Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

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Product Features

• Next generation Unreal engine.
• Reactionary AI that keeps the player on his toes.
• Fully interactive environments including Retinal Scanners, Finger Print Key Pads and more.
• Amazing lighting effects.
• 14 deadly missions.

Product Details

• Manufacturer's age: 13 years and up
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006GSO1
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,465 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

• This is item 1 in The Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Series.

Product Description

Platform: PC

Amazon.com Product Description
James Bond... Solid Snake... Ethan Hunt... Based on their recent games, all these so-called superspies could stand to take a few lessons from newcomer Sam Fisher. His name isn't important; the important thing is that his game, Splinter Cell, comes from Tom Clancy's game studio and offers up the kind of sophistication and control you'd expect from the studio that brought gamers Rainbow Six. It's all about the details. When Sam enters a dark area, he's got two options, thermal and night vision. Thermal lets him see the body heat of an enemy soldier, even through walls and doors. Shoot through cover with a high-powered weapon, and you can watch as the heat fades from the body. Not dark yet? Shoot out the lights. Need a distraction? Pick up and toss a tin can. Come up to a door too thick to pass thermal readings? Sneak up to it, slip a fiber-optic lead under the door frame, and peek at what's beyond. When you're ready, open the door--just a little bit at a time. While Splinter Cell lacks a famous hero in the lead role, it does sport the famous technical military thriller author Tom Clancy in the title. And you can see the evidence of his expertise in every facet of the game. Who needs the baggage of Metal Gear Solid 2 when Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell brings you better weapons, better controls, better graphics, better spy toys, and a coherent story?

Product Description
Get in on the action with these two award-winning games. You alone have the right to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to ensure that American Freedoms are protected in Splinter Cell: Stealth Action Redefined. In Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, as Sam Fisher, you must recover classified intelligence before it falls into enemy hands. Do you have what it takes as the Splinter Cell?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

113 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A game that any gamer must own!!!, December 26, 2002

By	obryanstars - See all my reviews

I just can't put into words how awsome this game is; but I'll try. There are so many moves, gadgets, details in every aspect...here goes:

The gameplay: Incredible! This game should easily win game of the year! Why? It's so realistic, so breathtaking, so nerve wracking at times that you really feel that you are Sam Fisher. Here are the basic moves: You can crouch, roll (to move quickly through one area without being seen), jump, double jump (jump off a wall to cling on to a pipe at the top), split jump (where your up against the wall doing the splits. You cant then jump down in surprise and knock out your enemy, or shoot him), cling to pipes (and move around, even hang from it while shooting down a guard). Those are just a few! You can knock people out, put a gun to their head and interrogate them. Use people as human shields, hide against walls, knockout anybody, slide down a wire, etc... So many moves, all so very cool, you'll really feel like a secret agent. Now with these moves, you must make it through dozens of levels to prevent a war from happening. If caught, the U.S. will have nothing to do with u. You're on your own.

Gadgets: Thankfully, with these awsome moves, you have perhaps the coolest gadgets ever thought up. You have gadgets to unlock doors, look under the door, climb walls, shock people to death, etc... So many cool gadgets! You'll need every one of them to get through this war. But that's not all! You later on get cameras that you can shoot into a room to see everything before you enter, giving you time to plan, think, etc... These cameras though (so cool) can also, when pressing the red B button, make a loud whistling sound that will attract guards. When they are close, push the yellow Y button, and a sleeping gas will enter the air, knocking the guards unconscience, and leaving your path clear. These cameras also have night vision, heat vision, and of course, regular vision. So many uses, these cameras may save your life more than once. Use them wisely.

The game: In the game, you must get through different levels, finding out secrets in various ways, and doing whatever is asked of u. U can read e-mails from hacked computers, listen in silently on conversations, hide dead or living bodies (you can either knock them out or put a bullet to their head). Sam is also equipped with heat and night vision goggles. So when you have been spotted, and several guards are coming your way, you can shoot out nearby lights, split jump and watch blind guards come in. Put your night vision goggles on, jump down, put a gun to one's head, and use him as a human shield. Shoot the others, knockout your hostage, hide the bodies, and move on. So many options of doing almost anything during gameplay, you'll be spoiled of how to beat each mission...or come back later and beat it on a harder setting. You can also pick up and throw bottles, coke cans, anything. The whole process of the game is very cool.

