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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘pc’
#424 System Shock 2
Posted: 20th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, electronic arts, first person shooter, irrational games, looking glass studios, pc
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#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 […]
#688 Prey
Posted: 24th March 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, 2k games, human head studios, pc, shoot 'em up, xbox 360
589th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: PC/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Human Head Studios Publisher: 2K Games Ignore the category above – this is an FPS that just wasn’t categorised by the book as one, while we didn’t pick up on it earlier. Now the stats drive us forward, and […]
#738 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Posted: 4th March 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2006, adventure, aspyr, empire interactive, funcom, pc, xbox
584th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: PC/XBox Year of Release: 2006 Developer: Funcom Publisher: Aspyr/Empire Interactive After starting The Longest Journey for the blog a few years ago, I kept playing it on and off to truely get through the game. One of the big reasons for it was that I enjoyed the game […]
#758 Everyday Shooter
Posted: 8th February 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, music, pc, playstation 3, playstation portable, queasy games, shoot 'em up, sony computer entertainment
578th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up/Music Platform: Playstation 3/Playstation Portable/PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Queasy Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Time for another twinstick shooter, this one with a musical bend (again, we’re catching up on some music games here). It’s meant to generate music based on what you shoot during the […]