Splinter Cell
Chris takes a gander at the PS2 version a week before the full release.
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There are only two reasons why you won’t have heard about Splinter Cell. The first is that you have been locked up in some bizarre experiment for the last 5 years, and the second is that you’re dead. This game has been one of the grandest smashes on the Xbox to date. Thankfully Ubi Soft have finally come to their senses and decided to bring it out on the PC and PS2, as well. The PC version is currently out but it is just over a week until the PS2 version becomes available. We, at Ferrago, have been lucky enough to receive an advanced demo version for much drooling purposes, we hope.
The story in the full version has apparently kept in touch with the original with some extended levels and a few new additions, in the way of new weapons and stealth equipment. Unfortunately we are not given any chance to test these extras out until the full game is released. In the demo you have to infiltrate the embassy and obtain information on a Korean war lord. I’m not sure how much relevance this has to the full game but it certainly sets it up as promising title. You play Sam Fisher who is a top rate special agent for the CIA and his agility is astounding. You’re equipped with an array of silenced but deadly weapons and surveillance material. In the demo we see the delights of the under door camera to check for flunkies. If the room’s are too dark you could always flip down your thermal camera or your night vision goggles, both of which look absolutely superb.
The graphics are silky and smooth. There has been a real attention to detail with debris floating around in the darkened alleyways and the graphics don’t even falter when you get in some tight squeezes and see Sam Fisher’s hair waving around on-screen. Even when the action becomes fast the PS2 system seems quite capable of handling it without any jolts. It makes you wonder, with a game of this graphic quality, what some of the less graphically appealing games are doing wrong. The graphic integrity isn’t even compromised when you change to the thermal and night vision. The gritty, realistic look that the night vision creates is outstanding.
Graphics are all well and good but it all relies on decent gameplay, and this game has that in the bucket loads. It really is a game you can fully submerse yourself in and it is like directing your own movie. The movement is complex but relatively easy to pick up and in no time you’ll be sneaking through the most deviously protected buildings.
The real question of course, is how does it square up to its Xbox counterpart. We can only really focus on the graphics and sound quality as the controllers are similar enough to be able to pick up both versions rapidly. The PS2 is always going to fall shy of the power of the Xbox graphics but that is not to say they are not very impressive. These graphics are some of the best I’ve seen on the PS2. The sound is a very subtle issue and the happy medium has been struck once again in the PS2 version. We can only guess on the final standards of gameplay but all signs look good.
So save your money up and don’t be tempted by any other games for another week or so as the game that will rock the PS2 like it has the Xbox will be landing in shops around the 28th of March. As a certain training shoe manufacturer might say: Just Do It.
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i have been playing one off ur games called SPLINTER CELL for PLAYSTATION2 i enjoy it i am on the mission after you complete the one through the first time i would like all the cheats and codes to help me to go through the game
This is Probably going to be the best "port" the PS2 hasever seen. It kinda makes you wonder why ubi soft didn't pick it for PS2 in the first place
Ha Ha Ha Ha
WHERES THE MANUAL FOR THIS GAME?
In the box?
need some splinter cell cheats ps2
how do u get off the roof after the elevator part, where there are three guards
u got 2 climb over the wall at the far end, after the u mic the conversation...its more like a fence, then u r able 2 save!!!
You jump onto the ledge around the roof, and there's a chimney that you repel down into a room to access the doodes computer. Hope that's the part you're talking about. I am stuck in the room after it, I just logged on to look around.
i am stuck on mission 5, in the kalinatek bldg. im going to disarm the bomb in the arcives room, and i cant get through the last room with the space between the two walls
any cheat for this game?
how do i get more ammo?
get this months unoficial ps2 mag and you wiil get with it a free cd with 5 cheats on, just load the cheat cd and you are away. good luck
Dude I seriously need some cheats and to know how to get past the oil refinery
it has good graphics
im stuck on the power plant leval i cant get ifo of the man with out being court
i,m stuck on level 5 cia can any1 tell me where i can kidnap the colenel its the level where the 2 blokes are waiting at the van down the subway
How do U get the SC-20K in CIA Headquarters??
