Jumat, 22 November 2019

Mobygames (15)

Bionicle Heroes
BIONICLE Heroes Windows Front Cover  BIONICLE Heroes Windows Back Cover 

Bionicle Heroes is a third-person action game where the player takes on the role of the various Lego Bionicle Toa Inika - Jaller, Matoro, Hahli, Kongu, Hewkii, and Nuparu. These heroes wear Toa Masks of Power - power-ups that can be found throughout the levels to gain different elemental based abilities. There are also Bionicle canisters to aid the protagonists on their quest to defeat Vezon - the 7th Piraka who had stolen the Mask of Life.

The gameplay centers around firefights against the alien "robots" called Vahki, Visorak, and Bohrok. Players will collect Lego pieces for every enemy they defeat, and eventually enable an invulnerable Hero Mode to help defeat the Toa's enemies.

Bioshock
BioShock Windows Front Cover   BioShock Windows Back Cover

 In the year 1960 a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940's by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that the free will can create.

BioShock is a first-person shooter with gameplay elements and storytelling technique reminiscent of System Shock games. Rapture, the once proud social experiment inspired by the real-world objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, has been nearly destroyed, its inhabitants either dead or fallen victims to bizarre scientific experiments. The retro-futuristic setting incorporates elements of sci-fi with art deco and steampunk influences, featuring interior design and propaganda posters reminiscent of 1950's.

The game's plot is largely revealed through recorded messages left by Rapture's inhabitants before they were killed or mutated. Much of the plot development is therefore dedicated to reconstructing the events of the past, similarly to System Shock games. Limited usage of stealth, the possibility to hack security cameras and other devices, and character customization are the gameplay elements that further tie BioShock to its spiritual predecessors.

In its core, however, the game is more action-oriented, restricting the role-playing mechanics of System Shock 2 to abilities and upgrades that can be acquired and equipped by the main character. Most of the enemies in the game are Splicers, the deformed and insane citizens of Rapture. The protagonist has an arsenal of firearms to combat them, but is also able to use plasmids, which act similarly to magic and deplete a special energy called EVE. Various types of plasmids may directly hurt enemies, sabotage their movements, or enhance the player character's defense. Combat tactics often rely on successive usage of different types of weapons and plasmids. For example, encasing an enemy in ice with a plasmid makes it possible to shatter it to pieces with a single shot; protecting himself with an electric shield, the protagonist can electrocute enemies and strike them with melee weapons, etc.

The player can only equip a limited number of active and passive plasmids, and also has an inventory limit for every type of item. Restoring and enhancing items can be found by exploring the environment or purchased from vending machines. These can also be hacked, similarly to turrets, cameras, safes, and other types of locks. Hacking is presented as a Pipe Mania-like mini-game.

Plasmids, on the other hand, are mostly purchased by spending certain amounts of a mutagen known as ADAM. This mutagen can be obtained from mysterious creatures called "Little Sisters" - little girls that can be seen in most of the game's locations, accompanied and protected by very strong, genetically enhanced humans grafted to armored diving suits and nicknamed "Big Daddies". In order to capture a Little Sister the player normally has to defeat her Big Daddy. Afterwards, the player has the choice of killing the girl, harvesting large amounts of ADAM in process, or sparing her life. Depending on the player's moral decisions concerning the Little Sisters, the game's story will be concluded with different endings.

The Playstation 3 version adds a harder difficulty level called "Survivor Mode" to the game.

Bioshock 2
BioShock 2 Windows Front Cover   BioShock 2 Windows Back Cover 

Ten years have passed since the events in BioShock. The underwater-city Rapture has further deteriorated, with water breaking in everywhere and whole sections flooded by water. But as bad as the situation is, the city still isn’t empty. After Andrew Ryan’s death, his long adversary, the psychiatrist Dr. Sophia Lamb took over the helm – embracing her own cult, making the mutated splicers that roam the city her worshippers. In the middle is Delta, the first of the protectors of the Little Sisters better known as Big Daddies. Eternally bonded to one and only one Little Sister called Eleanor, daughter of Sophia Lamb, he’s damned to search the city and find her or die trying.

