Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®

Those who have played and loved this game in their childhood (when it originally came out in the early 2000's) may probably more indulgent with it, but without the nostalgia glasses Splinter Cell clearly shows its age and lots of design issues that mostly comes from the fact the third person stealth genre (and the Splinter Cell formula) was quite young around that time. Pros: -great voice acting (mainly from Michael Ironside) -considering its age, the graphics often look pretty cool -funny NPCs encounters -occasional cinematic moments -the overall writing is decent Cons: -frustratingly inconsistent AI which sometimes follows annoying, scripted events, sometimes it just goes into the odd territory (like a guard noticing a turned off lamp even though he's looking into another direction and the door is closed) -unreasonable design decisions like the doors players cannot close (but the doors themselves keep closing, which can be often annoying), or the artificial shooting inaccuracy -boring, linear level design -gameplay heavily relying on trial and error -awkward controls/platforming

An excellent stealth-based game with an intriguing story. Graphics, sound, music, and voice acting are all top-notch. There is somewhat of a learning curve at the beginning, but once you learn what the game expects of you, you will be on your way to become a top agent in one of the best stealth games of all time. The next two sequels are even better. As much as I enjoyed the Medieval elements of the Thief series, I also enjoyed this modern take on the stealth genre.

AI is smart enough, growing more difficult as the story progresses, and you have a good amount of moves and tools at your disposal. I only really have two gripes: 1) a couple segments of the game are guns-blazing, action-centric which doesn't play well with stealth mechanics. During those segments you can be sitting still for 10 seconds straight and still have a good chance of missing unless you're scoped in with FN2000. 2) the dlc/expansion missions must be manually selected in order to play. While they continue to increase the challenge and make use of mechanics barely explored in the main game, I can't help but feel that there is a drop in quality in them compared to the main story. There are no debriefings after the 3 missions, just a generic "Mission complete" image. Enemies would often get suck in silly places or there'd be places you think you can interact with, only to clip through them.

I am a bit biased, since i am a huge SC fan, but i honestly think its the best stealth game series ever made. While the game shows its age at some points with some gameplay decisions, everything here from the gameplay,story,visuals and levels are so fun and enjoyable to play that you cant go wrong with this tittle if you like a challenging stealth game. GOG also offers the mission pack levels which is also great.

the whole franchise please.!!! the first trilogy has to be in my gog collection where the hell is pandora tomorrow and chaos theory ubisoft these games don't matter i hate the new open world of microtransactions games Battle Royale crap