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Five best freeware games of 2005
Given that it's 2005, I'm surprised we're
not seeing more Top 5 lists, but here's one: Five Best Freeware Games of 2005, from
gHacks. I won't spoil #1 for you, but I will spoil the rest: Advanced Strategic Command is at #5,
retro-style adventure Zak McKracken 2 is
#4, Battlefield-alike Warrock is at #3, and intriguing Korean MMO shooter GunZ The Duel takes #2. To see their favorite freeware game of the year you'll
have to click through to gHacks.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...