The player slips into the mighty boots of Delta, making his way in a typical first-person-shooter-style through the city of Rapture to find and confront Dr. Sophia Lamb, who holds Eleanor against her will. The switch of perspective, in the first game the player was a normal human, also brings with it a few changes in gameplay. The most important being, that the player can now use both one of the eleven available plasmids and one of the several different weapons at the same time, allowing him to burn enemies while pumping them full of bullets. Other plasmids include “Winter Blast” which freezes an enemy or “Scout” which allows the player to leave his body and look around unnoticed. The weapons on the hand range from the famous Big-Daddy-Drill over a powerful double-barrel-shotgun to a grenade launcher.

As in the first game, both weapons and plasmids are upgradeable. While the weapons just require the player to find a special workstation, upgrades for plasmids and tonics (granting passive effects) are bought at special vending machines called “Gatherer’s Garden” with the rare substance called “Adam”. As in the first game, the Little Sisters roaming the levels are the key to getting access to Adam. But since the player himself is a Big Daddy, the process is a bit different this time around. While the player still needs to kill the accompanying Big Daddy to get access to the Little Sister, he can choose to adopt it afterwards instead of just harvesting it. The Little Sister will then sit on his shoulder and look for Adam-infused bodies in the level to harvest them.

Setting down a Little Sister to harvest a body will unleash hell as every splicer in the level will try to kill her, requiring the player to protect the little girl from harm until its finished collecting. Once a Little Sister has harvested two bodies, the player can again either harvest her himself, or free her. Either action grants him more or less Adam and at the same time may alert a Big Sister. As opposed to the Big Daddies, they are nimble, fast and very deadly.

Another important change is the new hacking-mini-game which is the same in all versions now and requires the player to hit the green or blue spaces on a gauge with a constantly spinning needle. If he doesn’t hit the right field, he either gets a electro-shock or will sound the alarm. A successful hack on the other will lower the prices at vending machines or turn turrets over to the player’s side. The new mini-game also allows the player to fight and walk around while hacking as well as hacking from a distance thanks to the arrows shot by the hacking-tool.

BioShock 2 features multiplayer for up to 10 players which was developed independently from the single player by a different developer and tells the story before the first game. By gaining ranks for kills and winning matches, the player unlocks access to additional radio messages advancing the story behind the civil war that raged in the city between the Splicers and Andrew Ryan’s security force. The available multiplayer-mode include Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch, Capture and Hold, Capture the Sister and Adam Grab. The latter requires the players to collect and protect the sole Little Sister in the level in order to gain points. Capture the Sister on the other hand puts two teams against each other with one team trying to bring the Little Sister to a vent and the other trying to prevent that. Each mode also features the possibility of one player slipping into the role of a Big Daddy.
 
Bioshock Infinite  
 BioShock Infinite Xbox 360 Front Cover  BioShock Infinite Xbox 360 Back Cover 

 In BioShock Infinite the player becomes detective Booker DeWitt who is forced to find a young woman Elizabeth to pay off his debts. She is held captive in the floating city of Columbia in alternate version of 1912. During his travels Booker encounters different factions within the city who are battling one another. The Founders want Columbia to remain a city only for pure Americans while the Vox Populi think the city should be available to anyone. The setting is built around the idea of exceptionalism with a strong religious doctrine and open racism. Elizabeth is a key piece within this conflict and has a mysterious origin including her powers to cause tears in the fabric of space-time, exposing parallel universes. Booker and Elizabeth remain together most of the game and she acts on her own. She does not need to be defended, tosses ammo and silver eagle coins to Booker and can be asked to pick locks. They are hunted down by the spiritual leader Comstock and his troops, along with the giant mechanical Songbird.

