

you read right -Mr Stealth has re-armed himself with more powerful weaponry. In a split-second, Sam bashes open the door, knocking one enemy instantly to the ground before taking the remaining guy down with a blast from an extremely powerful shotgun. Sam uses his optical camera to spy into a room occupied by two goons, one standing just the other side of the door. Also, you can use the knife as a tool to cut ropes and even slice through soft-body materials to give you access to previously inaccessible areas of a level. "Sam is now much more powerful from close proximity because of the knife."Īlthough you can't use the blade for the actual killing (to keep the game's non-18 rating), you can hold it against an enemy's throat before removing it and silently choking them. "In playtesting, we found out that 80 per cent of the NPCs were killed by the players, but until now we haven't had that many ways to finish them off," continues Dany. The new title emphasises Sam's unique ability to get in really close to enemies, and with the addition of the new stealth kills, offers you a very different Splinter Cell experience -especially with the addition of a combat knife and some spectacular new moves. We want very different and diverse environments, so Splinter Cell 3 is set to have missions in New York and Peru." Metal Gear Solid, where everything happens in the same place. "We're still moving from one area to another, which is what sets us apart from say. "We want to keep the game believable, so we reckoned that in a few years it could be possible that something would happen between Japan, North Korea and South Korea," says lead programmer Dany Lepage. Set in 2008, the story revolves around an 'information attack' on the world's electrical and telecommunication networks (apparently from North Korea), that's allowed terrorists to remotely hijack military defence systems.

Cutting EdgeĮven though Pandora Tomorrow has only just been released, the third Splinter Cell game is already well into development and most surprisingly, has only been officially confirmed as a PC title, to be launched later this year. It also boasts some stunning new singleplayer and multiplayer features that are sure to leave fans of Tom Clancy's most famous undercover gimp breathless with anticipation.
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Splinter Cell 3 (working title) is a major rewrite of the stealth series in terms of graphics, level design, animation, Al and gameplay. I'm only a few minutes into the E3 presentation of the brand new Splinter Cell game and already there's been a massive revelation - everyone's favourite Third Echelon operative can now perform ninja-style stealth kills.
