Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – let’s sneak a look.

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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell will release in time for the lucrative Christmas 2002 market exclusively on Xbox, with a PC version to appear by the end of the year. Xbox is the lead development platform for the game, which has been designed to take full advantage of the advanced graphics and sound capabilities of Xbox. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell will also feature online elements using the recently-announced Xbox Live service.

“One of our most anticipated games, Splinter Cell is sure to Rock!” – XboxSolution

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell introduces a new type of game to the line-up: a
3rd person stealth action game with cyber-terrorism, shadow agencies and covert
operations on the menu. The player controls Sam Fisher, a field operative of
a secretive “black-ops” NSA sub-agency called THIRD ECHELON. Alone,
yet armed with some of the best hi-tech weapons on the market, Sam Fisher is
geared up to infiltrate and neutralize the enemy – all without leaving a trace.
Sam is sent into action when two CIA agents mysteriously disappear in Azerbaijan…

Read on for the rest
of the Splinter Cell Preview.

See all the screenshots here.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is a third person stealth action game featuring cyber-terrorism,
shadow agencies, and covert operations, and is set in the realistic, highly
detailed geopolitical universe as portrayed by Tom Clancy. Tom Clancy’s Splinter
Cell will grant players access to the highest echelons of national security,
where shadowy operatives have the freedom to do whatever it takes to safeguard
America. In Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, the player controls Sam Fisher, a field
operative of a secretive “black-ops” NSA sub-agency called Third Echelon.
Sam Fisher is geared up to infiltrate high-security strongholds, seize critical
intelligence, destroy threatening data and neutralise the enemy – all without
leaving a trace. Developed by Ubi Soft’s Montreal Studio in Canada, Tom Clancy’s
Splinter Cell is a unique experience that will have the player thinly skate
on the fine line that separates fact from fiction.

Features:

- A New Echelon of Stealth Action: Never seen before steath moves, highly
interactive environments.
Diving summersault, ledge hang, pipe climb, peek around walls, drop attack, drag
and hide bodies, close-quarters stealth attack, gunpoint cooperation…
Wall bounce, drop attacks and the traditional peek around corner and shoot, diving
summersault…
- Complete control – Pick up and use any small object in the environment,
shoot any light and take advantage of shadows, devise cunning solutions from your
environment (aquariums, oil barrels, etc.)
- Pulse-Pounding Action on a Global Scale: Diverse missions around the
world in the realistic TC Universe
- Missions and characters galore – Undertake 14 missions through 4 countries,
with over 100 different characters.
Infiltrate high-security strongholds (including CIA headquarters), neutralize
anyone who opposes mission goals (from hackers to special forces soldiers), seize
critical intelligence, destroy threatening data and equipment, and disappear without
a trace. Now that sounds fun.
You are authorized to operate with carte blanche: succeed by any means necessary.
You exist above the law, and your deeds blur the lines of morality.
- Deep Environments. Unparalleled Immersion: Customized Next Gen Unreal Engine,
deep lights and sound effects.
Driven by Ubi Montreal’s highly modified version of the Next Gen Unreal Engine

Custom technologies include Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders, Texture Rendering
and Zshadow Mapping bring environments to life.
- The Xbox potential pushed to the limit: Visual effects only available
on Xbox.
True to life Dynamic lighting & shadowing, Volumetric lighting, High resolution
textures, Glow effects, and more.
More varied and fluid sound effects and dialogues afforded by the hard drive.

Our Take:

Tom Clancey’s Splinter Cell has the story, the graphics, and online capabilities.
This is sure to be a killer hit once released, and is on the top of our Anticipated
Games list. Look for it soon! Official release date: Fall 2002.

Media:

Screenshots @ XboxSolution

Related Links:
UBI Soft, Montreal
Official Site: Tom Clancey’s Splinter Cell

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shortly after this games’ release.

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