633rd played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: PC Year of Release: 2002 Developer: Gas Powered Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios I’ve been looking forward to playing Dungeon Siege for a while. I’ve tried the RPG before (having owned it for quite some time) but never got that far in – too many other good things […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#618 Torus Trooper
Posted: 4th September 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, aba games, pc, shoot 'em up
630th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: ABA Games I have ragged on Tempest derivatives before, as often they seem to add some slightly fancier graphics (with still a retro look) without really making the game feel that much better. Torus Trooper derives from that formula yet […]
#390 Thief: The Dark Project
Posted: 10th July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1998, eidos interactive, looking glass studios, pc, stealth
616th played so far Genre: Stealth Platform: PC Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive After System Shock 2, Thief: The Dark Project is another part of the Looking Glass trifecta of important games – the Ultima Underworld series will follow later. All three evolved what 3D games could do, each […]
#836 Defense Grid: The Awakening
Posted: 2nd July 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, hidden path entertainment, microsoft studios, pc, Strategy, xbox 360
614th played so far Genre: Strategy Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment Publisher: Hidden Path Entertainment/Microsoft Studios Although there are plenty of tower defense games out there these days, we don’t see many on the list. We’ve had Pixeljunk Monsters and one of the first, Desktop Tower Defense, but they […]
#474 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Posted: 24th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, activision, first person shooter, gray matter interactive, pc, playstation 2, xbox
612th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Gray Matter Interactive Publisher: Activision Wolfenstein 3D is certainly a notable game. It was amazing to see 3D done at the time, as a first person shooter. Horribly dated now, of course, but the technology was amazing at the time. […]
#424 System Shock 2
Posted: 20th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, electronic arts, first person shooter, irrational games, looking glass studios, pc
611th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Irrational Games/Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Electronic Arts System Shock is an influential shooter, in part because it further develops the open world setup that we will in the future encounter in the Ultima Underworld series, but also because it leads into […]
#619 Unreal Tournament 2004
Posted: 8th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, atari, epic games, first person shooter, pc
608th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Atari One of my big early FPS experiences was the first Unreal game, one of the early games in the genre to play with story telling and audio logs. It was a new experience that I wasn’t used […]
#895 Batman: Arkham Asylum
Posted: 7th May 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, adventure, eidos interactive, fighting, pc, playstation 3, rocksteady studios, xbox 360
600th played so far Genre: Adventure/Fighting Platform: PC/Xbox 360/Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Rocksteady Studios Publisher: Eidos Interactive Although this was a big milestone game that I normally look forward to, it took me a while to actually get to it – the past few months (as of the time of writing) have […]
#417 Quake III Arena
Posted: 9th April 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, activision, first person shooter, id software, pc
593rd played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: id Software Publisher: Activision A bit of a jump in genre here. Somewhere around 2000 – and obviously, in case of this game, in 1999, several publishers and developers realised that the main thing that kept people playing FPS games was […]
#629 Battlefield 2
Posted: 1st April 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2005, ea digital illusions ce, ea games, first person shooter, pc
591st played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2005 Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE Publisher: EA Games It’s a quick return to the Battlefield series. At the time of writing the first game hasn’t been published on here yet, showing the quick turnaround. Aside from being a long series, however, it’s […]