974th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Crystal Dynamics Publisher: Eidos Interactive It’s hard not to feel that the Tomb Raider franchise has been overtaken. They are still decently well regarded, but after the most recent entries it seems like the series has lost it a bit. It doesn’t […]
Posts Tagged ‘action’
#879 Tomb Raider Underworld
Posted: 4th July 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, adventure, crystal dynamics, eidos interactive, Various
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#628 Battalion Wars
Posted: 1st June 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, action, gamecube, kuju entertainment, nintendo, Strategy
963rd played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Kuju Entertainment Publisher: Nintendo For some reason I thought Battalion Wars was a prequel to Advance Wars: the big game version of it before it was adapted for the handheld. I was wrong – not only did this come later, it changed […]
#309 Nights Into Dreams
Posted: 14th May 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, action, saturn, sega, sonic team
957th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Saturn Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega I think I only know Nights into Dreams from ancillary materials, based on the main character of Nights appearing in other games and places. I’ve heard some of it described on a podcast once – although mostly the […]
#876 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Posted: 11th May 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, action, fighting, nintendo, sora ltd, wii
956th played so far Genre: Action/Fighting Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Sora Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo I believe Super Smash Bros Ultimate, the currently latest in the series, hadn’t been released the last time I played a Super Smash Bros. game. I sunk a fair amount of time into that – not as much […]
#518 Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Posted: 8th May 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, first person shooter, gamecube, lucasarts, pc, raven software, xbox
955th played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox/Gamecube Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Raven Software Publisher: LucasArts So I still had two Star Wars games left to play, and it felt like it has been a while since I played with force powers, rather than flying ships around.ย We’ve played Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark […]
#164 Fantasy World Dizzy
Posted: 8th April 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, adventure, codemasters, oliver twins, Various
945th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Oliver Twins Publisher: Codemasters Both because of my interest in older games and to prep playing older games, I regularly read the Retro Gamer magazine for a while. I haven’t taken the time to do so in a while, but one of […]
#150 Sid Meier’s Pirates
Posted: 8th March 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1987, action, adventure, microprose, Various
936th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: Various Year of Release: 1987 Developer: MicroProse Publisher: MicroProse Sid Meier is of course most known for the Civilization series that bears his name, although even from Civilization II he has not been the lead designer on the game, seemingly spending as much time exploring other game ideas […]
#520 Shinobi
Posted: 20th February 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2002, action, overworks, playstation 2, sega
932th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Overworks Publisher: Sega We’ve covered a lot of games that made the jump from 2D to 3D – Super Mario 64 is the obvious example, while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time did so around the same time of today’s […]
#165 North & South
Posted: 3rd January 2021 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1989, action, infogrames, Strategy, Various
920th played so far Genre: Action/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1989 Developer: Infogrames Publisher: Infogrames I remember reading quite a bit of Belgian comic Blauwbloezen (Les Tuniques Bleues, more recently published as Bluecoats in English) when I was younger. I remember really enjoying them then, and while I’m sure there are a number of […]