Mafia 3
Mafia 3 is a third marvelous entry in the Mafia series developed by Hanger 13 and published by 2K Games. The game combines the elements of Action-Adventure, Open World, and Shooting, and lets you play the role of the protagonist named as Lincoln Clay. It takes place in 1968 in the fictional city called New Orleans. The story revolves around the protagonist who is an orphan and his companion named Vietnam veteran, and their adventure to create a new criminal organization to fight against Italian Mob. You can play the game from the third-person perspective, in which you as Lincoln Clay must take revenge on your friends who killed by Local mobs. It offers classic weapons, vehicles and environment and lets you complete challenging missions. Explore the game world, fight against enemies using different weapons and earn money. You can unlock other areas of the game by accomplishing missions. Mafia 3 includes core features such as Exciting Missions, different Vehicles, 3D Open Environment, Upgradable Weapons, Exciting Story, and more. Mafia 3 is the wonderful game as compared to other Action-Adventure games.
#1 L.A Noire
L.A Noire is an Action-Adventure, Interactive Drama, Third-person Shooter and Stealth video game by Team Bondi. Featuring the protagonist Cole Phelps the game is set in the city of Los Angeles. Cole Phelps recently joined in as the Detective after serving for years as an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Being a police officer, Phelps worked in a lot of police departments and in every Department, he worked with different partners having different sets of skills in crime investigations and interrogations. Players get to solve the cases of different kinds, assigned to them as the investigation tasks and by using their skills, they are meant to put the responsible behind the bars. This amazingly twisted and amalgamated series of fast-paced action and adventure includes crime scene investigations, interrogations, fieldwork and super thrilling gun battles between the law-breakers and the lawmakers. Player mostly uses melee attacks, a lot of weapons and rides vehicles of different kinds in an open world environment. With greatly 3D graphics, exhilarating game-play and an appealing and well-inscribed story-line, L.A Noire takes you to a new dimension of Action-Adventure and Shooting game experience.
#2 Mafia 2
Mafia 2 is a 3rd person, Open World, Action-Adventure and Shooting game developed and published by 2K Czech. This game is a direct sequel to Mafia: City of Lost heaven and is playable on Pc (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is based in the fictional cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Detroit and it revolves around the life of a former army veteran now a gangster Vito Scalata, who wants to be a don someday. Vito Scalata continues to work hard and gathers a large file of his criminal activities in the law enforcement office. The protagonist of the game mostly travels on foot or in vehicles and a lot of ammunition travels with him. Where ever he finds his enemies he kill them and also works on assignments from his multiple bosses to earn money. The gameplay of Mafia 2 greatly resembles to the GTA series games but the storyline is quite different. Mafia 2 features an era of Empire Bay so the music in the game is also quite oldish but great, you’ll get a chance to drive vintage and famous cars from the years 1940 to 1950. With great graphics, an open world gaming environment and a third person perspective, the player is forced to enjoy the game.
#3 Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games is a Third Person Shooter, Action-Adventure, RPG and Open World video game. The game takes place in the year 1911 and follows the protagonist John Marston previously known as an outlaw, now in the custody of Bureau of Investigation. Agency offers him liberty in case he hands over his old gang members to the authorities. Marston sets out to capture Bill Williamson and confronts him in the vicinity of Fort Mercer, Bill shoots him and leaves him there to die. Bonnie Mac Farlane picks him up and heals him. He wakes up after several days and starts working with U.S. Marshall Leigh Johnson and starts doing different tasks for them in return of their help in the arrest of Bill who is hiding in Fort Mercer. Marshalls agree to his terms and they all start working together. John starts a new wave of attacks but gets defeated in countless attempts and finally after a huge brawl and gunfight with Bill’s accomplices, encounters Bill and kills him after bloody combat. Returns to the Bureau of Investigation and after the confirmation picks up his immunity and leaves. Red Dead Redemption provides a western style action and adventure packed game-play along with a well-written story.
#4 The Saboteur
The Saboteur, a third person Action-Adventure, Stealth and Shooter game that delineates the era of France in possession of Nazi Rule, is developed by Pandemic Studios. According to the storyline of the game, Sean Devlin, a race car mechanic and a hard drinker is the main protagonist. After the defeat in a car race, Sean wows to revenge a Nazi Colonel named Kurt Dierker for his actions and he sabotages his race car with the help of Jules Rousseau. Dierker captures both of them and kills Jules during investigation, Sean escapes and gets a place in French Resistance and sets out to find and kill Colonel Kurt Dierker. This brilliant action and adventure packed game features a great storyline, an open world gaming environment, thrilling game-play and super fine graphic details to provide you with an amazing and wondrous experience of gaming. The Saboteur offers a great combination of action-adventure RPG, shooting and Stealth elements and is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#5 Far Cry 4
Far Cry 4 is a best Action and FPS (First Person Shooter) video game that offers a brilliant amalgamation of Action, RPG and First-Person Shooter elements. The game takes place in an open world in the city of Kyrat and puts you right into the character of the protagonist who returns to his homeland and gets stuck into an ongoing battle between the Govt. and a rebel faction named as Golden Path. Soon after finding out the truth, the protagonist joins the Faction and starts fighting against the Govt. an all of its operatives. An era of destruction begins and the protagonist gets himself engaged in hardcore battles and combats with the Royal Army of an unlawful Govt. Far Cry 4 provides with a great story, a Fast-Paced and Thrill-Packed game-play with modified mechanics and a lot of new weapons. A great new feature of “Far Cry 4” is that it lets you fly by the help of a WingSuit that actually helps you travel to long distances in less time. A huge amount of weapons, enhanced game mechanics, visuals and upgraded inventory is what makes this game stand out as one of the best FPS games ever built. Play this game for an unforgettable shooting game experience and you’ll love it.