Is There anybody out there that knows an all weapons cheat?
Is stuck on how to get to the south wing, after i'm done with the east wing. Do I go back out on the ledge to the courtyard or what?
For the person hoo wanted 2 no how 2 disarm the bomb u go thru the door cut thru the room turn right now u will be in a building with pillars go 2 the end then turn right then turn left pick the door with ur lock pick then roll thru the fire and the bomb is on the wall. :-D
I need the ammo cheats for ps2
need help getting out of the street at the first part of chinese embassy mission after first check pt. do i need to use the zipline and if so why?
i am stuck at the mission where i have to open the fire doors for ivan, I think it's mission 5, i don't know where the fire door is, am i supposed to disarm the wall mines first?
you suck, that was the easiest mission of them all
O.K the game case says it contains BLOOD & GORE. What I would like 2 know is how 2 turn this on? I dont see any blood and feel cheated.
in mission 5, i cant seen find out what the hell is going on so if anyone has some good info email me as soon ass possbel THANX
i am stuck on a crane what do i do next
i am stuck on top of a crane and there is no where to go please help me i see a building across the street and i am really high off the ground it the part from the dark parking scene where u shoot the guys in the dark
yes, u must disarm the mines first. the fire door will be near ( or in the same direction of the last mine you disarm, if I'm not mistaken.
yes
Mee Too
How do ya make it past the frist level where you r looking for your contact
Take the zip line, land on the canopy (awning) jump across to the next awning (on the same side of the street) go to the other end of that awning near the big sign hanging off of the building, now look across the street, you'll see an alleyway. Go down that alley, WATCH OUT! there is a guard hidden around the corner. That alley zig zags and then dead ends. Use your high jump (jump while pressing triangle numerously) bounce off of the wall on the left and you will be prompted to save the game. You do not have to clear the wall, you just have to jump high enough to trigger the game save.
Are you talking about the wall mines where the two computer programers are at? If so, yes you have to disarm them. The mission won't continue unless you do, and don't kill the programmers as that will end the mission also. You will have to do something to the power for the fire door system, find the breaker box in the auditorium below the stage -BE Careful-
Anyone know an alternate route into the embassy, aside from following the truck in?
If you find any ammo cheats please let me know. Thanks. UBI needs to understand that part of the game being worth a chit is having some cool cheats available.
In the second chinese embassy mission, when you are in the restaraunt, after you kill the two guards, check the restrooms for ammo and a first aid kit.
kalinatek bldg - on the last part of the mission where i have to meet the helicopter on the roof. Anyone know how I get over the high wall after killing the 2 guards.
Unable to meet agent at 1st stage - Police Station. When I get to the room to meet operative, can't find any and the door inside the smoke filled room cannot be opened. What's the clue ?
Manual anyone ?
Ok, I know that thi may sound like a totoally daft question but can anyone explain why it is that when I try to lazer mike the conversation it cuts out and the mission fails after the comment of the computer, I have tried serveal locations in the court yard to no avail, can anyone help ????
That's my biggest problem. I'm too stupid to pass between the walls. Help me somebody......
My problem is in KALINATEK, in "Go to Extraction": ------------> I cant go over (or behind) the wall of the last room, I tryied jumping for hours, al I have is an useless pipe
we are stuck in the defense ministry & after we get out of the elevater we cant get past the bad guys because we are out of ammo.. if you can plz help us that would be great.
I'm stuck at level 5 also......i don't know how to disarm the bomb once i disarm the 2 wall mines and save the 2 guys then i am timed and never seem to have enough of it to find the bomb i have to disarm.....please help.
if ure talking about the wall on the police station level, then climb onton the skip (large trash can), and then jump on the wall to ure left and press triangle, to puch ureself higher, and then u can simlpy grab the outside wall, and climb up.
Ps dont use the f word
Pray or pick another game................like DigDug
Pray or pick another game................like DigDug
Is There anybody that knows an weapon cheat?
thanx
I need cheats for splinter cell on ps2. I really only need ammo and/or gun cheats.
thanks.