The graphics: In case you haven't heard, this game has some of the best graphics ever seen in a game. One of my friend's walked in, sat down, not seeing the controller in my hand. He thought I was watching a movie for a few seconds! That's how good this game looks. The lighting is fantastic. Knock out all the lights, pitch black. Leave a tiny bulb on, a lite glow fills the room. Very cool! Sam even changes. He rolls up his sleeves, breathes in and out, steadies his gun when running so as to not make a clit, clat noise. Etc... So much detail put into everything. Even things like when Sam's hands are busy (like hanging from a pole), he cocks his head up, then down, to get his night or heat vision goggles on. Sooooooooooo realistic!

Depth: Incredible! On the normal setting, you'll be lucky to beat this game in less than 30 hours. And the ability to go back and beat the game on hard later adds even more replay value! This game has it all!

Overall, this game rocked in every aspect. Even sound (perhaps the best ever in a game) is ignored because of how good everything else is. Voice acting is so realistic, as Sam always sounds confident, and yet sometimes doubtful, and even a bit nervous. You can hear how fast you're running, the footsteps of approaching enemies, the true reloading of your gun (which ranges from silencers and snipers, to machine guns at times), and the shells falling to the floor.

This is a classic, a must have, and any gamer should feel left out never playing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell!

(And oh, later on, you may be able to download new levels from the internet so your PC. So cool!)

Thx!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good solid game., March 3, 2003

By	L. Blasiman (Canton, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Needless to say there is a lot of hype surrounding SC. Most of it is well earned. Perhaps what SC does better than any other game is deliver a solid well made experience with a lot of style, polish and oozes atmosphere. In short: there isn't a single element in the game that is lacking. It's hard to think of a single good reason why someone should overlook this game. And for PC gamers the game got even more work to use the newest state of the art graphic effects. The games' lighting and shadows not only look impressive but also is a key to the vast amount of stealth movement used through the single player campaign. For once a game that not only looks good but makes the graphics an integrated part of the gameplay.

However I did not find it to be the game to end all games. Much of the campaign is scripted. Meaning some things will not happen with out the player triggering it first. This makes the game rather linear and requires some irritating trial-and error before you can pull off a perfect mission. There is also no type of multiplayer or other features to explore (would co-op be too much to ask for these days?). After you have played it once there isn't anything more to do but play it again and again, taking the same linear path to complete the objectives.

Splinter Cell however focuses on doing one thing right rather than try to do too much. Certainly it delivers a just plain cool game well worth every penny.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tom Clancy Enters the Third-Person Action/Stealth Genre, January 16, 2004

By	Chris (USA) - See all my reviews

If you played Tom Clancy's previous games, you'll know that most of them were first-person tactical shooters. The Tom Clancy name takes a different approach with Splinter Cell and allows you to play a game heavier on story and arcade action. If you ever played titles such as Hitman or Metal Gear Solid, you already know exactly how the game works. If that's the type of game you enjoy, I definitely recommend you pick up Splinter Cell because it's one of the best games in that particular genre. I've never really been a big fan of those types of games so I found the game average but I'm in the minority as a lot of gamers enjoy these titles. If you're the type of gamer that usually only enjoys fast-paced action games, you probably won't enjoy Splinter Cell as much as others. This game requires stealth and slow methodical operations instead of fast hand-eye coordination. I also didn't enjoy the story that much but I can see why many people would. If you love Tom Clancy novels, in particular the ones with John Kelly, the ex-special operations soldier turned into a CIA operative, this game is for you. For me, Splinter Cell was an average game, but that's just my two cents, many people love this game and it was so popular, the designers are already working on a sequel. This game was released on all gaming platforms and that might be one reason why I don't enjoy it as much. The controls and inteface seems more suited for a console gamepad and anytime you create a game with weapons and soldiers on the PC, you have to compete with all the great first-person shooters on the market. It also lacks any type of online options. For games like these that have quality stand-alone (not online) stories and missions but no online multiplayer or significant mod community, I usually wait until the price drops because they don't last as long as other titles, but only you know what type of gamer you are and what price is acceptable for you.

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