#6 Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping dogs is an Action-Adventure and Third Person Shooter video game that takes you to the environmental wonders of the Hong Kong. The game features the protagonist Wei Shen an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Sun On Yee triad to take down their organization. The game lets you experience an awesomely engaging and thrilling game-play by using your fighting, shooting and parkour skills against your enemies. You can walk, run, fight with pedestrians, drive different vehicles and even fly planes in an open world. As being the police officer and a criminal at the same time, Sleeping Dogs lets you get into both law enforcing and criminal activities and this makes the game more engaging. You get a handful of different weapons, melee and firearms both at your disposal all the time. Sleeping Dogs is one of the best Action-Adventure and Shooter video game that provides with super realistic graphics, an amazing story, an open world and a thrilling game-play. Do try it out.
#7 Grand Theft Auto 5
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) or shortly represented as GTA 5 is an Action-Adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. This game features 1st and 3rd person gaming perspectives and an engaging and addicting gameplay along with nicely crafted graphic details, a well written storyline and an open world gaming environment. Grand Theft Auto V is available to play on Windows, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. According to the storyline, game revolves around the life events of the protagonist, Michael Townley who along with his accomplice Franklin Clinton heists a jewelry store to pay the debts. Michael Townley’s sole partner and friend Trevor Philips realizes that it’s Michael’s handiwork and he contacts him. Later on, Trevor Philips introduces Townley to numerous mafia heads for work and the real story begins. GTA 5 is an awesome action and adventure game. Player can walk, run, interact with people and shoot them. Townley gets an order and kills the person who he is ordered to be killed and in return he gets paid. With the paid money, player can buy all kinds of upgrades like cloths, weapons and vehicles etc. Open world gaming environment adds a bit of more taste in this amazingly designed and created piece of wonder. You can snatch cars from people, kill them, ride bikes and even fly a plane in the game. In short, this game is a great blend of action, adventure, RPG and shooting elements.
#8 Far Cry 3
Far Cry 3 is an Action-Adventure, RPG and First Person Shooter video game by Ubisoft Montreal. The game is set on a tropical Island situated between Indian and Pacific Oceans and features the protagonist Jason Brady who travels to the Island to free his friends from the pirates. The objectives of the game are to rescue the friends and escape with the artifacts currently in the possession of the pirates. This third installment of the series provides with an awesome crafting system and allows you to use both futuristic and traditional weapons and gain skill and experience points that will eventually help you buy upgrades from the in-game stores. Advance mechanics of the game let you use new tactics and advances skills along with the stealth option. Stealth helps you hide behind different structures (Walls, Crates etc.) to keep yourself safe from enemy fire. Far Cry 3 provides with an amazingly addictive and engaging game-play, a well-written story, great visual details, a lot of exciting side missions, a lot of collectibles and upgrades etc. This super thrilling game is a stunning addition to the series and will definitely entertain you if you play it.
#9 Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game created by Ubisoft. This extraordinary game takes you to an alternate reality and lands you right into the fictitious setting of United States where you act as a vigilante named Aiden Pierce. Watch Dogs tasks you to act as the protagonist and infiltrate the network systems of mega corporations who store all the data of online behaviors of humans to its mega servers. The hackers faction, Watch Dogs helps you get into the systems and after a little time you get to know that the mega corporations and other high ranking people are the responsible for the death of your niece and countless other people. This information pushes you to the limits to burn down the mega corporations and all the enemies of humanity. You start a war against them using your hacking abilities and act as the story of the game suggests. Watch Dogs provides you with a thrilling and action filed game-play, a great story and an open world to play and enjoy the game to the limits. Do try it out if you haven’t played it yet.
