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Splinter Cell CT: $20 after rebate @ Ebgames.
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Kumiko Nikaido
Vindication...sweet.
Just to let all of you guys know.....this price cut for SC:CT is TEMPORARY, and not PERMANENT. And only EB is doing this....and is not reflective of an all-around price cut at all retailers.
I just finished SC:CT a couple of days ago, and I must say it's the best SC game to date....easily eclipsing the original and Pandora Tomorrow. I don't know why all the hate for the game surfaces just because of a price cut...it's obviously one of UbiSoft Montreal's best effort to date.....regardless of it's inherent bugs and glitches.
SC: CT is deserving of all the accolades, scores, and recognition it's been getting by the media.
I just finished SC:CT a couple of days ago, and I must say it's the best SC game to date....easily eclipsing the original and Pandora Tomorrow. I don't know why all the hate for the game surfaces just because of a price cut...it's obviously one of UbiSoft Montreal's best effort to date.....regardless of it's inherent bugs and glitches.
SC: CT is deserving of all the accolades, scores, and recognition it's been getting by the media.
I want it to tank badly because it's not fun to play, and as such I wouldn't want other developers and publishers to feel encouraged to go and make anything like it.
I liked the first Splinter Cell fine, but with each successive release they games have gotten more rushed, less intelligent, and downright anti-realistic. We talked about it in another thread, but trust me when I tell you that I have every right to hope a game I strongly dislike sells poorly as opposed to being a blockbuster success. The reason? So games I do like (MGS and any up-and-coming stealth/action franchises) branch out on their own instead of incorporating the style of gameplay of the unfortunately successful title.
Wanting a game to tank is perfectly sensible if it's because you hope it prevents other games you'd otherwise be interested in playing from starting to look and play like it.
I liked the first Splinter Cell fine, but with each successive release they games have gotten more rushed, less intelligent, and downright anti-realistic. We talked about it in another thread, but trust me when I tell you that I have every right to hope a game I strongly dislike sells poorly as opposed to being a blockbuster success. The reason? So games I do like (MGS and any up-and-coming stealth/action franchises) branch out on their own instead of incorporating the style of gameplay of the unfortunately successful title.
Wanting a game to tank is perfectly sensible if it's because you hope it prevents other games you'd otherwise be interested in playing from starting to look and play like it.
Juice said:
For you
Juice said:
In your opinion
Juice said:
You have every right to say whatever the hell you want, and I have ever right to think it's downright stupid.
Juice said:
Frankly, I don't give a damn. Usually devs take the good things from other games and incorporate them into their own games. MGS could use plenty of improvements. One is - not having a stupid ass story.
Juice said:
I think that's a pretty silly fear.
CrimsonSkies
Member
Awesome game for that price. My favorite of the year so far. It missed the Christmas Holiday. That's a major factor in the sales so far, but it's not selling "poorly" by any stretch of the imagination. Thank goodness for this series. It's been the only thing to push the stealth genre forward.
shpankey
not an idiot
I can testify (as an avid Splinter Cell disliker) that Chaos Theory is the shit. I tried it out on my Gamefly account and it turned me around on the series. Great buy at $20, even if you didn't like the others, like me, this one so far exceeds it, it is worth a try. I am only speaking in terms of single player here, as PT turned me off of multiplayer so bad I won't even try this shit online. 
P.S. The play mechanics in MGS 3 are shit compared to SC. I mean, total shit. Konami should just bow down and give suckage cause SC owned them so bad. Funny how Konami can't adapt and are so stubborn to stay in the past (MGS play mechanic's was based around the playstation 1 hardware, which is no longer a limitation, yet they keep that SHIT ASS perspective to play from, ugh. Japanes devs I swear they're senile). Anyhow the story is awesome in MGS3 tho. Rapes SC in that regard. Only thing that kept me playing it, as I despised the play mechanics. I kept dreaming of SC's play with MGS3's story and presentation etc.
P.S. The play mechanics in MGS 3 are shit compared to SC. I mean, total shit. Konami should just bow down and give suckage cause SC owned them so bad. Funny how Konami can't adapt and are so stubborn to stay in the past (MGS play mechanic's was based around the playstation 1 hardware, which is no longer a limitation, yet they keep that SHIT ASS perspective to play from, ugh. Japanes devs I swear they're senile). Anyhow the story is awesome in MGS3 tho. Rapes SC in that regard. Only thing that kept me playing it, as I despised the play mechanics. I kept dreaming of SC's play with MGS3's story and presentation etc.
hkk said:
It was just a deal they were having:
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/245018.asp
$50
Crisis averted, normality restored.