Splinter Cell is an almost entirely 3rd-person stealth platformer. It's a great, great franchise, but not in the same genre as Halo 2. If you want an equivalent experience to Halo 2, you might try a small plate of warm quiche, or perhaps some decaffinated coffee...
Oh, wait - sorry, you meant a /game/ :) Seriously though, a decent FPS for the PS2 can be found in the "Red Faction" series, which is pretty fun and kind of a dark horse, in my opinion. It also has the added benefit of a totally destructible environment. Can't find the key to that door? Set some explosives on the wall and go in that way! There was a big marketing push for "Killzone" as a "Halo Killer" for the PS2, but I was on one of the beta teams, and wasn't impressed with it very much. It's no slouch in the graphics department, but the controls felt too muddy, and you need some level of reasonable precision (even with console thumbsticks) in a crazed first-person bloodbath. And, if you're not set on frenetic FPS action, definitely do yourself a favor and pick up the Splinter Cell series. You can spend $50 and get them both at this point (Pandora Tomorrow has been marked down, since Splinter Cell 3 "Chaos Theory" is out in March). In a fit of geeky boredom once, I rented all three versions of Splinter Cell (Cube, Xbox, PS2) and basically played all three of them at once, cycling through with my system selector. Yes, the graphical quality for the PS2 version was not as advanced as the graphics on the Xbox or the Cube (which I think gets a bum rap in the graphics department), but they were still very impressive. - Jim Won Lee wrote: >Blah, I'm in total Halo 2 withdrawal. I played for about 4 hours on New >Years at my friends place. I'm unwilling to shell out money for a new >X-Box because myriad reasons. (The last gaming system I actually >purchased was Super Nintendo). I'm looking to purchase a good >multi-player FPS that I can play on PS2. I'm looking for a Halo2 >equivalent. Saw Splinter Cell Pandora something or other and looked >interesting. Anyone have any suggestions? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141450 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
