Customer Reviews

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

5 star:		(35)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I rented this game because I was never much of a fan of the Rainbow Six series but people told me this game was good. They weren't wrong, this game is fantastic. Along the same lines as other sneak titles like Hitman and Thief, this game requires the player rely on stealth more than firepower. However, that isn't to say that it doesn't have its splendid moments of gratifying carnage. Let me put it into bulletpoints.
1) This game has some of the best AI I have ever seen in a game. The enemy actively searches you out and is excellent at taking cover and even at pinning you down. It even has the enemy work as a team at times - which can be frustrating yes, but always fun.
2) Graphics are top notch. I really can't emphasize this enough. I'm still astounded by the amount of care that went into designing this game.
3) There are so many ways to dispatch with your enemy - take your pick. Grenades, bullets, sniper rifle, various stun weapons, even a bottle to the head. There is definite replayability here.
4) Cool, cool gadgets. Including a nice pair of night vision goggles with an infared setting.
5) Decent cutscenes - they could have been better
6) The fact that you can take the enemy hostage and use him as a human shield was a definite plus.
7) Challenging, but not impossible. I usually end up getting frustrated and cheat with most games. Not the case here. The learning curve is perfect - always a challenge, but I never threw down my controller in disgust (okay, maybe once).
8) Convenient save points prevent you from getting too far and then dying - so you never need to restart from the beginning of a level. Best of all, its automatic.
While the game has its frustrations - sometimes mission objectives can be a bit muddy and there are levels where you can't kill anyone (including a super cool level in which you break into the CIA) forcing you to rely on arguably less entertaining non-lethal methods of dispatching with your foe - overall this is a solid game worth every gaming penny that you might spend. Although I finished the game in a little over a week of solid play, I will most likely buy it in the near future. I'm sure it will only get better the second time through.

I received this game as a free gift for buying the Prince of Persia. I ended up enjoying Splinter Cell much more than the $50 game I payed for. The graphics are well done and the game play is excellent.

You are Sam Fisher, an under cover agent who leaves no trace of his existence. You carry two armed weapons, a SC Pistol and the SC-20K M.A.W.S. The SC-20K will be used in the later missions of the game. You have a 3rd person view and can interact with all of your surroundings. You hide to existing shadows or create your own (shoot out the lights) and take out your opponets one by one in a stealth fashion.

The graphics could improve slightly. The shadows seem very light even though your stealth gauge tells you are nearly invisible to enemy eyes. The AI intelligence is limited also. They may walk right past you in the dark even though they are looking right at you. They also give up their search for you after 30 seconds to a minute if they can't find you, even though one of their comrades was just shot in the head.

I used to hate stealth games because they were very frustrating and you had no defense to enemies, but Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell brings a whole new light to working undercover.

I suggest to play the game in hard mode, even for your first try, because the game is relatively easy in the other level of difficulty, normal. I was hooked after 20 minutes of playing the game and have no intent on trading the game in.

Combining the stealth, tactics, and action popularized in both the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon franchises, Splinter Cell represents a new Tom Clancy series featuring a single character instead of the team-oriented play found in Red Storm's successful squad-based shooter games. The title alludes to the secret organization players are part of, an offshoot of the NSA called Third Echelon, whose members rigorously serve to protect America using whatever means necessary.

Players embark on a series of ten missions to eliminate potential security threats by covertly infiltrating and destroying the data and communications critical to cyber-terrorist operations. The lead character, Sam Fisher, must conduct his missions without being detected, or risk being disavowed by his agency and left to his own devices. A key feature in the game is a horizontal stealth meter, which changes according to Fisher's overall visibility within a level. Players must stick close to shadows, avoid light, and move silently or else patrolling guards will sound the alarms and attack.

For the GameCube version, the developers made use of the console�s connectivity feature with the Game Boy Advance. When players connect the handheld to the GameCube, they can view an OPSAT map of their surroundings as well as activate items such as computers, weapons, and wall mines from remote control. The handheld otherwise functions like the PDA found in both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions without the need to access its features via separate menu screens. In addition, players can unlock five missions for Splinter Cell on Game Boy Advance as well as reveal an exclusive weapon for GameCube: the sticky bomb.

