Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials
Developer(s)Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
SeriesTom Clancy's Splinter Cell
EngineUnreal Engine 2.0
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
Genre(s)Action-adventure, stealth
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials is an

Unreal Engine 2
.

Development

Ubisoft Montreal had been in development of Splinter Cell: Essentials from at least 2005, with Ubisoft Montreal officially announcing the game on January 12, 2006.

Unreal Engine 2
for Essentials, but toned down to run properly on the PlayStation Portable.

Plot

In January 2009, Sam Fisher, a former NSA agent-turned-fugitive, sneaks into a Washington, D.C. cemetery where his daughter, Sarah, who has been recently killed by a drunk driver, is buried. Fisher is arrested at this grave site, taken into custody and interrogated at the NSA's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. During this time, Fisher recalls past events, that are then played as missions.

In the end, Fisher admits that he had killed his

Third Echelon
handler, Colonel Irving Lambert. In the final mission, Fisher steals the evidence and escapes from the NSA headquarters where he was being held.

Reception

Critical reaction to Splinter Cell: Essentials was mixed. GameRankings gave it a score of 58.22%,[5] while Metacritic gave it 58 out of 100.[6]

Juan Castro of IGN gave the game a score of 6.3 out of 10, saying: "It feels rushed, even slightly broken during certain parts. Beyond this, the game plays as though it doesn't belong on the PSP. It yearns for a second analog stick and an extra pair of buttons, for instance. Not only that, it suffers quite a bit in the performance department—you'll rarely see the game running smoothly. Making matters worse is that Essentials doesn't look all that spectacular. This from a series that always pushes the boundaries of current technology."[8]

Greg Mueller of GameSpot gave Essentials a score of 5.8 out of 10, saying: "Splinter Cell: Essentials sounds like a fine idea. Take some missions from previous games, mix them up a little, add some entirely new missions, and fit it all onto the PSP. Unfortunately, due to some bad controls, oppressively dark levels, and a worthless multiplayer mode, the result is a game that is more frustrating than it is rewarding."[7]

References

  1. ^ Castro, Juan (March 21, 2006). "Splinter Cell Essentials Sneaks to Retail". IGN. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ubisoft - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Essentials". June 14, 2006. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Splinter Cell Targets PSP" IGN, Article retrieved February 2, 2015.
  4. ^ "Splinter Cell Essentials" - IGN, Article retrieved February 2, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials for PSP". GameRankings. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Mueller, Greg (March 29, 2006). "Splinter Cell Essentials Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  8. ^ a b Castro, Juan (March 29, 2006). "Splinter Cell Essentials". IGN. Retrieved July 16, 2014.

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