#10 Assassin’s Creed III
Assassin’s Creed III by Ubisoft Montreal is an Action-Adventure, Stealth and Shooter video game. The game takes place in the 21st century in a fictional history of the real world events based on the several centuries old struggle between the Assassins and Templars who fight for peace and free will of the humans. Game features protagonist, Desmond Miles who with the help of a machine named Animus relives the memories of his ancestors to prevent the apocalypse due in 2012. The player runs, hikes on mountains, climbs trees in an open world and fights off the enemies in close combats duel wielding his weapons and using the best stealth skills. With an inventory full of sharp edged weapons and stealth techniques, the protagonist Desmond Miles gets into the shape of two of his ancestors and kills the enemies with different sets of skills. Tomahawk, Guns, Bow and arrow, a rope dart and hidden blades are the primary weapons that the protagonist uses in his combats. Assassin’s Creed 3 provides with a well written storyline, eye catching ultra HD graphics and a lot of other goods to make you feel the awesomeness while playing the game.
#11 Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s Creed is a 2007 hit video game that offers a brilliant combination of Action, Adventure, Stealth, RPG and Shooting elements. Set in the Fictional Alternate history of real world and the events, the game tells the story of a centuries old struggle and battles of the Assassins and the Templars. Both of them are struggling for one goal but with the different ideologies and ways. The Assassins are fighting for peace with the help of their advanced skills and the Templars are struggling for peace by seizing control. The story of the game revolves around the character of the protagonist named as Desmond Miles who happens to be part of the Third Crusade in the Holy land in the year 1191. The protagonist relives the memories of his ancestors by the use of a machine named as Animus, goes on to the journey of past and acts as one of his ancestor named as Altair Ibn-La’Ahad, a key member of the Assassin’s Faction. This transcendence from one timeline to another takes the protagonist to the raging conflict between the Knight Templars and Assassins over an ancient Artifact known as the Piece of Eden, used to control the minds. Your task is to lead your faction, engage in epic battles with your enemies and defeat them to get to the Piece of Eden, confiscate the artifact and lets the league of Assassins control immense power. Assassin’s Creed is a brilliant Action, Adventure, Stealth and Shooting video game that literally takes you to the world of wonders and allows you to act as one true hero the world has ever seen.
#12 The Godfather 2
The Godfather 2, an Action-Adventure, RPG and Shooting video game is based on the story of a 1974 movie The Godfather Part II directed by Francis Ford Copola and written by Francis Ford Copola and Mario Puzo. Being a sequel to the most anticipated and a very much admired game The Godfather: The Game, The Godfather II is set in the four cities of Havana, Cuba, New York and Miami and features the main protagonist Michael Corleone who takes charge of the family and its businesses after the death of his father Don Vito Corleone. As his father, Michael Corleone after taking the charge, assassinates all the heads of the international mafia families and takes control of the businesses and the crime rings across the world and becomes the most powerful Don in America and Cuba. The Godfather II offers an open world gaming environment, super thrilling game-play with an extremely captivating action, gunplay, hand to hand fights, driving and single and multiplayer gaming options. A well written story-line makes the game more engaging and quite appealing and the graphic details are the real deal. Playing The Godfather II entertaining will be a great choice. You should try it out if you feel like craving for more action and adventure.
#13 Infamous 2
Infamous 2 is an extremely hardcore Action and Adventure packed game by Sucker Punch Productions. The game is a sequel to the 2009’s famous game Infamous and the story of this thrilling game presents the scenario of a battle with zombie like alien creatures Aka. Beasts. The protagonist Cole MacGrath from a different future along with countless other humans who possess some special abilities gets in the line to fight against the creatures. This spendthrift piece of art, Infamous 2, features an amazingly engaging and quite captivating game-play, enhanced graphics, open world gaming environment and a user friendly interface. Infamous 2 supports only single player gaming mode and is available to play on PlayStation 3 only. Try it out if you haven’t yet ane enjoy the ultimate fun.
#14 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.
#15 Infamous
Infamous, Stylized as inFAMOUS is an Open World Action-Adventure video game by the Sucker Punch Productions. The game revolves around the character of the Protagonist named as Cole McGrath who works as a Bike Messenger. Cole gets caught up in a massive explosion in the center of the city that wipes off several City blocks. The Empire City plunges into Chaos and Cole finds himself in control of some impressive Electricity-based Super Powers. The game allows the players (Cole) to use the Powers for both Good and Evil purposes (Based on the player’s choices). The game’s Karma System decides what outcome the players gets by making decisions that affect character’s growth throughout the game. As the game is an Open World Action-Adventure marvel, it allows the players to interact with the environment, interact with the people, get into action filled combats against the enemies and use the powers to do some good. The game allows the players to have experience points by completing various types of missions or tasks, performing stunts, use the experience points to enhance the powers and enjoy the game even more. Because of electricity-based powers the players cannot use any vehicles or use weapons but it has loads of other advantages such as climbing the building with ease, getting zero damage on falling from higher places, etc. Infamous offers “Good and Evil” mission separately and allows the players to select any of them and enjoy exploring the world while on a mission. With a variety of elements, Infamous offers plenty of room for gameplay, character modification options, loads of fantastic upgrades, an addictive gameplay and all the other fun things to enjoy.
