12. Dance Central

Consoles: Xbox 360

Do you enjoy showing off your killer dance moves? If yes, then “Dance Central” is for you. In this rhythm game, the player must gain as many points as they can, matching the dance moves that appear on screen. This game is similar to “Dance Dance Revolution,” but instead of a dance pad, your body is the controller. Thanks to the motion capturing device of the Kinect, players are not limited to just pressing buttons. If this sounds like fun, then bust a move with “Dance Central”—just don’t break your mom’s vase while doing it.  

11. Red Dead Redemption

Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

The vast immersion that is “Red Dead Redemption” is uncanny. The game puts you in the middle of a Wild West adventure, with a revolver in your holster and your trusty steed underneath you. The story revolves around John Marston, an ex-gunslinger hired by the government to hunt down his old posse. In this game, you can fulfill every cowboy western fantasy you have ever had. You can tons of fun in its complex world, from revolver duels in the middle of town, to claiming bounties, to playing high risk games of poker. You can even tie townswomen to train tracks. This game is a blast to play and has a solid storyline.

10. Skyrim

Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Have you ever wanted to be a lizard who can breathe fire, kill dragons for a living and be a part-time assassin for a evil brotherhood? If so, “Skyrim” is the game for you. You are able to create your own character, tell your own story or stick to the main one. You are a Dovahkiin (Dragon Born), a fierce warrior who has a task to eliminate of all of the dragons in nordic lands of Skyrim. This game give you the ultimate power of choice. Players can join different factions and help out with their battle or help out gods that want your banish ancient evils from the lands, or be a cheese bandit and steal cheese from all of kingdoms in Skyrim. The choices are endless in Skyrim, which is packed with content with a vast open world to explore and has over 227 hours worth of gameplay to back it up.

9. Spec Ops: The Line

Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Have you grown tired of generic military video games where soldiers feel no regret over their actions? “Spec Ops: The Line” can fill that void. The story follows Captain Walker and his squad who are sent to Dubai, where a sand storm has engulfed the city, in order to capture a rogue general named Konard. This game has a very deep story that deals with moral choices that soldiers make in the battlefield and how they can affect them. When playing the game, you can see the vast difference in Captain Walker’s character from beginning to end. This game deals with some heavy themes. A huge recommendation for anyone who wants a game with a deep story.

8. Super Smash Bros.

Consoles: Wii U

Show off your fighting skills as you pummel your friend to a pulp with the help of Pac Man. In “Super Smash Bros.,” good times are granted in this party game. Players are able to pick any famous video game character and engage in combat. You can play this game with up to four friends or online against people from around the world. With such a colorful lineup of characters from Mega-Man, Mario Kirby and Wii Fit trainer, the possibilities are endless, and so are the stories with friends. “Super Smash Bros.” is the perfect party game if you want to talk smack with friends.

7. The Walking Dead: Season One

Consoles: Xbox 360/One, PlayStation 3/4, PC

Say you’re a fan of The Walking Dead but you wish the show had a stronger story, like its comic counterpart. “The Walking Dead: Season One” fixes that problem. This episodic game follows Lee Everett, a teacher who finds himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Lee finds a young girl named Clementine and acts as her adoptive father. They come across a group of survivors and try to survive the walker threat. This game relies a lot on narrative choice, similar to a Choose Your Own Adventure novel, where your choices affect how the story plays out. Your choices carry throughout episodes, so if you make someone mad in previous episode, they could come back later, wanting their revenge. This game focuses a lot on the story, which is great, and decisions come at such a fast pace that there is no time to think things through. This is a huge recommendation for any fan of The Walking Dead Franchise.  

