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the most boring game ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 20
Date: October 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Tt's the most horrible,boring game I've ever played!!!!

My son is a idiot after this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 34
Date: October 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has made my son a complete freak now. He is always running around with his paintball gun sneaking up on us and shooting us with it in the back of the head. He made these goggles and calls them his night vision goggles and spies on everyone and we dont know he is there. This is strange behavior for a senior in high school. I have took him to a pyscologist but that didn't work. I do not know what to do. The other day he tried to infiltrate his school and change his grades and got caught and of course he had that stupid paintball gun. This has outraged me and my wife all of our good clothes are stained with paint now. This boy was normal before he s tarted playing this game. I don't know what to do.

this game makes me mad.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: July 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game in april of 2003 this game was cool. when I first started out. but then I got very mad because they don't give you enought ammo. and the I got to the 4th stage of this game and found out I had to download the rest of this game from the internet with XBOX LIVE. But I can't do that because DSL and Cable modem are not avbile fore my area. and on the box the game comes it says 9 missions to play they lied you only get four missions the rest of it has to be download from the internet. with xbox live. the game is not worth the money.

This game is the worse game i've ever played

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 91
Date: November 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is probly the worse game i've ever seen. Even extending to games on other consoles, this is the worse. I looked highly upon this game until I actualy played it. This game is just no fun to play. Metal Gear Solid is such a better game (I got both games at the same time and I played MGS much more then Splinter cell). If you still insist on buying this game atleast get it at a place where you can return it. Just to make sure...

Oh yeah, one last thing. The only thing that I really liked in the game was the lighting effects. Those were great.

DON'T BUY THIS

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Initially, when I got the game I thought that it was the best game ever, even better than Metal Gear Solid (for Play Station 1,) but I soon noticed how wrong I was:

1) This game is exactly as someone else posted here, it's like a puzzle and you think you have many choices, but the only choice you have is the way the programmer intended it to be.
2) There are barely any weapons, but I'm not too fussy about that.
3) The game is ALL THE SAME!!!!!!! You run around kill people and go ahead. There are absolutely no end bosses or anything, you just snipe the end guy in like 1 second at the end of the game.
4) The AI is incredibly stupid on Hard mode, even with the 1.1 patch installed.
5) The movies before missions are horrible. The ending is incredibly lame.
6) The story is even worse...it just has no point.
7) The game is short and I finished it in less than a week...and I'm not a computer addict: I don't stay on my pc 24/7.

Pros:
1) The voice acting is usually convincing.

2) The graphics are really good...this is one thing I liked throughout the game, but I prefer good games with bad gfx such as Shogun Total War (actually, the gfx aren't that bad in that game.)
3) I liked the ability to grab a character from behind ^_^ ..that was fun. But it was cooler in Metal Gear Solid 1.

All in all, I really don't suggest you buy this game. If you really want it, I suggest you get it from a friend or download it...don't waste 40 bucks like I did.

Splinter Cell Stinks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 18
Date: March 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've just finished the third or fourth mission in "Splinter Cell", and I am very disappointed in your game. Is there a money-back guarantee on this frustrating, phony, stupid thing?

What don't I like about Splinter Cell:

1. The wretched, stupid, never-to-be-sufficiently-cursed, 3rd person interface.
I want to be IMMERSED in the games I play, to temporarily lose myself in the adventure of a new world or a different life. A good game is like a good book in that regard, you lose track of time, and forget yourself. You get immersed in your characters situation and forget your own. NOT with 3rd person!NOT with Splinter Cell! Instead of being Sam Fischer, I am Sam Fischers' puppeteer! I do not want to be a game characters puppeteer! I want to feel like I am the game character- not his hard working chauffer.

2. The lack of simple things - LIKE A STUPID KNIFE! Like BINOCULARS! Like a COMPASS!!- it's nice to have a COMPASS when your controller says things like "go east"! EAST? Duh. I'm Sam Fischer, top field operative- too bloody stupid to pack a freakin' knife, a pair of binoculars, a first-aid kit, and a compass. I'M SMARTER THAN THAT!!

