While Fisher technically plies his dark trade all alone out in the field, his team of handlers back at the National Security Agency monitors his every move, seeing and hearing whatever he does, thanks to some high-tech communication gear.

Ironside helps give the otherwise anonymous Fisher a little character, thanks to his gravely, dark-hued voice and some grimly funny one-liners. When he does speak, though, you'll pay attention, thanks to topnotch voice acting by Hollywood veteran Michael Ironside (Top Gun, Total Recall). The Third Echelon employs 'splinter cells,' lone agents like Fisher who are granted broad freedoms to carry out their missions.įisher is a gruff espionage veteran who prefers actions over words. In Splinter Cell, you play as Sam Fisher, a veteran covert agent working for a top-secret initiative of the National Security Agency called the Third Echelon. Of all the games that have let you play as an action hero or secret agent, how many really made you feel like one? Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell succeeds where other games have tried and failed, casting you as a supremely skilled and outrageously daring covert agent who utterly outclasses his competition. Splinter Cell uses a modified version of Epic's Unreal Engine technology for its visual presentation.

The lead character, Sam Fisher, must conduct his missions without being detected or risk being disavowed by his agency and left to his own devices.

Players embark on a series of missions to eliminate potential security threats by covertly infiltrating and destroying the data and communications critical to cyber-terrorist operations. The title alludes to the secret organization players are part of, an offshoot of the NSA called Third Echelon, whose members rigorously serve to protect America using whatever means necessary. Combining the stealth, tactics, and action popularized in both the Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon franchises, Splinter Cell represents a new Tom Clancy series featuring a single character instead of the team-oriented play found in Red Storm's successful squad-based shooter games.

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