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Summary: A Better Splinter Cell
Review: I am going to give you a review of this game, not of my lack of the proper hardware in order to run it. Read the back of the box! First, this is certainly not much different from the original. Although this one does look better, it still looks and plays pretty much the same. It really is just the first game, with a new story. I don't think that is any big secret. There are very few new things. No new weapons. I do have to say I did like this one better. I think the story is better, and more interesting then the first, and the maps and environments are cooler. It is about the same length as the first, if not slightly longer. What it comes down too is if you liked the first, if you liked the sneaking, spying, and stealth of the first game, then you will like this one.
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Summary: A MUST-HAVE-IT....
Review: I am looking toward this sequel. I own Rainbows Six 3: Raven Shield and I can't wait the multiplayer option for this game. It's going to be deadly and bloody!!! Those who own Raven Shield knows what I am talking about. However unlike Raven Shield, you have the possibility to make some top notch moves...:).
The screenshoot seems that they have changed the view for the multiplayer part to increase the playability. Hopefully they will change also the crosshair which was quite terrible in the first game!!! The story and difficulty of the game should equally be the same.
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Summary: Don't buy this until a good patch comes out!
Review: I bought this because I really enjoyed the first Splinter Cell. I was hoping it'd just be the same as before, with the multiplayer incorporated smoothly. I discovered to my disgust that this is a piece of crap. After I installed, I tried to set it up to play. Appearently it doesn't like my drivers I have for my Radeon 9800. So I rolled back to the ones it said were working. Bull ****! Those didn't work either. I install the patch, and I get horrid frame rate, plus the graphics are completely distorted! I have a rainbow color about an inch thick running around my whole monitor when I play! It is so distracting I can't even play it. So I fire up the multiplayer. Absolute crap. Horrid framerate, same bad graphics, aweful sound, the works!So I uninstall it, planning to return it. I then discover that it's anti-copying scheme screwed up my virtual cd drive software. It blocked the program from making virtual drives just because Ubi Soft was afraid someone would copy it and pass it around on the net. Yet they can still do that anyways! All it does is block law-abiding citizens from using legally purchased software. I managed to fix their problem, yet I refuse to install their software again until they fix this game and promise not to add this anti-copying crap to other games.
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Summary: outstanding game
Review: I don't understand why somebody with a $5000.00 alienware was having problems it is a lot better than the computer I have which is a $1500.00 HP Pentium 4 3Ghz and a 5200 256mb video card with the latest drivers installed and it still worked right out of the box. I loved it. It took me almost a week to finish it and I still play again and again.
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Summary: Wait for fixes
Review: I enjoyed the first Splinter Cell, although I was admittedly not 100% satisfied with the innovative but confiningly linear gameplay. However, I was persuaded to buy Pandora Tommorrow by the playable demo. The good news:
From the limited portion of the game I have been able to play, the game looks good, slightly better than the already impressive first Splinter Cell. It has some new visual effect tweaks here and there and a few new moves for the main character, and overall has a solid, current, but not spectacular appearance. The game environment seems to have gained some improvements in interactivity as well, with some neat features like your footsteps scaring birds out of the grass and your character casting shadows when passing in front of a projector screen added to spice things up. As with Splinter Cell, the voice acting is good, the story is well put together, and the settings and cut scenes are professional. It is clear the designers did their homework. While I haven't had the pleasure of finishing much of the game (I'll get into why in a moment), the game has the goods. If only it could actually deliver them. The bad news:
My system well exceeds all the requirements and has all the latest drivers, but this game can't seem to stabilize even with the v1.1 patch installed. Frustratingly, I experienced crashes about every three minutes of gameplay in single player. These seemed to be triggered by almost all the scripted events (and there are lots - which would be good if they didn't kill the game) and each time I moved from a portion of level to another portion. All of the crashes required a reboot to be able to get the game to run again, and several of them hard hung my system - relatively uncommon on my Windows XP box. Since the game frequently autosaves for you (this is a good thing) it's not quite as bad as it could be to crash, but it's still not good at all. The multiplayer game is more stable and doesn't appear to crash when switching maps or during play. This is good because Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorrow has an inventive multiplayer mode where your point of view, equipment, objectives, and method of operating are quite different depending on which side you play (reminiscent of Aliens vs. Predator). However, I was inexplicably blocked from playing in multiplayer mode about three-fourths of the times I ran the game due to bad punkbuster detection; even though I had the punkbuster software installed and enabled I was stilled banned from joining servers for not having punkbuster. This problem, like the rest, only seemed to resolve itself when I rebooted my system. UbiSoft has clearly set its priorities on getting multiplayer working first, however, as almost all the updates in the latest patch are aimed at the multiplayer mode. One thing I found odd was the multiplayer game has the same basic look and feel as the single player, but plays almost like a different game. Although the two modes share models, animations, and visual effects, I would bet that UbiSoft designed the multiplayer mode as a seperate design project. The key commands are mostly different from the single player (even though most of the character's actions are the same). The character also interacts a little differently with the game envirnonment, so it takes some getting used to. The bottom line:
This title will probably be worth the price of admission if and when the stability problems are corrected. The game in its present state runs like an early beta test version, and as happens time and time again in the software industry, it is clear that the game was pushed out before it was ready. Buyer beware; wait for UbiSoft to spend the time - as it should have before release - to fix the game with further updates before you spend your money on this game. Afterward, this game will most likely be a good entertainment value.
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Summary: Good game, but stubborn
Review: I got this game as a birthday present the day it came out. At first it didn't work, until I found out I needed a new graphics card. Bought a Radeon 9200 and this game is awesome! The graphics blow your mind and the story is engaging. If you don't like the story, play multiplayer. The multiplayer is as innovative as it is fun. First-person and third-person in the same game. Usually people stick woth one or the other (Unreal Tournament 2004). Overall the game is good. But make sure your card is supported before you buy (or just buy an XBox). Can't give it five stars because of the bugs. Summary: Buying an XBox pays off. But if you're supported, buy PC.
Rating: 
Summary: Decent
Review: I have and idea for all the people having problems with the game. BUY A NEW COMPUTER. If you cant run a game like this you shouldn’t be playing them.
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Summary: Will Bryant is misinformed
Review: I have installed and run the first Splinter Cell and other Ubi Soft games using my Plextor 12/10/32 SCSI CD burner. One of my friends has had no trouble installing and running Splinter Cell, Rogue Spear, Rainbow Six, and other games using his Sony 52/24/52 CD burner. Others have noted incompatibilities between certain CD drives and copy-protection schemes such as SafeDisc (which has been used on Splinter Cell and many other games). Sorry about the star rating...I just set it to balance out Will's because I had to rate it. However, nobody can honestly rate this game since nobody has played it yet.
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Summary: Made in China
Review: I suppose this is what we can expect from now on as more and more work is outsourced. The game lacked sophistication. It had the overall feel of running an obstacle course. If your the type that likes to talk with people in India when you call for technical assitance then you'll like Pandora Tomorrow.
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Summary: Don't give UBI any of your money!
Review: I think everyone should boycott this company and force them to rethink their bull**** idea that a customer who purchased a legitimate copy of their game cannot run the game because of other virtual drive software on their machine (ie. alcohol 120%). There is no way I will give $50 to this f'd up company.
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