Mirror’s Edge Catalyst
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is the second in line and a part of the fantastic Action, Platform, and Parkour game series Mirror’s Edge. The game is actually a reboot of the original Mirror’s Edge video game and offers the same characters, locations and amazing parkour elements in a newly re-imagined fashion. The game lets you sneak into the guise of Faith once again and enjoy being a Freerunner and a Freedom Fighter at the same time. Traverse through the totalitarian City of Glass and enjoy the amazing parkour and action. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is basically a First-person Action and Adventure platformer video game that allows the player to control the character of Faith Connors, traverse through the City of Glass, Explore and perform Parkour Moves to complete various missions. Fighting the enemies is a whole different story as it involves amazing fighting skills and parkour at the same time. Unlike the previous Mirror’s Edge game, the combat is pretty much revamped as it is totally new and unique in so many different ways. There is no gun use in the game, and instead, players can focus on Faith’s Fighting, Running and Parkour skills and use these abilities as the primary weapons as well. Furthermore, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst allows the players to explore in the Free Roam mode, enjoy more freedom in traversal, select multiple paths for an objective completion. The player can also enjoy Campaigns in the game as well as Side Activities such as various types of races, time trials on different locations, solve environmental Puzzles and enjoy the game. With a grand narrative, amazingly addictive gameplay and all the Parkour fun, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is a great new Action, Platform and Parkour video game to play and enjoy.
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 Silent Hill
Silent Hill is a 1999’s Top-Hit Horror-Survival and Shooter video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The game offers a wonderfully designed 3D Real-time environment and allows you to play from a Third-person perspective. Story revolves around the character of Harry Mason who struggles to find his adopted daughter who ends up in the possession of a cult taking refuge in Silent hill, America, a town filled with all kinds of gory monsters and creatures. In effort of freeing her, Mason fights off the Cult members, kills them and finally frees her. Silent Hill offers five different endings of the game and offers different environments and objectives as well. Combat and Exploration elements in the game add up a bit more fun to the game as they let you traverse through a number of different environments, fight off hordes of monsters, interact with objects and solve a number of challenging puzzles in order to keep going on in the game. Other cool features of the game include Third-person perspective, Heads up Display, Health bar, and Dual Shock controller that helps you keep track of your heart beat and know about when to take a pause. Silent Hill lets you combat against the monsters using Melee Combat techniques and weapons, a number of firearms, and your parkour abilities. With a very challenging and quite addictive gameplay, a fantastic story, brilliant visual details and loads of other great things to discover, Silent hill is one amazing Action, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game to play.