Upcoming action games of 2012 - II

We continue our action games list with ten more games to get your adrenaline pumping.

Silent Hill: Downpour (Xbox360 PS3)



Continuing the trend of outsourcing the Silent Hill series to the West is Downpour, a new Silent Hill game in which players step into the boots of Murphy Pendleton, a prisoner who finds himself in the creepy town of Silent Hill after his transport vehicles breaks down. Unlike Homecoming that was rather combat heavy, Silent Hill Downpour aspires to go back to the olden Silent Hill days where the focus was solely on scaring the crap out of players. This means players will be able to carry one melee weapon at a time and that too can be broken after repeated usage.

Max Payne 3 (Xbox360 PS3 PC)



Max Payne has been out of the game for the past eight years but that doesn’t mean he’s lost his edge. Sure he’s lost a bit of his hair along the way but relocating to Brazil and tangling with the mob there would probably do that to you. Now working as a private contractor, it’s Max’s job to take care of a wealthy family so when one of their members gets kidnapped, Max does what he does best – shoot tons of dudes in the face in highly cinematic ways. New to this series will be the inclusion of multiplayer something we don’t know much about.

Mass Effect 3 (Xbox360 PS3 PC)



Mass Effect 3 will be the final chapter in Commander Shepard’s trilogy as he strives to protect Earth against a massive Reaper invasion. Gameplay in Mass Effect 3 largely stays the same as previous iterations with the noticeable addition of co-operative multiplayer. According to BioWare, co-op in ME3 will also tie into the game’s story line allowing players who’ve completed co-op to experience a more satisfying ending. That being said, it won’t be compulsory to play through co-op before you start the campaign. All eyes are on BioWare for this one especially after the debacle that was Dragon Age II.

Darksiders II (Xbox360 PS3 PC)



Darksiders was a brutal action adventure that imbibed a ton of qualities from other more popular games in that genre. Only difference between Darksiders and other God of War or Zelda knockoffs was that this game pulled it off in style making enough money for THQ to sign off on a sequel. This time around, players step into the icy cold boots of Death who’s all set to clear his brother War’s name after he gets wrongfully accused in starting the Apocalypse early. Death will bring his own brand of justice to the table with a new set of weapons, powers and moves. It’s time to fear the Reaper alright.

Hitman: Absolution (Xbox360 PS3 PC)



There are games in which you kill people and then there’s the Hitman series in which you meticulously plan out every kill. Sure you could go in the guns blazing way but that’s not the path taken by a true Assassin who would rather make it look like an accident or frame someone in the process. That’s how Agent 47 rolls anyway, who in his latest game finds himself betrayed by the very same Agency he worked for most of his adult life. Now like any self respecting, revenge seeking assassin, he decides to take them out of the game.