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The CIA, the NSA, the Russians, and the shadowy Third Echelon are involved in a complicated plot--and only Sam Fisher can straighten it out.

The first game of phenomenal action sneaking series Splinter Cell creeps onto the GOG.com catalog today for just $9.99!

Something is up in Russia, and it doesn’t look good. Rumors of shadowy deals, illicit collusion, and dark plans abound, so the US government turns to their secret “wet ops” specialists: the Third Echelon. You’re Sam Fisher, former retired SEAL and new member of a Splinter Cell, a secret government-backed team that exists in no book, has no paper trail, and is completely disavowed if you’re ever caught. You’re sent in to investigate some ominous rumors in Georgia, Russia, and you must succeed in uncovering the plot and saving the nation--or die trying. No pressure, right?

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell was an incredible arrival in the action-sneaker genre when it showed up in 2002: it had a fantastic plot that read like a techno-thriller from genre master Tom Clancy, the gameplay’s emphasis on light and shadow, high-tech toys, and careful planning interspersed with bursts of lethal action, and the impressive Unreal Engine 2 graphics all made this game a blockbuster success. Winner of multiple awards across a number of platforms, this initial entry in the series has all of the great gameplay elements that fans of the genre will love: Fisher’s acrobatic abilities to jump, mantle, and split jump; his assortment of lethal and non-lethal weapons, and the story that feels like it was ripped from today’s headlines--which isn’t bad given that the game is a decade old!

Save the America today for just $9.99 on GOG.com!
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gm192206: The point is that GOG wants people who are buying Splinter Cell to buy it from them instead of Steam. I mean, I get where you're coming from, but clearly a business can't refuse to sell a product because the competitors already carry it.

(Costs $10 on Steam where I'm at, fyi)

edit: Grimrock is also on Steam; is it just the price thing that makes this different?
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billy13: Grimrock represented a new direction for GoG - releasing brand new games ! There was a clear choice there and I chose to support GoG as a: They are the underdog and b: I wanted to support their new direction. They were also cheaper at $11.99 pre-order. A no brainer.

Now coming to market with a "new" release that is already available cheaper elsewhere, just makes them look out of touch. Anyone who wants Splinter Cell has probably already bought it for less elsewhere. Not the case with WC4 or Grimrock.
I have the first three games on disc; but I've never installed them due to the onerous DRM; and I can't stand Steam, so I would buy these from GoG as they become available.
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Kamikave: Well, can't say I remember how it was when I had a Geforce 4, so I'll take your word for it. ^^
Now, knowing GoG, as long as the game is playable, I doubt they modified something so specific.
Ha! Found my old shots, if you (or anyone) cares.

Left ATI (projector shadow mode, only this one works on modern cards), right Nvidia Gef4 (buffer shadow mode)
http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9060/copyofnew22xi.jpg

This one's just a collection of weird stuff (projector mode)
http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/4695/copyofnew17bx.jpg

Weird shadow things or not, it at least it works, and most of the time it's not really noticable - as opposed to PT, where you can't make shadows appear on modern systems no matter what you do...
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Malleus: Weird shadow things or not, it at least it works, and most of the time it's not really noticable - as opposed to PT, where you can't make shadows appear on modern systems no matter what you do...
I see, that's a real shame :/
I thought about getting this but I would rather have the HD collection.