways. Locations correspond to those of the original version and are accessed in the same order, … Continue reading “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Anniversary”
Year: 2007
Platforms: Macintosh, OnLive, PSP, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, Puzzle elements
Legend is the seventh major game in the Tomb Raider series, now for the first time developed by Crystal Dynamics, along with the original character designer of the game’s protagonist Lara Croft: Toby Gard. Heroine Lara is searching for a South American relic, but her adventure takes a different course when rogue anthropologist Amanda Evert shows up. Presumed … Continue reading “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Legend”
Year: 2006
Platforms: GameCube, OnLive, PSP, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, Puzzle elements