The game uses similar gameplay styles and mechanics found in previous BioShock games. Vigors give the player super powers to do a variety of things such as sending a murder of crows to peck away enemies or charming enemies to defend you. Another one is possession used to take over humans or machines to temporarily turn them into allies. Once the effect wears off, the possessed humans will commit suicide. Most vigors have multiple uses either as a direct attack or as a much stronger trap awaiting to be triggered. Booker can also be upgraded through four types of gear with permanent bonuses similar to the gene tonics in the previous games. Different types can be equipped according to the situation. The typical FPS array of weapons can be found throughout the game like pistols, shotguns, and rifles. One of the more notable weapons is the Sky Hook which can be used as a melee weapon to take down an enemy. Money can be exchanged at vending machines for upgrades and consumables. Items are found by looting barrels, desks and enemies. Vigors can only be executed when a sufficient amount of salt has been collected. The three main bars visible on the screen (health, salt and shield) can be extended by locating and using infusions. The story is also furthered through optional voxophones (audio logs) and kinetoscopes (film projectors).

Skylines provide a unique way to move throughout the world. Using the Sky Hook, the player can attached to these lines and quickly slide in one direction or another. These can be used to escape overwhelming situations or used to reach higher ground to gain a combat edge.

Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey Amiga Front Cover   Birds of Prey Amiga Back Cover 

Birds of Prey is a flight simulation set in a fictional battle between the Soviet Union (B-side) and the Nato + allied (A-side).

The player can fly up to 40 different planes and also control the whole battle campaign.
    Aircraft available for A-side:
  • BAe Hawk Mk.66
  • BAe Hawker Siddley Harrier GR. Mk 3
  • Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
  • Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet
  • Dassault-Breguet Mirage F.1E
  • Dassault-Breguet Rafale A
  • Fairchild A-10A
  • General Dynamics F-111
  • General Dynamics F-16
  • Grumman F-14A+ Tomcat
  • Grumman X-29
  • Lockheed C-130H-30 Hercules
  • Lockheed F-104S Starfighter
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
  • Lockheed TR-1A
  • Lockheed F-117A
  • McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
  • McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle
  • McDonnell Douglas KC-10A
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet
  • North American X-15A
  • Northrop F-5E Tiger II
  • Northrop F-20A Tiger Shark
  • Northrop B-2 Stealth Bomber
  • Panavia Tornado F Mk.3 (ADV)
  • Rockwell B-1B
  • SAAB JAS-39 Gripen (Gryphon)
    Aircraft available for B-side:
  • Antonov AN-124 Condor
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed N
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger G
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat E
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 Flogger J
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum A
  • Sukhoi Su-21 Flagon F
  • Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer D
  • Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
  • Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B
  • Tupolev Tu-95 Bear G
  • Tupolev Tu-26 Backfire B
  • Yakovlev Yak-38 MP Forger A
The player is required to select one side 'A' or 'B' in the conflict, and keep the save game for each pilot on a separate floppy.
Each pilot you can fly different missions and aircraft, but only those from your own side.

The player character flies from three land bases and two aircraft carriers on each side, and these bases can be damaged in several ways by enemy action, making them unavailable until repaired and reducing the available aircraft in the campaign.
    Mission types are:
  • air intercept
  • air superiority
  • long range bombing
  • bomber escort
  • close support and ground attack
  • border or sea patrol
  • reconnaissance
  • troop drop
  • supply drop
  • stealth bombing
  • stealth reconnaissance
  • test pilot
An autopilot mode is available for longer cruises, if the enemies are far off. The 'test pilot' mission involves flying the X-15/X-29 and is not a part of the campaign.

Birthday Party Bash
 Birthday Party Bash Wii Front Cover  Birthday Party Bash Wii Back Cover

Birthday parties will never be the same with Birthday Party Bash!


