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The Avatar, the Earth-born hero of the magical realm of Britannia, has discovered a mysterious black moonstone there. He returns to our world and asks his friend, the natural museum curator Dr. Rafkin, to analyze it. A reporter named Jimmy Malone is eager to cover the story and joins the two. However, the experiments triggers … Continue reading “Worlds of Ultima: Savage Empire”
Year: 1990
Platforms: DOS, Macintosh, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
It’s World War II and you are B.J. Blazkowicz, the Allies’ most valuable agent. In the midst of the German Blitzkrieg, the Spear that pierced the side of Christ is taken from Versailles by the Nazis and secured in the impregnable Castle Wolfenstein. According to legend, no man can be defeated when he has the … Continue reading “Spear of Destiny”
Year: 1992
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Action
Theme: Dating simulation, Shooter
Wolfenstein 3D is an episodic first-person shooter and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game puts the player in the boots of B.J. Blazkowicz, an allied spy. There are six episodes: the first distributed completely as shareware; the second and the third available after registration; and the three final missions (which … Continue reading “Wolfenstein 3d”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Browser, DOS, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Wizard’s Crown is a fantasy role-playing game in which the player creates a party of up to eight adventurers and takes them on a quest to retrieve a magical crown from a wizard named Tarmon, who sealed himself and the crown in his laboratory five hundred years ago. The game features tactical battles, during which the … Continue reading “Wizard’s Crown”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The land of Gael Cerran is in trouble. An evil ruler named Lord Cet, thought to be long vanquished, has been mysteriously resurrected. There is only one way left to defeat him once again – by wielding the magical Mavin Sword, forged from two metals bearing the property of the opposite forces, good and evil. … Continue reading “Wizards & Warriors”
Year: 2000
Platforms: Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Wizardry 8 is a direct sequel to Crusaders of the Dark Savant, the previous installment of the Wizardry series. All hell breaks loose as The Dark Savant takes flight with a device called the Astral Dominae, an incredibly powerful artifact containing the secret of life itself. Following him are two powerful races, the T’Rang and … Continue reading “Wizardry 8”
Year: 2001
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Dungeon crawler, Turn-based strategy
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition is a stand-alone, updated version of the original game with the addition of two new scenarios: “The Price of Neutrality” and “Side Effects”. This release includes improvements to animations, character and monster graphics, NPC character models, and translations, and overall game performance. With this edition players can opt to mix and match languages (for … Continue reading “The Witcher: Enhanced Edition”
Year: 2008
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Illwhyrin, the witch queen of Char, has been vanquished, her lair Witchaven destroyed, and the curse that plagued the land is finally lifted. However, shortly afterwards the valiant hero Grondoval the Witchbane is contacted by a mysterious golden dragon, who tells him that Illwhyrin’s sister Cirae-Argoth is coming to avenge her death. Demonic legions abduct … Continue reading “Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance”
Year: 1996
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Grondoval, a knight from the land of Stazhia, has been just chosen to travel to the forbidding Island of Char. An evil witch named Illwhyrin has cast a curse of never-ending darkness on Stazhia, and built her lair, the Witchaven, on the island, sacrificing the few foolish humans who dare venture there. The witch’s present … Continue reading “Witchaven”
Year: 1995
Genre: Action
Theme: Hack and slash
What Remains of Edith Finch is a first-person adventure exploration game with no real puzzles nor inventory handling. The player controls Edith Finch, the last of the Finches in the family tree and the only one still alive. She returns to her grandmother’s house on the island to find out more about her family’s history. The … Continue reading “What Remains of Edith Finch”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Detective/Mystery