Splinter Cell Xbox/GC games - worth it?

[Onyxmeth]

rubido said:

superbeast1370 said:
1)Xbox/PC versions are the best
2)PS2 - though not graphically the best. they're still great games. they also support online (IDK about Pandora Tomorrow). controls are just as good as the xbox versions
3)GC version- are the worst: bad controls, no online, full of glitches. you can only get them if you have no Xbox/PS2/PC.

 

Funny thing. Since I didn't play any splinter cell game before, I took the tip from this topic and checked IGN's review of the first splinter cell game for the gamecube. Since it came after the xbox version, it is full of comparisons between them. So what they say is that graphically, it is inferior to the xbox version, but the controls are better. Did you play both versions or are you just guessing?

You're correct on that one, but he's correct on the other three Splinter Cells. Look at the Metascores:

1. Xbox: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (2005) 94
Ubisoft

2. Xbox: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004) 93
Ubisoft

3. Xbox: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) 93
Ubi Soft

4. GameCube: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2003) 89
Ubi Soft

5. Xbox: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (2006) 89
Ubisoft

6. GameCube: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (2005) 81
Ubisoft

7. GameCube: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004) 78
Ubisoft

8. GameCube: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (2006) 64
Ubisoft

The difference in scores is too large a gap to chalk up to coincidence. GC ports of Splinter Cell are of a much lower quality than their Xbox counterparts, except for the first. However, going back to play the original SPlinter Cell is a bit pointless because everything was improved in the sequels, ten fold.