Navy SEAL officer Sam Fisher joins the National Security Agency, as part of its newly formed division “Third Echelon” headed by his old friend Irving Lambert. The light meter functions even when night vision goggles is activated, and it is possible to destroy lights, thus reducing the chances of exposure significantly. The game displays a “light meter” that reflects how visible the player character is to enemies, and night vision and thermal vision goggles to help the player navigate in darkness or smoke/fog, respectively. The player is encouraged to move through the shadows for concealment whenever possible. The primary focus and hallmark of Splinter Cell ‘s gameplay is stealth, with strong emphasis on light and darkness.

A side-scrolling adaptation developed by Gameloft was also released in 2003 for Game Boy Advance, mobile phones and N-Gage (the latter with the subtitle Team Stealth Action). The game was inspired by both the Metal Gear series and games created by Looking Glass Studios, and was built using Unreal Engine 2. Endorsed by author Tom Clancy, it follows the activities of NSA black ops agent Sam Fisher (voiced by Michael Ironside). It is the first game in the Splinter Cell series. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is a 2003 stealth video game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft.

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