| Zkuq said: Metal Gear was released in 1987, Thief was released in 1998. Anyway, I've only played the demo of the first Splinter Cell and while I did like it quite a lot, I still prefer MGS. I'd say it's mainly due to the series's story but I suppose it's also better in the sense that it's not taking itself so seriously. Of course serious games are often fun but I find MGS better as a whole. |
And Castle Wolfenstein - the true pioneer of the 2D stealth genre - was released in 1981. However, Metal Gear Solid was one of three games responsible for reinventing the stealth genre in 1998. (The other two were Tenchu: Stealth Assassins and Thief: The Dark Project.)
As for the people who keep bringing up reviews, what reviews are you looking at? From Metacritic:
93 Splinter Cell
93 Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
94 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
(Double Agent sucked, but it was from a different developer.)
Sometimes I wonder if the Splinter Cell haters played the horrible PS2 version. Personally I'm not a fan of either series; I've only played the original Splinter Cell (Xbox version) and MGS2 (PS2 version). Neither one held my interest long enough for me to finish them, and I finish almost every game I play. The stealth genre just isn't for me.