#16 Driver: San Francisco
Driver: San Francisco is a brilliantly Action-filled Car racing video game by the popular Ubisoft Reflections and a number of other Ubisoft Studios. This Action-driven and thrilling game takes you to the amazing City of San Francisco and allow you to drive anyone of the 125 fast cars from various manufacturers, and be the protagonist Jericho, a Skilled Driver who gets arrested unlawfully, takes on the revenge ride and goes against all the responsible, including his true enemies and all the bribed officials in police force. Your task is to get into amazingly action and thrill filled races, defeat your opponents and gain some reputation, reach down to the top tier of mafia and finally kill all the enemies one by one to complete the game objectives. With a massive Open World, cool visuals, and an addictive, engaging game-play and a brilliant game story, Driver: San Francisco is one of the greatest Car Racing video game to play with a bit of drama.
#17 Uncharted
Uncharted, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment is an Action-Adventure and a 3rd Person Shooter video game. The story of the game is about a group of treasure hunters Nathan Drake, Victor Sullivan, and Elena Fisher. Nathan Drake acts as the protagonist in the game, Victor Sullivan is a skilled and a senior treasure hunter and Elena Is a journalist. The trio travels across the world along with their other companions in search of treasures and to find the truth about some famous and historical mysteries. The series consists of four main games (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted: Drake’s Deception & Uncharted 4: Among Thieves) and some spin-offs and is sold over 17 million copies worldwide. Uncharted offers different and quite engaging and appealing storyline for all of the games with hardcore action-adventure and shooting elements. With all the fantastic environments, locations and depiction. Uncharted offers fantastic stories across the series, amazing characters, loads of upgrades, worlds to discover and hordes of various enemies to fight against along with very immersive gameplay and handcrafted visuals, etc.
#18 GTA Online
GTA Online or also known as Grand Theft Auto Online is a fantastic new Online Multiplayer Mode for the GTA 5 video game. The game is set in the Fictitious State of San Andreas and allows you to get into the Online play with upto 30 Players, Explore the beautiful Open World environment, engage yourself into epic Co-Op and Competitive matches, Roam freely into the State of San Andreas and the City of Los Santos. The game offers both First and third-person Shooting elements along with Stealth and allows you to go on hunting rampages in missions with objectives to kill specific targets or you can simply walk through the streets of Los Santos, Draw your weapons and shoot down the pedestrians, Snatch whatever vehicles you like and start driving them and enjoy a gameplay similar mostly to GTA Online’s predecessors. GTA Online offers some amazing Character customization options and allows you to modify their appearance as you like. GTA Online offers an hour long Tutorial that lets you master Driving, Shooting and fighting etc. With all the Drama and fantastic missions, beautifully designed visuals and all the fun with guns and vehicles, GTA Online is one amazing game Mode to enjoy. Do give it a try, it’ll definitely entertain you.
#19 Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3 is a super Action-Thriller Third-Person Shooter video game by Rockstar Studios. The game is set in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil and features the one and only New York City detective Max Payne as the main protagonist. Max flees to Sao Paulo and starts working as a Private Security Contractor after the dismissal from NYPD and killing the son of a local mob boss. In Sao Paulo, Max gets stuck deep into a quest filled with Treachery and Fatality and the real action begins. Max Payne 3 continues the story of Max’s hardcore adventures from where it took a pause in Max Payne 2. This Film-Noir and cinematic action-filled video game feature a great story, action-packed game-play and state of the art graphics along with 3 super-engaging Chapters, Arcade Mode, Multiplayer gaming mode, a lot of Collectibles and a huge range of Weapons. Max Payne 3 is no doubt a great blend of Action and Shooting elements that totally leaves you spellbound for a good amount of time. With all the action and Drama presented in the game is one amazing Action Thriller to enjoy.
