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Toys are a noble cause. They relieve stress, distract from reality, give a lot of impressions. Here is our top - what we personally tested and recommend: you will not regret your time, effort, or killed joysticks.

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Ordinary people tell stories about going to work, sitting with friends in cafes and sleeping during breaks. To live brighter and have more cool stories in your arsenal about how you rescued princesses from the clutches of dragons, saved the world from the Forces of Evil and hijacked cars of civilians at your leisure, do the right thing - play games.

An important point: this is not the top of the generally recognized best games, these are toys recent years, in which we, employees of 2x2, have buried more than one night and which we would recommend to everyone. Believe us, we will not advise you badly.

The Witcher 3. Wild Hunt

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

Geralt, a specialist in destroying monsters, travels through the fantasy world in search of the girl Ciri, who can stop the advent of the Wild Hunt (just take it for granted that this is bad and scary). He walks through the fields and forests, kills griffons, sleeps with beauties and jokes during breaks. And a reaper, and a gamer on the pipe.

Any part of The Witcher is obscenely good, and with each next toy in the series, everything only gets better. This is even unfair in relation to competitors, who, a priori, should be very ashamed of what they are in comparison with The Witcher. "Wild Hunt" is super-developed quests, many of which hide an unrealistic cool story... All completed quests and decisions affect the ending of the game, which is cool and motivating. The combat system here has received many advantages since the second part, Signs have gained in usefulness, the world is as detailed and open as possible.

It will appeal even to those who just love cool novels. And adored, how much the most epic coubs spawned by localization!

Journey

Platforms: PS3, PS4

You are a mysterious someone, your goal is to get to the sooooo distant mountain. The synopsis of the plot is described by this more than completely, but you can not even imagine what a magical and unusual gaming experience is hidden behind it. This is very meditative and beautiful game- music, graphics, landscapes - in which you will have to go through very picturesque locations.

Everything here is really unusual and unusual. No map, no clues, no multiplayer per se, but! During the journey, you can meet with another player and move with him to that very mountain... You do not know absolutely nothing about your companion - except that it is a living person. You have no means of communication, except for the semblance of shouts, and only at the end, after completing the "Journey", you see the name of your companion in the credits. Sooooo unusual and cool gaming experience.

Grand theft auto v

There is no point in promoting GTA. Every Pokemon knows about the delights of this world since Vice City. But the fifth part (aka the 15th game in the series) is something. Jesus Christ Rockstar Gone 266! million! dollars! in the development of the game! There are 3 main characters with elaborate characters, whose stories are intertwined. The final goal is to rob the US Federal Vault, carrying more than $ 200 million in bags and pockets. Oh, my!

In GTA V there is maximum freedom: an open dynamic world, the ability to switch between characters at any time and as many as 3 endings of the main storyline. Steal, go to strip clubs, steal cars, love, watch TV, do yoga, play Tamagotchi, take selfies, transport contraband! Everything is possible here.

And breaking news for those who have slept in the hole in recent years: multiplayer finally appeared in GTA V... Now all the same can be done online with your gang, and it is not at all necessary to have friends. But be prepared for a Game of Thrones-style death - very, very sudden.

Deponia The Complete Journey

Platforms: PC

Deponia is cool humorous quest that boosts logic and erudition... Ideal for those who hate shooting games and consider ordinary quests to be primitive and boring. The plot of the quest is that Rufus, tired of life on a small planet littered with garbage, one after another makes ridiculous escape plans.

Friends level Ikyu will not be required to pass, do not be alarmed, but the puzzles and plot are really cool and the solutions aren't always obvious. Deponia The Complete Journey is one of the best representatives in its genre. The only thing - be prepared for the fact that localization killed a good half of the jokes, so if English permits, go through the original.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360, PS4, XBOX ONE

A fabulous cooperative puzzle-adventure game with not the most intricate plot, but a very powerful moral background. There are two brothers, whose mother died a long time ago, and then suddenly his father was very sick. He can only be saved by the sap of a huge tree that grows behind mountains, forests, fields and generally very far away. A strong and dramatic story that the creators managed to tell without using words (at least understandable to humans) at all.

There is no cooperative as such here: you will play as both brothers at the same time(prepare joysticks, it will be hard without them). At first, the brain will refuse to understand how this is possible at all, but over time it will get involved and even begin to enjoy such a process. The gameplay is original and intuitive: only two buttons for interacting with the outside world, and two sticks for controlling the brothers.

