50 Amazing Video Games
by mtxdevin | created - 22 Feb 2012 | updated - 22 Feb 2012 | PublicA list of 50 great video games you should play.
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1. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,471
2. Dead Space (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
Engineer Isaac Clarke and his crew get stranded on a large, abandoned mining ship. There, Clarke needs to repair the giant ship while battling nasty aliens and solving the mystery of what happened to the ship.
Director: Michael Condrey | Stars: Tonantzin Carmelo, J.G. Hertzler, Iyari Limon, Peter Mensah
Votes: 10,541
3. Dead Space 2 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Set three years after the events of the first, Isaac Clarke's fight against a new Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl, a space station above Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Stars: Gunner Wright, Tanya Clarke, Sonita Henry, Curt Cornelius
Votes: 7,276
4. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.
Director: Jason Jones | Stars: Jen Taylor, Pete Stacker, Tim Dadabo, Steve Downes
Votes: 12,166
5. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
You play a 1930s mobster as you act out your confession of your rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Director: Daniel Vávra | Stars: Michael Sorvino, William DeMeo, George DiCenzo, Matt Servitto
Votes: 6,469
6. Mafia II (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
The chronicles of Vito Scalletta, a young Italian immigrant who joins the Italian mafia, but soon gets in over his head when illegal drug dealing and deception take place.
Stars: Rick Pasqualone, Robert Costanzo, Ray Iannicelli, Roger Rose
Votes: 11,667
7. Fable (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Once a young boy has obtained a gift for his sister's birthday, bandits attack his home village of Oakvale. A member of the Hero's Guild, Maze, stumbles upon the boy, saves him and takes the boy to the Guild to be raised as a hero.
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Adjoa Andoh, Georg Backer, Emma Butcher, Luke Butcher
Votes: 3,094
8. Fable II (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A peasant child finds out about the heroic past of the child's family. Once old enough, the hero decides to reclaim his or hers heritage.
Stars: Ron Glass, Julia Sawalha, Oliver Cotton, Stephen Fry
Votes: 2,940
9. Fable III (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Your journey to rule the throne of Albion begins fifty years after the events of the last chapter, and you play as the child of your hero from Fable II (2008).
Stars: John Cleese, Michael Fassbender, Stephen Fry, Naomie Harris
Votes: 2,949
10. Assassin's Creed (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A man enters a machine called the Animus that lets him relive the memories of his ancestor, a 12th century assassin named Altair.
Stars: Kristen Bell, Philip Shahbaz, Nolan North, Phil Proctor
Votes: 20,290
11. Assassin's Creed II (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
Directors: Sylvain Bernard, Shea Wageman | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 25,812
12. Doom 3 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A demonic invasion at Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility has left only you and a handful of survivors with the chance to fight your way to safety.
Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Steve Blum
Votes: 4,454
13. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Niko Bellic comes to Liberty City, America to live the good life, but ends up having to assist his dangerously indebted cousin Roman with his financial troubles, by any (mostly illegal) means necessary.
Stars: Michael Hollick, Jason Zumwalt, Timothy Adams, Moti Margolin
Votes: 37,935
14. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 15,241
15. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Thriller
The Call of Duty series returns this time into a modern day setting. The player takes control of a character nicknamed "Soap," for the majority of the campaign and will need to progress through many modern warfare scenarios.
Director: Jason West | Stars: Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, David Sobolov, Mark Grigsby
Votes: 24,525
16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
A massacre at a Russian airport leads to a war between Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, a Task Force is sent to find the perpetrators and bring the bloodshed to an end.
Director: Jason West | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Barry Pepper, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 26,032
17. Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former Marine Captain and CIA operative Alex Mason, upon interrogation by an unknown party, recounts his violent experiences with the Bay of Pigs, a radical Soviet conspiracy, and the Vietnam war.
Director: Dave Anthony | Stars: James C. Burns, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Ice Cube, Ed Harris
Votes: 21,284
18. Call of Duty: World at War (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Thriller
An epic story of an American marine and a Soviet soldier in WWII.
Stars: Gary Oldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Craig Houston, Chris Fries
Votes: 12,807
19. Battlefield 3 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, War
Step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines and experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer action ranging across diverse locations from around the globe.
