The riveting stealth action of Splinter Cell gave the Xbox its biggest hit of the holiday season, and this fluid port gives PC gamers a chance to experience its gripping black-ops world for themselves....read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at GamePro
Game Revolution
For example, at one point you have to grab an enemy commander and make him open a door for you. However, this task is made difficult by several factors, not the least of which is the fact that he's constantly moving and alert. I found that the best way...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Revolution
The Laser
Jump on board the hype-wagon, and make your way as fast as you can towards the latest release from Ubi Soft Entertainment, Splinter Cell for the PC gaming platform. Super story teller Tom Clancy finally decided to let his game...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at The Laser
Game Chronicles
Before we start analyzing the various components of Splinter Cell let’s discuss the premise and background story. You play Sam Fisher, a former Navy SEAL, former CIA operative, and general all-around badass who is recruited by the NSA to head up a new...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Chronicles
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Gamers Temple
You have free license to kill, but avoiding combat entirely is a far better way to ensure your survival and the success of your mission. You'll be operating alone in the middle of hostile territory, and you'll always be outnumbered and outgunned....read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Gamers Temple
Game Power AU
Tom Clancy's novels have spawned a number of top quality shooters for the PC. First came Rainbow Six, based on Clancy's book of the same name. Followed by Rogue Spear, the second in the Rainbow Six series, and then Ghost Recon {also available on...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Power AU
GameZone
Splinter Cell, the smash XBox hit from last holiday, finally arrives on the PC. The PC version offers a few tweaks here and there, but it is essentially the same great game that graced XBox consoles last year. The game offers exciting...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at GameZone
Game XC
There aren’t many games that I’m completely taken in by. Use to be to be that I’d read the instruction booklet for a game, before starting to play and that was enough to get me excited about the game itself. Now a’ days I don’t read the manual...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game XC
Gamers Hell
The story takes place two years in the future, in a time of political trouble. The NSA created a new sub-agency called Third Echelon, which sends out highly trained soldiers, also called Splinter Cells (person who breaks terrorist cells). These people...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Gamers Hell
Splinter Cell feels so natural on the PC, it's almost like it was originally meant to be a PC game, until Microsoft came along and waved money in Ubi Soft's collective faces to keep it Xclusive for three months....read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Rankings
Game Over Online
The sheer difficulty level has something to do with the game's backdrop. It carries the Tom Clancy moniker not because it has anything to do with Clancy. Splinter Cell doesn't have the benefit of a literary lineage. It still uses that formula though,...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Over Online
The story in Splinter Cell takes place in the near future, a few years from today. The constant growth of the Internet and its supporting infrastructure (optic cables and such) has led to a rapid development of former states of the Eastern Bloc....read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at ActionTrip
GamingExcellence
You are Sam Fisher working in the field of covert operations for the United States Government and the National Security agency, although they deny your existence. You are a Splinter Cell, a lone field operative, stealthy, quick, and effective, supported...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at GamingExcellence
Gaming Horizon
You’ve probably heard of Splinter Cell - it was one of the most anticipated and well-received console games of last year, it made the Xbox worth buying, and as it says on the package, it re-defined stealth action. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is very...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Gaming Horizon
Game Info Wire
Visually, Splinter Cell is easily one of the best, if not the best looking game on the market. Utilizing the latest Unreal tech to drive the amazing visuals, Splinter Cell delivers almost photo-realistic look and astonishingly realistic lighting. With...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Info Wire
We’ve all been staring at breathtaking screenshots of this game since last Spring, and while there was certainly no doubt that it looked pretty, it was hard to believe that this wasn’t simply another Metal Gear Solid 2 rip-off, another Headhunter, if...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Worth Playing
GameSpy
Fisher is a gruff espionage veteran who prefers actions over words. When he does speak, though, you'll pay attention, thanks to topnotch voice acting by Hollywood veteran Michael Ironside (Top Gun, Total Recall). Ironside helps give the otherwise...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at GameSpy
PGNx Media
The gameplay itself revolves around stealth, therefore you have a stealth meter, telling you how visible you are to your enemies, making it harder for them to shoot you or even locate you for that matter. Be careful, if the enemy does spot you, he will...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at PGNx Media
Sound is also well executed, providing clues not only to what is happening with enemies, but also with the hero, Sam Fisher. If he makes a noisy move, this can be readily heard, giving the player the opportunity to change tactics based on the environment....read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Game Vortex
Armchair Empire
If you didn’t think that the official synopsis sounded like a Hollywood film, the presentation and the cutscenes will. From the intro, which is very well done, and slightly reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid 2’s intro, to the pre-mission cutscenes,...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Armchair Empire
The name Splinter Cell fits this game perfectly, with a capital P. You are Sam Fisher - a hardass with a dark and dry personality. Sam is a secret covert operative that works for the NSA (National Security Agency). He has been trained to do the dirty...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Gamers Wanted
Gameguru Mania
Developed by Ubi Soft, Splinter Cell uses the latest in real time shadows, slick visuals, along with nice ambient sounds and soundtrack. You play as an NSA operative working for a black-ops group called Third Echelon. You are Sam Fisher the "Splinter...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at Gameguru Mania
Splinter Cell does have a few drawbacks, though; many of those extra-cool lighting effects have to be turned off if you aren't running a top-of-the-line computer. The recommended system specs don't necessarily mean you will get all the features, and many...read the complete Tom Clancys Splinter Cell review at AtomicGamer
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