Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell review - ColourShed
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell review
Platform: Xbox, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Gameboy Advance, N-Gage
Release Year: 2002
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Stealth, Action
► Music (in order):
"Main Menu"
"Oil Rig Data Hub"
"Presidential Palace Infiltration"
"Georgia Police Station"
"Kalinatek Data Archives"
"Training Covert Ops"
"Training Assault Course"
"Georgia Stress"
"Georgia Fight"
"CIA Lobby"
"Common Fight"
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell soundtrack composed by Michael Richard Plowman
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Kojima Productions
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Rare
Red Storm Entertainment
Rockstar Games
Rockstar North
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Square Enix
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Montreal
Xbox Game Studios
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Sneaking on the PC Splinter Cells is achieved by using the mouse's scroll wheel to achieve different movement speeds. It works rather well surprisingly!
The best platform to play it for sure. Imagine not having quick save and load.
@@Aravzil Eh, I just feel sorry for the Pandora Tomorrow port, or lack thereof in terms of modern support.
@@Aravzil yeah, right! It doesn't even support controller, and it's keyboard/mouse controls, with wheel adjusting movement speed are horrendous.
I feel the mouse kinda trivializes sneaking.
On controller, some amount of dexterity and restraint is required since you have carefully move the sticks to sneak. But with a mouse scroll wheel, you can set the ideal speed really easily
@@FraserSouris as a kid I used to equip the gun when close to someone as that limits your speed to max sneak speed ;)
"The situations that Sam gets into are plausible in real life. Otherwise what's the point of having Tom Clancy's name in the game's in the title?"
Wow, I wish someone at Ubisoft could realize that.
Seriously. If you watch old interviews from Red Storm, they understood what that name represented. They appreciated and respected the legacy. Now, it’s become a joke and doesn’t mean anything.
@@Jay_Sullivan that’s because the new generation of people making video games are just getting lazier and lazier
At that time new creative director Maxime Beland thought that Splinter Cell needed to be some fancy Bourne Conspiracy copycat. Because of that the tonality of the series went from rather unique «men at work behind the global curtains» to «let's save the world and kick some ass». Thank God they've he's being outed as sex predator and fired from Ubisoft, he nearly became one of the most powerful people in Ubisoft's creative team.
@@damienscott6561 , did he actually mention Bourne, or is that simply how you see it? I guess it’s the obvious comparison, but that’s exactly how I saw Conviction and Blacklist. If they were Jason Bourne games, they would have been great. As Splinter Cell games, they were disappointing. The next-gen version of DA was also a letdown and something other than SC.
After seeing the trailer of the new “Tom Clancy” game, they still haven’t realized it
Fisher's satisfying "oooouh yeah" after using a medkit for restoring 25%hp 💚
I'm always excited when ColourShed uploads even if I don't care about the game he's playing.
I mostly like the fact he talks about games I totally forgot about. Now I'm thinking, we don't have enough Burnout or Splinter Cell. It's a shame Splinter Cell won't ever get a new entry
You should care about splinter cell :)
@@bosyogurtlight no
@@MegaBYSON yes
@@bosyogurtlight Mucho yes
My favorite game quote comes from SC. "Sweet Christmas Sam.... you've killed us all." Absolutely brilliant
I like "deader than Elvis" from CT
The Sam/Lambert interactions are always golden haha
"You have lost existence privileges"
It sounds like a meme and yet, it exists
Lambert: Good Lord, that was General Kong Feirong!
Sam, mockingly: *GoOd LoRd* Who's that?
9:26 On PC you can adjust your walking speed by a mouse wheel which was a genius move
I feel the mouse kinda trivializes sneaking.
On controller, some amount of dexterity and restraint is required since you have carefully move the sticks to sneak. But with a mouse scroll wheel, you can set the ideal speed really easily
@@FraserSouris it's not as easy as you're making it sound and it's better to have more precise control over your fine movements than having to risk messing up because your analog stick is not properly balanced on controller
There is some fine-tuning use when using a mouse as well because you have to scroll it several times
That and the miserable aiming controls on Console make this game designed for PC
@@FraserSouris Lol dexterity for moving a stick...
@@FraserSouris oh yeah, harder difficulty because of a control scheme, that's totally fair and not frustrating, right? Go ahead and rebind your aim and shoot keys to start and select, more dexterity is required so it has to be better!
