Best Games for PC of 2005 / Page 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Online, City Building

October 18, 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A real-time strategy game about the colonial empires of Europe, Asia, and the Americas competing for territory and influence. Players develop a civilization, manage...

True Crime: Streets of LA

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view

November 3, 2003

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game follows Nick Kang, a former police operative investigating Russian and Chinese crime syndicates in Los Angeles. The story branches...

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

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

June 1, 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay — a bounty hunter named Jones brings Riddick, the main character of the game, to the maximum security prison...

Evil Dead: Regeneration

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

September 13, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This third-person action horror game offers a “what if” continuation of Evil Dead 2. Ash, the sole survivor of an encounter with the Necronomicon, is confined to an...

Imperial Glory

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical

May 13, 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This strategy game follows the struggle between European empires during the Enlightenment, as war for dominance across the continent becomes inevitable. The player...

Gothic 2: Gold Edition

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Fantasy, Gothic

December 5, 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The edition combines the original Gothic 2 and the expansion Night of the Raven, offering a vast journey through an open world in the spirit of classic RPGs. The...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

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

March 23, 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A first-person tactical shooter set during U.S. military operations in Mogadishu in late 1993. Delta Force operatives and Army Rangers are sent to capture Somali...

Grand Theft Auto 2

Action, Shooter, Top-down view

September 30, 1999

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Grand Theft Auto 2 is a continuation of the dynamic racing action with a top-down view in the open world. The events of the game take place in the near future...

Fahrenheit

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

September 14, 2005

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

December 1, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Disciples 2 (Gold Edition)

Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

February 3, 2005

Players: 9.5/10

Disciples 2 (Gold Edition) is an isometric strategy game with a touch of fantasy and sandbox from the developers of Strategy First, Inc.. The game is published by...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

October 24, 2005

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 94/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 4 is a continuation of the popular series of management strategies with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You have to take...

The Punisher

Action, Shooter

January 17, 2005

Players: 8.1/10

The game is replete with scenes of cruelty and obscene language. The interrogation scenes are especially brutal. Having caught a bandit, the Punisher can...

Longest Journey

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

December 3, 1999

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Longest Journey is a stunning graphic adventure where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Begin an exciting...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Shooter

March 23, 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow — the gameplay is not much different from the 1st part of the series. The game's graphics have been slightly...

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

September 16, 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico is an action game with a third-person view. 1989 Ruins of an Inca temple deep in the jungle. Ernesto Cruz has just...

Worms 4: Mayhem

Arcade, Strategy, Platformer, Turn-based

July 29, 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Worms 4: Mayhem — the game has two types of destructible environments — all objects on the surface of the landscape are divided into eight-polygonal...

Blitzkrieg

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

March 28, 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This real-time strategy game is set during the decisive battles of World War II, with campaigns for the Allies, Germany, and the Soviet Union. The player commands...

City of Heroes

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Comics

April 27, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 85/100

City of Heroes is an exciting multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view. You have to play the role of a hero and go fight evil in the vastness...

Ex Machina

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Open world

December 8, 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 45/100

Ex Machina is an exciting racing arcade game with role-playing elements and a third-person view. The plot takes us to a post-apocalyptic world, where everything is...

Space Rangers 2: Dominators

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

November 26, 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Space Rangers 2: Dominators — real-time strategy with an isometric view. The main events of the second part of the game take place 250 years after the end of...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

Third-person view, Sports game

October 23, 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 90/100

A skateboarding sports game in which the player develops their skills and works toward becoming a professional. Career progression centers on completing 190 goals...

Littlewitch Romanesque: Editio Regia

Simulation, Adult game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Strategy

July 1, 2005

Steam: 78/100

This fantasy visual novel combines student-training simulation and strategy as the wizard Domino is tasked with preparing two pupils to become witches within three...

Alexander

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, Historical

November 23, 2004

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

This real-time historical strategy game follows the conquests of Alexander the Great. Its campaigns have distinct characteristics and resource-management...

Cave Story

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania

January 4, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...

ObsCure

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

June 17, 2004

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)

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

October 21, 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This sci-fi action shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the rise of Darth Vader’s 501st Legion of Stormtroopers. Its single-player campaign takes the...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

November 13, 2001

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008, where massive...

BloodRayne 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view

October 12, 2004

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 69/100

BloodRayne 2 is a continuation of the vampire action game with a third-person view and horror elements. The game takes place 70 years after the story told in...

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

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

March 1, 2005

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This tactical shooter about World War II follows the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day. The player takes the role of Sergeant Matt Baker, a U.S. paratrooper...

Day of Defeat: Source

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical, Online

September 26, 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Day of Defeat: Source is a multiplayer team-based shooter set in the European theatre of World War II. Players choose a role and take part in objective-based...

Juiced

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

June 13, 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Juiced blends arcade-style street racing with simulation, car customization, and competition for respect. Players build cars from licensed models and modify them...

Onimusha: Warlords

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

January 25, 2001

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Hidden & Dangerous 2

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

October 21, 2003

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Hidden & Dangerous 2 — The player, controlling a team of 4 (or 1) British Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers during World War II, must conduct a series of...

Knights of Honor

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy

September 30, 2004

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Knights of Honor is a historical real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. The main task in the game is the economic development...

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

November 3, 2004

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This real-time tactical space simulator follows a conflict between megacorporations at the dawn of the 22nd century. A discovery on the edge of the Solar System...

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Historical

September 27, 2005

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This expansion for Rome: Total War is set after the death of the last emperor of a unified Rome. The Western and Eastern Empires are uneasy allies and rivals, while...

Sniper Elite

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

September 29, 2005

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical shooter set amid the covert battles of the closing days of World War II, it follows an American OSS sniper operating undercover in war-torn Berlin. He...

Fall: Last Days of Gaia

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

November 15, 2004

Players: 7.9/10

Fall: Last Days of Gaia — role-playing game in the post-apocalypse genre. The action takes place in the near future, after a global environmental disaster...

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike

Action, Shooter, Fighting, In real time, First-person view

February 14, 2003

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 64/100

I.G.I-2: Covert Strike is a first-person tactical action shooter and a sequel to Project IGI. Operative David Jones carries out covert missions against terrorism...