#20 Max Payne
Max Payne is an action and a Third-person Shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Gathering of Developers and Rockstar Games. The game revolves around the character of Max Payne, a detective in NYPD (New York Police Department). In the game, Max Payne follows the footprints of the killer who murdered his whole family. The story of the game draws the inspiration from the novels of Micky Spillane. Max Payne features fast-paced action and adventure filled game-play along with superbly crafted graphics. Being available on multiple platforms like PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Gameboy Advance, iOS and Android, Max Payne sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide and inspired a feature film under the same title. With all the fantastic Action and Thrill, Neo-Noir style, amazing graphic Novel Panels, Cut Scenes, Voice-Overs and the brilliant Narrative of the game, Max Payne offers a truly very amazing and brilliant Third-person Shooting gaming. Max Payne offers a number of cool weapons such as Semi-Automatic Pistols, Shot Guns, Aks, Grenades and lot of others and allows you to also use melee weapons while being close proximity to the enemies. The game lets you Dual Wield some of the weapons and allows yo to keep your health at max by using the Painkillers and keep on unleashing hell on the enemy soldiers. Max Payne offers the cool Bullet Time feature throughout the series that allows you to use the Slow Motion features while attacking your enemies and that helps save yourself from the incoming bullets. Furthermore the “Dead on Arrival” mode lets you use Seven Saves feature that helps you re-spawn if you are dead in the game for Seven Times. With all the fantastic and fast-paced action, thrill and drama, Max Payne is one of the best ever Third-person Shooting games. Try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#21 Batman: Arkham Origins
Batman: Arkham Origins is an Action-RPG, Beat em’ up and Stealth video game developed by Warner Bros. Games Montreal and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game features the young Batman as the protagonist and the villain Black Mask puts a bounty on his head. A number of assassins approach to the Gotham City, 8 among them, the most brutal and fearful villains are famous for their hate for Batman. Throughout the game, Gotham city police keeps chasing Batman and the Batman keeps on fighting against the villains including The Joker and Anarky. Protagonist is controllable from a third person perspective and allows the player to use his best stealth capabilities, detective expertise and tools in combats against the enemies and against the city police to keep them on a distance. Batman keeps on fighting against the Villains and after defeating the Joker and Anarky in a destructive battle he finally reaches to confront Black Mask, kills him in a brutal death-match and leaves. The game provides with a nicely routed story and ultra-realistic graphics along with single and multiplayer gaming mode options. Batman: Arkham Origins is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#22 Saints Row 4
Saints Row 4, is an open world Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, RPG and third person shooter video game. Saints Row 4 kicks off from where the Saints Row: The Third concluded. Third Street Gang’s Boss becomes the president of U.S and changes everything. The gangs, defeated by Third Street Saints are now forming alliances and an alien invasion is just about to happen. The protagonist multiplies his efforts with the Third Street Saints to act rationally and killing all the enemies for the sake of United States and the Third Street Gang. After a long lasting war with the aliens and the rival gangs combined, the President (Third Street Saints Boss) confronts Zinyak and kills him in the end of a bloody battle and moves towards the alliance of the Gangs of Steelport, eradicates them with all his might and man power and conquers the Zin forces. After the surrender of the Zin forces, the Boss becomes their new leader, acquires the Zin Time Trave Device and restores the order in present by going to the past and correcting all the errors. Zin invasion never happens and the gangs never show up on the surface of the earth, only Third Street Saints rules as a unanimous power and the boss still becomes the president of United States.
#23 Prototype 2
Prototype 2 is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Third-person Shooter, Stealth and an open world game. The game lets you be the protagonist James Heller who vows to avenge the murders of his family because of the Black Virus spread by the antagonist Alex Mercer. James holds Alex responsible for the virus outbreak and goes on a quest to find both Black Virus origins and Alex Mercer. Heller uses his super-human abilities to fight against the black forces and reaches to Blacknet’s Facility where he hacks into the system and destroys a lot of their plans. He tracks down Dr. Koenig and finds out that he has the same abilities as himself, gets into conflict with him, consumes him and goes on to find Mercer. Heller reaches to Green Zone and finds Sabrina Galloway and teams up with her as she promises to help him track down Mercer. After an extreme struggle they find out Mercer, who kills Father Guerra, Heller finds his corpse and encounters Mercer in the Red Zone. A huge combat starts, Mercer gets wounded badly and falls down, Heller finds his daughter but Galloway betrays him and hands his daughter to Mercer. Mercer consumes Galloway and others and the combat starts again between the two and in the end Heller consumes and kills Mercer and frees his daughter. Prototype 2 just like its story is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#24 Dead Rising 2
Dead Rising 2, is an Open World Action, Horror Survival and Beat em’ Up video game developed by Blue Castle Games and published by Capcom for multiple platforms as Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is set in the fictitious settlement of Fortune City, Nevada and features the protagonist Chuck Greene a former Motocross Champion who combats with the hordes of Zombies in order to survive and finish the game objectives. Mostly involving in the melee combats, you as the protagonist take control of some custom made, traditional or futuristic weapons like guns with multiple functionalities, swords, axes etc. As the protagonist mostly travels on foot in the game world, he engages in close combats with zombies and uses the melee weapons and melee fight techniques to fight off the zombies and save himself from becoming like them. Alongside killing the zombies, protagonist collects different power-ups and weapons and items that complete the world map. From start to the end, this game is a total blast and the presence of almost 7000 zombies on the same time while you are fighting against the zombies, makes the game a fast-paced and madness filled thriller that is enough to give you chills. You should totally try it out if you love playing Apocalyptic games.
#25 Saints Row: The Third
Saints Row: The Third is an Action and Adventure packed game developed by Volition, Inc. and is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Saints Row: The Third is one of the best games of this specific genre that offers versatility in almost every single element present in the game. The game is set in an imaginary city of SteelPort. SteelPort is the house of Saints Row: The Third from centuries. Saints Row: The Third features super realistic graphic details, open world gaming environment, inspiring storyline and a thrilling game-play. The storyline of the game is quite like Mafia II with a whole different game-play and environment. In the game, the player leads the gang of Third Street Saints who are fighting a gang war against the 3 most notorious gangs of SteelPort named as Morningstar, Luchadores and Deckers. With a variety of weapons and vehicles they have a huge advantage over the enemies. After a very long gang war the Syndicate (Trio of the enemy gangs) is defeated and now the governmental Special Anti-Gang force starts hunting the Saints and a new war between Law Enforcement Authorities and Third Street Saints begins. Saints Row: The Third proves to be a really great game to play and enjoy, you should totally check it out.