@@kiiro712 Except in this case, the sticks aren't "harder arbitrarily" but because they reflect what is actually going on in the stealth game-slight movement based on minor and sustained input.
This man singlehandedly covers all my childhood games
Can’t wait how he will regard chaos theory if he ever reviews it
Yep, same
he'll probably refer to it as everyone should. As the greatest stealth game of all time
can i skip Pandora and jump on chaos? Pandora isn't on steam
@@pentexsucks43 , it’s definitely not that. I don’t even know that it’s the best SC game.
@@yobro6053 yes. Pandora is just more of SC1. But Chaos Theory is amazing
I love how he used the cut offs of the splinter cell cutscene in this review.
I don't. I feel it's annoying and cuts off the interesting stuff
@@FraserSouris I agree
Oh man, reviews of Splinter Cell? Can't wait for Chaos Theory.
I honestly recommend you the PC version for it. No bugs whatsoever and smooth 60+ FPS feels specially good in stealth.
Yeah but Pandora tomorrow is glitch as hell with the lightning on PC. PS2 has cutdown levels. Best on xbox.
Also chaos theory is so graphic impressive on xbox I say it is the way to play. Back in the day looked impressive.
@@eulondon You can fix the shadows in SC1 and PT on PC. And 4K120 with the PS3 HD textures is better than the Xbox experience nowadays.
@@eulondon I pirated Pandora Tomorrow a while ago and whenever I walked in shallow waters or used the goggles, my FPS would tank. It's so badly optimized on PC, but I think it's a bit better on PS2
and still looks amazing, half a generation I feel ahead of its time
@@santiagoacostapereira7778 Never had problems with it, and even now, with the shadows fix, it works great.
*I played this game for hours and HOURS as a child, I have so much nostalgia from it. It wasn’t until they brought it remastered on PS3 that I finally got to play it again and complete it, along with Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory. There is NOTHING more I want from Ubisoft than to bring this back onto next gen consoles remastered, cuz I would buy it instantly if it ever hit the PS store again…*
*Cool bro*
@@Naej7 lol 2 years later haha
@@RatedRRaj Better nate than lever
@@Naej7 LoOl. Couldn’t tell if you were being sarcastic or not lol.
It's weird watching someone play one of the OG Splinter Cell games and they are shooting enemies like that's how you're supposed to clear areas. When I play my goal is to get through an area without even using very many gadgets against enemies much less bullets.
I've played Splinter Cell for ages now, and just now found out that you can hear the bullet casings hit the ground. That's how rare it is for me to fire a gun.
@@santiagoacostapereira7778 I pretty much shoot lights or do a rare headshot on a guy from the shadows. Getting into a firefight is counter to the entire premise of the games.
Only use gun to shoot lights... Once spotted and the bullets start flying it's a quickload for me
I play the same way. He did mention that it was his first playthrought, I think, so we can forgive him.
Same, I go as stealth as possible!
Great review. I loved the Splinter Cell trilogy. Blacklist was pretty good too
Ubisoft should bring back SC, Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil
Modern Ubisoft is garbage, they'd butcher it.
They will bring Splinter Cell back once they figure a way to put microtransactions in it lol
Red Storm is making a VR SC. I think Ubisoft is making a BG&E 2.
Yeah, as we say in Russia: "Dreams are not harmful".
They are working on it !
I'm playing this for the first time as well. Brutal experience but I still love the thrill of covertly moving behind enemy or even allied lines lol. The locations and music, especially for the Chinese Embassy Op has to be my favorite.
Enjoy the ride! These games and characters are very dear to me.
I also really like the CIA and Kalinatek levels of the first game
Just don't forget to pop out the lights in every room and it will be a cakewalk.
A new video, always something to look forward to. I like your voice and tone, one of the best youtubers around for me personally!
Just found your channel. Love it, the style,your voice and your reviews, especially older games. 10/10
On PC you control his speed with mouse wheel, just like the first Sniper Elite
Couldn't have said it better myself.
First Sniper Elite is one of my favorite games
I feel the mouse kinda trivializes sneaking.
On controller, some amount of dexterity and restraint is required since you have carefully move the sticks to sneak. But with a mouse scroll wheel, you can set the ideal speed really easily
@@FraserSouris well that kind of attentive stick control is what i hate about stealth-action titles on consoles. It just stressful and not as pin-point precise as an any action on PC.
