4. Mass Effect 2

BioWare’s RPG magnum opus has everything we want from good science fiction.

First of all, believable science. None of that hokey midichlorian claptrap or aliens who are basically human beings, only with cheesy makeup and low budget forehead prosthetics.

The gang is here

Secondly… wow, what an amazing cast of characters. There’s the tattooed badass, Jack, who can turn you inside out with a wave of her hand;  alien vigilante Garrus, who could be Clint Eastwood’s spirit animal (and vice versa); and Miranda Lawson, whose curves will make your eyes pop out.

Of course, the action is amazing, as is the morality system that makes your Shepard either a saint with a laser gun or a soulless psychopath bent on making everyone in the galaxy feel like a doormat. Want awesome PC games? There’s the Mass Effect franchise, and Mass Effect 2.

Close quarters combat

Two badasses are better than one