3.The inability to turn off the stupid musical accompaniment! What- does Sam Fischers puppeteer have so little concern for him that he dorks off with a walkman during a mission? It's like an NSA remake of "Shaft".

4.The stupid game doesn't shut down gracefully! I despise unruly programs that re-arrange the cursed icons on my desktop! Don't you test this stuff on different platforms? Quit re-aranging my cursed icons, curse it!

5. It's a challenge- I like those. It's complex- fine, love that. It's a stealth-based game- hip-hip hooray!, finally another Thief type game! Great graphics- love that. But IT IS NOT FUN! I play games because, (or when), they're FUN. Your game is just like a long drawn-out series of chores.Not FUN, Not immersive, it's like going to work- task-task-task.I've played 3 or 4 missions, when does the fun start? Where's the payoff? Why should I do this? Is it fun? NO!!

7. The inability to pick-up enemies weapons. This is stupid! What covert field operative is too stupid to augment his ridiculously inaccurate 22 pistol with a nice AK74? In the stupid oil refinery mission Sams control finally tells him to use any force neccessary-HUH? What force? All he's brought to the party is a stupid inaccurate silenced 22. Now that he's released to use "any force neccessary" can he pick up an AK74? NO! How freakin' ridiculous! What sort of field troop cripples himself this way? NONE! It's bogus, and COULD HAVE BEEN realistic. The guy can pick up stupid poodle-shooter ammunition, he can pick up first aid kits, but can he pick up a rifle when he really, really needs one? NO! How STUPID! HOW PHONY!!

8. The guy starts out without a single first-aid kit! What field operative goes into the field without a med kit? NONE! I don't go CAMPING without a first-aid kit! Guess i'm more highly trained than "Sam Fischer".

9.The phony "open-world" lie. It looks like you could go places that aren't required by the story line -wrong- it only looks that way. The truth is that you're channeled down the "Right" way from the first scene.Explore your world- HAH! You say "He can climb ladders and chain link fences and go hand over hand on overhead pipes- BULL- only on the selected pipes you've picked out! It's phony, and unconvincing.

10.Stupid things- Like all the frustrating stuff - ie you can't open a frikkin' door when carrying a body, you can't switch off a light while carrying a body, your rappel line changes lengths when you want to make "Sam" go down your chute! and so on...

11.In conclusion, your game reminds me of a book you keep reading, or a film you keep watching- even though IT [IS BAD]!! because, (you're sure), it MUST get interesting somewhere along the way, and then it doesn't...

It looks cool but it [was boring]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: January 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has some awesome graphics and a great ability, but it is just so boreing walking around and finding data. The guns aren't even full of ammo at all. Take my word do not get this game if your not into shooting or action. If you like spying then the game is for you

Frustrated

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: December 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

any game this advanced should at least have the option to configure the controller any way you like it. the game only gives the ability to invert the camera. what fun is a game if you are unable to control it the way you like??

THIS IS TERRIBLE!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 17
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst game i have played. I have the game and i was hoping to be impressed. no way! The graphics may be good but you dont go around shooting people! If you are surrounded by 5 guys your gonna die because all you have is a lousy pistol! the pistol is the only stupid gun that you can use to kill enemies. And half the time its used, i run out of ammo!

Please if you must do not get this game!

Tom Clancy cant make video games.....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After hearing all the hype from my friends about this game, i finally picked it up. I liked this new idea of downloading new content for the game but i got rid of it before it came out. This is the 3rd game in the Clancy series that dissapointed me. My friends are now telling me to buy ghost recon but noo way. I didnt like splinter cell because of its lame camera angles and the bad story. Every level you have to lock pick about 20 doors and walk down a dark ally. and if someone sees you, you have to start the level all over again. I couldnt stand starting over and over again. Another downside is that all you have is a bad pistol. You cant pick up enemys weapons, and it takes your pistol atleast 4-5 shots to actually knock out the guy. Then after you knock out the guy you HAVE to pick him up and hide him (which takes about 5 minutes because you have to find a dark spot and then actually walk him over there). And this game has the worst checkpoints! it'll save you right by a camera so everytime you start, the camera sees you right away. this game could use some serious work, i dont know if its just me but i cant see how this game won game of the year. Spend your money on another game.

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