Each mission begins with a cut-scene detailing the story in a CNN-like news report. Players will receive their objectives via voice communication during the game and can refer to their wrist-mounted Palm computer for notes and details on their mission. Data such as door codes can be downloaded from terminals located within the region or on guards, and additional gadgets such as sticky cameras, gas grenades, lock picks, laser microphones, a night vision headset, and wall mines can be used to help. More items are available for specific missions, which range from infiltrating the CIA to exploring a police station, Chinese Embassy, Georgian Defense Ministry, and more.
J. Smith

First of all, let me tell you that this game is based on a Tom Clancy's written novel. He usually writes books related to terrorism, like The Sum of all Fears. Enough about the author. The game is just great! Its about a spy sort of guy name Sam Fisher who has to accomplish tons of missions. All the game is based on stealth, which means you have to do things quietly and without being watched by anyone. The variety of weapons are excellent, plus the items you use are incredible. One of the most interesting things about this title is that you don't have to kill the bad guys to accomplish your objectives, you can just knock them out and hide them. The game is pretty frustrating at times, like when a camera discovers you, you loose the mission. There is only one little problem with this amazing title, and that is its replay value. It is absolutely a game to play once, it has no new options of coming again and play it. Basically, once complete the game, your done with the title (no multiplayer, no extra missions, no new weapons, no new characters,etc.). Overall, the game is a must for any gamer. And Tom Clancy fans, don't think twice before getting this!

I bought this game having never played it. So i poped it in my g-cube and i was hooked. I couldent stop playing it. It is so fun to sneak around and completing secret missions. Not like other action games that are very easy this game is on the challenging side.

Sam Fisher is asecret agent who is famous for his stealthy moves. Sam is called back in after two adgents go missing in Gorgia. Get ready to be thrown into a action packed wirlwind adventure, which will take you all over the world as Sam Fisher. You will love this game.

Sam is voiced by the famous Micheal Ironside, who brings a cool vibe to the charecter. For being made in 2002 the graphics are amazingly good. I would reccomend any game from this series to anyone also.

This is the kind of game you dream about!! sneaking into the most heavily gaurded places in the world, completly fool hundreds of guys, this game is amazing. Theres no more just walking around amlisly firing machine guns. Instead of opening doors you can hide your camera under it to see if anyones in there. Instead of just blowing some guy away and get shot in the process, you can grab onto the ceiling then drop down and put him in a choke hold. You can really put your guy in the exact posision you want him. Theres so many great things in this game. heat vision goggles, sniper rifles, string cameras, toxic darts, whatever you could imagine. Don't hesitate to get this game, you wont be dissapointed.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game is great. I am totally addicted to it. In how many games do you get to sneek up behind people and put them in a chokehold with a gun to their head and force them to do things that you want them to do? How many games are so challenging that if you get heard walking around, you get shot?

This game changed the way I look at Video games. I love Video Games, but I'm not the most skilled player. This game however even allowed someone like me to enjoy game play. If I got to a part I couldn't pass I'd just set it aside for a day or two come back and work through it. This is a game that made me want to try again.
What is great is that everything come together with this game. The graphics, acting and game itself all work together to give you the ultimate gaming experience. I have never been into these type of games but Splinter Cell keeps me coming back for more and now I eagerly await the sequel. I only hope it is as well put together as Splinter Cell and hope they keep the same actor playing as Sam he does a great job!

i had just bought this game and started playing it and right off i knew this was the most realistic game ive ever played. again with the differeces between the shadows and the light. and sneaking up on people and grabbing them makes it even more realistic and fun.this game is even better then grand theft auto 3 and vice city ill be looking for more games from tom clancy

Splinter Cell is the best game ever for gamecube because.....
1. The Graphics are awsome
2. Realife sounds includeing shots,effects and conversations
3. Good cut secnes (best one is the end of the klaitex building)
4. Only two guns to use but one has great attachments like sticky shocker, sticky camera, diverson camera, smoke grenade and ring airfoil round on the gun you get in the CIA mission
5. Great gadgets like Lock pick, Optic cable, Camera jammer and the Micro listener.
6. three visons like Regluar vison, Night vison, Heat vison.
7. Very easy to become invisable by the darkness and night.
8. And finally awsome martial-art stealth moves (my fav is the spilt jump = where you jump up between two walls and stay up there by your legs pushing against the walls. That is why this game is the best and please make your son or daughter happy by buying it for them :)