There is nothing here besides the main storyline, and it goes through quite quickly - in 4 hours. All scenes and tasks are very original and atmospheric, there are no repetitive mechanics, but there are gorgeous colorful landscapes. The story itself is cruel, bloody in places, but, most importantly, very magical and emotionally powerful.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

Online team shooter by Blizzard with fantasy art. In the future, the machines still rebelled, as the Terminator promised. But the Overwatch organization was able to overcome the rebellious robots. Everything calmed down, the guys from the organization ceased to be needed by humanity, because of which they were forced to go home. But after a few years, crime picked up steam, and Overwatch members had to re-team up and take up arms in order to save civilians.

Multiplayer Ideal raised to the absolute. From the experience of Team Fortress 2, which is played even after almost 10 years since its release, it is in principle obvious: team shooters live out of time, like Tsoi, they only have to conquer their audience. Blizzard did not impose its game - the noise around her rose and did not subside from the first days of the beta release... And after the release, the servers, which were designed for something inhuman, fell. The stream of people wishing to play turned out to be more than this very "inhuman" one.

Overwatch is very different characters, each with its own history and skills, a bunch of arenas and modes(3 cards each). Persians do not need pumping or customization, everything is decided only by your personal skills- nothing extra. The gameplay is intuitive and straightforward, and due to the drawing, even your girlfriend will like it: it will stick to the monitor while you are doing the destruction.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE

The nuclear boom spawned the post-apocalypse. Only those who managed to get to the bunker survived. Everything is either half-destroyed or half-mutated. After 200 years, the hero gets out of the bunker and goes for a walk around the ruined world in search of his son, Sean the lamb.

Admittedly one of the most anticipated projects of 2015 rather successful than not. The locations are worked out, the enemies are very terrifying, the quests are interesting(although, in fairness, there is also a wild boredom like "but bring me this thing that lies quietly across the road"), the overall plot is gaining momentum, and in the end it turns out that the hero is involved in some wildest story. For fans of the original dilogy, it will cause pain and burning below the back, for everyone else it will be very playable.

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE

Hipster Adventure Movie Quest, very cool interactive daily routine where you live the life of a student girl Max. At a critical moment, a gentle creature discovers the ability to rewind time and correct mistakes. At first, the skill is used mainly for everyday student trifles, but in the course of the action it turns out that the city of Max is in danger of an apocalypse, and it would be good to prevent it.

The game was released as a TV series, by episodes, and if the first parts are similar to a girl series with a teenage drama, then somewhere from the middle the sufferers fade into the background, and the main thing becomes The Hell of the Twin Peaks Girl Disappearance. Every decision and action has its fruits. and sooner or later will surely come around. Included - cool soundtrack, well-developed detective plot, realism with a pleasant dose of mysticism... It is disappointing, however, that the final choice is the same for everyone and does not depend on your previous decisions.

Uncharted 4: A Thief "s End

Platforms: PS4

The protagonist Nathan and his wife bought a house, chose the curtains to match the color of the sofas and happily live a quiet life until Nathan's older brother, who had been presumed dead for many years, is announced. Oh yes: in the previous parts of the game, Nathan was a treasure hunter. Little has changed here: suddenly a living brother says that a treasure awaits in Madagascar, and the guys go in search of the mythical Libertalia.

Impossible beautiful exclusive for Sonya, which made a lot of die-hard PCs get their hands on a console. "The way of a thief" is elaborate third-person action game with puzzles, shootouts(weapons have increased in the arsenal, and the shootings are approaching the title of ideal), action scenes at the level of Hollywood action movies and the ability to choose answers in dialogues. But be prepared for a very poor Russian localization.

Need for Speed ​​(2015)

Platforms: PC, PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX ONE

There is no point in talking about the legendary Need for Speed ​​races - they earned their name back in the distant 2000s. This is not just a game, this is a real era. The 2015 restart has everything that the mutated series managed to lose in the last parts: advanced car tuning, and a brave new open world, and races from the police.

At first it seems that the restart of the series is not an idea of ​​the creators, but of PR people who wanted more gold from an already obsolete product. But in fact, it turns out that the game of the 15th year has absorbed all the best from the previous parts, and the output is The very essence of Need for Speed... A must for anyone who has ever felt an adrenaline rush at the keyboard, joystick or real steering wheel.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX ONE

Welcome to the interactive Game of Thrones. You are a Dragonborn who comes to the province of Skyrim very conveniently just when you need him most. The world is facing death from dragons, and you have to overcome a lot of difficulties to stop the fire breathers and their master Alduin.