Director: Tom Keegan | Stars: Gideon Emery, Glenn Morshower, Thor Edgell, Mark Ivanir
Votes: 9,590
20. Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 17,548
21. Mass Effect (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a technologically advanced future, an elite human soldier takes command of a prototype star ship and works to defend the galaxy from danger.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Steven Barr, Kimberly Brooks, Keith David, Seth Green
Votes: 19,802
22. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie
Votes: 21,468
23. Dragon Age: Origins (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After four hundred years since the last Blight, a new Archdemon seeks to destroy the land of Ferelden. It is up to the player - as one of the remaining Grey Wardens - to unite the divided armies of Ferelden and save humanity.
Director: Dan Tudge | Stars: Steve Valentine, Peter Renaday, Kate Mulgrew, Tim Curry
Votes: 8,612
24. World of Warcraft (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
First entry in the MMORPG series. Four years have passed since the mortal races stood together against the might of the Burning Legion. Peace is fading. The lands of the world of Azeroth have once again become host to a World of Warcraft.
Directors: Marc Messenger, Terran Gregory, Jeffrey Kaplan | Stars: Michele Marie Arko, Tracy W. Bush, Grant George, Joey Cash
Votes: 6,956
25. Medal of Honor (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, War
A first person shooter developed with the help of Tier 1 military operators depicting violent missions in Afganistan.
Directors: Tobias Strömvall, Blade Zavier, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Jeffrey Pierce, Jon Bruno, Dustin James Leighton, Chris Fries
Votes: 2,727
26. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles continues to travel the memories of Ezio Auditore, bringing him to turn-of-the-century Rome with Ezio rebuilding the assassin order to bring down the tyrannical Borgia rule.
Director: Sylvain Bernard | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 17,363
27. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Ezio travels to Constantinople, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire to discover the truth behind his Ancestor, Altair, which will help him retrieve a powerful weapon hidden within Masyaf, the ancient assassins' fortress.
Director: Alexandre Amancio | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Cas Anvar, Nolan North, John de Lancie
Votes: 14,516
28. Quake 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Continuing the storyline from Quake II (1997), once again it's up to you to engage the alien race known as the Strogg.
Director: Eric Biessman | Stars: Peter Stormare, Charles Napier, Michael Gannon, David Vincent
Votes: 1,447
29. Fight Night Round 4 (2009 Video Game)
T | Sport
Boxing game with the greatest boxers of all time
Directors: Bob Bekian, Blade Zavier
Votes: 112
30. Halo 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As the alien Covenant invade Earth, the Master Chief must defend humanity's homeworld whilst discovering more about the rings called "Halo."
Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Julie Benz, Hamilton Camp, Tim Dadabo
Votes: 10,457
31. Halo 3 (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Master Chief and the Arbiter must join together to attack the Covenant and destroy the Flood.
Stars: Tim Dadabo, Keith David, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor
Votes: 12,864
32. Halo: Reach (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A highly-trained branch of the UNSC known as the Noble Team must defend the planet of Reach from a massive Covenant invasion.
Director: Marcus Lehto | Stars: Freddy Bosche, Alona Tal, Jamie Hector, Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Votes: 7,687
33. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Gaute Godager | Stars: Troy Baker, Sandra De Sousa, Alex Norton, Alexander Morton
Votes: 194
34. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being freed by the Emperor of Tamriel, the hero must prevent the gates of Oblivion from spreading throughout the Empire.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Sean Bean, Lynda Carter, Terence Stamp, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 13,065
35. Fallout 3 (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Centuries following nuclear war, a teen leaves the safety of an underground vault in order to find their father, who left in hopes of creating a water purifier.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Liam Neeson, Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman, Odette Annable
Votes: 20,331
36. Left 4 Dead (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror
A multi player co-op in post-apocalyptic Pennsylvania, where four immune survivors, Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis fight through hordes of zombies and Special Infected as they make their way to extraction zones.
