In Splinter Cell, the player controls Sam Fisher, a field operative of a secretive "black-ops" NSA sub-agency called Third Echelon, geared up to infiltrate high-security strongholds, seize critical intelligence, destroy threatening data and neutralize the enemy - all without leaving a trace.Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell marked a key moment in Ubisoft’s history: it was the first blockbuster title developed by Ubisoft Montreal, and Sam Fisher has grown to become one of the most recognizable characters Ubisoft ever created.
At the core of Splinter Cell is a technological innovation: dynamic lighting. For the first time in a game, lights could change in real time, which in turn enabled developers to rejuvenate the Stealth genre, by hiding and sneaking through the shadows. The player interacts with the environment by creating safe places by destroying lights, and adapting to moving ones.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Ubisoft is giving PC gamers the chance to download the original Splinter Cell (released in 2003) free of charge, all you have to do is get a Uplay account and sign up for the Ubi Club and it is yours to download starting on July 13, 2016.
With his characteristic light googles and stealthy movement, Sam Fisher became one of the most popular video game characters. Splinter Cell has become a long lasting franchise with 5 sequels, 7 novels and soon a full length motion picture.
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