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Author: Jake Nicholas (Son), 7 November 2004
Author: roy-nicholas33 from United Kingdom

Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell...

This game has that element about it that makes you want to carry on playing it as it draws you in after just five minutes. I certainly did! It has a great story line and has brilliant graphics. There is a wider span of things you can do on the PS2 version, compared to the X-box. I have played both versions and throughly enjoyed the PS2 version better.

You are Sam Fisher and you are the best field-operative of a secretive NSA sub-agency. You get sent on different missions, most of the time without any weapons. You have many allies But even more enemies!

I got this game last year and have enjoyed playing it and have completed it and started a new game. I now can't wait to get Splinter Cell 2 and become Sam Fisher again.

This game is one of the best so give it the 9/10 rating that it deserves.

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Coolest Stealth Game I've played yet., 9 May 2006
Author: emasterslake from United States

This is the first Tom Clancy Video Game I've ever played.

I'm familiar with his video games, but this one interested me the most.

Splinter Cell is taken place in an alternate late 2004. The story is similar to the real world. Including Terrisum, World in Crisis, and a war between the middle east and the USA.

You play Sam Fisher, a highly trained Agent for the NSA(National Security Agency). Your mission is to enter enemy territories and find out info and secrets on the terrorists. It's a challenging task including sneaking around in the dark, hacking into computers, disable security cameras, threaten terrorists to spill the beans, & killing off terrorists. Mission Failure is not an option in the NSA.

There are 9 missions in total with a very long game play. You can play this game for hours till you succeed in stopping the terrorism from rising.

The graphics in it are very well done. Photo realistic backgrounds, people, and objects. The light/shadow is top notch. A few cool gadgets to use, a few weapons and special Night/Thermal Vision goggles. The voice acting is great to. Plenty of catch phrases from Sam Fisher.

Those who like Tom Clancy, Stealth, or Shooting related games will like this title.

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Excellent, revolutionized the genre, 20 July 2009
9/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