The world is also infinitely open here, the player can do whatever he wants. The graphics are wildly beautiful and cause multiple aesthetic orgasms... A plus complete freedom of creativity: you can start a family, you can become a thief, a murderer, a noble knight - but at least a princess. There is spectacular battles, the ability to pump certain hits and skills... The plot is good because certain RPG engines generate their own stories that is original and addictive.

The most honest Skyrim trailer ever.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

Everything here is as gloomy as in the horror stories about the "black-black street in the black-black city". People were mowed down by a disease that turns everyone into undead, and the main character goes on a long trip to restore the white balance and stop the impending Age of Darkness. And so you walk the world, completing quests and fighting enemy creatures.

It won't be fun here or just - only difficulty 180 leveled and fear, only hardcore... Remember "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on Dandy, in which, dying, you found yourself at the very beginning? It's about the same, but lighter. Each creature taller than half a meter kills you in two spits, and each death throws back strongly, taking away the accumulated experience. But at least not to the beginning.
fosters character and works magic with the nervous system, and against the backdrop of a clear trend towards simplification of games, delightful and especially valuable. Mandatory for those who really like to overcome difficulties.

Tomb Raider (2013)

Platforms: PC, MAC, PS3, XBOX 360

2013 Tomb Raider is a prequel to the very first game in the series. Here Lara famously transforms from an archaeological university graduate into a fierce sex symbol for all gamers. In the story, Lara and an expedition are looking for a lost civilization, but a terrible storm destroys the ship, and then throws all the survivors to the shore of the apparently uninhabited island.

When Crystal Dynamics announced that its plans - modernize the most famous game woman, the world held its breath: of course, restarts are a terrible thing. But in the end it turned out to be very good: a perfectly executed third-person combat system, pleasant gameplay and a realistic system for acquiring survival skills. Truth, brain-cracking puzzles gone into oblivion for which old Lara was so famous. But this is offset by a large number of advantages - take at least good competitive multiplayer system and Lara's chest that retained its elasticity.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX ONE, ANDROID, IOS

Killed joysticks Dandy and childhood will never let go, but time goes by. In recent years, Mortal has been gaining momentum and evolving, and in the top ten it is felt especially powerfully: bones crunch here louder than ever... For example, Sonya and Johnny Cage had children who inherited their parents' love for blood and also rip out the insides of everyone. For example, in the 10th part, you can destroy, kghm, the manhood of a father by the hands of his own daughter.

New Predator Heroes, as well as those who returned from vacation (for example, Tanya from part 4). All in all, ideal k-to-combos for fighting games. And the variety has increased: now each hero can be prioritized in battle... From controversial moments - an opportunity arose ... buy Fatality... The archaic keystroke system still works, but now you can get away with it simply by paying.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360, NINTENDO WII U, PS4, XBOX ONE

She's "Look Dog", "Watch Dogs" and how else this name just not joked around. A guy in a fashionable cap is engaged in magical hacking - he hacks the phones of rich and respected people "using bluetooth". At one party they fire him and start a chase, during which the hero's niece dies in an accident. And he decides to become an avenger.

Basic the plot is not that wow, not particularly memorable or stands out in some way... But there are funny dialogues and jokes, which smooths the situation. Full beauty and detail around, although there are problems with physics and textures... There will be many storyline Easter eggs hide and seek games, action games, shootouts, races and good assignments outside the main storyline.

True, we never understood how the doggies are connected with all this.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

First Person Adventure Shooter RPG Blend in which you play as a guy whose vacation went wrong. Jason Brodie (this is you, meet me) comes with friends to an exotic island, where they hang out, take off, take selfies, jump with parachutes, until one day they are captured by the sadistic pirates. Jason manages to escape, and he is eager to take revenge on a terrible revenge.

A cool open world with frighteningly realistic graphics and a plot from which there is no desire to break away... Players will need to storm pirate territories, hunt for all kinds of animals and evolve from a weakling into a tough guy who saved friends and matured during the time you spent with him. A special must for fans "Lost".

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

A shooter that captures the imagination and strikes it to the deepest wilderness... Private detective Booker receives an order: to get to the flying city, whose location is not really known, and to rescue the girl from there. Then it turns out that some kind of utter horror is going on in the world and a destructive war is about to break out.

Subject blanks are very classic- a princess in a tower, a hero with a dark past, the world is on the verge of disaster. But all this is summed up in such a way that the result is something completely new.... And although the world of the game is fictional, you still immerse yourself in it and believe: atmosphere and detail take their... Here, what's cool every little thing is important, but only. Spectacular fights, a truly confusing story told in a movie-like shooter form.

Platforms: PC, PS4, XBOX 360, IOS

Something very terrible happened in the world: everything fell apart into small pieces, and the only place that survived is the Bastion. The blond guy, for whom you have to play, wakes up in an incomprehensible place and is going to go towards this very Bastion, where he learns that the fortress has been destroyed, and in order to restore it (and the world) and destroy the universal Evil, you will have to make a lot of efforts than you and get busy.

Very nice and detailed adventure game, in which it is far from immediately clear that WTF is happening here . You travel to different locations, fight with local bosses and difficulties, then move back to the Bastion, where you choose which weapon to take and which potions to throw before the trip. Closer to the middle, you are already taking shape choose the right equipment strategically, which adds a decent amount of pluses to the game.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 460, PS4

Fantasy adventure, which at first glance looks very much like Bastion (the same developer, after all), but in fact is something completely different. You will have to play as the red-haired singer Red, whose life was recently attempted and who is determined to fiercely avenge it. On her side is a huge talking sword Transistor, in which the consciousness of an unknown person is placed, who saved Red's life.

Outwardly, everything is similar to Bastion: an action-RPG from a third person in which you have to travel through the most beautiful fantasy world, fight and do all sorts of small things. But the gameplay has become deeper since the first game of the studio, the story is more personal and the atmosphere is atmospheric. If you give free rein to whining, you can say about monotonous battles and a fairly short duration of the game.

Platforms: PC, PS3, XBOX 360

A high-quality puzzle experiment with fairly difficult puzzles- for logically thinking mazachists who like to test their intelligence and do not think of life without difficulties. The plot is simple: the main character, Chell, wakes up in one of the chambers of the highly scientific Aperture laboratory and makes an attempt to escape. She has a portal cannon at her disposal, with which you can move yourself and other objects.

At first it will not be very difficult, but this is only at the beginning.: further, even primitive things will become confusing, and an empty room will turn into a quest. Extremely good localization and a lot of high-quality humor... It is obliged to please those who love brainstorming and want to get maximum profit from games.

The month has come to an end, which means that the time has come to sum up the results of the next vote "TOP 10"... This time, users of the site were engaged in the selection of the most hackneyed and completely disgusted game series. The task, frankly, is not too difficult, but interesting in its own way. If you prefer watching a video to reading, then you can find the corresponding video with a summary of the results right below this text. Let's start parsing!

The Crysis series, which follows the adventures of courageous nanosuits and their friends, is ranked tenth. In fact, there are not so many games in the Crysis lineup: only three. She couldn't get bored with too many parts. On the other hand, around each Crysis, controversy constantly flares up, dedicated to the same topic - graphics. It is believed that with each new part, the series becomes more beautiful and dumber. Well, maybe there is truth in this. One way or another, we will not see the new Crysis soon.

Battlefield is in ninth place in our ranking. It would seem that there are not so many games in this series, but in fact there are almost 25 products with the word Battlefield in the name. Battlefield 3 has drastically expanded the audience of the line, and now everyone is playing it. And this despite the fact that the game has undergone some simplifications. In the fourth part, DICE promises to improve: there will be a commander mode, and advanced destructibility, and blah-blah-blah ... All this, of course, is cool, but it seems to us that DICE would not hurt to overestimate the benefits of a blue light filter. Although he is not bad (in some moments), but how much can you?

8th place:ProEvolutionSoccer - 534 votes

Ah, those good old football simulators. Such games are simply obliged to come out once a year! Since the beginning of the 2000s, Konami has been desperately trying to "outplay" Electronic Arts with its super popular FIFA series. It turns out like when. According to our estimates, in the entire history of PES, the publisher has released 12 games (if you do not deviate from the main line). The thirteenth will be released this year. By the way, there will be a new engine in it. Alas, we will never see the nextgen. The developers do not yet know what to fit into PES 14 so that its release on the next generation consoles is justified. We honestly don't know either. Maybe a dog?

7th place:ResidentEvil - 964 votes

Here comes Resident Evil. Well, what about without her? Games from this series have been released with enviable regularity since 1996. In the past, that is, in 2012, Capcom released three Resident Evil at once: Revelations, Operation Raccoon City and, in fact, Resident Evil 6. Of course, not all of them were warmly received by the audience. And you say Assassin's Creed. Ubisoft still has someone to learn from! Of course, modern Resident Evil is already far from its roots, which is why Capcom is constantly attacked by phagates. It seems like it's time for the publisher to take a break. For at least a couple of years. However, who are we kidding?

6th place:GrandTheftAuto - 1027 votes

The Grand Theft Auto series is famous not only for its gangster romance and radio-controlled helicopters, but also for its very interesting stories (for the most part). Be that as it may, our GTA users are already bored. Even though everyone is waiting for the fifth part (and we know, believe me. We have a special button). In principle, we understand you perfectly. GTA is constantly heard: this name appears not only in the context of discussions on gaming forums, but also in an endless stream of news about schoolchildren who have gone head-on who stabbed / shot their mother. Bad, bad game. But in the fifth part there will be a dog.

5th place:Counter-Strike - 1092 votes

Counter-Strike is another series that got our users sick. Again, she cannot be blamed for the abundance of parts. The original Counter-Strike is not enough (of course, it has a million clones). But we can guess why this series made it to this list. Many of us have gone through Counter-Strike, through this harsh school of God knows what. Especially lucky those who got acquainted with this game during the heyday of computer clubs. It was real hell. Those days have already passed, but Counter-Strike remains. There is also the reference rage, which can be heard so often during the next match. Some things never change.

Just think: FIFA has beaten PES again. This series will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this year. Over the years, Electronic Arts has released about two dozen games with this name. The popularity of football is great, and so is the popularity of FIFA. We think everyone knows that EA Sports is one of the key divisions of Electronic Arts, and FIFA is its main gem. The new part of the famous football simulator will be released this year, right on schedule. Most likely, we will not be mistaken if we predict this episode a long, long life. At least she will live as long as Electronic Arts is alive. Do you know how much Electronic Arts is left? This publishing house will hold out for more

3rd place:NeedforSpeed ​​- 1474 votes

And here is the pulp itself. Unforgettable Need For Speed ​​opens the top three finalists. Year after year - God knows what. Electronic Arts goes from one extreme to another: in just the last two years we've seen a half-film called NFS: The Run, and then they tried to tease us with the prospect of a Most Wanted revival. One thing we know for sure: all those who hoped for the return of that same MW from 2005 were left with nothing. On the other hand, the Most Wanted itself eight years ago and the Underground that preceded it at one time were also perceived as a total departure from the canons of the series. It's funny, but now they are considered reference parts. Although the games, I must say, are really good. And what is happening with the series today defies description. Need For Speed ​​earned its third place.

2nd place:Assassin 'sCreed - 2393 votes

The second place is taken by the Assassin's Creed series by a large margin. Have you forgotten that Ubisoft is currently developing three new games from this series at once? Okay, let one of them be Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. And the rest? The fifth and sixth parts? Yes, easily. Ubisoft will probably squeeze all the juices out of its golden series for a long time. Assassins are becoming more and more, and the fan base of these games is growing proportionally. Fortunately, Ubisoft is still able to keep the brand. Other developers would have rolled the series to the bottom long ago (see third place).

1st place:CallofDuty - 3617 votes

To be honest, when we started voting, we were a little afraid that everyone would vote for Call of Duty. Well, and someone would give a couple of hundred votes to Assassin's Creed. Instead of "TOP-10", we would have to represent "TOP-2". Fortunately, everything worked out, but Call of Duty is really in the lead, moreover, it is in the lead with a good margin. Are the players tired of looking at Price's mustache and Reznov's beard? Complaints about the fact that Activision has long gotten everyone with its Call of Duty, we hear since the release of Modern Warfare 2. The completely tortured audience, hating Activision, forcefully goes to the store and buys new parts of the series. Why is this so? Most likely, somewhere in their hearts, many hope that one day they will be able to feel from this game the same that they felt when the very first Modern Warfare was released. And in the end, they get another Price mustache, explosions and completely identical shootings. Alas, in many respects it was from these very ingredients that the recipe for the success of Modern Warfare consisted. It's just been too long ago.

That's all. The June ten came to an end. July "TOP-10" will be dedicated to the best games released on 8-bit consoles. Let's hit the old days! You can offer your options on our forum. See you in August!

Computer games appeared almost immediately with the advent of computers as entertainment for employees serving these devices. In the late 80s and early 90s, professional studios began to appear. It was then that hits such as Doom, Wolfenshtein and other 3D shooters appeared. By the late 90s and early 2000s, the industry had developed into a significant entertainment industry. It was at this time that hits appeared that determined the direction of the development of video games. This article lists the top legendary PC games of all time, which have become benchmarks in their genres.

