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Fun, Short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

PD expands on SC1's exciting gameplay, but if you're expecting a game as long or engrossing as the original, it'll be a little dissapointing. It can be said that the shorter single player experience is offset by the groundbreaking multiplayer mode (which is a great game in its own right), but the game's been out for so long now you might as well get Chaos Theory if that's what you're after.

Great single player game, if a little limited.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure I'm a fan of this relatively new genre of stealth FPS. However, born out of the Thief Series, Splinter Cell has to be the best example of this Genre.

I read many reviews from disgruntled would-be customers over the copyright protection and the use with CDRW drives. I have separate DVD-ROM and and DVD-RW drives so I did not come across this problem. I have a lot of simpathy with publishers trying to protect their property from theft, however its obviously back-fired in this case as its made enemies of legitimate users. Unfortunately my experience of copy protection is that anyone who wants not to pay for the game will find a way of doing so, whether that be by copying, patching of borrowing, so draconian copy protection only serves to upset your customers and does little to deter people who would never pay money in any case :o(.

Anyway - back to the game proper. I really enjoyed Pandora Tomorrow. There are times when i would have really liked to have gone in guns blazing (and at the end I did) but mostly if you do you just get killed - thats fair :o). There were always intelligent ways of achieving your objectives if you looked for them and its all the more realistic for not having to deal with being shot 100 times... The emphasis is on stealth and puzzle solving, finding the best way to take people out without (a) them seeing you first and (b) anyone else raising the alarm.

The game was long enough to feel you got your moneys worth and engaging enough to play it again after a few months. All in all definitely one for the gaming enthusiasts buy list.

Why is it that the second installment in a series is always mediocre?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not going to make an exhaustive review, but I'll quickly say that this SC was not as good as its predecessor nor its successor. My reasons for this follow:

1. The actual game performance is a drag. Both other games run much better than this installment on a machine that is less than top-of-the-line.

2. The sound and music quality took a real dive. The characters, so realistically recorded in other SC installments, sound more like stand-ins or placeholders in this game. It really detracts from the cinematic quality when Hispanic characters in the room sound like Midwestern Americans talking over a radio. The music tracks...I don't know what they're supposed to be, but they sound like they were dubbed on an old and worn-out cassette recorder.

3. A major drag is the characters themselves. Sam Fisher, instead of being darkly cavalier and slightly funny, is now just dark. I quote from SC 1:
[in a parking garage, Fisher grabs a driver from behind and begins to interrogate him.]
Fisher: I'm going to ask you some questions. When I think you're lying, I'll do this.
[driver whimpers as Fisher does something that causes some pain, though we can't see exactly what it is.]

[In the basement of another building, in the middle of a firefight, Fisher receives word that Vyacheslav Grinko, professional bad man, is on his way down to handle him personally. Lambert, Fisher's boss, hears it too.]
Lambert [over the radio]: Fisher, kill Grinko.
Fisher [with restrained glee]: Okay.

Or from SC 3:
[Again, Fisher grabs an armed soldier from behind and begins asking questions.]
Soldier: Are you going to kill me?
Fisher: Only if you say "monkey."
[conversation progresses...]
Fisher: Are you going to say monkey?
Soldier: No!
Fisher: Then this conversation is over.

No such wit in Pandora Tomorrow. The characters are all so grave that you'd think they would have a heart attack any moment. And Michael Ironside, the voice of Sam Fisher, at times sounds more like he's doing an impression of Vin Diesel as Riddick. Don't get me wrong, I like the Riddick universe too, but the two just don't blend.

Now, I'm not saying that you should not buy this game, but I'm sure not saying that you should. Just keep in mind that these are the downers by comparison to the other games in this series.

Great game. I can't wait to play the sequels.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are great, controls are easy to use, and the plot actually has some depth. I can't wait to play the next two chapters in the Splinter Cell line, Chaos Theory and Double Agent.

I can't take it anymore

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm on the second mission and I'm bored to death. It must be a training mission still, but the gameplay is ULTRA linear. I'm not having any fun at all. I haven't been allowed to use my gun at all yet. I had MUCH more fun with the rainbow six series. I've played through at least 4 of those. This game feels like I'm just doing what the game tells me to do.

Good game, but stubborn

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this game as a birthday present the day it came out. At first it didn't work, until I found out I needed a new graphics card. Bought a Radeon 9200 and this game is awesome! The graphics blow your mind and the story is engaging. If you don't like the story, play multiplayer. The multiplayer is as innovative as it is fun. First-person and third-person in the same game. Usually people stick woth one or the other (Unreal Tournament 2004). Overall the game is good. But make sure your card is supported before you buy (or just buy an XBox). Can't give it five stars because of the bugs.

Summary: Buying an XBox pays off. But if you're supported, buy PC.

Great looks, poor Gameplay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First off I install it. This game seems to have bad graphic driver support. Worked with my ATI Radeon 9700 pro with most up to date even though didn't like it. I boot game up was very good looking but for some reason I ocasionally get game errors, with no clue why out of the blue.

The singel player game it self is short and alot easier than the first one. I very much think first one is alot better, this game disapointed very much I am telling my friends to not buy and if they wish they can come play mine or borrow it and get disapointed themselves.

The multiplayer is fun however, nobody is playing, then when they do they want to go deathmatch, I didn't buy this type of game for death match, however if you can get matches going this can be fun here.

Overall I think the single player was to easy. Multiplayer would totally rock if game servers were more populated. Who knows maybe in a month or two.

Decent

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: June 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The gameplay is good and the graphics are nice but the game itself isn't too impressive. The challenge of figuring out what to do is not a challenge as the answers are usually given to you or made pretty obvious. It's something to do, but not the most entertaining.

Great Game But...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to play, no doubt. Unlike in the fisrt game, you can knock dudes out without killing them. Make sure to check the system requierments and comfirm they are up to par. I had to upgrade my video card in order to play, but it was definitly worth it.

ha cdrw issues i can fix dat

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game runs fine u just didnt look very hard for cracks try www.crackspider.net and if that dont work spend $10 and get a cheapo cd-rom or better yet use it as an exuse to by a dvd-rom for $20 it runs fine now off my 52x cd-r/rw (no name $10 clearance) on an MSI nforce2 motherboard with a Athlon XP 2000+ through dolby digital optical out, 512mb 2100 ddr ram and running on a 17in princton ultra75e get vid fed through the achilles heal of my system a asus geforce4 ti4200 with the 4x agp bus and 64mb of onboard ram buy download the crack and play on. everyone knows that the game industry hates the burners and wat there doin is not really all that leagal b/c u can make a copy for back up purposes so not to damage the original! eat that ubi soft

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