1.Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Fancy moves, big swords and a whole lot of metal

Release date: February 19, 2013

Developer: PlatinumGames

Genre: Action, hack and slash

With high maintenance hair like that, no wonder he's in need of that much money

Having found work in a private security company, our old friend (and Christopher Walken lookalike) Raiden is publicly humiliated by agents from a rival organization. Burning with rage, he decides embrace his inhiman side for the sake of vengeance.

Revengeance adds an amazing feature to a classic formula. Raiden can fight his opponents the usual way, or he can activate a special mode that allows him to freely move his blade in order to finely control what will be cut and how.

This feels absolutely amazing, but it is only after you realize that you can cut anything that is not hard terrain, that you truly notice the glory. Add a bunch of cybernetic ninjas into the mix, and you get a game that packs so much heat it should probably be illegal in some countries.