Red Faction®: Armageddon™
Short game, but tons of fun. The weapons are some of the most unique I’ve ever come across, and are worth the purchase of the game. The game itself is narrow and linear, with awesome graphics (DX11) and decent voice-acting. Get it on sale and get ready for a fun 10 or so hours.
Installed size on hard drive (all DLC): 9 GB
You can view the opening of game here .
This time around, we are playing as Darius Mason, son of Jake Mason (from the film Red Faction: Origins), and grandson of Alec Mason (Red Faction: Guerrilla). The terraformer has been destroyed, driving all of Mars' human residents underground. But even deeper inside the Mars crust lies an alien threat. If that sounds Red Faction: Armageddon has ventured into B-movie / game territory, you’d be right. It’s a linear shooter, with some fantastic weapons (magnet gun! though the Napalm Laser is another favorite) and decent atmosphere and graphics. While I suppose much of Armageddon has been done before, it’s done well here. So well that I was disappointed when the game ended that there wasn’t more to it.
– Real player with 68.0 hrs in game
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The Red Faction franchise got its start in 2001, with the original title seeing critical success on numerous levels; making it an instant, must-play classic. While 2002 saw the second game released, further development in the series was halted until 2009, when fan-favorite destruction sandbox Red Faction: Guerrilla saw the light of day. Although the Red Faction IP was sold to Nordic Games after the unfortunate demise of THQ, no information has surfaced regarding new entries into the series. Therefore, 2011’s Red Faction: Armageddon will have to do.
– Real player with 20.2 hrs in game
TankYou!
Been playing with my roomie for a while now, and it’s super nice we can play cooperatively in the main mission! Soooo much easier XD
LOVE the game, very fun to play X3
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
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Bought this game today since it was on sale, and for 8 pounds it’s pretty damn cheap. Was a big fan of the top down tank game on the old TV consoles (can’t remember name lol) so this game sure brings back memories. Gonna try and give a list of pro’s and con’s for the game so you know what you get. I’ve played it for an hour so far, and played quite a lot of stages so I think I’ve got a good idea so far. Also I’ve played it with an Xbox controller if it makes any difference. Didn’t try it with keyboard and mouse.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
CastleStorm
This is imho 36 Tower defense or assimilated games i played sorted by interest :
Some people might find this list useful for discovering unknown TD.
Legend :
(TD) - pure Tower Defense
(ATD) - Assimilated Tower Defense
(FPSTD) - First Person Shooter Tower Defense
(S) - Solo
(M) - Multiplayer
1- (Warcraft 3 & Starcraft’s TD \o/) (TD) (M)
2- GemCraft Chasing Shadows (TD) (S)
3- Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (ATD) (S)
4- Dungeon of the endless (ATD) (M)
5- Defender’s Quest : Valley of the Forgotten (TD) (S)
– Real player with 38.3 hrs in game
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TLDR
CastleStorm it’s all fun and engaging until you step into the viking realm and you learn to swear as if godzilla is trying to chew off your head while playing angrybird in a tower defense game. What did i get myself into?!
Non-TLDR
CastleStorm (CS in short) is developed and published by Zen Studios. The PC version was released on 29 July 2013. It is also available on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360 & Xbox One. According to Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/castlestorm ) it has:
– Real player with 31.9 hrs in game
Conan Unconquered
It was a hapless thief that found Thugra Khotan in his hidden grave and awakened the ancient priest and conjurer from Acheron. The priest had survived the destruction of his kingdom by barbarians by magical means. Now, centuries later he raised a huge army under the name of Natokh, the Veiled One. Prepare yourself for endless waves of enemies this formidable conjurer and necromancer will throw against you.
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‘Conan Unconquered’ is a real-time strategy game in which you have to survive waves of enemies. Your task is to build and strengthen your base and erect defenses in order to survive oncoming enemies that quickly grow stronger and approach faster with each wave. You must level up your hero, gather resources, and raise an army. This, however, sounds easier than it is.
– Real player with 76.5 hrs in game
After a few hours, I think I’m ready to give it a review.
Long Story short, here’s the highlights. 8 pros - 3 pars - 2 fails. Recommended.
First, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Conan unconquered is a RTS style game remenescant of Age of Empires or, IMHO, more like the original Warcraft titles with it’s units synergy and hero class’s experience and artifacts. A tower defense base building a la Conan franchise with population and resource management with great lore. Time is short and waves can be brutal to an unprepared army. There is a pause for those of you that are desperate. Some comics and readings if you find it boring. Seriously. There’s also a coop mode.
– Real player with 70.0 hrs in game
Domineon 2
Step into the Domineon 2 Arena and experience a fast-paced couch party game straight out of the golden age of arcades. Have intense battles in fully destructible arenas with up to 8 players. Last pixel standing wins.
FEATURES
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Battle with up to 8 friends:
Play on your own or with up to 8 players. Kill each other using any means necessary and be the last pixel alive.
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Compete in fully destructible arenas:
Every single pixel on screen in the Domineon combat arenas is fully destructible. Break other player’s tails to create new opportunities, or completely tear apart the map. Anything goes.
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A large arsenal of deadly weapons:
Weapons are placed around the maps and can be collected by players creating areas where engagements are inevitable. In the arena you’ll find guns, missiles, mines, nukes, or even parasites. You know the usual.
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An intense retro soundtrack:
Domineon 2 includes a retro sound-track featuring Waveshaper and Droid Bishop along with other talented artists.
Domineon 2 is created by an Indie Dev Studio in Berlin. We would be super happy if you would put Domineon 2 on your wishlist and buy it as soon it comes out. Seriously - we owe people money.
