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Dragon Age II is a sequel to Dragon Age: Origins. One of the key events early in the first game was the destruction of the village Lothering by the Darkspawn. However, we weren’t told that there was at least one person who survived the onslaught: a human named Hawke. Having become a refugee, Hawke travels to an … Continue reading “Dragon Age II”
Year: 2011
Platforms: Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening is the first add-on to Dragon Age: Origins. After the death of the Archdemon in the main game, the Dark Spawn have been defeated and driven out of Ferelden. Well, it turns out the victory didn’t last long. Those damn demons just relocated to the north and are now threatening the city … Continue reading “Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening”
Year: 2010
Platforms: Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
Four hundred years have passed since the last Blight was successfully prevented by the Grey Wardens. Now once again the fearsome Darkspawn under the rule of the Arch Demon gather and are about to invade the land of Ferelden. The first battleground: the destroyed city at Ostagar, where the Grey Wardens meet the army of … Continue reading “Dragon Age: Origins”
Year: 2009
Platforms: Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
A lowly prisoner has been cast into the depths of the dungeon in the Imperial capital of the province Cyrodiil. The fate of this prisoner suddenly changed when the Emperor Uriel Septim descended into the prison with his guards, fleeing from unknown assassins who have already slaughtered his children. But even an emperor cannot escape … Continue reading “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Collector’s Edition)”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG, Sandbox / open world
Over 1000 years ago a great war called “The Golem War” laid waste to the entire world. The war’s name refers to the golems, artificial humanoid beings which were created to faithfully carry out commands. The golems continued the war for many years, but eventually stopped functioning. The world was eventually rebuilt, and the reasons … Continue reading “Enchanted Arms”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
You play as Frank West, a freelance photo-journalist, and you’re on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. Following a lead to the town of Willamette, he finds that the town has been practically taken over by zombies. Trying to get away, Frank makes his way to the Willamette shopping mall hoping he can … Continue reading “Dead Rising”
Year: 2006
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genre: Horror
Theme: Survival horror
EA’s Fight Night returns in its second installment. Once again, you can create a new boxer and start a career that begins as an amateur in a shady gym somewhere in Queens, NY, and fight your way up to the top. Alternatively, you could relive the careers of some legendary boxers. Of course, you could go for … Continue reading “Fight Night Round 2”
Year: 2005
Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Genre: Sports
Theme: Fighting
Step into the shoes of Buffy Summers, popular high school student by day, destroyer of the undead by night. In this third-person action/adventure, you are the Chosen One. With an arsenal of weapons including crossbows, shovels, and stakes and over 60 fighting moves and combinations, you will punch, kick, and stake your way through familiar … Continue reading “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Year: 2002
Platforms: Xbox
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Burnout 3: Takedown is a racing game which encourages aggressive driving and lets you use your vehicle to smash your way to the finish line by taking out your rivals and causing massive multi-car pileups. The more cars you take out, damage you inflict, the more events and cars you can unlock. Burnout 3 also … Continue reading “Burnout 3: Takedown”
Year: 2004
Platforms: PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Vehicle simulator
In the second Call of Duty game for consoles, players again take to battle in The Second World War. As with other Call of Duty games, the focus is on the characters and their drama amidst the furious, heavily scripted, first-person action. As a private new to war in America’s most legendary infantry division, nicknamed … Continue reading “Call of Duty 2: Big Red One”
Year: 2005
Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter