Action

Action is a genre of video games in which the success of completing a task depends on the player's reaction speed and ability to make quick, correct decisions. The dynamics of such games are high, although some allow for a slower pace. Most often, this genre includes fighting games, shooters, platformers, and some sub-genres of real-time strategy. Action games may include elements of exploration, racing, puzzles, and more, but the foundation is always built on visual-motor coordination.

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2002

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Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox

May 1, 2002

Players: 9/10

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind is a continuation of the fantasy role-playing action game with a first-person view in the Elder Scrolls universe. The events of the game...

DOOM 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 30, 1994

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 77/100

DOOM 2 is a continuation of the legendary bloody first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place shortly after the events of the original DOOM...

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view

October 29, 2002

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, developing the ideas and mechanics laid down in it, connected by common characters and...

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

August 27, 2002

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world. The events of the game take place in the 30s of the last...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

October 22, 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Gothic 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

November 29, 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Gothic 2 is a continuation of the legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The action takes place shortly after the events...

Gothic

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Exploration, Fantasy

March 15, 2001

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The Kingdom of Myrtana is engulfed in a terrible war. Hordes of orcs have invaded human lands, and the king needs a large amount of magical ore, from which he can...

Resident Evil Zero

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

November 12, 2002

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Resident Evil Zero is an exciting action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to the vicinity of the...

Stronghold Crusader

Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

September 25, 2002

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Logic

September 25, 2001

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001) — mystical action-horror with puzzle elements and third-person view. James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

November 19, 2001

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a legendary first-person shooter with elements of mysticism and horror. The game takes place in 1940 during World War II. As in the...

Max Payne

Action, Adventure, Third-person view

July 23, 2001

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...

Deus Ex

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

June 23, 2000

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Deus Ex is a legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the fictional dystopian world of Earth in...

Enclave

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

July 19, 2002

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Hitman: Codename 47

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view

November 19, 2000

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Hitman: Codename 47 is a third-person action game with a mixture of shooter and stealth games from developers from the studio IO Interactive A/S. The game is...

Wolfenstein 3D

Action, Shooter

May 5, 1992

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Arx Fatalis

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

June 28, 2002

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Arx Fatalis is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will take you to the wonderful world of Arx, where the main character...

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

May 17, 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

November 8, 2002

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — summer holidays. After 1 year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry is once again forced to...

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

January 20, 2002

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault is a first-person shooter. The game begins in North Africa on November 7, 1942. Immediately after landing in Algiers, a special group...

Onimusha: Warlords

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

January 25, 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

Dino Crisis

Action, Strategy, Horror, Third-person view

July 1, 1999

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Dino Crisis is an action game with a third-person view. A special forces group lands on the small tropical island of Ibis with the task of finding and delivering...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

November 12, 2001

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a continuation of the legendary stealth action game with a third-person view. Technological data about the nuclear weapon...

Battlefield 1942

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

September 10, 2002

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Battlefield 1942 is a first-person shooter. The gameplay consists of capturing and holding control points — special places on the map. Whoever controls such a...

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

October 1, 2002

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Venom. Codename: Outbreak

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

October 8, 2001

Players: 8.6/10

Venom. Codename: Outbreak is a tactical first-person shooter in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about the events of 2034, when alien parasites, brought to Earth in...

Divine Divinity

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

August 2, 2002

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic

November 16, 2001

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — the gameplay of the game is presented in the form of an arcade with a third-person view, combining elements of an...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view

November 17, 2002

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a spy stealth action game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of a mysterious US national security agency called Third...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars

March 26, 2002

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 — Jedi Outcast is an action-adventure game with first and third person views in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, an agent of...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 18, 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a third-person action game with horror and puzzle elements from the masters of the Crystal House studio. The main publisher...

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

Action, Shooter, First-person view

January 24, 2002

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter — the gameplay of this part of the game is not very different from The First Encounter, with the exception of added...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

November 4, 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a stealth action game with a third-person view. This is a special edition of the game MGS2: Sons of Liberty, which fans of this...

Dungeon Siege

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

March 31, 2002

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Dungeon Siege is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric camera view. You will go to an amazing fantasy world where you will have to measure your strength against...

Space Rangers

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Turn-based

December 20, 2002

Players: 8.3/10

Space Rangers — the game takes place in space, in the distant future, at the beginning of the 31st century. The galaxy is inhabited by 5 intelligent...

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

April 26, 2002

Players: 9/10

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal is an atmospheric action adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The events of the game will tell about the girl...

Golden Axe

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 23, 1989

Players: 8.9/10

Bratz

Action, Music game, Third-person view

December 17, 2002

Bratz is a third-person action game with a dash of music from the developers at DC Studios, Inc. The game is published by Ubisoft. Bratz is also known as Bratz...

James Bond 007: Nightfire

Action, Stealth, First-person view

November 18, 2002

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

James Bond 007: Nightfire is a first-person action game with stealth game elements from the studios Gearbox Software, JV Games and Inc.. The main publisher of the...

Operative: No One Lives Forever

Action, Shooter, First-person view

November 9, 2000

Players: 8.5/10

Operative: No One Lives Forever — first person shooter. The main character of the game is Kate Archer, a spy working for the secret organization UNITY. Most...

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