Battle Engine Aquila
It’s a genuinely fun and, dare I say, original game with lots of love and attention put into it. You play as a transforming, arguably overpowered super-mech that can lay waste to the battlefield on land and from the air. The battles are nicely simulated and have a good sense of scale (for a game that’s almost 2 decades old), and the over-the-top explosions and general mayhem is surprisingly good for stress relief.
The story campaign will be your main focus in the game. Here, individual missions are graded based on your performance, so there’s some form of replayability. The campaign is highlighted by several exhilarating and creative boss fights, and, though it’s nothing to write home about, there’s also something of a branching storyline.
– Real player with 42.8 hrs in game
This is a great game and I loved it when I was a kid. now that I’m an adult I was dying to replay this game as it held such good memories. The nostalgia was amazing and I love the game even more. the flying controls are some of the best I’ve seen in any game and the ground to air transition makes things so easy to keep up with the games fast pace later in the more difficult levels. I would love a remake with how big games get now, I can imagine how awesome the game would be with more levels, detail, more choices for weapons and online multiplayer. it would be so much fun. Alas, that’s unlikely to happen but I have hope.
– Real player with 15.2 hrs in game
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.
Key Features:
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Show those hippies who’s boss using classic weapons and new technology like the Meteor Shower
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Explore 1960’s Mother Earth and unload your trusty saucer all over her fictional cities
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Defend a much larger, much more open world from those who seek to undermine your mission
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Hoover up humans from different countries and grind them up into DNA cocktails to upgrade your skills
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Invite a friend over for a twosome and enjoy the full story in local 2-player split screen co-op
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
As somebody who played Mechwarrior 2/2:GBL/2:Mercs, 3/3:PM, 4/4:BK/4:Mercs, Mechcommanders 1 and 2, and was involved in the Mechwarrior community for years back in the golden era…. This is an acceptable giant stompy combat game.
Take command of your own mercenary company in the 31st century. Choose where to go and which contracts to accept, while being careful who you offend or favor since your reputation has a big influence on your contract benefits. Prepare for each mission by outfitting yourself and up-to three team mates from your pool of owned mechs and customize their weapons and upgrades. During battle, choose the right weapon for the right target at the right range while managing your heat output and your remaining ammo. Stay moving to avoid taking focused return fire. Follow your waypoints and complete each simple objective (generally some variation on “kill or destroy this”… battlemechs are not subtle) until you’re given the go-ahead to leave the area. Between missions, weigh your contract pay and battlefield salvage against your repair costs, crew salaries and travel expenses. Shop for new gear. And try to make enough C-bills to retire on a quiet private world some day.
– Real player with 300.9 hrs in game
A long-overdue single-player game for the MechWarrior franchise, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries shakes up the game’s usual format with predominantly randomly generated missions, although there are certain hand-crafted questlines here and there. After the tutorial quest chain (which you can skip if you have the DLC, but more on that later) you are sent off to look for a few choice contracts in the nearest warzone and strike it rich with the modest stable of mechs you have on hand. Or die trying. Wouldn’t be getting that much hazard pay for nothing, right?
– Real player with 135.8 hrs in game
X-Morph: Defense
Tower defense genre was never known for having a lot of variety. And man, we have a lot of such games. In a way, tower defense is like hidden objects genre. Which means that most of such games feel almost exactly the same and it’s really hard to remember certain names. It’s like “Tower defense games? I’ve played those before…”. So, how to make your game to stand out? Well, there are only two ways. The first one is to add a unique feature. And the second one is to make it especially spectacular. EXOR Studios chose the second way.
– Real player with 79.8 hrs in game
Usable Planet Located
X-Morph: Defense or XMD is a combination of a ‘Tower Defense’ and a ‘Manic Top Down Shooter’.
At first I had my doubts this was a good idea, but in game it makes perfect sense.
The issue with the standard tower defense is you place your towers, start the wave and sit back, maybe add or alter a tower or two during, then go back to waiting for the wave to end and repeat.
This is not the case for XMD, unless you’re playing on Easy with all unlocks.
You have the usual between wave time to do what you need, place, move, sell & change turrets, but once the wave starts you can personally get involved, helping out how you see fit, as well as all of the above.
– Real player with 54.3 hrs in game
PitBots
Physics based combat game where you design a robot and fight in the arena. Crush, flip, pierce, burn and cut your opponents till the last part. Create superior fighting machines and dominate the arena.
DESIGN YOUR BOT
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Chassis Shaping is first step to create your robot. During combat chassis can be deformed and ripped apart exposing vital internal parts.
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Component placement is next step. Part types are, but not limited to: structural beams, motors, pistons, wheels, blunt, sharp & other weapons, energy supplies, main-board and cosmetic parts.
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Input Control Setup allows to bind various actuator actions using keyboard, mouse and game-pad controllers.
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Bot Painting can be done both in-game and using your favorite painting software. Once your chassis shape is final, use implemented basic painting tools to paint bot. For more advanced designs just export & import bot texture using “.png” format.
COMBAT AGAINST OTHER BOTS
Participate in matches against other bots in various game modes.
Fight alone or with friends. Host or join your friends match.
Cripple enemy machines by destroying key components such as wheels, motors, energy supplies, and main-board.
Use your weapons to shred your opponents apart. You can completely destroy bots as all chassis sections and parts are destructible.
Fighting arenas have hazards that may affect outcome of combat. Use them to your advantage. And avoid the pit at all cost.
Arena environments are diverse. Each arena might contain different hazards or none at all. Prepare your bot accordingly.
GAME IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT
More features are in the development. Current features are not final and are subject to change.
RELEASE DATE
Game is still in development and is not ready for release in 2021.
Demo version will be available before release.