787th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up/Strategy Platform: PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters I’m starting to feel more apathetic towards these military shooters. They’re big and popular, but while some Call of Duty games can sort of manage to draw me in, the first iteration of Operation Flashpoint […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#949 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Posted: 29th May 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, codemasters, pc, playstation 3, shoot 'em up, Strategy, xbox 360
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780th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC Year of Release: 1995 Developer: LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I’m still excited to see all these LucasArts games. I’ve played a bunch of them once, but never got Full Throttle. When I was younger, I think the theming put me off a bit, but it’s been cited as […]
#477 Silent Hill 2
Posted: 19th April 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, konami, konami computer entertainment tokyo, pc, playstation 2, survival horror, xbox
777th played so far Genre: Survival Horror Platform: PC/Xbox/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Publisher: Konami I was incredibly impressed by the first Silent Hill game. It had its control issues and its age showed, but the setting was good and tense and the puzzles worked quite well. We’ve also […]
#873 Spore
Posted: 3rd April 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, electronic arts, life simulation, maxis, pc, Strategy
773rd played so far Genre: Life Simulation/Strategy Platform: PC Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Maxis Publisher: Electronic Arts It sounds like a Molyneux-like pitch, a game where you start off as a bacteria-like organism, evolve and grow a civilization until you reach space. It was, however, proposed by the other sim genre great, Will Wright […]
#672 Psychonauts
Posted: 22nd March 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, double fine productions, majesco entertainment, pc, platform, playstation 2, xbox
770th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Xbox/PC/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2005 Developer: Double Fine Productions Publisher: Majesco Entertainment I’ve been creating a bit of my buffer for these write ups, which has the handy side effects that I can use Christmas to play some longer games, rather than using it to catch up […]
#927 Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost And Damned
Posted: 14th March 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, action, adventure, pc, playstation 3, Rockstar Games, rockstar north, xbox 360
768th played so far Genre: Action/Adventure Platform: PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Rockstar North Publisher: Rockstar Games I’m playing this set of one hundred’s GTA game nice and early. The final few don’t have quite as much staying power – The Lost and Damned, today’s entry, is an expansion pack sequel for […]
#614 The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Posted: 13th January 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, first person shooter, pc, starbreeze studios, tigon studios, vivendi universal games, xbox
753rd played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/XBox Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Starbreeze Studios/Tigon Studios Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games Although tie in games are usually seen as bad, we have seen some good ones – Goldeneye is the one that everyone loves, while Star Wars arguably has some games that are better than […]
#386 Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Posted: 9th January 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, factor 5, lucasarts, pc, shoot 'em up
752nd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Factor 5/LucasArts Publisher: LucasArts I had yet to kick off two Star Wars game series. Star Wars: TIE Fighter was still in the previous fifty and it focused on space combat, becoming incredibly accessible compared to other games in the […]
#485 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Posted: 28th December 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, bohemia interactive studio, codemasters, pc, shoot 'em up
749th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Bohemia Interactive Studio Publisher: Codemasters According to the book, this is the first soldier FPS – focused on the reality of participating in war rather than the shooter fantasies of, say, Quake (to use a not quite contemporary). More realistic […]