5 best stealth video game franchises (and 5 that encourage you to go all out guns-blazing)

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Video games come in many forms, with role-playing games, first-person shooters, top-down tactical games, etc. to name a few. Two opposing types of video games are the stealth genre and the fully action genre.

While one relies on quietly eliminating or subduing enemies only when absolutely necessary, the other seeks to give players the best action experience possible though guns-ablaze spectacular battles.

Both these genres have been quite successful, with many games having built a franchise out of these gameplay features. Let's take a look at some of the most well-known of these video game series from both genres.

Note: This article reflects the writer's opinion.

Synonymous with the stealth genre, Hitman is a series of video games which lets players take on the role of Agent 47, a master assassin sent out on various assignments in the modern world. The first game in the series titled Hitman: Codename: 47, launched in 2000 for Windows PCs. IO Interactive has been the developer of this series throughout its run so far.

Set in the modern world, various missions take 47 to different locations where he has to infiltrate each map to find a way to the target(s), and eliminate them. Stealth is very important in these video games, as taking on the entire NPC count of a map in a gunfight might seem fun, but is eventually not the right way to proceed.

While an all-out battle is not a legitimate approach in the series, the video games do offer a variety of guns and ammunition to use, with a higher emphasis on silenced weapons. One of the most coveted achievements for each mission in every game of the series is the Silent Assassin rating, which many fans take pride in earning.

Another series of games that go hand in hand with stealth genre