We wanted to work on Video Games next. But first, let me say that there are a lot of video games out there. Every type and variety, and I am sure we will miss some a long the way. Also since some games and systems are obsolete and "current" can be a relative term, we went with 2005 and newer, and as many as we can find.
We would love your input on any we may miss along the way! We would also love to hear your thoughts of some of these games. If you would like to write a review of the game on our blog (we can link back to your game or business), please email us.
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Racedriver Grid
Race Driver: Grid (AKA GRID) is an addition to the TOCA Touring Car series. GRID features several different types of motorsports spanning three major regions.Grid is a game in which the player runs their own race team, acting as the primary driver. As players progress they gain sponsors and can hire a teammate to drive alongside them in certain events.
The game begins with the player accepting jobs to drive for other teams to earn money, and once the player gains enough capital they can purchase their own vehicles and drive independently, as well as continuing to drive for other teams should they choose to. Grid features a gameplay mechanic known as Flashback which allows the player to rewind gameplay by up to ten seconds and resume from their chosen point. This is a limited-use feature, determined by the difficulty setting.
Grid features several modes of competition using various cars. Three main regions are found in the game, United States, Europe, and Japan, each with their own championship. Each of the game's 43 cars are tied to one of these three regions. Grid also features several types of events to compete in, including GT championships, drifting, touge, open wheel racing, and demolition derby, as well as variants on several of these motorsports. Players can also participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the end of each racing season.
Courses in the game are a mixture of real world and fictional circuits and point-to-point tracks. Real road courses such as Le Mans and Spa Francorchamps are included, while some defunct street circuits such as the Detroit street circuit in Michigan and the Washington D.C. street circuit are also included. There are also several fictional tracks inspired by real-world locations and circuits, such as street courses in San Francisco, California and Milan, Italy as well as Mount Haruna.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Arcade
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Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
While on a much needed vacation Ratchet and Clanks rest and relaxation time is suddenly cut short as they soon find themselves lured into a mysterious quest. Following the trail of a kidnappedgirl Ratchet and Clank rediscover a forgotten race of genius inventors known as the Technomites. They soon uncover a plot more dangerous than they could have imagined.
* Ratchet and Clank make their PSP system debut going back to the franchises roots with classic Ratchet & Clank gameplay as playable Clank returns with all-new gameplay.
* Featuring new and returning weapons and gadgets including the Shocker Agents of Doom and Shrink Ray Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters packs all of the combat and destruction fans have come to expect from the series.
* Players can utilize the all-new customizable armor system themed for various gameplay to gain upgrades and advance through challenging action- packed areas.
* Gain access to different vehicles to compete in races and combat enemies in intense battlefield missions.
* With wireless multiplayer gaming up to four players can connect for intense combat and head-to-head action.
Platform: PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
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Ratchet Deadlocked
Ratchet: Deadlocked game's story begins as Ratchet, Clank, and Al are abducted and forced to compete in "Dreadzone", a violent game show in which heroes are forced to kill each other. Ratchet is given a "DeadLock" collar, which will explode if he becomes uncooperative. Ratchet defeats Dreadzone's most successful gladiators, the Exterminators, and becomes one of Dreadzone's most popular contestants. he three must find a way to deactivate the collars, and free the other heroes being held prisoner. The gameplay is similar to that of other games in the series, but focuses more on shooter aspects rather than platforming. The player, as Ratchet, fights in Dreadzone tournaments across the "Shadow Sector" in the "Solana" Galaxy, with a large variety of weapons. This game was the first in the series to feature cooperative gameplay in a story mode, and also includes an online multiplayer mode.
Platforms: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
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Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption is an open world, western action-adventure video game. The game, set during the decline of the American Frontier in the year 1911, follows John Marston, a former outlaw whose wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a bounty hunter. Having no other choice, Marston sets out to bring the three members of his former gang to justice.Red Dead Redemption is played from a third-person perspective in an open world environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The player can travel the virtual world, a fictionalized version of the Western United States and Mexico, primarily by horseback and on foot.
The game makes use of a morality system, by which the player's actions in the game affect their character's levels of honor and fame and how other characters respond to the player.
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil is an action, adventure, horror fiction video game based media franchise. The franchise focuses around a series of survival horror video games, but has since branched out into comic books, novels and novelizations, sound dramas, a non-canonical series of live-action films and animated sequels to the games, and a variety of associated merchandise, such as action figures. The overarching plot of the series focuses on multiple characters and their roles in recurring outbreaks of zombies and other monsters, initially due to the release of the T-virus, a biological weapon created by the fictional Umbrella Corporation.The series is a mix of action and horror film-inspired plotlines, exploration and puzzle solving, but from Resident Evil 4 onwards, the main series took a more third-person shooter approach with fewer puzzles and greater emphasis on gunplay and weapons upgrading.
Platforms: Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Sega Saturn, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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Restaurant Empire 2
The sequel to the widely popular Restaurant Empire game takes you further into the depths and delights of the culinary universe than ever before.Take part in an exciting world where the customers are fickle and the bounty in your cash register changes as quickly as their tastes. With two handfuls of cash and a dream of stamping a legacy, build, cook and hire your way to the very top of the gastronomic biz, where tasty food is king and smart management reels in the dollar signs.
