Quite some time ago, maybe 2004 or so I picked up a Tom Clancy novel called Splinter Cell, the first in the series of, so far, four books. I probably read the first chapter or so and decided I didn't like the slow paced style of writing, and I put it down.
For some reason, for quite some time the only style of writing I could enjoy was Dean Koontz books, he writes in a fast paced style keeping every corner of the page intense, it's always been exciting. But recently I found my Splinter Cell book again, and I decided to give it another shot.
I'm on page 235, I think. I've only got about 120 or so pages left and I can't wait to see what happens! I think after I finish this book I will get the next novel in the series.
I remember I got the book because I loved the games, of course. I've been playing the Splinter Cell games since the very first one, and I especially loved Chaos Theory. But for a while I did not pick up their latest Splinter Cell game, Double Agent. I played the demo some time ago on my older computer, which had an AMD x2 64 4400+, 7800 GTX, and a gig of ram; at the time that was an awesome computer. But even so, the demo had serious problems on that computer, it ran at probably 2 frames per second at any time and just was UNPLAYABLE.
Eventually I upgraded with another computer, right now my gaming computer has an Intel Core 2 Duo e6600, 8800 GTX, and 2 gigs of RAM. I played the demo on it, and it ran smooth as silk, but I still didn't buy Double Agent. I had heard all over the internet that the game was pretty buggy, especially the PC version. As much as I loved Splinter Cell, I know how to stifle myself when something looks to be an obvious disappointment because of technical flaws.
But just recently I noticed Double Agent was only 20 bucks on Direct2Drive.com, so I decided to get it. And thankfully, there haven't been any major issues for me so far. I have ran into a few bugs, one of them I recorded with FRAPs and posted it at YouTube (see below for the video).
The game is actually pretty good, but I'm not finished with it. I'm at the Cruise Ship mission (in case you've played the game), and I plan on going further today once I get a chance to play. But, I think Chaos Theory is still my favorite game in the series. Not just because of all the technical issues Double Agent has (ok well 80% because of that), but just because I liked the feel of it more. Another thing I dislike about Double Agent is the fact, that in the beginning of the game (it's no spoiler), it's revealed to the player that Sarah, Sam Fisher's daughter had been killed. WTF!?!?!? Why did they need to do that! That's ridiculous! If Tom Clancy approved this then, DUDE!! WTF!? Seriously, she's a great character in the book and shouldn't have come to an end. I'm not sure if the books and the games live in different dimensions, though I would assume so, that would mean that his daughter is still alive in the novel series.... Unless she dies in one of the books I haven't read yet... Oh what a world, what a world.
Here's that YouTube video (Btw, I play the PC version. I played the PC version of the entire series.):
Well, I think that's all the news I have for now. I have to get to work on the Ruiner mod now, I've been neglecting it for the past couple of days unfortunately, I've been topsy turvy :(.
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