Graphics and physics engines, wich offer what i want?

[the dark side]

why does it seem silly to you?, go on, tell me.

if you look at a lot of the silver age games, like SOF (posted), they aimed more towards realism, but kept in a lot of the over the top nature of the classics. plus, come on, the game is, and im not giving away any plot here, about a SPY, its not supposed to be 100% realistic, its allowed to be a LITTLE over the top (to say, goldeneye (film) levels, im, not talking die another day wacky here), it just needs to have its feet in reality to keep it plausible.

i dont want battlefeild 3 with old school gameplay, goodness no, battlefield 3 STANK, just more of the usual cod clone "russia invades america with the help of the middle east" world war 3 crap. if anything, what i want is a modern day Goldeneye 64. Hyper Realism is NOT fun, it is BORING, yet Aliens, invasions from hell, and war on other worlds has been done so often it has become a parody of itself!

i dont want a Hyper realistic environment, i just want one that feels realistic to give the storyline plausability, like SOF II had, so the player actually gives a crap about what happens in that world!

im not sure how i can actually explain the IP without giving too much away and ending up with someone stealing it!