A brand-new 16-misssion campaign that gives us a look at the ongoing story of the Leboufs, as they try to tiptoe through the minefield of marriage and the unique circumstances of professional success.
A superior graphics engine brings to life the cities, characters and restaurants that populate the world of cuisine using advanced techniques such as real-time reflections to give unprecedented realism. Food has never looked so good.
Two new enterprise categories: Coffee Shop and Dessert House that complements the existing Restaurant enterprise; with each category having over 130 unique delicacies, beverages and recipes to choose from. Together with French, Italian, American, and German recipes, there are over 600 recipes in total, offering a huge variety of food.
New themed restaurants ranging from the aquatic deep, exotic rainforest and motor racing takes the idea of "themes" to unprecedented heights. You've never seen restaurants looking this amazing before.
Over 700 new interior objects, brining the total number to 1400. There is more variety and fun than ever before in setting up, decorating and managing your very own restaurant.
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rFactor
rFactor is a computer racing simulator, designed with the ability to run any type of four-wheeled vehicle from street cars to open wheel cars of any era. rFactor aimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time.rFactor has a detailed interface during offline race sessions or online games, allowing players to control the mechanical setup of their cars, chat to other players, and enter the racing arena in their vehicle. The player's car can be driven from multiple viewpoints, but the two most popular are termed the cockpit view (from the driver's eye) and swingman view (above and behind the vehicle).
Most players say vehicles are best controlled using a computer steering wheel, although a joystick or even keyboard can be used. The keyboard is also used for some actions, like requesting pit service and adjusting brake bias. This is analogous to buttons on modern racing car steering wheels, and most computer wheels have buttons that can be mapped to keystrokes. The player can jump directly from the racetrack to the control interface by pressing the escape key (ESC), or entering their pit box.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows
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Roller Coaster Tycoon
Design and build the biggest, best, and scariest rides ever seen
in any theme park. Create over 50 designs from the traditional wooden
roller coaster to the high-tech Steel Corkscrew and the terrifying
Reverse Freefall--all featuring accurately simulated motion dynamics.
Fund the research and you will get the greatest rides current technology
is capable of.
Then charge the top prices to your visitors. RollerCoaster Tycoon
gives you the ups, but also the downs: Why should people come to your
park? Are the rides too expensive? Have you built enough food stalls? Do
your amazing rides have a habit of breaking down too often? Climb or
fall, boom or bust, you are in charge of it all: making sure the rides
are safe, finding out what your guests are thinking, and giving them
what they want--for the right price.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
Rediscover an ancient civilization with an explosive history in the most stunning edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Date.Based on the 120 chapter novel that recounts the near collapse of China at the end of the Han Dynasty and the fateful events that followed during the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., you'll need to dig deep within to prove yourself adept at both the military and ploitical arts in order to bring China under one rule. Domestic affairs, diplomacy and warfare are all conducted on a single vast 3D relief map, dramatically bringing to life the epic scale of the adventure that lies before you.
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Rome: Total War
Rome: Total War is a PC strategy game, and the main campaign is set during the rule of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire,with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families; other factions are playable once they have been unlocked.Gameplay consists of real-time tactical battles framed within a turn-based strategic campaign, taking place across Europe, North Africa and the Near East. On the large strategic scale, players spend each turn managing diplomacy, developing infrastructure, moving armies, and managing the population's growth and public order through taxes and gladiatorial games, among other tasks. On the smaller scale, real-time battles against enemy armies take place within or between cities, with the player commanding forces that can contain thousands of individual soldiers.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
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Rune Factory
Rune Factory is a role-playing simulation video game. The gameplay of the Rune Factory series is similar to that of Harvest Moon. For every one real-world second, one in-game minute passes. If a monster is tamed, it can help the player in battle, produce goods, or help to tend the crops. The game's combat is in the action role-playing game style.
The player is given a limited amount of stamina, in the form of "Rune Points", or "RP". Rune Points get depleted as the player performs tasks at the farm or fights using a weapon or magic. The player is given hit points as well. The player can attack with no RP by sacrificing HP. The player can replenish RP by using Runes created by fully-grown crops or potions, while HP can be restored using medicine or healing spells. The town bathhouse restores both HP and RP. If the player runs out of HP while working on their farm, they will collapse and be rescued; however, in Rune Factory and Rune Factory 2, dying outside the town causes game over. In all other games, the player will not die while fighting in the caves or ruins.
Crops can be planted in different areas to sell for gold; other activities include mining for metal and minerals, fishing, or collecting food such as milk and eggs from befriended monsters. The player can then spend money and material to buy a variety of upgrades for their house, weapons, and tools.
Platforms Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PlayStation 3
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Ryse: Son of Rome
Ryse: Son of Rome plunges you into the chaos and
depravity of the late Roman Empire. Through the immersive realism made
possible by Xbox One, it tells the story of Marius Titus who witnesses
the murder of his family at the hands of barbarians. Seeking revenge,
Marius must embark on a perilous journey of revenge, betrayal, and
divine intervention. He joins the Roman army in Britannia and quickly
rises through the ranks to become a General. As his war against the
barbarians escalates, his quest unravels: to find his vengeance, he has
to return to Rome. As Marius, you’ll engage in brutal combat and lead
your forces into massive battles to save Rome from threats to its very
existence.
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