If you look in the building where the floor is busted in you will see a door on the other side.Stand facing the door and take a right.He will be under a table.Walk up to him and stand there.He should start talking to you.Then go through the door on your right.And walk up to it and it will take you to the second part of the mission.
If you look in the building where the floor is busted in you will see a door on the other side.Stand facing the door and take a right.He will be under a table.Walk up to him and stand there.He should start talking to you.Then go through the door on your right.And walk up to it and it will take you to the second part of the mission.
easy just go in2 the next room use the optic cable wen the first guard passes onpen the door and move back but make sure the light are off. then go behind heim and punch his lioght out, the creep to the second one he they won't know wat hit em
easy just go in2 the next room use the optic cable wen the first guard passes onpen the door and move back but make sure the light are off. then go behind heim and punch his lioght out, the creep to the second one he they won't know wat hit em
cheats hahahahahahahaa
how do u jump that high to reach the zip line on level 5! im still stuck on the crane cause i cant jump that high to reach the zip line!! some one PLEASE HELP
how do u jump that high to reach the zip line on level 5! im still stuck on the crane cause i cant jump that high to reach the zip line!! some one PLEASE HELP
how do u jump that high to reach the zip line on level 5! im still stuck on the crane cause i cant jump that high to reach the zip line!! some one PLEASE HELP
how do u jump that high to reach the zip line on level 5! im still stuck on the crane cause i cant jump that high to reach the zip line!! some one PLEASE HELP
Sorry, there are no weopon cheats for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell on Playstation 2, XBox or PC. You have to use the weopons you have to your advantage. Do not waste ammo it will run out and as I have learned there is not much of it lying around.
I can't seem to get past the fire in the stairwell of the police station. I have tried to roll through it, run through then roll, everything.....It's rreally frusterating.....can any one help???
I cannot get into the TV station in Pandora tomorrow. Killed all the guards, there,s a guy in the gate house, dead or alive is no help as I cannot climb the gate or get up the wall. What am I missing.Help!
does wilkes die in one of the levels because on the chinese embassy the woman you talk to says sorry about wilkes?
you know i've had this game for 2 years now and i am just now able to get to the chinese embassy where you can't kill anyone.
if anyone knows codes that work for the ps2 version for splinter cell please put them on the comment board
to find the contact get to the part where grimsdottir says the contact is in the room. go up close to the fire and look for the contact.
I'm having a problem with Splinter Cell for ps2. My screen keeps going black once I load a mission.
Someone please reply.
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janko,
you might need a gameshark to enter the codes because they are letters and numbers.
anyone tell me why the alarms keep going off when i make contact with the driver, also cant get into a room before that part, there is two guards in the room killed these but the door is jamed at the bottom of the room please help
lane,
To unlock the door, you must first interrogate the driver. The reason the alarms might be going off when you interrogate him is that there is a security camera. Shoot it quickly once yo see it. It is near the driver. Once
you interrogate the driver, go back to the locked door. It
now should be unlocked. Go into the room, climb up the vent, and continue the mission.
yo blood any one got cheats for me man
pliz any one can tell me where i can find some cheats so that i could finish the game
Hi. Does anyone know how to get onto acertain level cause when i tried to save level 10 or 11 ???? my ps2 froze and i lost ALL previous games.
Cheers.x
Sorry my last message should have read.............i lost ALL previous SAVED levels.
x
HENRY J W.
What level are you on, i might be able to help?.
No offence but you guys need more codes.
Need help big time cant seem to disarm the wall bombs help as soon as possible
peace
Need help big time cant seem to disarm the wall bombs help as soon as possible
peace
how do i get to the police in the first stage....i dont know what is the exact name is
How do u get past the 3rd room on the roof in kalintek? He doesnt want to jump up to the ledge
:-D You Suck
After kalintek 2 i go to this level and it says u are like 30 metters away from the control room ! I cant getr opassed tht motion heat gun thingy HELP!!!!!
how do i get loads of ammo
how do i get into the tv station??! What am i missing?!?
were is the arm that u have to disarm in the archives room were is the archives room
how do i get to the south wing of defense ministry