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Played them both, enjoyed them both.
But Splinter Cell takes MGS2 out behind the shed and spanks it's FMV bottom until it's bright red, then throws it away.
Why?
It's just more fun.
No stopping every 15 secs for a CODEC message from some manga-monkey to lecture us all about genetics and the evils of blah blah.
Nope, the occasional voice in head method of telling you where/why/when you should be going places.
"You can point your gun at the soldiers and they shake and give you their stuff" we all wah-wah about Solid Snake.
Big deal.
Splinter Cell you can interrogate them with a pistol against their head, stuff their big villain heads into scanners to open doors, club them unconscious with your gun or drop on them from the darkness.
Cut-Scenes.
*sigh* Hideo Kojima wants to be James Cameron. Ok, fair enough, good on you Kojima-San. But that means us having to sit through interminable cut-scenes of Goodfellas length whilst various characters reeled of expositional stuff worse than an Agatha Christie novel.
Splinter Cell?
Haven't seen one yet apart from the beginning.
It's just sneak/shoot/hide with no "And now we'll yank you from the game world to show off Kojima's really really poncy moralistic attitude on life"
Imagine a Japanese Jehova Witness coming to your door, you open it and have to stand there for upwards of 6 minutes while they drone at you.
Dull.
Remember that bit on the tanker when you got inside and that bloke's shadow fell across the aisle, the "oh no,he'll see you" element? Cool right? Yes. But only for that one section, apart from that you could bomb about in a Benny-rage and as long as you shot their radio it was all good.
Pah
Every single moment of Splinter Cell is not letting your shadow fall into view.
"Oooh, you can shoot ice-cubes"
Remember that? Kojima rubbing his trouser legs and talking about "real world mechanics"? The demo where we all shot the magazines and windows?
Hurrah! Except one you were out of the tanker, you didnt bother did you? You just snuck about and waded through cut-scene after cut-scene.
Not with Splinter Cell.
I've already grabbed a bloke for a human shield and proceeded to work my round a house shooting tvs, windows, cupboards, stereos, radios.
Then smashed him on the head and run away.
It's just a better game.
More involving,less movie-like (read: Boring) and the character isn't called "Solid Snake".
I mean come on, how cool can you be with a porno-man name?
But Splinter Cell takes MGS2 out behind the shed and spanks it's FMV bottom until it's bright red, then throws it away.
Why?
It's just more fun.
No stopping every 15 secs for a CODEC message from some manga-monkey to lecture us all about genetics and the evils of blah blah.
Nope, the occasional voice in head method of telling you where/why/when you should be going places.
"You can point your gun at the soldiers and they shake and give you their stuff" we all wah-wah about Solid Snake.
Big deal.
Splinter Cell you can interrogate them with a pistol against their head, stuff their big villain heads into scanners to open doors, club them unconscious with your gun or drop on them from the darkness.
Cut-Scenes.
*sigh* Hideo Kojima wants to be James Cameron. Ok, fair enough, good on you Kojima-San. But that means us having to sit through interminable cut-scenes of Goodfellas length whilst various characters reeled of expositional stuff worse than an Agatha Christie novel.
Splinter Cell?
Haven't seen one yet apart from the beginning.
It's just sneak/shoot/hide with no "And now we'll yank you from the game world to show off Kojima's really really poncy moralistic attitude on life"
Imagine a Japanese Jehova Witness coming to your door, you open it and have to stand there for upwards of 6 minutes while they drone at you.
Dull.
Remember that bit on the tanker when you got inside and that bloke's shadow fell across the aisle, the "oh no,he'll see you" element? Cool right? Yes. But only for that one section, apart from that you could bomb about in a Benny-rage and as long as you shot their radio it was all good.
Pah
Every single moment of Splinter Cell is not letting your shadow fall into view.
"Oooh, you can shoot ice-cubes"
Remember that? Kojima rubbing his trouser legs and talking about "real world mechanics"? The demo where we all shot the magazines and windows?
Hurrah! Except one you were out of the tanker, you didnt bother did you? You just snuck about and waded through cut-scene after cut-scene.
Not with Splinter Cell.
I've already grabbed a bloke for a human shield and proceeded to work my round a house shooting tvs, windows, cupboards, stereos, radios.
Then smashed him on the head and run away.
It's just a better game.
More involving,less movie-like (read: Boring) and the character isn't called "Solid Snake".
I mean come on, how cool can you be with a porno-man name?
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Blank wrote:
> Also I hate the unrealistic-ness of the wall jump slipts thing on
> Splinter Cell.
Whereas the giant robots of MGS2 are just soooo realistic, aren't they? :-)
Honestly, I don't see any comparison between the two games, other than the sneaking around.
MGS is a Manga-inspired fantasy romp - uses a mix of current and sci-fi technology, and tells a great story. The founder of the genre, and - for many people - remains the best.
Splinter Cell is based far more in reality - uses existing technology, and also tells a great story. Follows closely in the (silent) footsteps of MGS. Whether it will take over from MGS remains to be seen.