#26 Just Cause 2
Just Cause 2 is an excellent Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Shooting video game by Avalanche Studios. The game offers a unique gaming experience by continuing the adventures of agent Rico Rodriguez, a field operative of the agency after the events of Just Cause. The game lets you shoot enemies, run, walk, fight, snatch vehicles and even fly a plane etc. Being a hardcore action thriller, Just Cause 2 puts you in the middle of the ballistic action and adventure you have ever experienced. You get a free hand to engage yourself in super-fast-paced action and do what all the heroes normally do in thrill packed action movies like jumping off the helicopters, crashing cars, blowing up the bridges, crushing the statues and killing enemies etc. Just Cause 2 is a total blast in the line of action gaming. You get to use the most sophisticated and futuristic weapons, vehicles and aircraft against your enemies and a marvelous addition to the inventory is the Grappling Hook that lets you tether yourself with anything. Just Cause 2 provides with an amazing story-line, super fine graphics and an open world to engage yourself in the best action depiction ever.
#27 Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Arkham City is an amazingly addictive and engaging Action-RPG and Beat em’ Up video game by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game revolves around the character of Batman, who gets imprisoned in the Arkham City, a Mega Prison that surrounds the whole slums of Fictitious Gotham City. With no memories of how he got there, Batman tries to uncover the sinister plan of his imprisonment and to find a way to get out of this Godforsaken place. The game allows you to take down your arch enemy The Joker, using all of your advanced Stealth, parkour and fighting, Detective and Exploration abilities. Batman: Arkham City offers a number of advanced gadgets, weapons and other items to use against the enemies and allows yo to be the one true hero of the Gotham City. With super action filled gameplay, amazing 3D visuals and a great game story, Batman: Arkham City is a wonderful game to play.
#28 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.
#29 PayDay 2
PayDay 2 is First-person Shooter, Tactical Co-operative Multiplayer and Stealth video game. Game kicks off after the events of its predecessor PayDay and introduces a New Gang of Washington D.C. The game allows you to be a member of that Gang and go heisting banks, robbing Jewelry Shops, stealing Cars, Distributing Narcotics and stealing whatever you want in Washington D.C. along with 2 AI players or team up with friends and enjoy amazing Co-Operative Multiplayer gaming. With an Action-packed game-play and all the super thriller nature, PayDay 2 is a blast. If you love playing games like PayDay 2, the following Action-packed titles would definitely be of your great interest. Let’s have a look at some of the best alternatives to PayDay 2.
#30 Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution by IO Interactive is a brilliant Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooting and Stealth video game. The game is set on the fictional location of Chicago, Illinois, lets you be Agent 47 and complete the missions assigned to you by the agency. Hitman: Absolution is a bit different from other games of the series because of its unique story. As the storyline suggests, your handler, Diana goes rogue and the agency puts Agent Benjamin Travis in her place who locates you and assigns you the task of killing Diana. You finally locate Diana who gets a bullet from your gun, but gives you a letter and asks you to take care of a little girl named Victoria. You, after reading the letter must help Diana and hide the little girl from agency’s radar. You must meet Birdie for side missions and complete them during the main mission progress. After knowing the truth, you must encounter Agent Travis and kill him, return to the agency and prove that Diana is not guilty. With a great engaging story and challenging game-play that puts you right into the middle of action-adventure and stealth filled FPF wonder, you’ll feel like being part of this cool game. Hitman: Absolution is no doubt a great Action, Adventure, Stealth and Shooter video game to play and enjoy. You should definitely play this game if you haven’t played it yet, you’ll love it.
#31 Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a great Action-Adventure, Stealth, RPG and Third-person Shooting video game by Eidos Montreal and Square Enix. The game sets off in an era of Mega Corporations that devastated the Governmental System, made Laws by themselves and started ruling over. Deus Ex: Human Revolution features the protagonist Adam Jensen who injures himself badly in a terrorist attack. After waking up he finds out that almost every limb of his body is expurgated away and his body is fitted with new prosthetic made by one of the mega corporations. You must get into the character of Adam, join the revolutionists and start your journey to take down the mighty Organizations. Deus Ex: Human Revolution provides with a great blend of Action-Adventure, RPG, Shooting and Stealth elements and lets you use any means necessary to eliminate your enemies. The regenerative system of your health will definitely give you the advantage of being stronger while fighting in combats with enemies. A great Story, quite engaging game-play and super realistic graphics details are all responsible for binding you to the console for a great amount of time. Do try it out.
