Splinter Cell vs Metal Gear Solid *SERIES*

[richardhutnik]

dahuman said:

richardhutnik said:

I was originally going to jokingly post that Splinter Cell is superior, because of what Metal Gear turns fanboys of it into.  But, I will go with the above post and comment why MGS has an issue.  When asked which GAME was superior, a CUTSCENE from MGS was used as a rationalization for why MGS is a better GAME.  I believe we have a problem when cutscenes are used as justification for a game being better.  And this is the issues with MGS, and particularly MGS4.  You get a TON of LONG cutscenes.  They are good from a VIDEOGAME standard, but from a cinema standard they are ORDINARY on the high end.  NONE of them would win an academy award.  And this is the BIG issue I have with MGS now.  People use cutscenes as justification for a game being great.  If it weren't for the long cutscenes in MGS4, the game would be above average, and not hyped up as all that.

 

I can tell you are a nice guy since you used the word "ordinary" instead of much worse XD.

Well, I mean ordinary in the way that Spill.com would give a film "matinee" or "rental" as a rating for a movie.  There were scenes in MGS4 I did like.  I thought they were very well executed.  BUT, this is by VIDEOGAME standards.  As a movie, I would of went "eh".  I contrast that with Uncharted, that I can hold up as being full movie quality.