Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura is an Action, RPG, Strategical, and Single-player video game by Troika Games and published by Sierra On-Line. All through the game, the player plays his role as a survivor whose main aim is to compete against enemies and their evil gadgets to complete the quests in different ways. The game can be viewed from an isometric perspective and with plenty of materials; it also offers a big opportunity to craft a variety of items.
Moreover, the player comes to experience three combat modes such as real-time, turn-based, and advanced turn-based mode. Similarly, the player’s combat capabilities can be enhanced, and attacks can be performed automatically by clicking on a targeted enemy standing in the range of the attack. Furthermore, the player can improve his skills by gaining experience through completing quests or defeating opponents in combat. Every time the player moves from one level to another, he has to spend one character point or social skill.
#1 Jade Empire
Jade Empire is an amazingly engaging Action-RPG video game similar to Gothic. The game is set in the Ancient China offering a unique location and story. The game allows you to be a Martial Arts Student under a skilled martial Arts master. One day the School gets attacked by a mysterious force that leaves the student shocked. The game offers a multiple ending story and every ending depends on the actions the player performs. Jade Empire allows you to choose male or female character, lets you use any of the given fighting styles and engage yourselves into epic combats against the attacking force that devastated your school and killed your master. Like any other Action-RPG, Jade Empire lets you level yourself up as you progress in the game and complete a number of objectives including various Quests, Adventures along with NPC and Social Interaction etc. With an Asian Thematic, amazing Exploration and Loot options, epic Combats against the enemies, Multiple Endings, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Jade Empire is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#2 Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Inquisition is a great Action-Adventure and RPG video game by Bio Ware and is a direct sequel to Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age: II. The game puts you into the character of Herald of Andraste who after the attack on Mages and Templar meeting vows to kill the enemies. He forms up an Organization named Inquisition with the help of Cullen and Ambassador Josephine. The game lets you be Herald of Andraste and tasks you eliminate the monsters and demons who swarmed through the Rift, opened at the blast site. You must explore various sites on the game map, Strengthen up Inquisition by recruiting more individuals (Mages and Templars) like you, engage in gruesome battles and combats with the enemy and kill them all. You must also get help from your Dragon as the Boss enemy Corypheus has one to help him out with the destruction. Dragon Age: Inquisition concludes when the Boss Corypheus is dead, so you must focus on his allies too and kill them with your mighty sword and your unnatural powers. Dragon Age: Inquisition is one of the best MMORPGs to play and it will definitely provide you with tons of entertainment for sure.
#3 Fallout New Vegas
Fallout New Vegas is an Action, RPG and a First-person Shooter video game developed by Obsidian Entertainmen and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is set in a futuristic era in three fictional cities of California, Nevada and Arizona in a post-apocalyptic open world. You take the possession of protagonist’s character of The Courier who is hired by an unknown company to deliver a package to New Vegas strip but in the middle of his quest he gets ambushed by a mysterious man who shoots him in the head and steals the package. A friendly robot rescues him and takes him to Doctor Mitchell who heals him. After recovering, the protagonist starts joining the dots and upon getting to the core, vows to avenge and recuperate the package. The Courier takes a place in a faction and starts working for the cause, finds the man who shot him, kills him and recovers the package. After the package recovered, he gets to the company that hired him and moves slightly to the top leadership by killing the low profile members of the organization, finds the man and kills him and the game concludes. Fallout New Vegas features a well written story-line, unique and HD visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy. Do try it out if you haven’t yet.
#4 Dungeon Siege 3
Dungeon Siege III is an Action-Adventure and RPG video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Square Enix for PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game features a female protagonist Jeyne Kassynder who blames the Legion of her father, The king’s Murder and vows to avenge the culprits who did it. She gathers the people of Ehb and Azimuth Church and sets off to hunt down the members of Legion. After a long and devastating battle against the Legion and all of its members, she kills all of them and the Legion gets disassembled. Dungeon Siege 3 provides with four different characters with special abilities for players to choose between, more enhanced graphics and redefined storyline along with single and multiplayer gaming modes, upgrades and stuff. Dungeon Siege 3 will surely be a better choice as compared to a lot of other games of the same genre. You should give it a try. You’ll definitely enjoy playing Dungeon Siege 3.
#5 XCOM
XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.
#6 Tom Clancy’s EndWar
Tom Clancy’s EndWar mixes the elements of Real-time Tactics, Turn-based, and War. It supports both Single and Multiplayer modes. It offers an immersive gameplay, in which the massive nuclear terrorist attack happens in Saudi Arabia, slaughtering almost six million people and take control the oil resources and puts the world into an energy crisis. There are three different factions such as The United States, The Russian Federation Spetsnaz, and the European Federation. Each faction has its advantages and weakness. Select one of them to dive into the game world where you have to lead your troops and compete against other factions and defeat them by destroying their units and headquarters. The game includes seven different units for a command such as Tanks, Engineers, Helicopters, Artillery, Vehicles and more. Three types of missions are included in the game that can be used for different purposes such as Air Strikes, Electronic Warfare, and Force Recon. Tom Clancy’s EndWar offers exciting features such as WWII, Waypoint System, and Realistic Battlefield set in Europe, Customization, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.
