Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is an Action and Adventure, Stealth and Thirdperson Shooter video game developed by Ubisoft. Just like all of the games in Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is also set in a historical era. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is the 6th and most recent addition to the series and the story of the game revolves around the family of the Assassin’s Creed 3 protagonist. According to the storyline, The game focuses on centuries old struggle between the Assassins and Templars. The Assassins fight for peace with a free will and the Templars believe in peace through Control and that is what is the root cause of conflicts between the two most powerful factions of the time. Set in the 21st century’s Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag lets you be an Abstergo Agent and relive the events of 18th Century that dates back to the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, follow the footsteps of a notoriously dangerous and Heroic pirate Edward kenway, The Grand father to the Father and Grandfather to the Protagonists of Assassin’s Creed III, Haytham Kenway and Ratonhnhake:ton, who both were part of the massive conflicts between the Assassin’s and Templars. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag offers a bit of different gameplay and mechanics as compared to the previous games in the series and allows you to focus on Ship-based Exploration in a widely Open World, experience wonderful Third-person land-based Exploration, hack and Slash and Shooting elements, Melee Combats, and fantastic Stealth elements as well. The Multiplayer mode of the game is back and offers more versatility in gameplay in land-based exploration on the game map consisting of three main locations such as Nassau, Kingston and Havana, a number of Islands, Forts, Sunken Ships, etc. With a very interesting and well-written storyline, superbly realistic visuals and a gameplay that forces you to get involved into it, Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is one amazing inclusion to the Assassin’s Creed Series.
#1 Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Contracts is a Stealth-based Third-person Shooter, Action-Adventure and Single-player video game, published by Eidos Interactive and developed by IO Interactive. It is the third entry in the series of Hitman video game, and the plot revolves around the exploits of a Hitman, named as Agent 47. According to the storyline, the protagonist is sent to different locations to assassinate specific targets. A huge variety of weapons can be used to kill the targets, ranging from knives to machine guns. Using the stealth elements, the player can silently kill the enemies, move their remains to trash and remain undetected. As the player advances, he can gather different armaments found in various levels, enabling him to be used in further missions. The world is explored from a third-person viewpoint, and the player can interact with NPCs and the environment to collect information about the missions and take down enemies while scoring the points and earning money. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and smooth controls, Hitman: Contracts is the best game to play.
#2 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is an Action-Adventure, RPG and a 3rd person Shooter video game developed by 2k Czech and published by Gathering of Developers for PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. The game is set in the fictitious city of Lost Heaven and features a Mafioso named as Tommy, as the protagonist who is a taxi driver by profession but accomplishes different missions assigned to him by Don Ennio Salieri. The protagonist drives vehicles, runs, walks on foot, and kills the targets in order to advance in the game by engaging in combats with the enemies. In close combats, the protagonist uses melee tactics and attacks the enemies with different melee weapons. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven offers vivid graphics, an amazing storyline and a thrillingly addicting game-play. Trying this game will surely be one of your best choices.
#3 Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Star Wars: Battlefront 2, a joint venture by Pandemic Studios and Savage Entertainment is a First and Third-Person shooter video game. The game is a direct sequel to the famous Star Wars: Battlefront and features a lot of new missions, characters, weapons, maps, vehicles, enhanced game mechanics and graphics etc. with a well-written story. The story of the game is presented in an Autobiography style and tells the tales about the battles of 501st Legion. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 provides with a more narrative-based single player campaign and puts you into the character of an imperial Stormtrooper (Jedi) who server the Galactic Republic of the mighty Galactic Empire. Working under the command of Chancellor Palpatine, your objectives includes the destruction of an Advanced Energy Generator on planet Mygeeto and the elimination of the separatist forces. Other superbly action oriented side missions of the game include the massacre of Jedi knights and strengthening the might of the Galactic Empire by eliminating all the threats and enemies. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 features only one main campaign called Rise of the Empire and a main game mode named as Galactic Conquest in which your task is to lead a fleet of ships through the galaxy, protect and conquer other planets within the bounds of the Empire. In the Galactic Conquest, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 lets you fight against the opposing forces (mainly Separatists, Jedis and other Alien races), eliminate all the factions and seize control over their settlements and planets. This amazing and super thriller video game sure is one of the best games of this genre that provides with tons of fun filled hours of entertainment. With a very immersive gameplay, fantastic visual details and a brilliantly well-written storyline. Star Wars: battlefront 2 is a great game to play and enjoy.
