The year 2024 was a rough one for the gaming industry.

Not even some of the biggest names in gaming are safe from this trend.

A very tragic loss we’ve had during this period is the shutdown of Warner Bros. Games Monolith Productions.

Split images of Alex from Oxenfree, Heather from Silent Hill 3, and Max from Life is Strange.

But despite that, Blood achieved its notoriety by being particularly inventive and creative, especially with its weapons.

This is another FPS, this time with stealth elements and a very 1960s atmosphere.

You play as covert operative Cate Archer, one of the coolest and most underrated female protagonists in gaming.

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These games have excellent female protagonists.

Both NOLF, and its sequel, took Bloods level design style and expanded it to be more open-ended.

A name like First Encounter Assault Recon sounds more like your typical military FPS Counter-Strike knock-off, but F.E.A.R.

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couldnt be further away from that.

To achieve this, they combined bullet-time, destructible environments, and a highly detailed particle system.

Nevertheless, F.E.A.R.s most impressive feature was, without a doubt,the AI it used for its enemies.

Shadow Of Mordor, F.E.A.R., and Blood from Monolith Productions

This time, though, not an FPS.

Condemned has survival horror and action elements, with its gameplay split into melee combat and investigation.

It was a launch title for the Xbox 360 in 2005.

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20 years is a long time, but these incredible games still hold up incredibly well!

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This is the big one.

For example, its combat is pretty similar to something youd find in an Arkham game.

A skeleton demon getting killed in Blood.

What really set the bar apart from other games wasits highly revolutionary Nemesis system.

They also have the ability to remember all previous encounters theyve had with you.

Shadow of War has abilities critical to making the most overpowered character.

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Here’s which ones help you out the most in that quest.

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No One Lives Forever Cate in a meeting with three men

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Soldiers being shot in F.E.A.R.

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The Oro Dark Primary boss fight from Condemned: Criminal Origins.

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Talion facing off against an orc in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

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Middle-earth Shadow of War - Talion fights Helm Hammerhand in Fire and Fury Quest

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Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War

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