Hello folks. Hope all is well.

It's super early, but I believe I may have already chosen my game of the year for 2012. As you may know, a 16 minute gameplay video was released last week for the amazing Hitman: Absolution. I've been a longtime fan of the series, and all I can say is it looks absolutely beastly! Rest assured that I will be pre-ordering Agent 47's latest contract once the release date is announced. Until then, I may go back and play Silent Assassin, Contracts, and Blood Money.

Speaking of well known assassins, I've been thinking of giving the Assassin's Creed franchise another chance. I was ok with the original game (despite it's repetativeness) but lost interest as soon as Ezio became the main focus. However, I've been looking at previews for Revelations, and find myself wanting to go back and try AC2 and Brotherhood. It'll be a while before I do though. I need a job. I'm broke. Killing Templars is not in the cards right now.

I have a question for you my friends. Yes, it is about another stealth game. The other day I was at K-Mart, looking at what games were on the clearance rack. I happened to eyeball the Greatest Hits edition of Metal Gear Solid 4 for $20. Now, I've never been a fan of Metal Gear. I always chalked it up as a sub-par stealth game that was created in the wake of good, Japanese, drug use. Well after seeing it on clearance, I looked up some videos. Compared to the rest of the series, it looks like I'd enjoy it.

So the question (or questions as it were) is this...is MGS4 worth the buy, and do I need to play the previous games beforehand?

Stealth...it's not just for ninjas anymore. =P

-SFT