I have not played the game themself, but I have been with a friend and played through / seen the whole AC3, and I must say that game is brilliant. Gets a thumb up from me!
Seems so, my mate ran through it on around 16 hours. But then again he skipped a lot of the sidequests and such which could exctend the gametime a lot.
Buy one and download the other ones
I am myself a big fan of the Hitman series. Haven't played it yet, but a friend of mine says is the best game he's played in ages. Of course forget about it if you prefer frenetic action, this is more like a stealth game where you have to use a minimum % of your brain.
Far Cry 3 is the game you want. Has went straight to my top 3 games ever and probs best game this gen by far.
Was going to choose Dishonored or Hitman as a "meh" game of year until i got this, this is everything FC2 was aiming to be and more.
Story mode might be a little generic but the sandbox is where the fun is. Been playing for over 10 hours now and only done 2 or 3 story quests, just been assing about exploring and liberating areas instead and is great. Best stealth OR shooting this year whatever way u want to play.
Runs decent on HD 5850 and 4GB ram on high settings @ 1080p, with higher settings just adding far too much blur and lag without making any visual improvement.