@@sinenomine8739 But it better represents the challenge of stealth in a tactical way rather than completely overriding it.
The cuts like in the game when you are discussing the plot are amazing! Good job!
First time commenting but I've been watching your reviews for years. Always like seeing fresh takes on games I played as a kid and the fact that you're reviewing the Splintercell games now has got me super pumped. The first three are some of my favourite games of all time, especially Chaos Theory. Keep doing what your doing!!
Love your videos!
Always listen to them before I go to sleep.
Thank you!
This is awesome. I've been waiting on you to do the splinter cell series!
You deserve way more subs. All your videos are very, very well presented. All the best for your channel, always a great watch.
Super special game to me. When I moved in to my first apartment by myself I had only the couch, the fridge and the ps2 setup and played this between painting and moving in. I'll never forget it ^^ great review as always
I'm super excited I been waiting for you to do the splitter cell series
Now we’re talking! You’re one of my favorite reviewers and I love to see you expanding beyond games that in some ways involve racing (I know you’ve done quite a few, but I’m just saying it’s always good to see more)
Btw, Chaos Theory is one of the greatest games ever made so *please* finish this series out!!
I remember the 1st stealth game that I played was Teif The Dark Project
Just found your channel and gotta say I love these kind of videos
Thank you for reviewing one of my personal favs Mr. Shed. Your content always makes my days a bit better, keep up the good work, and I’ll be liking and sharing your videos with my colleagues!
Much respect
-Ne0
Nice touch on the audio cut offs lol. U have my like sir
I love this channel please keep uploading
My parents bought me my first computer in 2002 (or so?) at age 9, a Packard Bell desktop PC. It came included with Civilization 3, The Sims and... Splinter Cell. All great games I spent countless hours on, but Splinter Cell struck me as my favorite of the bunch, to this day I still play it like once every 1-2 years and it definitely is the reason why I love Stealth games to death. That modern and realistic spy movie vibe is just so cool, wish more games had that.
Was absolutely mind blowing when it came out! The demo was mental!
Just replayed the trilogy a few months back. My opinion of the first Splinter Cell actually went up all these years later. It was a really fun adventure.
I always held it and Pandora in the same regard, but now I enjoy it way more. It has a touch of quality that wouldn't return to the series until Chaos Theory, and some of the levels are my favorites in the series (most notably Defense Ministry, Presidential Palace, and especially CIA HQ). It absolutely has some stupid parts (the large room with the flags in Chinese Embacy 2 can go to hell) and the lack of quick saves is almost torture at times, but for a first entry in a series, its a damn fine game imo.
When it first came out I thought it was the coolest, most advanced game in the world, lol. Really captured the interest of a young me. I'm glad to say it still holds up all these years later.
I'm excited to see what your thoughts on the rest of the series are. Its a bumpy ride, but its worth it. Cheers!
Thank you very much for the review! Hope you enjoyed the game after all and are looking forward to the next one in the series.
Splinter Cell is one of my all time favourite video game franchises. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the whole series if you're up to it but I highly recommend at least playing Chaos Theory. I'm not alone in saying that it's the best stealth game ever made, and it holds up so well to this day.
Chaos theory is , in my opinion, the best stealth game ever made. I have played it recently and it definitely hold up... outside of a couple minor things.
Even though I don't really feel that feeling anymore,
Splinter cell was one of the first games that gave me a heart pounding gut wrenching feeling feeling I was a kid. Only game that gives me that feeling anymore is when I'm on a several hour long life in Dayz when I see another player.
Stealth in video games can be so good. I slept on the genre most of my life, but as I get older, I appreciate them more and more.
Pandora Tomorrow is a masterpiece. Only problem is PT still relied on auto checkpoints which were introduced in Chaos Theory. Double Agent on 360 was also a great game
Ps2 and Original Xbox double agent >> 360 double agent.
It’s crazy, today I thought about colourshed during the day at work. Then this came up in my sub box. Nice
9:25 Well, on PC you can save your game at any moment you like, so that makes things more convenient. Plus, it's easier to aim with a mouse. Speeding up or slowing down Sam's movements with the mouse scroll is a pain in the @$$ though...
