Splinter Cell Essentials

Also known as: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials
The entire experience is crippled by the PSP's hardware.

Genre: Action
Release date: Mar 21, 2006
Published by: Ubisoft
Developed by: Ubisoft Montreal
Features: Ad hoc wireless play
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
2 player VS
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Splinter Cell Essentials
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Brand new shots of Sam Fisher's handheld mission
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Brand new shots of Sam Fisher's handheld mission
Feb 25, 2006
We could listen to actor Michael Ironside brilliantly deliver lines as the sardonic super-spy Sam Fisher all day long. He gives that good of a performance. What we cant take, however, is not having a second analog stick to work the camera the way we can on the home consoles. Because of qualities like these, the net result of Fishers PSP debut in Splinter Cell Essentials is a game that series veterans might tolerate in order to see the story through, but new players likely wont pay Fishers ...
Splinter Cell Essentials
Sam Fisher survives the squeeze into portability
Mar 9, 2006
So here's the million-dollar question: How do you cram one of the deepest, most graphics-intensive stealth series of all time onto the PSP? If you're Ubisoft, you learn from your mistakes, take a deep breath and push the handheld's limits as hard as you can. Unlike the franchise's abortive N-Gage and Nintendo DS attempts, Splinter Cell Essentials loses little in translation, enabling players to do everything they can do in the console versions. NSA spook Sam Fisher is as agile as ever, able to ...   » Read Full Splinter Cell Essentials preview
ESRB Rating
Splinter Cell Essentials is rated:
Mature
Blood, Strong Language, Violence
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