Release date: 1999 year
Genre: network shooter, esports
Developer: id Software
Publisher: id Software

The legendary Quake III Arena sends the gamer to the proving grounds, where bloody and fierce battles are being waged. The game does not have a plot or classic character leveling in the generally accepted concept.

The players' task is to win in arenas, increase their rating, get points and purchase equipment and weapons for them. The peculiarity of the arena lies in its particular cruelty. Gamers turn each other into minced meat using a variety of weapons (there are grenade launchers, chainsaws, etc.). Getting into the arena, each hero is responsible only for himself. The victory goes to the last survivor.

Release date: 1998 year
Genre: first person shooter, Sci-Fi
Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve

A game far ahead of its time. Dozens of similar projects were created on the basis of Half-Life, but it was she who won the minds and hearts of gamers around the world.

To survive in the harsh world of a single player, the player will have to constantly think over the strategy of passing. Most monsters can become deadly, just relax for a while and lose alertness. In addition to Half-Life, a multiplayer mode has been released, where players from anywhere in the world can play together or against each other.

Release date: 1997 year
Genre: historical real-time strategy
Developer: Skybox Labs, Hidden Path Entertainment, Ensemble Studios
Publisher: Microsoft Studios

The Age of Empires strategic game series offered players a journey into an immersive world of historically significant events. The plots of the games in the series repeated the events that took place in the real history of mankind. Gamers are invited to accept one of the parties to the warring conflict, develop an army, build up power and participate in battles with artificial intelligence.

The AI ​​of the series has been constantly evolving, in order to defeat cunning opponents, the player needs to think over clear tactics for the development and conduct of war.

Release date: 1998 year
Genre: RPG in isometric, post-apocalyptic
Developer: Black isle studios
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment

The acclaimed Fallout 2 pulled the RPG genre out of dark dungeons and fantasy forests, bringing action to the fast-paced post-nuclear world. The game has a special atmosphere of an apocalyptic world, where hordes of mutants come out to meet the character.

To go through Fallout 2, you need to go through the storyline, learn how to control the selected character, skillfully pump and dress him. Otherwise, the harsh post apocalyptic world will die completely, and the hapless hero will not be able to achieve his goal.

Release date: year 2000
Genre: RPG in isometric, fantasy
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Interplay Entertainment

Baldur's Gate II pleased the players with the appearance of 3 additional classes to those in the first part. The game is a classic RPG in the D&D style. Also, this part of Baldur's Gate confronts the player with many new types of opponents. You will have to cope with monsters, move forward in the plot in rather difficult conditions.

In Baldur's Gate II, the bar for gaining experience has been raised, the combat system and equipment extraction have been made more complicated. All these indicators make the gameplay interesting, but the gamer needs to show all the skill to get to the end.

Release date: year 2009
Genre: RPG about space with a non-linear storyline
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Electronic Arts

In the darkest, most atmospheric, and gripping Mass Effect franchise ever, Captain Shepard is resurrected to fight for the fate of the galaxy. Gamers are offered female and male variations of the main character, as well as several base classes, with which the fighting style and skills of the captain change.

According to the plot, new team members appear on the captain's ship, with whom the player will have to interact throughout the game. Many events, including the final, depend on the moral choices and decisions of the gamer.

Release date: 1991 year
Genre: global economic strategy
Developer: MicroProse, Firaxis Games, Westlake Interactive, Aspyr, BreakAway Games
Publisher: MicroProse, Koei, Hasbro Interactive, Infogrames, MacSoft, Aspyr, Atari, 2K Games

Large-scale series of strategies Civilization offers the player to control human civilization from the beginning to the present. To go all the way from newly emerging humans to today's beautiful cities, you need to rebuild and manage cities. Some parts of the series supported a network mode, where players could fight not only with artificial intelligence, but also with each other for new territories and resources.

To bring their civilization to prosperity, the player needs to master the skills of tactics, diplomacy, the basics of analytical thinking. Only those who are thought out by a civilization with a clear structure of development will come to victory.

Release date: year 2000
Genre: global strategy with RTS elements
Developer: The creative assembly
Publisher: Electronic Arts, Activision, Sega

Total War strategy has won the love of gamers thanks to detailed, large-scale battles. Total War can be played both in single mode and online. Players take the side of one of the factions, develop it to win wars against artificial intelligence or other gamers.

Depending on the style of play, the units acquire unique traits and skills. The characteristics of the army, commanders, rulers of factions directly affect the ability to win wars with opponents.

