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"Splinter Cell Or Metal Gear Solid ?"

Which one is better ?

I prefer realism to shoddy gameplay linked via cutscenes.

"So I'm in first person aim and yet I can't move? Great..."

"I have to fight bosses in ways that hark back to the SNES? Er no."

Hedfix wrote:
> I prefer realism to shoddy gameplay linked via cutscenes.

Shoddy gameplay...well thats a matter of opinion but I think you'll find yourself in a minority.

Cut-scenes...I loved! I think they're a nice reward after some good hard sneaking! Besides, it allows for more realistic movement etc while people are talking, I think it's brilliant.

I think the Splinter Cells firmly put the MGS series in their place as retro-themed story-driven games.

There's no competition though if you want realism and not something with too many elements harking back to the SNES.

Metal Gear Solid is the better of the two for me. I could never get into Splinter Cell, it just wasn't interesting enough.

Personally I think the opposite...Splinter Cell is too unrealistic. I'm not saying its bad... not at all. But I can't see a single element of MGS that is unrealistic (Well, if we ignore the supernatural vampire guy... *shifty eyes*)

I found MGS2 to be far too shallow and the combat to be really unengaging and non-immersive.

It's like trying to play Resident Evil when you much prefer Resident Evil 4.

I loved the original MGS on PS1 and completed it.

Got very close to the end, but never finished MGS2. Never bought MGS3.

Had the original Splinter Cell and loved it at first, but found it got tedious after a while. Never bothered with any of the follow-ups.

MGS4 is looking fantastic and I could be tempted, but I'll wait and see how it turns out.

Lukeman wrote:
> Personally I think the opposite...Splinter Cell is too unrealistic.

Yeah the stories for the MGS games are just so grounded in realism...

and I've seen people with exclamation marks above their heads in real life from being surprised/alerted...

;)

Hedfix wrote:
> "So I'm in first person aim and yet I can't move?
> Great..."


Hedfix wrote:
> It's like trying to play Resident Evil when you much prefer Resident
> Evil 4.


But... but...

Oh, never mind.

I see your point about MGS2.

At first it was awesome, but after playing MGS3 and then going back, I realized its not all its hyped up to be. Too many cut-scenes, Raiden was a loser, animations were pretty poor and repetitive.... I'll give you Splinter Cell over MGS2.

But MGS1 was revolutionary, and MGS3 was ingenious IMO.