6.  Uncharted 2: Thieves Among Us

Consoles: PlayStation 3

“Uncharted 2” provides a video game experience that only an Indiana Jones movie could give. Nathan Drake, the main protagonist in the game, is on the hunt for an ancient treasure buried deep within the Himalayan Mountains. This is action movie in video game form, with levels that could have came out of a summer blockbuster. The game has amazing graphics and set pieces that can take anyone’s breath away. “Uncharted 2” doesn’t let up, including a mission dealing with a helicopter chasing you while you’re on a train filled with soldiers all gunning for you as you try to make to the front. “Uncharted 2” is a terrific game for anyone that wants to be Indiana Jones with better hair.  

5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Consoles: Xbox 360/One PlayStation 3/4, PC

“Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” could be considered the best game to come out this year so far. In this game, Military Legend Big Boss wakes up from a nine year coma to find a private army in disarray from the evil terrorist Skull Face. Now, Big Boss must rebuild his army and takedown Skull Face for good. This game is visually flawless, created by a game engine called the Fox Engine. Players are able to take down enemy bases any way they want. An interesting feature in the game is that it evolves to your play style; if you do missions mostly at night, guards will equip night vision goggles to spot you better; if you master headshots, they wear helmets. “Metal Gear Solid” allows the player to become a military legend.

4. Fallout 3

Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Have your ever watched any Post-Apocalyptic movie, and wondered what it would be like to be that in situation? “Fallout 3” takes you to Washington D.C. after a nuclear war has devastated the United States. You play as The Vault Dweller, a character who has lived in a nuclear fallout shelter all his life. But when the player’s father leaves home for no reason, it’s up to you to find him in the Capital Wasteland. Similar to games like “Skyrim” and “The Walking Dead,” you can create your character and make choices that affect the story. The game is endless and it’s open to explore, from cities built in naval ships, to towns built around nuclear bombs. Your choices can affect the wasteland from helping a town disarm a nuclear bomb or blow it up for a cash reward. The combat is endless, from fighting raiders and creatures with guns and knives or just simply blowing them away with a missile launcher that shoots nuclear bombs. Playing “Fallout 3” is an experience that radiates with fun.

3. Mass Effect Trilogy

Consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

In a game that combines Star Wars, Star Trek and BattleStar Galactica into one, “Mass Effect” is perfect game for any sci fi fan. You play as Commander Shepard, a space cop who is tasked to save the universe from an evil alien race called the Reapers. You assemble a team of Mercenaries to help you fight off this alien threat. This game is big one player choice and character interaction. The characters all have their very own motivations and dreams; this adds a sense of realism to the game and you find yourself rooting for some of them throughout the game. The player’s choices have a huge impact in the game and can change missions and hurt or help relationships with other characters. These choices transfer from game to game, so your can affect how the story plays out in later sequels in the series. This is a great game for anyone who wants to star in their own space opera.

2. The Last of Us

Consoles: PlayStation 3/4

With the world as you know gone, the only thing left is survival. “The Last of Us” has the most the most mature story on this list. You play as Joel Smuggler living in safe zone in Boston as the world plague with a deadly virus. Joel Smuggler, a man living in Boston is given a job to transport a 14-year-old girl named Ellie across the country to a band of rebels. Their story is one hardship, loss and friendship. The gameplay has a very intense vibe, as you battle your way through infected that can kill you in one hit and bandits that will attack for your supplies. Combat is tense where running out of ammo is the stand between life or death. You have to use sticks, baseball bats and bottles to make your way through this chaotic land that once was the United States.

1. Bioshock

Consoles Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC

Time to get bubbly in this underwater adventure game. In this game, you are trapped in an underwater utopia gone bad, as the population has genetically modified themselves into mutants. You must be able to hide or fight for your life against huge hulking beasts wearing diving suits that patrol the streets, protecting little girls, that have the ability to grant the player more powers. This game plays as a tight shooting game where you must use powers and weapons to survive the madness all around you. The story one to experience by itself, with a twist that will leave players’ jaws on the floor. A huge recommendation for anyone who is a fan of video games or great story telling. Please, kindly do yourself a favor and play “Bioshock.”