Five Fun Games: An Epic Subterranean RPG, An Intense Side-Scrolling Shooter, Archeological Digs in the Heart of Egypt and More
1:47 pm, October 16th, 2009, Cate Defrise
Here’s this week’s selection of games from Mac Games and More that will take you into the weekend. The picks include collecting ancient artifacts in the heart of Egypt, an animated, side-scrolling shooter in claymation, cavorting with Sherlock Holmes and more.
| Avernum 5 – Both casual and hardcore RPG gamers of various levels of expertise will get into this classic subterranean epic adventure. You are playing from the point of view of a soldier of fortune of sorts, who gets sent by the Empire into the bowels of a hellish underground to find an escaped dissident. You’ve been sent to this heinous land to prove yourself worthy to the Empire and particularly, to the powerful Empress Prazac. Choose your soldiers wisely and for their strengths and weaknesses to handle the challenges in store for you. The Empire is counting on you and your team of fighters to prevail over your enemies slithering within the deepest crevices of the caves of Avernum. Will you be victorious or die a miserable death trying? Download it
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 Ashley Jones and the Heart of Egypt – It seems almost like a crime if I do not include a matching gem game but don’t worry, this one stands out among the hundreds out there flooding the Mac gaming world. You play the role of Ashley Jones, a young archeology student undertaking an archeological excavation in the heart of Egypt. As you advance in the game playing gem puzzles and collecting ancient artifacts, the more you learn about the jewel of the Heart of Ra, which is shrouded in mystery. Immerse yourself deep into a fascinating story, which is actually intertwined with real history. If you’ve played games like this you will no doubt experience the familiarity of match three game play but extra elements (power-ups, bonuses) thrown into the mix add much more addictiveness and outright fun. Download it
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 The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes – If Sherlock Holmes were alive today, he might say it’s elementary to find an outstanding hidden objects game, but believe me that’s really not the case. That being said, we did happen to find one but it’s a rare occasion. The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is one of the few hidden object games that seems to tie all of its game elements beautifully and neatly together into one exceptional package. Inside the game, you will find quirky and memorable characters, relevant items to find and well-written dialogue all within the backdrop of the game’s intriguing mysteries. Spend time with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson (of course!) and some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detectives. There are many mini-games to tackle in addition to your seek and find missions, all related to figuring out who the killers are. Download it
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 Platypus – Platypus has got to be the most visually unique side-scrolling shooter available on the casual gaming market because it gives life to actual photographed hand-molded, clay graphics turning your game into a world of claymation. It offers an experience you will not forget. The game play is action-packed and intense, so make sure your side-scrolling shooter chops are up to par. Help the peaceful land of Mungola defend themselves against the attacking hordes of Collosatropolis. You’ll be facing an enormous variety of clay-animated enemies but you will have loads of power-ups at your disposal. Download it
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 Pictowords – As the name indicates this game for your Mac offers puzzles using the combination of pictures and letters. Think of it more like Pictionary meets Scrabble with a twist, which will be perfect for word gamers wanting a different kind of word game challenge. At the beginning of each level, you’ll receive several picture tiles and several letter tiles. The pictures, or “pictos,” correspond to the actual spelled out words and not the sounds. Using the tiles, you must form as many words and as fast as possible. In essence, you must quickly combine pictures and letters to create words. It can sometimes be as easy as it sounds; other times not. Make sure to find the bonus words! Pictowords features hundreds of levels. Download it |
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Platypus requires Rosetta to be installed on Snow Leopard! Deleted!
Mike D, on October 16th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Download Cube2:Sauerbraten.
Free FOSS FPS game, with builtin map editor. Available as native OSX port. Been playing it for about 3 days now, based on Quake engine, loads of free maps come with it. Fantastic fun, especially at the price you pay!
Fuzzypig, on October 18th, 2009 at 10:56 pm