Since its release it has been built upon and re-released over the years. Populus: The Beginning is a real-time strategy game which allows you to build a settlement and grow your tribe. It evolved from earlier titles in both graphics and gameplay. This incarnation puts you into the tribe to influence it, rather than having you be a God like figure. Playing God was a popular pass time for s gamers as AI became more advanced and real-time strategy games increased in popularity.
This quirky puzzle-platformer from back in is considered a classic in my household. One of the best received video games of the early 90s it was cute, quirky and very addictive.
The popularity of the game has led to many similar games as well as spin-offs and sequels. Each level starts with a trapdoor depositing lemmings onto your screen.
You then have to assign different tasks to lemmings in order to guide the rest into the exit, avoiding the traps along the way. The Oddworld series of games are primarily action-adventure platformers.
Each one takes place on Oddworld. The first game was released back in and was a huge hit among gamers. In it you play Abe, a worker at a meat-packing plant. He is a very happy soul until he discovers that his boss intends to use Mudokon slaves as a new source of meat.
Helen began playing games at an early age with her first computer being a hand-me-down Sinclair ZX Spectrum. She juggles the daily demands of life with a family and somehow still finds the time to indulge her two passions in life, writing and gaming; sometimes both at the same time.
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You can unleash fighter and bomber squadrons, launch torpedo barrages and laser attacks, and board other ships. The space battles are involving and spectacular and the campaign is satisfying—especially for 40K fans. Read more Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 review. A stylish game of galactic conquest. Not the broadest or deepest 4X strategy game on PC, but an atmospheric afternoon-killer that blends strategic decision making with a beautiful presentation.
Set in a vivid sci-fi universe, the game lets you explore mysterious star systems, discover the secrets of ancient races, build colonies on distant planets, and encounter aliens to meet and conquer. Read more Endless Space 2 review. Year Developer Suspicious Developments Link Steam In this top-down sci-fi action game you board spaceships and use an array of weapons and gadgets to take out the crew. The genius lies in how much creativity you're given to play your own way, inspired by the best immersive sims.
And how you react to the chaos that erupts when your presence on the ship becomes known makes Heat Signature a powerful anecdote generator. Things might not always go to plan, but that's just part of the fun. Read more 8 sadistic ways to take out guards in Heat Signature. Year Developer Misfits Attic Link Official site Despite being viewed entirely through a retro-futuristic computer interface, Duskers is one of the scariest, most tense sci-fi horror games on PC.
In it you pilot a fleet of drones searching derelict spaceships for fuel, upgrades, and clues about why the galaxy is so mysteriously devoid of life.
The ships you board are crawling with strange creatures, which makes looking for clues in those narrow, dark corridors an especially nerve-racking experience. Read more Duskers review. From the forested ruins of Earth and the vast seas of Titan, to the red jungles of Nessus and the volcanic Io, every location is a pleasure to loot-and-shoot in. The endgame doesn't have the iron grip it perhaps should, but sci-fi fans will get a kick out of this vivid, colourful setting.
Read more Bungie outlines how it plans to fix Destiny 2 in Year Developer LucasArts Link GOG A mission to divert an asteroid heading for Earth goes awry, sending a group of astronauts to a distant, seemingly abandoned world.
Some of the puzzles are maddeningly obscure, even for a LucasArts point-and-click adventure, but the colourful, bizarre planet feels genuinely alien.
Great voice acting too, with X-Files star Robert Patrick playing the lead character. Read more Reinstall: The Dig. Year Developer Giant Army Link Official site This space simulator lets you become an all-powerful cosmic deity, manipulating replicas of real galaxies and solar systems and witnessing the often catastrophic results of your meddling.
Year Developer Ocelot Society Link Steam Stranded alone somewhere near Jupiter on an old luxury starship, your only hope of returning home is an AI that has serious emotional problems. You interact with Kaizen using your keyboard, and sometimes it'll be willing to help you. But then it'll change its mind and decide the best thing to do is close the airlock and trap you outside the ship until you run out of air.
A clever adventure with the understated mood of a '70s sci-fi film. And really, we mean building, as you can assemble your own space craft from pieces and figure out how to get the thing into space. Kerbal has been praised for its accurate physics, while the sandbox approach makes little discoveries feel monumental.
Skip to content. Search for: Clear search query Show results. Elite Play. Wing Commander Play. Homeworld Play. Halo: Combat Evolved Play. Freelancer Play. Satisfying decision making is one of the aspects gamers crave the most out of their chosen titles. Though the frights one will receive in this game are not cheap jump-scares or loud noises in pitch-black alleys. The terror one will experience arises from the sinister meaning of each event that the player encounters.
The magnitude of happenings makes each glowing light seem like a watching eye, waiting for the player to make the wrong move. A sense of true horror in this laser and machine filled adventure forces gamers to remember why the future can be scary.
This rapid racer from is the sequel to one of the best Sci-Fi racers ever to grace the gaming world. Usually, in such situations, follow-up games don't meet the hype but Wipeout XL does the opposite by improving on many of the great features that players loved from the previous game.
Furthermore, the light sourcing and great music make the atmosphere come alive in a way that most other racing games fail to emulate. The third installment of the Metal Gear series adds a whole dimension of innovations that have cemented it in place as one of the best video games ever made. Metal Gear Solid , the first entry in a 3D world, is a game that gave players exponentially more ways to sneak about and take out enemies.
The world-class voice acting, unparalleled graphics for , and a wealth of weapons are just a few things that allowed Metal Gear Solid to revolutionize the stealth genre.
Facing off against advanced machinery as a normal human was also a unique aspect that endeared this game in the hearts of all Sci-Fi fans.
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