Description

In Splinter Cell, you take on the role of Sam Fisher, an operative for the secret organization Third Echelon.

SC is a third-person stealth based game, similar to Metal Gear Solid. Third Echelon is a secret organization, a part of the U.S. government. The organization deals with very sensitive missions, and you play as Sam, Third Echelon's "splinter cell". Your missions are so discreet, that if you are captured, the government will deny any such existence of that organization.

Since it's a stealth based game, you have a variety of moves at your disposal. You can walk, run, crouch, jump, rappel, shimmy, cross horizontal wires, zip using a zip cord, and do a split jump.

To defeat your enemies, you have a variety of means. You can use your weapons, but the noise might alert a guard. You can stun them, kill them, subdue them, jump down from the ceiling and knock them unconcious. Some enemies are needed to activate a door or passcode, so you can take an enemy hostage by holding a gun to his head, you can interrogate them, or you can use them as human shields.

Some of the more innovative features of the game is the ability to peak through a door before going through. You can open it up a bit to peak through, or you can use your optic cable camera (a "snake" camera) to peer through the underside of the door, checking to make sure it's clear.

Being a stealth based game, your arsenal is small. You have an automatic rifle that can be fitted with a silencer and other modifications, and you also have a trusty pistol.

Splinter Cell also has downloadable content, so you can download new items in the future, specifically new levels and missions.

Alternate Titles

  • "细胞分裂" -- Chinese title (simplified)

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User Reviews

Not bad. Windows Ola Sverre Bauge (236)
Move over 007 PlayStation 2 Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5237)
Plenty of hot and cool spy-action to be enjoyed here. Windows re_fold (288)
Near perfect stealth action. PlayStation 2 DarkDove (67)
A revolution in Espionage action games. Xbox Thiago Oliveira (90)
What MGS should have been. Windows Zovni (9141)
Stealth James Bond PlayStation 2 MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183)
It really is "Stealth Action Redifined" Xbox Jester236 (39)
As an N.S.A. employee, Sam Fisher needs to hunt down and kill Georgian president Kombayn Nikoladze because of his terrorist acts against the USA PlayStation 2 Toncian Vlad Ionut (3)
A Fight to the Death! Xbox quayleman (2)

The Press Says

Game Freaks 365 Xbox 2003 9.7 out of 10 97
GameZone Xbox Dec 08, 2002 9.7 out of 10 97
Gamers.at Xbox Dec 18, 2002 95 out of 100 95
Just RPG Xbox 2003 93 out of 100 93
Svenska PC Gamer Windows Mar, 2003 92 out of 100 92
PC Action Windows Jan 22, 2003 91 out of 100 91
Rebell.at Games Windows Mar 17, 2003 9 out of 10 90
GameSpot Windows Feb 19, 2003 8.7 out of 10 87
Game Shark GameCube Jan 26, 2003 B+ 83
Inside Mac Games (IMG) Macintosh Oct 13, 2004 7.25 out of 10 72

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Trivia

Splinter Cell is one of the three Xbox games that, with the help of Action Replay, can hack into an unmodified Xbox. The other two being Agent Under Fire and Mech Assault.


This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (66164), Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9910), MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35183), JPaterson Bronze Star Contributing Member (9127) and Rantanplan (1753)
 

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