Up to 12 partygoers can whack, roll, splash, pop, and shimmy their way through over 20 birthday games, including twists on classic favorites like Piñata Blast, Duncan Hines Cake Stacker, and Birthday Blowout. Ten party theme rooms set the scene for an unforgettable bash, from “Pirates” to “Princess”. When it’s cake time, everyone can sing along to “Happy Birthday.” Free party invitations included in the box!
The game comes with 12 Birthday Party Invitations in the box, a great "buy one get one free" coupon or the party sweets and the manual doubles as a party planning tool with party tips, recipes and more!
Up to 12 players can play via 4 player turn-based play.
 Black 
 Black PlayStation 2 Front Cover   Black PlayStation 2 Back Cover 
Sgt. J. Keller is a Black Op and he has just failed his operation - badly. He has been incarcerated and is interrogated to reveal his mission and to find out what went wrong. The player goes through Keller's failed operation in eight areas, wasting enemy soldiers and trying to stay alive. There are primary and secondary objectives, such as reaching a rendezvous point and gathering intel.

Black is a traditional first-person shooter with variety of weapons and interactive scenery - interactive meaning destructible in this case. Enemy soldiers can be killed by destroying a nearby fuel tank for example, and weak shelter, like a wooden fence, can be shot to pieces in order to expose the enemy.

The game can be played in four difficulty levels: easy, normal, hard, and black ops. In easy mode, only the primary objective is required. In normal and hard modes, some of the secondary objectives are required. In black ops mode - unlocked after completing the game on hard - all objectives must be reached. New weapons are also unlocked after finishing a level. 
the Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron DOS Front Cover  The Black Cauldron DOS Back Cover  

Based on the Disney movie of the same name, The Black Cauldron focuses on the story of Taran, who is an assistant Pig-keeper in the land of Caer Dalben. One day Taran notices that one of his pigs, Hen Wen has magical powers. The Evil Horned King wants the pig so that he can locate the Black Cauldron and ultimately rule the world. Taran must now embark on a mission to rescue Hen Wen and defeat the Evil Horned King before he can discover the Cauldron's location.

The Black Cauldron is a side-view adventure game. Gameplay is similar to other Sierra adventure games of its day (such as Space Quest II or King's Quest III) but does not use a text parser. Instead the function keys are used to initiate actions. Players control Taran and can make him walk, run, swim and interact (talk) with other characters in the game. Puzzle-solving and advancement in the plot requires item manipulation of using the right item at the right time or at the right location.
 Black Gold
 
Black Gold DOS Front Cover  Black Gold DOS Back Cover
 This managerial simulation for up to 4 players has the same title as the game from reLINE, but in this game you'll work as a coal miner and build up your coal empire.

The game starts in 1900 and ends normally in 1933. One round in the game is like 1 month in real-time. You start with a small amount of money, buying workers and materials for your own coal miner career.

You can choose from 3 difficulty levels (easy, normal, hard) and several aims in the game: Building up an predetermined cash limit or predetermined coal limit, or play any chosen amount of months.

You can carry on sabotage, cause mine disasters, demoralize the mine workers and more to beat your opponents (human or computer).
 Black Mirror
 The Black Mirror Windows Front Cover  The Black Mirror Windows Back Cover
 The death of his grandfather, William, brings Samuel Gordon back to Black Mirror, the family's ancestral home. Although William was considered a kook and his death most likely a suicide, Samuel is investigating the matter. Samuel is convinced that the death was no accident and that the mystery's answer lies in the research William conducted, sequestered in the castle's tower. But will uncovering ancient family secrets bring new light to the matter or shroud the Gordon family in doom?