#7 Overlord
Overlord is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters. It offers the fantasy setting where the game takes place and puts the player in the role of the protagonist, who is a warrior. According to the plot, the player has controlled the hordes of gremlin-like creatures called Minions. In the challenging quests, the player has to take down the seven brutal ruling heroes to reconquer the land and restore his lordship over the people. The game brings a corruption feature similar to Fable games but enabling the player to become an evil to fulfill his objectives. It combines the RTS and RPG elements to offers a brilliant gameplay experience. The player navigates the world from a third-person view, battle heroes using melee combat, his primary weapons and hack and slash element. It has multiple quests, and the player needs to accomplish each one to progress through the game. With well-written storyline, impressive graphics, engaging gameplay, and smooth controls, Overlord is the fantastic game to play and enjoy.
#8 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is an Action-Adventure, Hack-and-Slash, and Third-person video game developed and published by LucasArts for multiple platforms. It supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and serves as the part of The Force Unleashed Project. The game features a new protagonist named as Starkiller, who is tasked to kill Jedi while slaughtering rebels and imperials hide existence from the Emperor. The player controls the protagonist and can navigate the environment from a third-person perspective to complete the assigned tasks to progress through the game. The primary weapons of the protagonist are a lightsaber and the force. The game rewards the player with experience points, which the player can use to unlock additional content. It takes place between A New Hope and Revenge of Sith, the protagonist Darth Vader is sent to destroy the Jedi known as Jento Marek, who survived Jedi Purge of Palpatine. With detailed graphics, brilliant mechanics, and smooth controls, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is the brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#9 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is an Action-Adventure, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created and published by LucasArts for multiple platforms. The game serves as the 2nd title of The Force Unleashed and it is the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, released in 2008. In the game, the player controls the clone of Starkiller, who embarks on an epic mission to locate his identity and find the love interest of Starkiller known as Juno Eclipse. It is set six months after the events of the first title, where the player assumes the role of the renegade clone of the Starkiller. The player can explore the land from a third-person perspective and can use the primary weapons of the character such as the Force and the Lightsaber. The game introduces the combo system, enabling the player to string lightsaber attack and combine the attack with force power. It offers the similar gameplay to its previous entry and comes with improved mechanics, graphics and gameplay. Unleash the Force, various Levels, Discover the Power of Starkiller, Customization, Manage Combat Techniques, etc. are core features in the game.
#10 From Dust
From Dust by Ubisoft is an Open-World City-Building and Management RTS video game that offers unique gameplay from a First-person perspective. The game offers a beautiful Sandbox style environments and it is set in an Archipelago like Environment and allows you to manipulate it in order to save the Nomadic Tribe. From Dust allows you control 3 main types of matters named as Soil, Water, and Lava and craft different items with them. These three elements will help you restructure whole islands in minutes and will let you enjoy being in full control of almost everything. From Dust offers two main game modes, Story mode, and Challenge mode. Each mode offers different missions, stories, and other characteristics. With a wonderful setting, great abilities to use, cool visuals, and amazing mode based storyline and an immersive gameplay, From Dust is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.
#11 Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is an amazing Action-RPG game by BioWare. The game allows you to enjoy melee combat system with Hack and Slash elements. You can explore the stunning game world by going through different quests. You have to save the world from the disastrous event, called as the Blight. You can communicate with the NPCs and make a team of different players. Your companions are controlled by AI to assist you in multiple combats. You have to fight against different types of enemies such as ghosts, giant spiders, darkspawn, walking trees, and dragons. You have to save the world by fighting against these evil forces. You can test your skills and abilities by fighting against the ancient dragon awakened by the Darkspawn. You can choose your character from the six given classes, each class has different fighting tactics having different weapons and different skills. You have to make your character strong and powerful to deal with most horrible battles against your enemies. Dragon Age: Origins is an exciting and engaging game to play with enhanced visuals.
#12 XCOM: Enemy Within
XCOM: Enemy Within is a Downloadable Content Pack for the XCOM: Enemy Unknown released for multiple platforms developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The DLC pack introduces new gameplay elements, as well as features new themes of transhumanism. The gameplay and plot remain the same like the original title with some extra features. In the game, the player needs to manage the headquarters of XCOM in real-time, but most of the gameplay comprises turn-based combats against rogue human faction and invading aliens. The game includes the Meld (the new resource), the player must lead his army to fight enemies while securing Meld. Single-player campaign consists of forty-seven maps and introduces thirteen maps in multiplayer mode. XCOM: Enemy Within offers core features such as New Soldier Abilities, New Equipment, and Weapons, Strategic Resources, Multiplayer (Maps, Units, and Abilities), etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#13 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#14 Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age 2 is an exciting Action RPG game by BioWare. The game allows you to enjoy melee combat system with Hack and Slash factor. You can explore the game world by going through different quests, fighting against the enemies in PvP and PvE Combats. Your character belongs to a family Hawke. You can communicate with the NPCs and make a team of different players, take them all with you on your epic encounters and enjoy fighting against the enemy bosses. You can bring three companions along with you while having combats against the enemies. You can pause the game and freeze your enemy, you can now switch your player with other members of your team. New player can kill the frozen enemy. You can control all your players during any battle or outside the battle. You can make friends and have a friendly rivalry. Your friends can be changed in to your rivals. You have to be careful in this regard while going on different quests, your friend should follow your instructions during a quest. Otherwise you have to fight against your friend as a rival to complete your task. You will get rivalry bonuses and friendship bonus in both cases. You will get a chance of romance as well. Dragon Age 2 is a thrilling and engaging game to play with enhanced visuals and a brilliant story.