Fact is, I loved MGS and I loved MGS2. For me, the original is still the best. I've played the demo of Splinter Cell and loved that too - I'm geting the full game for Christmas.
Does one beat the other? Not in my view. Same genre, very different games. You may as well be comparing GT3 to Colin McRae 3.
> Also I hate the unrealistic-ness of the wall jump slipts thing on
> Splinter Cell.
Whereas the giant robots of MGS2 are just soooo realistic, aren't they? :-)
Honestly, I don't see any comparison between the two games, other than the sneaking around.
MGS is a Manga-inspired fantasy romp - uses a mix of current and sci-fi technology, and tells a great story. The founder of the genre, and - for many people - remains the best.
Splinter Cell is based far more in reality - uses existing technology, and also tells a great story. Follows closely in the (silent) footsteps of MGS. Whether it will take over from MGS remains to be seen.
Fact is, I loved MGS and I loved MGS2. For me, the original is still the best. I've played the demo of Splinter Cell and loved that too - I'm geting the full game for Christmas.
Does one beat the other? Not in my view. Same genre, very different games. You may as well be comparing GT3 to Colin McRae 3.
I was going to buy Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance...
Notice the was.
Notice the was.
i was realy up for buying MGS Zero (whatever it's called) but then i heard of Splinter Cell and i've seen a fews clips, pictures, reviews etc and now i've pretty much lost my interest in MGS Zero. a lot of places are saying that Splinter Cell could be game of the year. i haven't even got it yet and i agree. this game's proberly gonna have no competition for a long time. the people who made it know this, so if they wanted to put a cut-scene after every mission they would of. they know what they're doing :-)
I'm glad to hear that Splinter Cell isn't over-run with cut-scenes like MGS2. Too many cut-scenes just fragment the gameplay.
When the gameplay isn't broken by endless cut-scenes the immersion and involvement builds and builds.
Hopefully my copy will arrive tomorrow....
When the gameplay isn't broken by endless cut-scenes the immersion and involvement builds and builds.
Hopefully my copy will arrive tomorrow....
It's. A. Video. Game.
Either you're Hideo Kojima, bitterely shaking his fist at the monitor
OR
You should just say "hey, it's a videogame" and go outside or something.
Either you're Hideo Kojima, bitterely shaking his fist at the monitor
OR
You should just say "hey, it's a videogame" and go outside or something.
Goatboy wrote:
> Sorry Nerdlinger,
Err...it's Blank, actually.
> whatever term it is then for the ages-long cut-scene
> then.
Cut-scenes, usually.
> And you dont like the unrealistic wall-jump splits?
> Dont ever watch Jackie Chan movies then, you'll be fuming.
I won't be, I assure you.
> Sorry Nerdlinger,
Err...it's Blank, actually.
> whatever term it is then for the ages-long cut-scene
> then.
Cut-scenes, usually.
> And you dont like the unrealistic wall-jump splits?
> Dont ever watch Jackie Chan movies then, you'll be fuming.
I won't be, I assure you.
HalloHowArtThou wrote:
> the wall jump splits things are possible.. except they would hurt...
> If you prectise enough you'll be fine though..
Not possible from a standing position though. Sure, you can get there, I can get there myself, but not from a stationary standing position. Plus the walls would have to be exactly the right distance apart...
> the wall jump splits things are possible.. except they would hurt...
> If you prectise enough you'll be fine though..
Not possible from a standing position though. Sure, you can get there, I can get there myself, but not from a stationary standing position. Plus the walls would have to be exactly the right distance apart...
Another reason Splinter Cell owns MGS2:
Downloadable levels.
Or, if you dont have Xbox Live, levels released on future Xbox mag coverdisks.
Free of charge (apart from mag cost obviously)
Whereas if you want anymore MGS2? You can get that new one that allows you to repeat the game as *gasp* a Ninja!
*scratches head*
Naaaah, Splinter Cell is The Daddy
Downloadable levels.
Or, if you dont have Xbox Live, levels released on future Xbox mag coverdisks.
Free of charge (apart from mag cost obviously)
Whereas if you want anymore MGS2? You can get that new one that allows you to repeat the game as *gasp* a Ninja!
*scratches head*
Naaaah, Splinter Cell is The Daddy
To proove a point I will happily take a picture of a friend of mine in that sorta position and post it on my site... just ask me...
Blank wrote:
> MGS never had FMVs......
>
> Also I hate the unrealistic-ness of the wall jump slipts thing on
> Splinter Cell.
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Sorry Nerdlinger, whatever term it is then for the ages-long cut-scene then.
And you dont like the unrealistic wall-jump splits?
Dont ever watch Jackie Chan movies then, you'll be fuming.
> MGS never had FMVs......
>
> Also I hate the unrealistic-ness of the wall jump slipts thing on
> Splinter Cell.
--
Sorry Nerdlinger, whatever term it is then for the ages-long cut-scene then.
And you dont like the unrealistic wall-jump splits?
Dont ever watch Jackie Chan movies then, you'll be fuming.
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