Best game that involves sneaking

Winner: Metal Gear Solid 4
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MGS practically invented sneaking. Okay, that might be going a bit far, but the phrase “stealth action” has become synonymous with the series. With any luck, Snake’s old bones will be sneakier than ever, and we’ll actually get to sneak most of the time, instead of wading through those dreaded Codec conversations that seem to take hours. We sort of doubt it.

Runner up: Splinter Cell Conviction
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While Snake is returning to commission from a retirement home, Sam Fisher is sporting a shaggy beard and clothes he might have ripped off of a homeless guy. He’s now a fugitive hiding amongst crowds, making shady contacts, running from the government, and showing actual human emotions, elements which will either translate to awesome gameplay or a character profile of the paranoid schizophrenic living in the alley down the street.

2^nd Runner up: Saboteur
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Saboteur is stylish WWII revenge tale, giving you the opportunity to liberate France from those gosh-darn Nazis one more time. This time, however, you’re in it for personal reasons - killing Nazis is just a pleasant side effect. Each area you liberate transitions from bleak black-and-white to full color, which is a bit of an obvious, allegorical symbol, but visually cool nonetheless.

3^rd Runner up: Metal Gear Online
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A 16-player stealth shooter? Do want. Don’t worry, you won’t have to fork out any extra cash, Metal Gear Online will be bundled with MGS 4. But, unless the rumors are to be believed, you will have to buy a PS3 to play either of them. Sorry.