The Black Mirror is a third-person, point-and-click adventure game set largely on the sprawling grounds of Black Mirror Manor including an asylum, the church and its grounds, and the town of Willow Creek. The game begins immediately after William's funeral and Samuel is reintroduced to his estranged family and meets the household staff. An uncle who hides himself away in his study, an ill-tempered gardener, and a family doctor who hints that he knows something are just some of the cast members Samuel will deal with. The Black Mirror contains 150 locations and five hours of spoken dialogue.
Black Mirror 2 : Reigning Evil
 Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil Windows Front Cover  Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil Windows Back Cover
 In the year 1981, a series of horrifying murders happened at Black Mirror castle, the home of the Gordon family. Twelve years later and thousands of miles away Darren Michaels, a young physics student works in a rundown photo studio while visiting his mother during the holidays in Biddeford, a small town in Maine. Fuller, Darren's slimy, grumpy boss, is harassing him all the time, so he’s in a bad mood when he first meets Angelina, a beautiful girl from England. But just when things seems to brighten up, his mother lapses into a coma, Fuller is murdered and Angelina gets arrested as a suspect. While Darren investigates what happened, he discovers more questions than answers. Why did his mother lie about her income and who sent her money each month? Who is the stranger that spied on Angelina and now tries to get her sued for murder? All traces leads to Willow Creek, a small town in England…

Black Mirror II is a 3rd person point & click adventure. The player collects all kinds of objects, talks to NPCs, combines items to move the story forwards. There are also a couple of minigames (logic puzzles) to be solved. The player can choose between easy and normal difficulty. The riddles remain the same, but choosing the easy mode he gets additional hints in the diary on a step-by-step basis and the possibility to bypass the minigames. The user interface has some different features. You can scroll through the inventory items with the mouse wheel, search for hints in the detailed diary and the cursor shows if a combination is possible or not.
Black Mirror 3 : Final Fear 
 Black Mirror III: Final Fear Windows Front Cover  Black Mirror III: Final Fear Windows Back Cover 
Black Mirror III concludes the horrific tale of the Gordon family, the string of murders connected with them, and the curse of the Black Mirror Castle which began in the first game, The Black Mirror.

This game starts within minutes of where Black Mirror II ended. The Black Mirror Castle is burning, and Adrian Gordon (aka Darren Michaels), son of Samuel Gordon from the first game, is found running through the forest holding a lit torch. The police arrest him as their prime suspect, but they get nowhere during their interrogations since his own mind is a mass of confusion. While in custody, Adrian is plagued by convoluted, gruesome nightmares that interrupt his sleep at night and haunt him by day. When someone unknown posts his bail, he is set free. He has so many unanswered questions and so many fears. He gradually begins to suspect that his past is irrevocably linked with evil.

Black Mirror III is a third person, single-player, point-and-click adventure game much the same as the previous game but with improvements to sound and graphics. Its six chapters take place in Willow Creek and the areas near the Black Mirror Castle with many new locations to explore and new NPC characters. Players take the role of Adrian Gordon for most of the game, but during later chapters control of two characters will be possible and necessary.

The game also includes a journal with a help function and a "quick solve" option for some of the game's puzzles. 
BlackThorne
 Blackthorne SNES Front Cover  Blackthorne SNES Back Cover 
The planet Tuul was a peaceful place, until the evil warrior Sarlac used the power of the Darkstone to take control. Blackthorne's father, the good King Vlaros, sent him to Earth just as his kingdom crumbled around him. Now, twenty years later, Blackthorne is grown and must return to Tuul to free it from the clutches of Sarlac.

Blackthorne is a platform action game played from a side-view with non-scrolling backgrounds. It has certain similarities to Prince of Persia, being set in maze-like environments and focusing on exploration and occasional puzzle-solving. Blackthorne fights enemies by shooting at them. His default weapon, a pump action shotgun, can be upgraded throughout the course of the game. Various types of bombs can be used to damage enemies, blow open doors, or destroy generations. Keys must be often found to gain access to new areas. 
Blade
 Blade PlayStation Front Cover  Blade PlayStation Back Cover
 Buffy, move out of the way. Activision brings the original vampire hunter with an attitude to the PlayStation. Based on the action-packed motion picture and Marvel comics, Blade is a 3D action/adventure game where you must save humanity from the threat of vampires. As Blade, you have an arsenal of projectile weapons and martial arts moves to battle your way through hordes of vicious, nightly creatures.
 
 

 
  

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