User blog comment:Tali's no.1 fan/Shepard or Sam Fisher?/@comment-86.31.213.21-20110602153249

Well, let's put it this way. If Sam Fisher and Thane Krios had walked into the interogation room to question Kelham together; there wouldn't be anything left of the "honest buisnessman." However, in every Splinter Cell, Sam is always threatening other's from a position of power: (Choke holds, nerve crushes, physical torture.) As well as the fact that the victim often can't see him, only furthering their co-operation. In Mass Effect the Commander has an 'aura,' a presence and voice that can inspire or intimidate, without the need to (always) resort to bludgeoning people into backing off. Fisher may have the more advanced interogation techniques, but he does not have Shepard's reputation. Could Fisher disband a crime syndicate with words alone?