#4 Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames or shortly named as Mercs 2 is a fascinating piece of art when we talk about Action-Adventure and shooting games with RPG elements. The game comes with super cool graphics, an open world, thrilling gameplay and a stunningly well written storyline. A proud production of Pandemic Studios, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and is playable on PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With a powerful and highly modified gaming engine “Zero”, game runs smoothly on almost every machine with the required specifications. The story of the game sets in Venezuela following the lead of a mercenary who worked honestly and got betrayed by the boss Solano. Player plans to revenge on Solano but Solano was not an easy man to find so in order to get to Solano, the player goes through a huge distance of destruction and mayhem. After a long struggle and killing a lot of low tier gang leaders, he finally catches Solano and kills him. The story of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames resembles a lot to the story of Just Cause 2 and The Saboteur and because of that this game is a inclusion to this specific genre. Trying it out won’t feel like wasting your precious time and instead, you’ll enjoy it.
#5 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within comes with Action-Adventure, Hack-and-Slash, Third-person Platform and Single-player gameplay developed and published by Ubisoft for multiple platforms. The game serves as the sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and starts the story where The Sand of Time left off, including new features, options in combat and more. In the game, the player has an ability to carry out two primary weapons at the time as well as the ability to snatch or steal the weapons of enemies and throw them. The game offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor and centres on exploration and melee combat. The design of the levels focuses on treacherous navigation environment with free-running and parkour-style moves. It offers highly non-linear world unlike the previous title, where the player can return to already explored locations various times from different directions. The player can explore the world from a third-person viewpoint, the battle against enemies to kill them while making as many experience points as possible. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the wonderful game to play.
#6 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the blend of Action-Adventure, Hack-and-Slash, and Puzzle-Platform elements developed and published by Ubisoft. The only Single-player mode is available in the game, and the player can take on the role of the protagonist, who can explore the environment from a third-person perspective. In the storyline, the game revolves around the unnamed protagonist, a prince whose father sacks the city of Maharaja. During the serious attack, the player obtains a valuable artifacts known as the Dragger of time. The player can move in any direction and is capable of manipulating the huge objects such as levers and blocks connected to mechanisms. During the gameplay, the player navigates the world full of traps, including wall-mounted, spike pits, saws, and more. The player can run, jump, and attack his way through numerous levels to kill enemies while solving the puzzles to advance through the game. With detailed environment, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the best game to enjoy.
#7 Batman Begins
Batman Begins is an Action-Adventure, Stealth-based and Single-player video game create by Eurocom and published by EA Games. The plot of the game revolves around the story of the film very closely with some modifications. Throughout the course of the game, the player will encounter more than twenty clips from the movie that offer context to the storyline. During the game, the player needs to go deeper into each scene to solve the mystery, and the game provides a unique system involving intimidation. The most of the superheroes video games start from straightforward fighting while the game featuring the utilization of environment to take down the opponent. There are certain weapons available which are designed to frighten the enemies during the battle like smoke grenades, flash bang grenades, and more. It has a series of challenging missions, and the game allows the player to complete each one while solving the mystery to earn points which can be used to unlock further content. With cool mechanics, superb graphics, and brilliant gameplay, Batman Begins is the best game to play.
#8 Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is an Action, Stealth and First and Third-person Shooting video game by IO Interactive. This wonderfully immersive and engaging sequel to Hitman: Codename 47 offers a brilliant Stealth-based game play in which you can be a well-trained and experienced contract killer and complete various puzzling and stealthy missions. With a variety of weapons (Pistols, Fiber Wires, Knives, Snipers etc.) and your amazing stealth and tactical skills, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin allows you to carry out different high profile assassinations tasked by the agency and enjoy being one of the best assassins of the time. With a fantastic game narrative, a brilliant story, hardcore action and thrill filled gameplay and amazing scenic depictions, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin offers variety as compared to a lot of other games from this specific genre. Although the game is quite old but it still is one of the most liked and played game of the time. If you love playing hitman series games, this game would definitely be one of the best in the series. Do try it out.
#9 Manhunt
Manhunt is a Hardcore Action filled Third-person Shooter, Horror-Survival and Stealth video game. The game features the protagonist Earl Cash a death row prisoner recently executed by the lethal injection but he wakes up and finds out that the injection was just a Sedative. With second chance on life, cash gets trapped into serving The Director who orders him to complete some really challenging and hardcore tasks to eliminate the gang members of The Hoods by using firearms, sharp-edged weapons and stealth techniques. Manhunt offers a fantastic Storyline along with an immersive gameplay and quite brilliant visual details. With a number of character customization options, multiple game missions, equally equipped enemies and hardcore action and thrill filled gameplay, Manhunt is one amazing Action, Third-person Shooting and Stealth video game to play. Do try it out if you haven’t yet.