10 Games You Might Have Missed in 2014
Introduction •
2013 rapidly recedes, leaving only trace memories of pirates, guns, storied old mansions and always-online debacles. For now, a moment of peace. What better time to admire the onrushing tide of destruction soon to be wrought on our spare time? Here in 2014, more people are making games than ever.
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There are still games coming out for the PC. A lot of games. PC gaming is still far, far away from being dead.
1. Broken Age
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Game Detail •
Double Fine's Broken Age showed that there's still a huge appetite for narrative-driven puzzle games. Now we have a number of nostalgic returns to great adventure gaming series like Broken Sword. Elsewhere, Telltale lead the charge with their character-focused and choice-driven take on adventure games.
2. Quadrilateral Cowboy
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Game Detail •
Armed with a yellow laptop and basic programming skills, Quadrilateral Cowboy has you hacking through corporate defences to steal sensitive data from well-defended facilities. You do this by creating and executing command lines to bypass obstacles, typing them into your laptop as you sneak through each level.
3. Kingdoms Rise
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Game Detail • A multiplayer fantasy combat game featuring '360 degree swordfighting', something previously only achievable by militaristic owls. Based on available evidence, the game's duelling is actually pretty cool, letting you waggle your blade in any number of directions to block, parry, stab and slash your enemy into teeny tiny bits.
4. Galactic Civilizations 3
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Game Detail •
One of the greatest 4X games of all time finally gets a follow-up, and this one comes with a 64-bit OS requirement. Even if Stardock simply bring some extra eye-candy to the complex galactic politics of the second game, that's reason enough to build some new spacecraft take over the universe again.
5. Catacomb Kids
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Game Detail •
This procedurally generated plat former recently cleaned up (just) on Kick starter, and if you're thinking “I've no room in my life for another one of those ”, then the following sentence should make you think again. The hook here is the game's Magical-style playfulness: in that game you could mix and match spells to dramatic effect, while Catacomb Kids will also let you craft in real time by chucking items around the environment.
6. Spacebase DF-9
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Game Detail •
Deep Space Nine will have wondered about what the day-to-day running of a space station would be like. Space base DF-9 is a game all about exactly that. As well as maintaining your station and its inhabitants, you have to deal with approaching meteors, passing derelicts, space pirates and the ever-present threat of decompression. A very shoddy early version of the game has appeared on Steam Early Access, but hopefully with time the bugs and clipping errors will be resolved, and DF-9 can evolve into a deeper sim.
7. Elite: Dangerous
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Game Detail •
David Braben is finally to make the Elite sequel everyone has been patiently waiting for since Frontier: First Encounters came along in 1995 and didn't work properly. With crowd funded millions and possibly more from investors, this could be the star bound successor people have longed for.
8. The Elder Scrolls: Online
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Game Detail •
The Elder Scrolls online has weathered a mixed reception since its announcement. On one hand, it's the largest Elder Scrolls game ever made - and the first to allow players to explore the entire continent of Tamriel. The real reason to watch The Elder Scrolls Online is the talent behind it - the ex-Mythic developers responsible for the innovative Warhammer:
9. Transistor
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Game Detail •
Supergiant's next game after the sumptuous Bastion mixes real-time with turn-based battles, telling the story of a singer named Red who comes into possession of a sentient great sword. We don't know much more than that yet, but we do know that composer Darren Korb is back on board, as is Logan 'Rucks' Cunningham.
10. DayZ
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Game Detail •
The mod shifted thousands of copies of ARMA 2, and hundred of thousands have already been sold on Steam Early Access. DayZ is a phenomenon that's only going to grow as the small team working on it at Bohemia fix the bugs and bring it up to completion. Each server supports a version of DayZ's huge, zombie-infested and completely explorable island. 40 players at a time can fight for survival, scavenging clothes, medicine and weaponry from abandoned towns, gas stations, airports and military outposts.
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