Third-person "sneak-em-up". It's clearly inspired by the Metal Gear games, but it has some fundamental differences. It's more 'realistic' (no boss battles, no funky robots, but your usual Tom Clancy story) and a lot more stealth-oriented. Whereas the Metal Gear games could be played largely as third-person shooters (which is good, lest the ton of weapons would go to waste), you'll be wise to avoid firefights in Splinter Cell.
You do, however, get a wide array of nifty gadgets to help you in your 'aggressive intelligence-gathering' for the NSA.
You can check out my XBox review here and my PC preview here.
Definitely one of the best games I've played in a while, and a must-have if you're into the so-called 'tactical espionage' genre. (Which pretty much consists of the Metal Gear Solid games and Splinter Cell..)
nice review daywanderer.
this is one of my favourite parts to play over and over again.