Thanks for the video...my all-time favorite game series!
I hope you review the sequels!
at 18 years old man It was so satisfying to beat this game I loved this game
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Yes!!! Please do the whole series !!
I clearly remember this game introduced me to real time shadows which blew my mind! the memories is still very fresh when I saw the sun peering through the window blinds and casting shadows on Sam as i went past them. this is also the game that introduced me to the bloom effect and when I first played it in 2006 i thought i was the coolest gamer in town. 🤣
Been waiting for you to make a splinter cell video
On December 15, 2021, Ubisoft announced that a remake of the game is under development at Ubisoft Toronto using Snowdrop, the game engine behind Tom Clancy's The Division and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.[105]
Most of the staff involved in the original game are involved in doing the remake.[106]
Absolutely check out Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory. PT is more of the same thing you got with SC1, akin to a full length expansion pack. CT, however, is a massive step up and alleviates a lot of the frustrations that the first two games are loaded with. Either way I'm glad you were able to get through the trial and error nature of the first game to enjoy it, I think that's the biggest hurdle to overcome when playing it in the modern day.
The PC version allow you to adjust your speed subtly with the mouse wheel making it imo easier to gauge how fast your able to get away with moving on certain surfaces.
When crouched, the lowest setting is safe. The second lowest is mostly safe. The third lowest can be mostly safe as long as you don’t use “move left” or “move right” and “move forward” at the same time. By “mostly,” I mean you should be stealthy as long as you’re not very close or on a loud surface.
The stickycameras are an interesting one, they may seem useless but if you get into the rhythm of using them for headshots they knock people out and they bounce off of their heads so they can be picked up, they're great for no-kill runs and that's what I did:D
How about doing Syphon Filter? Enjoy your reviews, particularly the THPS series.
Great review Spencer. You really went into a lot of detail and highlighted the good and the bad. To answer your question about movement speed on PC, it is controlled by the mouse wheel. It makes the movement feel a bit less authentic compared to the stick method. If you liked playing this game then you are in for one hell of a time playing the rest of the series, as it only gets better. Play the first 4 main games and you will have fun. Also, try and play Double Agent on non HD console as the HD version sucks ass.
My two favourites are Pandora Tomorrow and Blacklist, I highly recommend.
On pc version you performed stealth my changing your movement speed with the scrolling wheel. It was intuitive an I really liked it.
Ahh, this was the first game I ever played with my dad haha. Great work as usual Mr Shed
Good video! can you make videos on the rest of the Splinter Cell games?
This game was the future back then! Thanks for the review hope you do the second and third. If for some reason you burn out on the second..don't skip on the third!
One of firsts games on PS2, this totally blow my mind with the lightning effects, also the overall textures are pretty good also, and by that time, dude it was incredible! Took me months to finish it
Well the PS2 version was a serious downgrade tho, even if it kinda made up for it with bonus stages.
The game was way more impressive on Xbox.
Good review as always! But
The getaway black monday?
Black Monday was a great game that improved on most of the issues that the predecessor had.
Can’t wait for the Pandora Tomorrow review
This game was pretty good. I had it on GameCube and no joke, even on that system, it was super graphically impressive for that time.
In my opinion the Cube version is the second best console version under the Xbox. The PS2 struggled a lot with this game and the GameCube version felt so much smoother in comparison.
Wait till you play Chaos Theory 😁
Abattoir, wow, I remember that level.
the sticky camera is literally for distracting enemies and previewing areas, its very useful in no ko runs
I have fond memories of the first Splinter Cell - even though it was kind of frustrating at points, the interesting traversal of maps was cool, and the lighting system seemed totally cutting edge at the time. Having said that, Chaos Theory blew it out of the water. It refined everything set out by the first game and Pandora Tomorrow, and changed the way you approach levels. It was a bit more forgiving, as you weren't quite so fragile, but it felt like you failed a mission even if you managed to complete it in a sloppy way. Pandora Tomorrow was cool, and some set pieces were great, but I think that the main selling point of that game was multiplayer, which I think may be dead in the water now.
Good timing on this review I literally just bought a copy to mod my Xbox lol
Hey man, do you plan on reviewing Crash'N'Burn for PS2 / Xbox ?
Finally ! Please do the whole series. It is one of the best game series of all time. Chaos Theory is a masterpiece !
