Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty Better than that awful Splinter Cell series
Even though you don't get to play as Snake (well for the first 20-30mins) the story unfolds and you learn to love Raiden.
This games story line keeps getting better and better. The sinking of a tanker makes it neccesary to build a cleanup facility known as the Big Shell. But later in the game you learn there is more to it than that. It even builds you up eagerly awaiting for MGS4 (as MGS3 is a prequel).
The dog tags to collect to unlock everything on this game supplies it with an extremely long replayability factor.
If you have never played Metal Gear Solid try to learn the storyline or play it before this as it will be harder to understand. The controls will eb annoying at first as O is to go forward and X is to go back.
This is the best Metal Gear Solid game, and stealth game, ever created.
P.S. Pliskin is the wierdest name ever