Video games have been a source of entertainment that has gathered the minds of many fans and put them down a rabbit hole of what could never be a real life experience. An excuse to get away from it all that allows players to connect with the main character by exploring places only a few would dream of.
Much like cinema, video games take the rules of freedom and bend them to their wish to allow stories to stand the test of time. A good mission in a bad game and a bad mission in a good game all relate to the experience it provides when played, and more importantly, the criticisms received are due to the settings in which it is played. Some of them may be on the moon, a distant galaxy, or something as simple as being on a ship!
5 Tomb Raider – Endurance Ship
The restart in 2013 of the grave robber The franchise had high expectations, and it delivered an unprecedented experience for Lara Croft. The game is set during a time when the beloved dual-gun icon has just begun his story en route to his first adventure in Yamatai.
During a mission in the later stages of the game, Alex, a member of Lara’s crew, volunteers to retrieve Reyes’ toolkit from their wrecked ship, Endurance. However, as minutes turn to hours, Lara takes it upon herself to find Alex and the toolkit. As she makes her way through the various sections of the ship, the game throws challenging puzzles to reach Alex, after which a fierce fight with the Solarii Brotherhood and the mini-boss sets the mission on fire.
4 Contra Force – Naval Fleet
Even before action game franchises were a thing, Konami prided itself on creating various sequels and spinoffs of their Contra series. one of which was Counterforcethe third installment in the series and released in 1992 as a spin-off featuring four new playable characters, each with their own unique traits
Like all other 90s games, the game only has 5 levels, three of which (levels 1, 3, 5) sport a standard side-by-side arcade view, while two (levels 4 and 5) use the top . – downward view. In one of the top-down view stages, the player(s) must survive atop a naval fleet of aircraft carriers, cruisers, and destroyers and travel on Dinghy boats while dodging bullets and shooting enemies .
3 GoldenEye 007 – Frigate
nintendo was the forerunners and pioneers of creating exciting video games in the 90s, and the GoldenEye 007 is another feather in their cap. The single-player FPS shooter was developed and published for the Nintendo 64 and was based on the live-action movie of the same name.
Players take control of James Bond, helping him take down a criminal syndicate that aims to use a satellite weapon on London and cause global economic collapse. In one of the missions – Frigate, Mr. Bond is given an undercover operation aboard the ship Frigate where he should rescue hostages, disarm bombs in the captain’s bridge and engine room, and install a device location on the union’s helicopter. While the mission isn’t a complete stealth genre, players found the storyline intriguing, pulling them right into the action mix and giving them a feel for what MI6 is all about.
2 Mafia 1 – Happy Birthday
Mafia is probably the best gangster game the gaming industry has to offer. The game was first released on PC in 2002 and was later released on console in 2004. The game was received with such positivity from fans and critics alike as some still consider it a rare classic from time to time. The game was remastered and released in 2020 with superior graphics, although fans still regard the original with praise.
In the last part of the game, in the middle of an all-out war between the two factions, Don Salieri decides to erase all of Morello’s contacts, starting with the councilman. In the “Happy Birthday” mission, Tommy Angelo must disguise himself as a sailor and infiltrate a steamboat where the counselor has planned to organize his birthday party. The mission sets a completely different tone to the rest of the missions in the game and is one of the iconic levels that has aged well.
1 Uncharted 3 – Sink or Swim
Naughty Dog Studios is known for changing the action-adventure genre with its iconic franchises, and Unexplored is one of them. Even though the series is fantastic as a whole, it’s the game of 2011 Uncharted 3: The Drake Illusion which took action gaming to a whole new level. Whether air, sea or sand, the game had it all.
In an attempt to find and rescue Sully, Nathan Drake gets into a lot of trouble on Ramses’ ship. However, after knowing Sully’s true whereabouts, Drake sets off a grenade and detonates a set of propane tanks which invariably opens a huge hole in the ship. Fighting waves of enemies, solving puzzles, and climbing ladders in a drowning ship is something only Nathan Drake could do!
