While I think that both the Splinter Cell and MGS franchises are extremely well made games, I have to admit I absolutely hate the genre. I've played a few entries in each series, and it seems to me that, while well made, the gameplay itself consists exclusively of 'trial-and-error', which I find to be for the birds. But again, to each their own. Seems like a lot of people are having a good time and I'm missing out.