Splinter Cell (2002) (VG)

Directors:

Richard Dumont
Florent Emilio Siri

Writers:

Tom Clancy (writer)
J.T. Petty (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Stealth Action Redefined

Plot:

Stealth-mission expert Sam Fisher searches for two US agents in a former Soviet republic and soon uncovers a plot involving a nuclear device.

Plot Keywords:

Splinter Cell | Dog | Hacker | Interrogation | Camera

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Ironside	...	Sam Fisher (voice)
Don Jordan	...	Irving Lambert (voice)
Adrian Knight	...	(voice)
Alain Goulem	...	(voice)
Arthur Grosser	...	(voice)
Arthur Holden	...	(voice)
Claudia Besso	...	(voice)
Craig Francis	...	(voice)
Eleanor Noble	...	(voice)
Ellen David	...	(voice)
George Morris	...	(voice)
Harry Standjofski	...	(voice)
Ian Finlay	...	(voice)
Jennifer Seguin	...	(voice)
John Sanford Moore	...	(voice) (as John Moore)

Also Known As:

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (USA) (complete title)

Country:

France | Canada | China

Language:

Mandarin | English

Certification:

South Korea:18 | UK:12 | France:-12 | USA:T | Australia:M | Germany:16

Company:

Ubisoft Montreal Studios

Trivia:

Unlike most next-generation games, Splinter Cell does not use motion-capture technology. All of Sam Fisher's moves are animated. The creators felt this would give Sam a more "fluid" range of motion.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sam knocks grabs or knocks out a guard while he holds his weapon in his hands, the guard will never drop the weapon, not even after picking him up or dropping him.

Quotes:

Lambert: Its my job to know everything.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Name of the Game

great game-play ... combined with an extremely fascistic story

Even though the game-play is great the story implies a world view which gives me the creeps. The essential freedoms and the human rights can only be protected if the "good guy" break undermine these rights? Terrorist and unliked politicians have to be executed. Not even the government is being informed...because it is just the right thing. Even though many games use these ideas the normally don't promote them in such a naive propagandistic style.

With such naive distinction between good and evil implicating that the end always justifies the means, promotes fascistic ideas. it is a shame that such a great game is being destroyed down by the infantile world view of its designers.

game-play 4.5 out of 5 story ought better be banned