I never bought the game, Splinter Cell, because when I visited their official forum I was totally turned off by the immaturity of the posters.
I had a similar problem with the German Sacred Forum.
Could it be that Action-related games are mostly played by people who don't want to think, so to say ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
( I know, this sounds quite weiird - perhaps even offensive. But I'm not sure where this all comes from ... )