This review is for the PC version. I haven't yet played any of the other titles of this franchise, nor have I even looked at any of Clancy's books relating to them(if there are any). With that said, I have read some of his novels, and this definitely is a product by him... for better or for worse. It is nearly only a positive thing; this is masterfully done. The by far best things about this are how vital, and how amazingly sensitive, light and sound are in this. I have never in any other game seen anything quite like it, and certainly not before this came out. You are literally more likely to successfully hide almost right in front of someone, if in complete darkness, than further away, to the side, when well-lit. As a help, you're supplied with a meter, that tells you in no uncertain terms exactly how much in the shadows you are. The amount of noise you make is determined by how fast you move, as well as on what. You can walk regularly, as well as sneak, and both have degrees of speed to that type, adjusted with the mouse wheel. That's one of the ways control differs from the norm, and as soon as you've gotten used to it, you'll be grateful they made it this way. The graphics and animation are incredible, if not entirely as smooth as that of the recent(not first) Prince of Persia trilogy that this slightly predates and was also made by Ubisoft, then again, they're close. And this is their initial attempt, and they hit so much of it right out of the park that we can forgive the couple of clumsy things to it, the biggest being the awkward jumping. Even the simplest of moves requiring it are made tougher than they ought to be, and you know that famous, nifty position where your legs are all that's keeping you up, between two surfaces, that everyone has at least heard of being in this? It's the main reason the leaping is so odd, and I can't claim there was a single place I used it. There are other cool acrobatics(and they completely rock, with no exception), though they seem terribly underused, and every last one is specific to the places you can use it. That's right; there's not one level of this that isn't linear(meanwhile, they're invariably fantastically well-designed), so there is absolutely no freedom of movement. Proceeding in this too often means "figuring out what they intended for you to do". Not only that, no, you spend much too long *just finding out where you're supposed to go*. That works for a lot of VGs, heck, it was a massive step up from the classic side-scroller and such when it originally came about. I'm not arguing that fact. What I am pointing out is that this is stealth(it surpasses others in most areas, not all). Plus, you've got a team backing you up, would it kill them to at least let you know the basic *direction* you're going in? Yeah, you get a map, however, unless you make sure you know where you are at all times(and how would you), it can prove utterly useless. Allow me to draw a comparison to the Hit-man series, I'm certain I'm not the only to do so. In each of those, while maybe not always, they offered multiple solutions, and you can go back and try out something else, and if it makes sense to do, you may very well be allowed to pull it off(especially in Blood Money, it got greater). You're told what you are to do, given an in-depth satellite view of the location, and from there you can soon think of ways to do it, and start actually *doing* those. Why not here? There is no replay value. This goes back and forth between being too easy and equally hard, and can be frustrating. The rigid military precision that Tom, and his work, is infused with can be irritating in this, and sometimes shooting is overly difficult, and enemies don't seem to have any problem with it. With that said, the two weapons, fitted with silencer and flash suppressor, pistol and SC-20K(to know it is to love it) are a ton of fun to use(when the time is right), as is all the equipment. Diversions that can also render foes unconscious, a reusable reconnaissance camera, the Sticky Shocker, and that's not the only *launchable*(!) stuff you get to use. Optic cable for looking under doors, wall mines, lock-picks, flares, grenades, and I could go on. The tactical opportunities is another thing where this really shines. Night and Thermal Vision(and trust me, it is perfect) demand mention, as well. Don't get me wrong, the game-play is magnificent. The AI is beyond reproach. Responsive and eternally as smart as they're meant to be. The music is well-composed, aids in that it changes when you're in immediate trouble, and you may frankly find yourself humming the kick-ass theme to yourself. There are next to no bugs or stability issues. The "humor" is really the usual silly stuff, fortunately, it's seldom in this, and the tone is an earned maturity(this never talks down to you) not ruined by the many bad-ass lines and moments. Sam Fisher, who you're taking on the role of, is voiced by Michael Ironside, who owns the crap out of every vocal emission(including the freaking *death scream*), since that is one of the things he can just *do*. He doesn't go overboard. The acting/audio is all marvelous. This has an interesting and immersive plot. Every character is credible. Realism is through the roof, and it almost always does pay off. This respects its audience. Inbetween the well-written and nicely varied missions, you see bits of faked news reports, that adds loads. This ranks tension higher than action, and you'll get to do some awesome infiltration. I recommend this to anyone that sounds appealing to. 9/10

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great after a few tries, 2 February 2004
Author: barneygumble742

when i first got it as a gift i barely played it. i couldn't stand the training level because they were quite difficult for me (that should tell you that i'm not a gamer). but after a while, once i got used to the game, and played the police station level for a while, i started to love this game. the graphics are amazing on the xbox. i also have the ps2 version and there are slight differences between them. at first i used to think that the game sucked because you only get a certain amount of bullets. however the purpose of the game is to use your gun as a last resort. you have to distract, sneak around shadows, hang above people (y-split). i compare it to goldeneye for the n64 because splinter cell and goldeneye, in my opinion, made the consoles look much better. i spent a LOT of money on the james bond games looking to emulate goldeneye but after i found splinter cell and timesplitters 2, my search is over.

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THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!, 1 January 2003
Author: (pmlroberts@hotmail.com) from Metuchen, New Jersey

This game has all of the qualities a good video game needs. A good theme, clear graphics, and it has an appealing attractivness that makes you want to play. Unlike other spy video games, I have gathered that this one lets you train, then you get to go to the big time.

Also, Splinter Cell has good qualities of the spy, and if you make one flaw when you play, you have to start all over. In other words, it's the best.