Release date: 2004 year
Genre: Fantasy MMORPG
Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment

MMORPG World of Warcraft has rightfully become one of the most massive in the history of world gaming. More than 100 million accounts, constantly full servers, regular updates with new locations and characters - all this indicates the constant development of the game. World of Warcraft is focused on group play. Gamers, in order to pump and dress characters, need to constantly enter into alliances and conflicts with other people.

Achieving results can only be achieved through persistence and the ability to work in a team. Players are encouraged to visit raid dungeons and events daily to get top gear.

Release date: 2003 year
Genre: Fantasy MMORPG
Developer: NCSoft
Publisher: NCSoft

Unlike most MMORPGs, Lineage II does not drop the player into one of the factions immediately after character creation. By choosing a class, starting to pump, the gamer will be able to make an informed decision who he wants to join. The PvP component in the game has a large area, but the players will have to fight against AI-controlled monsters.

A huge part of the gameplay is devoted to duels between players. To win, you need to thoughtfully use the offered talents, gain experience in battles with AI and dress your character well.

Release date: year 2000
Genre: online team first person shooter
Developer: Valve Corporation
Publisher: Valve Corporation, Sierra Entertainment

The multiplayer game Counter-Strike is a kind of arena with several ranges for battles. Players are on 2 sides: terrorists, special forces. To win, gamers need to complete the corporate mission of the map, destroy as many opponents as possible. The reward for kills and completed tasks are coins, for which you can purchase new equipment and weapons.

The better the weapon in the hands of the character, the easier it is for the player to succeed in the arenas. Requirements for gamers change on different servers, as well as the number of available factions (you cannot be an observer everywhere).

Release date: year 2013
Genre: MOBA
Developer: Valve Corporation
Publisher: Valve Corporation

One of the most popular games in the world is Dota 2. The action takes place in a battle arena where 2 teams of players (light and dark) collide. Each player controls one character. Dota 2 offers dozens of different characters with unique skills. The heroes need to be controlled in different ways, so the overall outcome of the game depends on the skill of the gamer.

In case of victory in the arena, the player receives coins and an increase in the rating. For gold, you can buy new equipment and weapons for greater efficiency in battle.

Release date: 2002 year
Genre: open world fantasy RPG
Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks

The gamer's love for Morrowind has been ubiquitous since the game's release. Morrowind is a role-playing game, the main feature of which is the open world and the removal of restrictions from the gamer. The player is free to go wherever he wants and whenever he wants, without corridor locations. The storyline is present, its passage is mandatory for victory.

The player needs to choose a suitable character, dress and pump him. Exploration of the colorful world of Morrowind takes place along with battles with monsters, interesting side quests.

Release date: year 2012
Genre: open world first person shooter
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Shanghai
Publisher: Ubisoft

Action with RPG elements has gained immense popularity among players. Far Cry 3 sends the protagonist to a picturesque tropical island, where he will have to fight for survival. The main boss of the game is a charismatic psychopath who intrigues the player throughout the entire passage.

A cooperative mode is available, where players will have to unite to complete all tasks and battles. In cooperative mode, a choice of different characters is available, not only the main character. The ultimate goal of the game is to survive by killing all the ill-wishers.

Release date: 2015 year
Genre: open world third person shooter, crime
Developer: Rockstar north
Publisher: Rockstar games

A dynamic adventure game that combines elements from all the popular genres of our time. In the fifth part, players got the opportunity to control not one protagonist, but three. To fully complete the plot of the game, you should switch between characters, use the unique abilities of each of them.

Also, the game contains universal skills that are useful in battle. The outcome of an exciting story depends on how the gamer distributes talents between the characters and what style of play he will use.

Series "Gothic"

Many have learned the word RPG from the first minutes of the world famous game "Gothic". Released in 2001 from under the wing of a little-known company "Piranha Bytes", she conquered the whole world with her, for the first time, free gameplay. An open world, artificial intelligence that lived according to the daily routine, and a living world in which you could just live, and not just go through quests.

In it you can play anyone: a bandit, a guard, a hunter or a traveler. Before you is the real Middle Ages, which will not give you the path of a hero, survive and advance from the very bottom and achieve success in any skill. You not only need to pump your skills, but also try to fix the problems of the world you are in. All three parts of the series will give you not only a lot of new sensations, but also an unforgettable adventure.

These three parts are harmoniously woven into a general narrative that will reveal to you all the secrets of a dangerous world. You have to save the mine colonies from the barrier created by magicians, defeat the evil in the face of dragons and dark magic, and save the fate of Myrtana from the orc invaders. It is worth plunging even for a couple of minutes into the unexplored world of Gothic, and you will certainly become one of its inhabitants.

