Where a lot of the games on this list are concerned with staying in the shadows and hiding from your enemies, the Hitman series encourages you to savagely execute your enemies in grand fashion. It also contains every gamer's favourite assassination weapon; the dreaded fibre wire, which you can use to strangle your targets. Hitman is all about making you feel powerful while sneaking, something that rarely goes hand in hand with the genre. Silent Assassin is a particular stand-out for its inventive mission design, clever assassinations and a pace that keeps you moving with brisk forward momentum.