#32 Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid is a great Action-Adventure, Stealth and Shooting video game by Konami. The game follows the character of Solid Snake, a skilled soldier who is tasked to neutralize a terrorist organization named as FOXHOUND. FOXHOUND is taking refuge in a Nuclear Weapons Facility where they have taken two high-profile hostages. The hostages are the Head of DARPA and the CEO of a Major Arms Manufacturer Company. Snakes task is to infiltrate the Nuclear facility, eliminate all the terrorists, free the hostages and stop the terrorists from launching a Nuclear Attack. Stealth is the most prominent part of the game, it allows the players to sneak into enemy territories, hide behind the objects, crawl through the Ducts, and duck behind the walls to attack the enemies uninvited. With all the clean 3D visuals, overhead and First-person perspectives, a great futuristic story, loads of different weapons, Metal Gear Solid offers the most fantastic Action-oriented gameplay ever created. Playing it would definitely feel like being part of the game world as it needs the utmost attention and a keen interest in the story. So are you ready to bring down the most notorious Terrorist Organization of the times and sabotage their plan of mega-destruction?
#33 Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV developed and published by Rockstar North and Rockstar Games respectively is an extremely spellbinding combination of Action-Adventure, RPG, Driving and Shooting elements. A significant addition to the series Grand Theft Auto, this game is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Grand Theft Auto IV features an open world gaming environment, an amazingly lined up story with a superbly developed gameplay and ultra-realistic graphics details. With a 3rd person perspective, you can enjoy the game by snatching vehicles, fighting and killing the pedestrians, mafia lords and mafia men, you can drive tanks, fly planes and helicopters etc. This game allows you to roam and explore freely and enjoy every bit of the environment. The story revolves mostly around the protagonist Niko Bellic who comes to Liberty City to live the American Dream but once reached, Niko indulges in some serious mafia business after killing Vlad Glebov. Glebov was a top hit so Niko receives more offers for high value targets and ends up killing most of the mafia bosses for the agency in exchange of his criminal file. Agency agrees and gives him a free hand. Niko finally finds the person responsible for his unit’s betrayal. Pegorino tricks Niko in killing Dimitri and escapes, Niko finds Pegorino and kills him. Mission finishes, agency gives him his criminal record file and Niko Disappears for good. A great game with a great storyline and characters, absolutely a Action-Adventure, driving and Shooting experience. Must try it out.
#34 Red Faction: Guerrilla
Red Faction: Guerrilla is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, Sci-fi, Single and Multiplayer video game Volition and published by THQ. It is the third gorgeous entry in the series of Red Faction. The player can take on the role of the protagonist named Alec Mason and his main task is to lead a team of the Red Faction to fight against opposite forces on Mars. The game represents the open environment consists of Mars and offers different challenges, tasks and more. You can play the game from the third-person perspective and the main task is to protect the planet Earth from vicious factions and fend off them by destroying. Explore the game world, interact with NPCs, complete challenging quests and slaughter monsters to earn experience points. Use your points to unlock further content and collect power-ups to enhance your abilities. The game allows you to traverse the globe either on foot or by vehicle to reach faster. It offers exciting features and different modes to play and enjoy. With the stunning environment, immersive gameplay and brilliant mechanics, Red Faction: Guerrilla is the best game to play and enjoy.
#35 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a Platform, Action-Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Namco Bandai Games. The game takes place in the destructive world, in which the war has left the land in ruins, only some humans can survive and nature tries to reclaim the land. The player can dive into the role of the protagonist and explore the game world from the third-person perspective and can use his combat moves and platforming abilities to navigate obstacles. The game world full of monsters, and their supporters and the player have to fight against them using a close-combat system and long-range weapons. It offers exciting open world environment and lets the player uses melee weapons and combat for fend off his enemies. Earn lots of points by completing objectives and use them to unlock advanced options. The player will gain experience as he explores the game world and completes a series of objectives. Stunning Environment, Dynamic Combat System, Melee Attacks, Engaging Storyline, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.
#36 Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum is an Action-Adventure, Superhero, and Single-player video game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The game takes place in the fictional Gotham City based and it based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It puts you in the role of the Batman, and your main goal is to fend off the popular antagonist, the Joker by destroying the entire city using detonate bombs. Navigate the city from a third-person perspective and smash the unholy plans of the Joker. Your hero is capable of jumping, climbing, running, gliding and crouching from the heights of building using his cape. The Batman equips with exciting gadgets that he can use during gameplay to fulfill his missions. Manipulate the world, interact with NPCs, find out the place where the bombs are hidden and deactivate them to rescue the entire city from devastation. Batman: Arkham Asylum offers core features such as Become a Hero, Multiple Takedown Methods, Unlock Secrets, different Gadgets, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#37 Syphon Filter 2
Syphon Filter 2 mixes the elements of Action, Third-person Shooter, Exploration and Stealth developed by Eidetic and published by 898 Studios. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and it is the second marvelous entry in the series of Syphon Filter. It offers an exciting story, in which Lian and Gabe makes a target to an agency after unearthing its connection to Syphon Filter. Dillon Morgan kidnaps Lian at the Warehouse, forcing Gabe to work for it. You can take on the role of the protagonist and your goal is to explore the fictional environment from third-person perspective, complete a variety of missions and progress through the game. It rewards you with experience points as you complete the objective. Interact with environment and NPCs to unlock further content in the game. As you advanced, the game becomes difficult to play. Engage yourself in shooting gameplay experience and become the master. With prominent features, addictive visuals, and smooth controls, Syphon Filter 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#38 Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Third-person Perspective, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on Shooting and Driving elements by Rockstar Games. The game introduces both the Lost and Damned, and the Ballad of Gay Tony simultaneously and the player doesn’t need a copy of the original title to play the game. The player experiences the Liberty City as the protagonist named Johnny in The Lost and Damned, the member of a biker gang. The protagonist has been building business opportunities for the city, but the first loyalty needs to be the patch he wears on his back. According to the storyline, Tony injects the Liberty City with the overdose of grime, guns, and more. As the protagonist named Luis Lopez, the player needs to compete against loyalties of family and fellows and struggle to reveal who is fake and who is real in the world. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and the player can explore the environment from either on foot or by vehicle. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is the brilliant game to play.
