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Very unimpressed.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First I'd like to note that the first Splinter Cell was a very enjoyable game. This game has all the aspects of the first one when it comes to unique shading and excellent graphics, however, they didn't do anything new. It was like an add-on pack at best. Also for being such a large game (nearly twice the size of the first one) I would have expected it to be longer. The game is very short, there are many levels with zero body count and the story doesn't really go anywhere. Not to mention there wasn't any new weapons or special moves added. ***SPOILER*** What's worse is you don't even get to kill the two "bosses", they're just spy missions!.

Some great updates to the original.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you are coming off playing the original and thinking about getting Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow then chances are you liked the first one. If you liked the first one there is nothing about Pandora that will disappoint. It exceeds the original in almost every category.

There are a few new moves in this outing. They are easy to learn and incorporate if you are already accustomed to the first game. If you have not played the first SC, then you will have a much higher learning curve. I would also recommend playing the original first, as it is extremely cheap right now and very fun. The original will hone your skills for taking Pandora on.

Pandora bests the original in graphics and also corrects some strange behaviors that were in place in the original game. The most noticeable is the absence of bullet-proof light bulbs. My friends and I use to have fun pointing out that flaw in the original. We would joke around about how terrorists shouldn't be in it for the money if they had enough to install so many bullet-proof lightbulbs. We would also go on about "boo-let-pruf-leit-bulbs" in thick russian accents - good times. So far all light-bulbs in this game are breakable. I still do not understand why there is no option to simply unscrew a lightbulb. You still have to waste a bullet (or find a throwable glass bottle) to create some cover of darkness.

A new welcome feature in Pandora is the quicksave/load. I played the original on the X-box, so this might not be new in the PC versions. I don't know how many times I had to execute a sequence of events that took 15 minutes just so I could mess up time and time again at some difficult spot right before the checkpoint. No such headache here.

A few new improvements include an indicator that tells you exactly how many times you can be spotted before the mission is compromised and an indicator that tells you when bodies are sufficiently hidden.

Pandora is a fun continuation of the original. It suffers from the sequel syndrome - that it may have not lived up to expectations of some, but this is certainly a great outing for ubisoft - irregardless of their attempts to curb piracy that only serve to alienate their fanbase.

Can't wait for SC3! (was: Will Bryant is misinformed)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 18
Date: March 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have installed and run the first Splinter Cell and other Ubi Soft games using my Plextor 12/10/32 SCSI CD burner. One of my friends has had no trouble installing and running Splinter Cell, Rogue Spear, Rainbow Six, and other games using his Sony 52/24/52 CD burner.

Others have noted incompatibilities between certain CD drives and copy-protection schemes such as SafeDisc (which has been used on Splinter Cell and many other games).

Sorry about the star rating...I just set it to balance out Will's because I had to rate it. However, nobody can honestly rate this game since nobody has played it yet.

*** UPDATE ***

This game ROCKS!!! I installed it first on my desktop with the Plextor 12/10/32 SCSI CD burner, then later on my Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. The only problems I have with this game are that the menu freezes up sometimes when you go from the main menu to the single-player menu, and that the multiplayer sucks. You can fix the menu problem by reading the tech support forums. The solution to the freezing is to run the single-player executable directly instead of launching it from the main menu.

The multiplayer version runs slow and is not much fun to play. I also dislike that the multiplayer game bears absolutely no resemblance to the single-player game. They don't even share any of the same controls by default!

Wasted $

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: April 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just blew $35 on Far Cry and Pandora Tomorrow ... no more purchases from UBI Software ... guess we all have to install regular CD drives to play this company's games ... well, I'm physically disabled and not going to pay $50 for some to install a $20 part to play a $20 game(... one company's games) ... so many decent games out there(FPS/RPG/RTS), I'm not jumping through hoops to play anyones game ... if it doesn't work on my system, as it is, I'll pass - I have no copy software, just one basic CD-RW drive that came with my computer ... I hope UBI Software take a nice revenue hit for this bs anti-piracy nonsense

Great game but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I wouldn't recommand purchasing this game unless you have a regular CD / DVD player. I spent the last couple weeks talking to UBI and online forums. Finally figured out their retarded copy protection (smartdisk I think it's called) checks if you can burn disks. If so then it will bring up a GPF screen. I've tested it on the same hardware with a regular player. Works fine. The DVD burner (a Sony) works great for HL2, Doom 3 and other mainstream games. Even installing with the player and switching to the burner didn't work. You must have a player. Period. This is why I rate the game 3 instead of a 5.

On to the game. Yep, Sam Fisher is awesome (I installed a DVD player now along with the burner). I just arrived at the US Embassy in E. Timor. Graphics are AMAZING! I've played SP1 and expected SP2 to be at least as good. Game play very well done. I recommend it IF you don't have a burner (Sorry UBI, that only slightly slows pirates and annoys people who actually purchase the product).

It's good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It is refreshing to have a game that feels mature and intellegent. I've only just started the single player and I already know it will be a classic. It's quiet and relaxing.

Wait for the price drop

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: July 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To sum it up, the games great. I didn't have any problems wit the installation, and the graphics were exceptional on my Radeon 9800 Pro. Only downside? Too short. Beat the game on normal mode in exactly 7 days. Still an awesome game though, and theres nought more satisfying than luring someone into a corner, grabbing them, and smacking them upside the head with your pistol. Just wait for the price to go down a bit, to make your enjoyment complete.

Never would install.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Never could get this to install even after changing the DVDR drive for a DVDrom drive. UBIsoft needs to get it's act together. It is no good alienating paying customers to stop copying by others. If you pay for a product it should work.

ZERO, ZILCH, NADA LAPTOP SUPPORT

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: July 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you are buying this for your laptop, DON'T. I walked into a retail store and picked up a few games. This one was one that DID NOT MENTION anything about no laptop support on the box. I bought it and opened the box only to read in the instructions INSIDE that it did not support some laptop chipsets. Boy, did my opinion of UBISOFT just go down. I installed it anyways in hopes of still salvaging the software, but was met with a notification that I didn't meet the requirements. Hrumph, big surprise. Nevertheless, it doesn't work on a laptop, so don't buy it if you are in hopes of that.

Be Careful!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: April 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Be careful when you buy this. Your video card has to supprt pixal shading. I bought a DELL less than a year ago and my video card is not good enough. Make sure you check if your card is on the supported video card list. Otherwise, you'll spend 40 bucks on something you can't use.

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