Director: Mike Booth | Stars: Earl Alexander, Jim French, Jen Taylor, Vince Valenzuela
Votes: 6,595
37. Left 4 Dead 2 (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror
Four new survivors must make their way across the American South while surviving a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Erik Johnson | Stars: Chad L. Coleman, Hugh Dillon, Eric Ladin, Rochelle Aytes
Votes: 7,697
38. Far Cry (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Carver, a charter-boat businessman in Micronesia finds himself trapped on a mad scientist's private tropical island with ruthless mercenaries and worse.
Director: Cevat Yerli | Stars: Peter Thias, Cornell Womack, Adriana Anderson, Robert Burns
Votes: 3,925
39. Far Cry 2 (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A mercenary is hired to travel to an African country to eliminate a notorious arms dealer called, The Jackal, only to be caught in the crossfire of a civil war.
Stars: Dwayne Hill, Andy Marshall, Bayo Akinfemi, Carlos Diaz
Votes: 4,688
40. Gears of War (2006 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, War
Mankind's desperate struggle for survival against a the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the planet's core.
Director: Mo Davoudian | Stars: John DiMaggio, Carlos Ferro, Lester Speight, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 9,247
41. Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Thriller
Set before, during and after the events of Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006), this time the player takes control of Bishop as he leads his Rainbow team in an attempt to stop terrorists from attacking Las Vegas and beyond.
Directors: David Jankowski, David Moodie | Stars: Mark Camacho, Philip Le Maistre, Kwasi Songui, Denis Akiyama
Votes: 1,585
42. Splinter Cell (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Stealth-mission expert Sam Fisher searches for two US agents in Georgia and soon uncovers a plot involving a nuclear device.
Directors: Richard M Dumont, Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Michael Ironside, Adrian Knight, Alain Goulem, Arthur Grosser
Votes: 3,389
43. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Proving you can't keep a good agent down, Sam Fisher returns for this third undercover outing, which takes him deep inside North Korea on an information warfare mission.
Director: Mario Galardo | Stars: Michael Ironside, Claudia Besso, Don Jordan, Thor Bishopric
Votes: 2,985
44. Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After losing his daughter, NSA operative Sam Fisher is given his most dangerous assignment yet: go undercover with a terrorist organization.
Director: Juergen Peretzki | Stars: Michael Ironside, Don Jordan, Keith Szarabajka, Rachel Reenstra
Votes: 2,326
45. Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (I) (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Stealth-mission expert Sam Fisher is sent after a terrorist, who leads an operation involving setting up bombs with the smallpox virus on US territory.
Director: Jean-Michel Tari | Stars: Michael Ironside, Dennis Haysbert, William Dunn, Stephen Croce
Votes: 2,164
46. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Darth Vader's secret apprentice, codenamed Starkiller, is trained in the Dark Side to defeat the enemies of the Empire, but must find his own path when his master betrays him.
Directors: Haden Blackman, Steve Stamatiadis, Martin Stoltz | Stars: Sam Witwer, Nathalie Cox, Cully Fredricksen, David W. Collins
Votes: 8,063
47. Army of Two (2008 Video Game)
M | Action
Tyson Rios and Elliot Salem are two ex Army Rangers turned contractors for a Private Military Corporation. They embark on missions ranging from the caves of Afghanistan all the way to abandoned villages of China.
Directors: Keith Arem, Sam McGlynn | Stars: Noah Blake, Alfred Camp, Dameon Clarke, Julianne Grossman
Votes: 961
48. Rage (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 2135, a man known as "Ark Survivor" awakes from cryogenic preservation; he finds that 106 years ago a meteor struck the earth, killing innumerable people and mutating many others into violent abominations.
Stars: Amanda Troop, April Stewart, Brian Bloom, Claudia Black
Votes: 1,773
49. Madden NFL 12 (2011 Video Game)
E | Sport
Director: Blade Zavier | Stars: Cris Collinsworth, Gus Johnson, Hope Bromley, Kevin Dusinberre
Votes: 219
50. Aliens vs. Predator (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Based on the Alien and Predator film franchises, take control of an Xenomorph, predator, or human marine in online or single player.
Director: Ken Turner | Stars: Lance Henriksen, William Hope, Laila Pyne, Laurel Lefkow
Votes: 1,536
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