Dragon Age Series

BioWare's acclaimed series of games is filled with dozens of captivating stories to unravel. Immerse yourself in the fantasy world of "Dragon Age", which will force you to defeat the dark forces of evil together with a team of loyal friends.

Collect satellites throughout the game world to defeat the invasion of Blight, who wants to destroy all living things. It is you who are the bright hero who can save all the lands of different peoples and races. Create your own unique character, elf mage or human warrior and jump into an adventure filled with battles, betrayal and a whole heap of events, the creator of which will only be you. Every choice will be yours, and every decision you make will have consequences.

All three parts will open before you a new page in the history of the struggle of residents with a danger that threatens absolutely everyone. You will be able to unite all the races that will take battle on your side. Go through the story of all three parts and become that part of the story that will be told from generation to generation. Your name will definitely be forever engraved in the memorials to save the world "Dragon Age".

Mass Effect Series

The first part of "Mass Effect" was released in 2007 under the auspices of the same "BioWare". If you are tired of elves and gnomes, you will have the opportunity to surf the distant galaxies of our universe. Take on the role of Captain Shepard of Earth, who has joined the ranks of the universe SPECTRUM Defense Squad.

At your personal disposal is a spaceship with the loud name "Normandy" and a whole team of loyal comrades. Just at this time, the threat of the complete destruction of all galaxies in the person of unknown Reapers hung over the universe. Explore the galaxy, save cities and even entire planets. On each mission, you, as a captain, will be able to choose supporters who, with will and truth, will not only protect you, but also help you make a choice.

Your main task is to find a way to protect yourself from the Reapers. But along the way, you can make dozens of decisions that will affect the plot of all three parts of the series. Therefore, when making a choice in the first part, prepare for the consequences in the third. Now the fate of all worlds in space depends on you. If you are ready to take on such a burden, then you are welcome in the N7 squadron.

Fallout series

The Fallout series is of immense value to all RPG fans. The world after a nuclear war will appear before you. The American company Vault-Tech Industries managed to build anti-missile shelters. You will play as one of the survivors who spent several decades in these shelters. Now you are not only given several paths to choose from, you can be anyone in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout.

There are no game barriers in front of you, you teach your character anything. But, of course, there must be a balance in everything. If you develop the character's mind, then he is unlikely to be able to hold a powerful nuclear rocket launcher in his hands. At the same time, pumping his protégé as a powerful warrior with two guns in his hands, he will not connect two words in dialogue with another character. Each of the quests will turn into something unusual and surprising for you. Each denouement of the story will shock you, delight you, or even put you in a stupor. You can become a slave trader, you can become a wandering traveler of the nuclear wastelands, or you can play the role of a hero trying to reclaim society.

Only here these laws do not work, even saving some survivors from others, you have to make a moral choice. Now you will not have the world or the universe in your hands, all you can do is kill several mutants and save a couple of caravans from the wasteland raiders. You are now one of the survivors of a nuclear war, and the question: is it worth taking the path of heroism, more than once will flicker in your head. A whole series of games, starting from 1997, in each part will create new situations for you that cannot be solved by a simple fight.

Here you should not only show your strength, but also think about many decisions, namely their consequences. Feel the atmosphere of a world destroyed by nuclear war. Learn to act not only like a hero, but also like a real person. After all, in the world of "Fallout" there is no black and white, there are only those who could survive.

The Elder Scroll Series

The Elder Scroll is a legendary RPG game developed by Bethesda Game Studios. It was from this game that everyone learned a real open world in which you can go anywhere. Kill a guard for armor, or drive through hundreds of kilometers of the map to kill the thieves who robbed the settlement. The choice is only yours.

Here you can see the real life of the Middle Ages, which plunged into the abyss of war and deception. Defeat kings, defeat dragons or start a war against dark demonic forces. Before you is the path not of a hero, but of a real inhabitant of the world, in which everyone wants to snatch their piece of power and might. Each part of The Elder Scroll series can give you its own unique experience. Before you is just a huge world in which you can make even the wildest dreams come true. You will be helped to lead a guild of thieves or become the supreme master of magic.

Any roads are open before you, travel across vast kingdoms and lands of different nations. In this game, you can only spend hours reading into the unexplored history of all races, past wars and truces. And after all this, you can end some kind of conflict or even start it. Discover the world of "The Elder Scroll" and find out how the history of our Earth could actually be built with your participation.