2003

The Hulk

Description

Taking place after the events of the blockbuster movie (starring Eric Bana), you play Dr. Bruce Banner and his alter ego, green giant The Hulk. After fighting his way through the first year of his new identity, Bruce and The Hulk must now face a new enemy, The Leader, who wants to use the same gamma technology that created The Hulk in Bruce to develop an army of giants.

Levels in the game have you controlling either Bruce or The Hulk. Bruce must use his smaller size to sneak around areas ‘Splinter Cell’ style, while The Hulk can bash and blast his way through enemy territory in every way possible, with over 40 different attacks to use. …

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Age of Wonders – Shadow Magic

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Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is a stand-alone sequel to Age of Wonders II: The Wizard’s Throne. Like its predecessors, it’s all about turn-based strategy in a fantasy world.

In the campaign, a corrupt new empire led by the wizard Phobius, has launched an aggressive assault on the ancient races and all things magic. Meanwhile, an even greater evil in the form of hellish demons, breeds within its shadows. The wizard Merlin has been captured by the demons, but can still communicate with his old wizard friends. The player is cast as these wizards as they fight the human empire and the demons.

The main character is the Wizard, who most of the time stays in his wizard tower casting spells in his domain. He researches new spells and abilities and becomes more and more powerful as the game moves on.

One unique feature is the Simultaneous turns mode, where all players move their units at the same time. For those that like it old-school there’s still a Classic turns mode. …

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Blitzkrieg Anthology

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Blitzkrieg is a real-time strategy game with three campaigns during World War 2. During the campaigns the player keeps its core army of tanks and guns. In the missions there are additionally units provided by the game, including infantry and air units. There is a description of all units in the game, even if the units cannot be commanded by the player. The three campaigns are:

Allies (US, UK, French) fighting in Europe and Africa
German fighting in Europe, Africa and Russia
Soviet Union fighting in Russia and afterwards in Europe
The campaigns include historical battles like the battle of Kursk and optional bonus missions, which can be played to:

Get experience for the profile of the player to increase the rank of the profile. A higher rank leads to a larger core army.
Get experience for the units in the core army, so that the units become deadlier.
Exchange weapons to newer types.
During a mission the losses are never replaced, losses in the core army are replaced after missions. For the repairing and rearming of units depots have to be conquered, where the service trucks load their resources. All depots have unlimited resources. …

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Commandos 3 – Destination Berlin

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In the continuation of the tactical combat series, take your commandos on their deadliest mission yet venturing into enemy territory across 3 campaigns, from Stalingrad through to Central Europe and the beaches of Normandy.

You control 6 commandos, each with unique skills, to accomplish your goal and finish the task at hand. The environment is both indoors and outdoors, and adjusts to your actions in unique ways which must be accounted for in the heat of the moment.

Deathmatch multiplayer is included for the first time in the series, allowing up to 12 friends (or enemies) to take each other on. …

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Command & Conquer – Generals

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A new chapter in the Command & Conquer universe, set somewhere in the 2020s, pits three sides for global domination: the United States of America, the People’s Republic of China and the Global Liberation Army (GLA).

Generals features real world (renamed or slightly altered) weapons combined with quasi-high-tech ones, new control schemes and a fast-paced multiplayer. Generals is the first game in the Command & Conquer series not to include FMV or pre-rendered cutscenes between missions, and was also the first C&C game without the Westwood Studios label (although the development studio was initially called Westwood Pacific before being merged into EA Pacific). It uses a full 3D environment powered by the SAGE engine, a modified version of the W3D engine previously seen in C&C: Renegade. …

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The Great Escape

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In this game you play the role of an American fighter pilot who is captured by the Germans during the second World War. The game is based on the film of the same name which was also based on true events. Your character is a computer generated version of Steve McQueen as are all the other actors for their characters.

The game play involves sneaking about the prison camp and interacting with other prisoners to obtain various items to aid you in your escape. The physics are identical to Conflict: Desert Storm. The game play shifts to all-out combat as well as the infamous motorbike chase. …

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Uru – Ages Beyond Myst

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Uru: Ages Beyond Myst continues the saga of the D’ni at a different point in their time line. In the first Myst game, players met the sons of Atrus whose actions contributed to the demise of the D’ni Ages. In Uru, players instead interact with Atrus’ daughter, Yeesha, who sends them on a quest through the linking books.

As in the earlier games, players progress through exploration, finding clues, and solving puzzles.

Unlike previous games in the series, Uru allows players to utilize both first- and third-person perspectives. A new play-style has also been introduced to capitalize on the game’s use of real-time 3D, allowing players to run, strafe, climb, and jump through the game world. The game’s interface reflects this, as players must now use both the mouse and the keyboard to control the protagonist. …

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