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[Aragorn]

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow finally got released on Steam after years of being unavailable. It was on PC originally but legend says it had some kind of bug that made it unplayable on newer systems. So instead of fixing it, Ubisoft just didn't put it on digital store fronts. But they finally fixed it and it's available on Steam now. I got it and it gave me a kick to replay the first few games. I'm only about halfway through 2 now but they're really fun games. I remember Chaos Theory being the best. I'll probably avoid anything after Double Agent because I remember not liking that one, then Conviction ans Blacklist are almost completely different

What's the one that @Kestrel's named after? Is that the co-op one? The co-op one is the only Splinter Cell game I've played, round a friends house in secondary school. How does the gameplay compare to MGS in your opinion?

I'm not sure which game Kestrel got his name from. I'm not super familiar with the series tbh.
I think Chaos Theory was the first one with co-op and I'm pretty sure each game since then has featured it.

Imo Splinter Cell is completely different from MGS. The gameplay is only really similar on paper but different in execution. MGS is more about line of sight, like hiding behind objects to avoid detection. Where SC is more about light and darkness. You could be right next to an enemy but they won't notice you if it's dark enough

Splinter Cell is, in my mind, a military take on the basic loop of the Thief games. As you said, it's all about shadows and light and tight level design. More verticality from what I remember.

Splinter Cell has always been a better stealth experience than MGS, but MGS was a better overall package - MGS V not withstanding since it's sort of a completely different thing. I liked Double Agent from what I remember; a lot more and it's one of those cool games that was basically completely different between PS2 and PS3 which was a neat relic of that era - although the game might have been a little too much Hitman.

Blacklist had a solid base but getting rid of Ironside was super stupid.