Game Rating:****

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excellent game for anybody!, 12 July 2008
10/10
Author: andythedarkone from north wales, UK

When I was off work for many months with broken leg, I had nothing to do, so I brought an xbox, splinter cell is a budget games with everybody saying how good it is, believe me, it is good! For the xbox and P.C., the graphics are very good, I believe for PS2 they turned the graphics quality down, but they were still very good by PS2 standards. This game took ubisoft five years to develop, and it shows! The controls are easy to master on the xbox version, it totally gripping, very believable, running around with lots of guns will never happen in real life, hence why in splinter cell, for the first few levels, you get a silenced pistol, with very limited ammo, so ideally you don't use it, you have to think around how to get somewhere, how to moves to a certain locations, avoiding guards, knocking guards out, cleaning pipes and walls, action blending nicely with real life problems you might except in the real world of espionage, the object of each level is basically get in, get out, without anybody knowing you are there at all, tricky, mistakes either let the guards know your there, or get you killed. I'd recommend this game to anybody, and as it's so cheap on most formats now, trying it won't dent your wallet either!

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A game played on vision, 27 June 2005
Author: dubed_the_unforgiven from Canada

The basic point of this game is to remain unknown. Never be seen, never be heard, kill and hide the evidence. This game is full of hard levels, that are exceptionally fun to figure out how to be the mastermind. I personally suck at being obscure and hidden, I always end up having to kill whoever's in my way instead of sneaking by. But it's up to you to decide the best course of action and save the missing agents, which makes the game all the more free and in your hands. What I like about this game is that the shadows are your best friend. If you want to keep yourself safe and undercover, everything you do has to be covered up and hidden in the shadows. Plus, Sam Fisher, the spy, can do a whole load of special moves, like land quietly or go down zip lines with ease. The ruffle of leaves will determine whether or not the guard heard you, and if you don't do a certain part of the mission needed, you start all over. But that's okay, because the game is great fun. I recommend it, anyone but anyone can find this game awesome.

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Kewl!, 8 April 2005
Author: imdb-6173 (imdb@shinyboys.net) from Iran

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, was the most revolutionary game I've ever played. Besides of very dazzling graphics and technical stuff, the character of Sam Fisher was awesome.

Sound Efefcts and very suitable use of Metal-Rock music of credits and opening scene rock the gamers!

I've just noticed that the movie of splinter cell is gonna be produced in 2006 and I'm so glad that the director is NOT John Woo (As he was suggested to be the director of Rainbow Six, thanks God he's not!) I think he do nothing but exaggerating the screenplay and for Tom Clancy novels, we need a more realestic director.

It's the BEST video game I've ever played! Reza! www.SHINYBoys.DE

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An awesome game with a great plot, 30 January 2005
Author: FrankBooth_DeLarge from someplace

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Splinter Cell isn't your ordinary game. In the game, you have to stay hidden, only kill when necessary, stalk people and grab them, recover information, and take on some brutal terrorists. Some of the stuff that the terrorists do is like things that regular terrorists do, but some of the stuff is really brutal. (Spoilers) They capture 2 C.I.A. agents, they kill innocent people without remorse, they launch attacks on countries and leave them in poverty, and the most brutal of them all is at one point they capture a group of U.S. soldiers, torture them and plan the execute them by putting them through a slaughter house. None of the actual violence is shown, but the thought of it is pretty violent.

Sam Fisher is a stealth agent who is sent in by the NSA to stop these terrorists from launching an information crisis on the world. There is a conspiracy that goes along with all of this that Sam Fisher discovers.

Fortunately there is a movie of Splinter Cell that is in production. Until then, we can enjoy the game as much as we want.

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A new era in gaming!, 31 December 2004
Author: hlywd29 from USA

Ubi Soft broke all the rules when they unveiled this master piece. The most intense graphics, heart pounding, gripping audio (I suggest playing it with Dolby Digital 5.1 or better), and awesome story line. The level of detail and interaction is astounding. No more can the hero just go around and shoot with reckless abandon. You have to use your head, scope the environment, execute your mission with little or no one knowing you were even there! That is the part of the game that is addicting...it also allows for replayability, something these types of games usually lack, you want to go back and do it better or more stealthy (I have redone the whole game at least 5 times) . If you have never played it, I highly suggest at least renting it with plans to buy...it will engross you and not let go! Enjoy! 9/10

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