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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Xbox Live Compatible
- A new echelon of stealth action
- New moves: Diving somersault, ledge hang, pipe climb, peek around corners and shoot, drop attack, drag and hide bodies
- Use gadgets: Sticky camera, laser microphones, fibre optic camera, PDA...
- Pick up and use any small object in the environment, shoot any light and take advantage of shadows
- Techno-thriller story, geopolitical tensions, pulse-pounding action at global scale
- 14 missions through 4 countries
- Infiltrate high-security strongholds (including CIA headquarters)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Author Tom Clancy has written some fine novels, and UbiSoft has written some great games based on these works. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is one such release. This one is a bit different, however: it models itself on that champion of espionage, Metal Gear Solid 2, which, as it happens, is a good thing.
As Sam Fisher, you are out to save the world from international terrorism. In doing this, stealth is of paramount importance. Splinter Cell makes terrific use of light and shadows in this regard. If Sam Fisher stays in the dark, he is less likely to be seen; but, equipped with night vision goggles, you are not hindered by the lighting effects. It's a clever system that creates some memorable scenes and adds to the sensation of being undercover.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a supremely balanced game. The initial training received is just long enough, gameplay is perfectly weighted between stealth and action, and the blend of different objectives in missions ensures that the experience never becomes a chore. More than being merely balanced, though, Splinter Cell excels in all areas. This is as compelling a spy game as you'll ever play. --Jonti Davies
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
This is a true classic. You hide in the shadows and complete your mission without being detected. The lights in this game are beautifull, but they are your worst enemy. The graphics are far beyond what I expected from a game as old as this one.
There are negetive sides to the game as well. You have very few choises as to how to complete your mission. The doors you don't have to go through are only there for the looks. You cant even choose where to shoot someone to kill them. Only the headshot kills immediately. There is no point in trying to aim for the heart. Also the bodies you keep carrying around goes through walls if you put them to close.
Many reviewers put Metal Gear up against Splinter Cell. I think they are to different to compare against each other.
The story is good and the voicework is top notch. If you like stealth games and haven't tried it yet, go for it. But if you are looking for a shooter, I would recommend Doom instead.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
Splinter cell is a great game, I would defiantly recommend buying it, and the graphics are superb with no glitches and all in gloriously detailed environments. All the environments are fully interactive in that you can shoot things up, and there are usually objects that you can move scattered around the areas.
The sound is fully atmospheric and the music can give you a good idea of what's going to happen, i.e. danger coming up, when it's safe and so on. The gameplay scores highly as well keeping you hooked throughout the life of the game.
The sound is fully atmospheric and the music can give you a good idea of what's going to happen, i.e. danger coming up, when it's safe and so on. The gameplay scores highly as well keeping you hooked throughout the life of the game.
However there are a few problems, firstly I'd say the camera angles, the camera can be a little clumsy at times, getting you killed because from the camera view you seem concealed but your really in open view of the hostel's.
The second is that you can't save at any point, with a system such as the X-Box this is not a technical issue, and can be infuriating when you die and have to spend ten minutes redoing what you just did. Especially annoying as the game kills you for overcoming the obstacle, just because you didn't do it the way the designer intended.
Also laziness on the part of the level designers, some doors you cant open because there is a fire or a table on the other side of the door, now that's reasonable, and some you can't open because there's a shoebox in the way, like that would stop you being able to open the door.
There is a major trial and error element to this game, a lot of problems you just can't see until they've killed you. Not the way to complete a game.
Also just a tip, if you buy this gameplay it with the official S pad not the standard pad, it makes life a lot easier.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
This (along with Halo) has got to be one of the best games I have ever had the pleasure to play.
The graphics, sound, features, everything really are out of this world.
Be prepared for a hard slog though, this is no pushover of a game and takes time, but you are rewarded with one of the best game plays ever.
Money very well spent & deffinately what the XBOX was made for.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fantastic
This game is great! You play as a guy called Sam Fisher and you go on these missions for your goverment. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Thomas
How Disappointing
I have tried so hard to like this game. I would say that stealth games are probably my favourite genre next to first person shooters and with a while to wait before the next... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2006 by D. Hall
True genius with one flaw
True genius with one flaw
I'm usually a fps game player on the PC so had never played anything like Splinter Cell until I bought an Xbox. What a surprise! Read more
I'm usually a fps game player on the PC so had never played anything like Splinter Cell until I bought an Xbox. What a surprise! Read more
Published on 25 May 2006 by D-Dom
Not as good as everyone says.
I'm not a metal gear fan boy. The metal gear series is fastly becoming flawed and formulaic, and as everyone says it IS too easy. Read more
Published on 14 July 2005 by Philip Haynes
The Class Classic
I really don't understand how some folks have reviewed this game in a negative light. Saying that the control system is terrible, lacking atmosphere etc is so far wide of the mark... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2004
Metal gear... who?
This game absolutely tops all other stealth/action games.
Everyone always says that metal gear solid is the best stealth series out. No way! Read more
Everyone always says that metal gear solid is the best stealth series out. No way! Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2004 by J. Snook
Like controlling a clumsy automaton...
This looked great, but the controls are really shocking, completely anti-intuitive. You know those silky controls in games like Metroid, Halo, Prince of Persia etc, in which your... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2004 by J. Rogers
Splinter Cell, the Original
This game is not about Marines entering a combat zone and killing everyone that points a gun in their general vicinity. This game is about Espionage, spying. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2004 by Adam Lea
Sam Fisher makes history!
This game is absolutely fantastic. I bought it reluctantly on reccomendation from a friend but as soon as i atarted playing I was hooked. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2004 by Web_Guru
Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Having bought this game from hearing all the hype surrounding it, I could not wait to play it. Damm was I disappointed, what is the point of buying a game where all you do is... Read more
Published on 19 April 2004
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