Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®

Not the best in the series, but a good introduction to our favourite NVG goggles wearing super spy.

The core of splinter cell is quite nice, the movement offered is fun if a bit clunky and the gadgets provided to you are a great way to allow you to tackle a situation in the manner you choose. The problem is, you'll very, very rarely make use of any movement out of your own volition, as the game is terribly linear. It's basically a long corridor, no room has any alternate entrance, and even though Sam can run, jump, and climb freely there's nowhere to climb to, nothing to explore. To add insult to injury the game forces you into combat on 2 occasions, at which points the game devolves into sitting in a corner and popping the heads of incoming enemies, who have a tendency to gain nightvision when alerted. The game feels like a huge waste of potential, were it not so linear it could have been great. The end result is just mediocre.

No Spoiler here. Just worth playing. To me it'a like an interactive film/game. The subsequent chapters should be here as well. A plus: the voice of Sam Fisher here in Italia is Luca Ward (doppiatore in Italia di Russel Crow, Samuel L Jackson and many great others) : that only grants a Movie like experience in italian language. A classic as of now I suppose and the script of Tom Clancy really counts, it set the story

I wouldnt recommend this game. I love stealth games and I really wanted to like this game, but I just couldn't/ As other people have already covered the mechanics are decent but the level design is very linear and consequently doesn't provide much of a challenge and isnt rewarding to crack. Go play thief or hitman instead.

No controller support, key bindings not working too bad one of my favs