#39 Prototype
Prototype is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game by Activision. The game offers an Open World Environment, and it is set in Manhattan, USA. Prototype follows the character of an Amnesic and powerful Shapeshifter named as Alex Mercer, who sets out to fight against the Blacklight, a deadly plague that consumes the humanity of Individuals and converts them into altered ferocious monsters. Alex keeps on fighting the monsters as well as finding the truth about his lost past. Struggling hard against the monsters, Alex also comes into massive conflict with the US military and the operatives of Blackwatch, a Black operation force. With the freedom to roam free, Alex keeps on getting farther into the enemy territory and finding the secrets while the player controls the character of Alex Mercer. Prototype offers plenty of room for gameplay along with sophisticated weaponry, fantastic graphics quality, and excellent combat mechanics. Prototype provides the ability to experience the game in Sandbox style while playing it and enjoy it even more. With its amazingly addictive nature, Prototype is one of the most played and liked Action-Adventure, Stealth, and Shooter video game. It also has a sequel named as Prototype 2 that expands the story to further distances and enhances the great experience. Do try it out.
#40 Deadly Premonition
The last entrant on our list of games like “State of Decay” is Deadly Premonition. Deadly Premonition is developed by “Access Games” in collaboration with “Rising Star Games and is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming platforms. The game is a super hit amalgamation of Open world, Psychological Horror Survival and shooting elements. The game kicks off with the investigation of the murder of “Becky Adams and Diane”. Protagonist as the investigator “York” find out that the murders are a work of the “Raincoat Killers” and suspects Thomas in the murders and Thomas after some time dies with a hook in his neck. Thomas’s death halts the investigation a bit but “York” keeps on gathering the evidence. Emily joins the investigation with York and finds out the final victim “Carol”. Carol infects Emily with red seeds and she falls ill. York leaves Emily with Kaysen and continues the investigation, encounters George and makes him confess the murders and kills him. The game concludes. The story of the game is a bit twisted and takes you to the heights of amazingness in horror-survival and psychotic experience. Try it out and you’ll definitely have your head spinning.
#41 Retro City Rampage DX
Retro City Rampage DX is a Top-Down Action-Adventure, Open World, and Single-player video game developed and published by Vblank Entertainment. It offers retro-style 80’s and 90’s pop culture and the gameplay is similar to Grand Theft Auto game. It takes place in the fictional city of Thefttropolis in 1985, where the protagonist is hired as a henchman of a massive crime syndicate controlled by the Jester. According to the story, three years later, during the bank robbery gone wrong, and the protagonist runs into the time-traveling telephone booth. During the event, the booth flings the player forward in time to the year 20XX. Upon arrival, the man arrives named as Doc Choc in his time traveling vehicle and save the player as the both breaks down. The ultimate objective of the player is to collect the rare parts by navigating the world to repair the telephone booth, while encountering waves of 80s games and pop culture including the Jester, Dr. Von Buttnik, and more. There are more than fifty story-based missions available and thirty challenging stages. With superb graphics, excellent gameplay, and smooth controls, Retro City Rampage DX is the best game to play and enjoy.
#42 Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter is an Action, Third-person Shooter, Stealth, and Single-player video game developed by Eidetic and published by 989 Studios. It is the first entry in the series of Syphon Filter and the story revolves around a special agents named Lian Xing and Gabriel Logan and focuses on their struggle to fight against terrorist to defend Germany. It combines the elements of stealth and puzzle and the player can dive into the role of the protagonist. The player can navigate the environment from third-person view and he can move freely and rotate camera in any direction. There are different types of weapons, equipment, and tools that the player can use during battle against terrorist and has to complete a series of missions given by the government of United States. The player can run, jump, pick up, punch, kick, and can use stealth element to take down foes. With exciting features, superb mechanics, brilliant gameplay, and awesome features, Syphon Filter is the best game to play and enjoy.