Who has da Splintered Cell 3'd?

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I'd agree the MGS3 is a bit better than the rest of the MGS series. I actually thought that taking you back to the Cold War era was rather reminiscent of the old MG games, not to mention its a bit more political. I have yet to finish that game, school is busy, and the game has not captured my full interest yet... and put together its too much effortt to go out of my way to borrow a console and game.

Dude... being a Nintendo fan this long, I have to say - who cares about characterization. Tom Clancy's characterizations match the genre, and when was the last time people really complained about Link's rather bland character. Its not like he ever develops alot during any of his games. He's just a vessel, an important vessel like Sam Fisher, but you really don't know too much about him other than the general premises of his life before his adventure for example.

As I said, MGS is just ridiculous in terms of its story line, and in terms of gameplay, I strongly feel is still a far cry in the tactical espionage genre to compare with SC.

You guys definitely take too much influence from the Japanese. I think having not had a real military for the last 50 years has made them softies, trying to romanticize everything...

The realism is supposed to be the appeal of the Tom Clancy games. Do you guys ever play simulators or maybe even read Tom Clany novels ? For a simulator fan like myself, I can't stand MGS's corny lines, and overly exagerated comic book character and villains.