Very cool review :)
About the pc version, you can adjust the movement speed by scrolling up or down the mouse wheel
PS: I recommend that you try Chaos Theory, it's my favorite "classic" splinter cell :)
What a coincidence just started playing the series on ps3.
Also Micheal Ironside's voice is awesome
OH so you're getting into stealth games now? Interesting
Can you review the rest of the series? really enjoyed the video
please review swat 4 . honestly want to hear your opinion on it
Hey. Thanks for this review. Splinter cell and his sequel Pandora Tomorrow are in my Top 10 Games of all time.
Splinter cell was my reason buying a Xbox console in 2002, what was even my first 6th Gen console before I get my ps2 and gamecube. (I still prefer nintendo and Sony to this day)
Strong recommendation from here towards Chaos Theory! That's an awesome game!
I used to have Nokia n gage (the bigger screen one) . I remember tring this splinter cell on that . It wasn't the best experience .
Chaos Theory is the best SC game. It’s also one of the greatest games ever made imo
It holds up so well
Can't wait for Chaos Theory review (if it's getting a review)
The sandbox feeling is just so satifying even in a linear fashion
OP. can you please review the Splinter 1/2/3/4 games for EITHER PS2 or GameCube as well? They're completely different from PC/Xbox and definitely an interesting, if different experience.
the millisecond that piano stab comes i hit quick load, which fortunately exists on pc
Engravings, give you every tactical advantage.
play it back compat if you have the disc on XB1 or Series X for a free performance and resolution upgrade.
Could you review the dead to rights series?
💥💥 Ah the good ol days of gaming the 90s and 2000s
When you play Chaos Theory Will be more easy because that game you can save when you want
9:31 you have to use the mouse wheel to adjust the analog speed Sam can move. It's lame but it works.
This game was incredibly impressive when it came out. I wanted to play it just for the realistic lighting and shadows.
Deeefinitely get Chaos Theory. It's like the first game but turned up to 11 in terms of all improvements made. Would recommend it on PC though obviously the XBOX version works just as well :)
And it also includes a Co-op mode with the Xbox version being able to be done in Split-Screen
@@snake2106 well yes, obviously the Pc version is better. The original Xbox is not that powerful after all.
Very first game I ever played on this series was conviction and it was cool as shit, especially on the hardest difficulty. Michael ironside is such a great voice actor man.
We had better get reviews of Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory.
My first game was splinter cell double agent on Xbox 360. Took over a month to get through the first mission but after that I cruised through the rest of it in a couple days
I'm not a huge fan of the first 2 games for being so linear and trial and error heavy, but I love Chaos Theory. Double Agent and Conviction are also decent and Blacklist is probably the 2nd best after CT. It'd be fun to see reviews for the whole franchise.
Blacklist takes itself very seriously, it's visually unappealing, and the night vision is kinda useless as well as being clunky to activate, but other than those issues it was fairly fun.
Someone tell him to use a headset with a mic for the next one since it is the main control noise maker attraction which affect distance on how loud you make noise on the mic. Was it on Pandora or chaos or both?
Best feature that blow my mind back in the day.
It was definitely in Chaos theory, not sure about Pandora tho
I remember playing Chaos in coop with my dad and we had a mic on our Xbox so we couldn't talk all the time, even though we were in the same room
You can press crouch before landing from any jump and land quite like a ninja
I loved this game as a kid, but I also never beat it because the last mission is insanely hard from what I remember. You’re getting shot at by like every guard from every direction and they have NVGs on too, so hiding in the dark doesn’t even work. That said, I miss true stealth games like these.
This was my childhood. Well, a part of it. I mean, I was 4 or 5 and the satisfaction of being able to complete a mission was the best thing ever.
You're in for a treat if you've not played Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory my friend. They're fucking brilliant.
Good review as per.
i would definitely check out the first ghost recon and Rainbow Six Raven Shield. if you have the option to play those on PC do it (especially raven shield so you don't miss out on the planning phase which is the best part of the game) and Chaos Theory is easily the best stealth game ive played from a mechanical standpoint, even though i prefer metal gear solid for its world story and characters I feel like chaos theory nails the actual being a spy thing better.
Hey, this might be out of the topic but how to run in Splinter's Cell Pandora tomorrow?