Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Mac) Review
What I like most about this game is that it is a tactical shooter. In other words, obscurity is your best weapon, and you only shoot when you have to. In this way it is a strong problem solving game. I found it to be very suspenseful and challenging, even on the normal setting (I like to play through on hard frist). The story line was entertaining, and far more realistic than other tactical shooters that I have seen. I especially liked the realistic touch in areas such as finding med kits and additional ammo. The med kits hang naturally on the wall, and the ammo is in boxes on shelves, and in other places where you would expect to find them. There are no unnatural floating and spinning boxes of bullets, hovering in the corners.
The only real problem I had with the game was that there is usually only one way to get through a situation. In this way it is like a puzzle, which makes it a bit unnatural. I would have liked it more if there were multiple ways to achieve an objective.
As far as the rating goes, the violence obviously comes from the fighting you will encounter. While there are several non-lethal ways to neautralize opponents (shocking them, knocking them unconscious, etc.) there are times when you are forced into a gun fight. In these gun fights there is very little blood and gore. Even when grenades are set off, there is not gushing arteries and dismemberment that is so common in many shooter games. While this is less realistic, I greatly appreciate the restraint.
The bad language is usually said by the bad guys when they find you have snuck past their security, or your handler when you uncover startling information. There is usually a little language on each mission, but the characters are not swearing with every other word. I am rather sensitive about swearing, and it did not bother me too much.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Mac) Feature
- Covert stealth-action featuring a compelling original storyline and characters inspired by the world of Tom Clancy
- Highly detailed graphic environments
- Comprehensive stealth techniques including sniping, split jumping, zip lining, rappelling, and using human shields bring gameplay possibilities to a new level
- Experimental intelligence gadgets (night/thermal vision goggles, prototype weapons and surveillance gear, etc.) give
- For 1 player
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Splinter Cell Mac cheats - Janus Jauch - Copenhagen
Splinter Cell cheats for mac
Same as on PC:
CHEATS
Press F2 to display the console window, then type one of the following codes and press Enter to activate the corresponding cheat function.
Codes
Enable God mode - invincible 1
Disable God mode - invincible 0
Full health - health
Invisibility - invisible 1
Disable invisibility - invisible 0
Full ammunition - ammo
Flight mode - fly
No clipping mode - ghost
Disable flight and no clipping modes - walk
Fun on a MacMini. - Retsu Takahashi - Brooklyn, NY United States
I'm always looking for games that'll run on my 1st generation MacMini. This does a good job of building a suspenseful environment. While it hasn't been easy by any stretch of the imagination, it doesn't take detailed note-taking either. The in-game tools automatically track uncovered information and missions, so the player doesn't have to remember what was learned from interrogating a "bad guy" or what the code was to a keypad lock. I've only had time to spend several hours on it over the course of about a month, but am enjoying it. I've even found my heart rate going up at times despite myself.
Jul 11, 2010 05:08:56
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