The Sopranos: Road to Respect
The Sopranos: Road to Respect is a Beat ‘em up, Action-Adventure, and Single-player video game created by 7 Studios and published by THQ for PlayStation 2. The game offers exciting gameplay based, on the HBO series The Sopranos. The storyline of the game is set between the 5th and sixth seasons and revolves illegitimate son named Joey LaRocca, as he struggles to make his way through the family business. The story starts with NPC named Tony Soprano providing Joey LaRocca (the protagonist), a place in the Mafia. During the job, the protagonist accidentally murders Mario Buscetta, Angelo Buscetta’s nephew. After that, Angie sends a hitman to target the protagonist, but he kills the hitman during the rooftop chase. In the game, the player takes several missions from the main characters of the series at the specific points. The game is different from influenced games in that it is in a linear and story-driven gameplay as opposed to open world type gameplay of GTA. The game becomes challenging as the player advances through it and further levels will be unlocked.
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 Deus Ex
Deus Ex is an Epic Cyberpunk Action-RPG (Role Playing Game) and FPS (First Person Shooter) and Stealth video game, developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive in collaboration with Aspyre and Square Enix. With Unreal Engine 1, this game is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Cloud OnLive. The game is set in an apocalyptic era in the year 2052, and features UN’s Anti-Terrorist Special Task Force agent JC Denton as the protagonist. JC Denton sets out to fight against the notoriously dangerous and mighty terrorist organizations prevalent in a world that is almost going to collapse. Denton being entwined deep into the world of ancient conspiracy, fights against the terrorist organizations such as Hong Kong Triads, Illuminati and Majestic 12 as he further paces into the game. With the bestselling sequel of the game, Deus Ex: Invisible War and a prequel named as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Deus Ex have sold over 2 million copies worldwide till date. Deus Ex offers a fantastic Story-driven gameplay, great visuals and game mechanics. Do give it a try, you’ll love it.
#7 Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter and Interactive Drama video game made by Quantic Dream. This Psyche thriller Film Noir drama is set in the city of New York and its story revolves around the character of protagonist Lucas Kane. Lucas Kane gets assigned on a task to solve the murder cases committed by a man who controls people’s minds by using his super natural powers and then kills them. The Killer gets aware about the activities of Lucas and follows him to a Dinner where he forces his spell over Lucas’s brain and makes him kill a man. You must get into the character of the protagonist and find out the truth about the killer’s spell over you. You must also speed up your investigations in order to stop the killer from killing more innocent people. You must go through the sessions of physical and mental therapy to reduce the manipulation caused by the killers spell. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy provides with different game endings, all based up on the actions performed by you and the path selected by you. A mental health bar keeps on telling you about your sanity levels so you must keep track of that or else you’ll end up killing another person. With an amazing psycho-horror game story, state of the art graphics and an engaging game-play, Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy is a great game to play, you must try it out.
#8 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.
#9 Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is an Action-Adventure, Award-Winning, Open World, and Single-player Remastered video game for the new Generation. All twenty-four previous DLC packs are available in this edition, including the horror-theme in North Point, and more. Alongside, it offers enhanced mechanics, smooth controls, detailed environment and attractive audio. The game takes place in the fictional world and puts you in the role of the protagonist who must navigate the busy roads and streets of Hong Kong to fulfill his mission objectives. According to the story, the most dangerous criminal organization is taking over the Hong Kong and rules on exotic locations. You act as the protagonist named Wei Shen, who is an undercover cop and his ultimate task is to fight against a criminal organization and smash them to prevent devastation. You can take part in the battle and can fight against hand-to-hand combat using martial arts. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition offers core features such as Ultimate Playground, Epic High-Speed Thrill, Open Environment, Weapons, various Vehicles and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#10 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.
#11 Enforcer: Police. Crime. Action
Enforcer: Police. Crime. Action is a Third-person Action-Adventure and Shooter video game that offers an L.A Noire inspired gameplay and mechanics. The game is developed by Odin Game Studio and is available to play on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X gaming platforms. The game is set in a tiny town in the United States in which you act as the protagonist who works for the local law enforcement department and is tasked to control the law and order situations in the town. The game as the storyline suggests, lets you deal with traffic accidents, pull over the drunk, escort them to police station, stop robberies and thefts, investigate different crimes like murders, muggings, and do all the things a policeman can do. Enforcer: Police Crime Action is a police themed game so it makes you act strictly as a police officer while on duty but after the duty, you can do whatever you want. This third person game actually is a great amalgamation of thrill, action-adventure, and shooting elements and is quite great to play and enjoy.