Valkyria Chronicles

Valkyria Chronicles is a strange mix between anime, third-person shooter and turn-based strategy. In the beginning i even though it’s not a game at all. But it is. Valkyria Chronicles is a tactical role-playing game in which the player uses a unique turn-based battle system called BLiTZ (Battle of Live Tactical Zones). During their turn the player views an overhead map in Command Mode, but zooms in to control each individual unit on the battlefield in Action Mode. Much like the Growlanser series, movement and other actions are handled in real time during Action Mode, though limited in movement by an action point (AP) gauge that varies for each type of character. During Target Mode, the player is in direct control of characters’ aim while the action freezes, allowing for head shots and other maneuvers. Taking command of individual units during the player’s phase costs Command Points, which can be used dynamically to grant movement to many different units or the same unit consecutively with diminishing AP reserve, depending on what the player wants to accomplish.By using their troops the player must fulfill various conditions depending on the mission in order to achieve victory, most often the capture of a major enemy encampment. Upon completing missions, the player is awarded money and experience with which to upgrade their materiel and character classes, respectively, and the game’s story is advanced. Missions can be failed if the player’s forces are wholly incapacitated or killed, the squad’s main battle tank is destroyed, or the player’s main base camp is captured by the enemy.

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Author: Elissa Pollard

Breach & Clear

Breach & Clear is a 2013 turn-based strategy action role-playing video game developed by Mighty Rabbit Studios and published by Gun Media. The player is in control of four special forces units who must enter an area and kill all enemies in it. The player plans the actions of all characters in advance and the turns are resolved simultaneously. It was first released for iOS on July 17, 2013 and for Android on September 5, 2013. The game was then ported to Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and was released through Steam on March 21, 2014. A PlayStation Vita version was released the following year. It does not feature an explicit story, although missions in each category are connected.

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Author: Elissa Pollard

Dead Island

Dead Island is an action role-playing survival horror video game series published by German studio Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There are currently 3 installments in the series, with a fourth one scheduled for 2016. It is centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world island with a major emphasis on melee combat. Dead Island was originally announced at E3 2006, but was pushed back to 2011. It was released on 6 September 2011 in North America, 9 September 2011 in the PAL regions and 20 October 2011 in Japan. A stand-alone expansion, Dead Island: Riptide, was released in 2013.

This one was a part of my “Dead Island” pack.

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Author: Elissa Pollard

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a Third-Person Shooter which has poor comments on Steam. But by my personal opinion it’s worth to try. Players in the campaign mode of Kane & Lynch 2 take control of Lynch who is backed up by Kane (except in the last mission, where the player takes control of Kane). The online enabled cooperative mode allows one player to take control of Kane. Players can carry two of any weapon they can grab from dead enemies, but unlike the previous game cannot swap weapons between allies. Players can take cover through a button press. While still having regenerating health, players can also get knocked down, though are able to immediately get back up. During single player missions, allies are invulnerable and cannot be given commands, making it unnecessary to look out for them. Unlike Dead Men, the PC version does not support split-screen co-op.

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Atlas Reactor

A turn-based free-to-play game. A perfect time killer, if nothing else. Atlas is a megacity populated with humans, hybrids, and robots controlled by powerful Trusts. Freelancers fulfill contracts for their trusts to maintain control over the Atlas Reactor – a technologically advanced energy source that powers the megacity and its inhabitants.There were once thirteen such reactors monitored and controlled by the Global Artificial Intelligence Agent (GAIA). Humanity was in a golden age without poverty, drought, famine, or disease. Ultimately, they were able to conquer death itself. However, after 150 years of prosperity, GAIA mysteriously departed. This led to a cascading failure of reactors beginning with Tethys and ending with Hyperion leaving Atlas as the only reactor on the planet. As is always the case when resources are limited, war broke out. The Titan War saw soldiers, war machines, and refugees battling for control of the Reactor for almost 30 years until the forces of Atlas, Hyperion, and Oceanus were able to unite to end the struggle. As victors, they formed an uneasy alliance and divided the city of Atlas between them.

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Author: Elissa Pollard