The Splinter Cell Game Ubisoft Won't Let You Buy | Pandora Tomorrow Retrospective

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is the only mainline Splinter Cell game you cannot buy on the Uplay store, despite it being a solid game in the franchise. Pandora Tomorrow fully deserves a bigger audience even if it does show signs of being rushed out the door back in 2004.
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[@ChrisDavis_Games]

I forgot to mention the multiplayer! There was supposed to be a line in the video stating something like “I couldn’t play the multiplayer, and I didn’t play it back in the day on my PS2, so I’m just going to ignore it here,” or something to that effect. Hopefully, the reason for the absence of the multiplayer is kind of obvious, but I want to at least mention it for completeness.

[@Kaceydotme]

it can still be played on Xbox using Xlink Kai. I dunno if i still have the footage but a group of us played it for a few hours once.

[@Denkart]

Understandable but definitely a shame you didn't get to play it. I'd say it had some of the most enjoyable multiplayer available in the original xbox era.

[@darknessviking]

thanx for a new great video and merry christmas

[@thomasmurphy3021]

This is off topic but E3 2020 has got to be the year Ubisoft reveals splinter cell 7.

[@bsansovich]

@@thomasmurphy3021 I have some Bad news on that.

[@Cody-ch2lc]

My favorite joke in the whole game comes in the final level. Fisher gets shot a bunch of times, lambert compliments him for some reason (I don't remember why) and Sam says, "If I had any blood left I'd be blushing" lmao

[@Agent-vj3ns]

Lambert tells him how impressive his bulge was.

[@richieh2006]

"You're on your way to becoming the world's best authour of unknown events..." hehe

[@MaGGotPit]

@Agent 47 and if you listen close to the context in Ironside's voice, you can hear Sam tell him how he was gonna use said bulge to choke him to death

[@benmontey3438]

This was the second to final level :-)

[@kennymccormick8295]

​@@benmontey3438Congrats?

[@dennisjassmann7584]

I actually think Sam himself looks best in Pandora Tomorrow, his suits and facial design are improved over the first game, and Chaos Theory made Sam a victim of back alley plastic surgery imo

[@geoffdb8118]

Chaos theory Sam had those dick sucking lips 😂

[@iterationfackshet1990]

I really wonder how they fucked Sam’s face up so badly in Chaos Theory. No wonder they hid his face in so many missions.

[@beepst]

Pandora Tomorrow is heavily underrated. The atmosphere is so great.

[@mistersalesman]

Pandora Tomorrow is actually being sold on the Xbox Store currently.

[@Draliseth]

I was about to say...

[@Juanhernandez-zx7kt]

I have the original disk to this day. Wish Ubisoft brings the franchise.

[@MetaMetro3]

Xbox One X+Pandora Tomorrow=good afternoon but where's the PC love

[@BastiaenAssassin]

I just bought this.

[@Haydenormous]

Juan hernandez I do to

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

Train level was my favorite, being on such claustrophobic space while trying to remain hidden was such a cool concept. The submarine was also really cool, probably the hardest level.

[@icyyy_xx]

Agreed 100% ! As an OG player I've probably replayed the train mission over 30 times since!

[@tobiesoftstudio823]

Agreed. The train to Paris level was awesome. Submarine level was good. My favorite was the first level. Very expansive and the soundtrack is sublime.

[@scaberouswretch3673]

The only issue with the train level is it's way too short. Plus, i found the submarine level pretty easy. I found the cocaine refinery level was harder.

[@niklas5336]

Train level is my favorite because when I was a kid I only had access to the free demo and that one featured this level. I must have replayed it over a dozen times.

[@tenbeat]

Note that the Splinter Cell HD collection never came to Xbox 360, only PS3.

[@gnarkillguch]

And it's a buggy mess to boot.

[@gamingjay141]

@Noel Vermillion i dont think they are enchanced tho?

[@haloepic3092]

Jay J there are

[@gamingjay141]

@Greig91 Yeah i got em all on the sale yesterday. I have a one x and they are all one x enhanced now.

[@nvy2337]

@baetent that's because sc conviction came out they year previously and note that that was only on xbox 360 and the trilogy collection came a year after conviction so ubisoft wanted to give ps3 players a chance as well otherwise it would've been unfair.

[@dynd]

This game aged so well. Graphics are holding up incredibly!

[@Pantouflable]

dynd I was surprised how good the water and some textures looked in this game

[@thomcolmer6564]

I couldn’t tell cause this guy doesn’t use the night vision goggles

[@KillaGandhi]

Nothing compared to Chaos Theory though.

[@nicunicucaesar2893]

@@KillaGandhi only thing I don’t like about chaos theory is you can’t do the wall jump like in the first game 😂

[@t850terminator]

Gameplay, it hasn't aged well. But graphically, those UE2 effects are still pretty.

[@parthlad]

Pandora Tomorrow was an excellent follow-up to the original game. The environments, gameplay, Michael Ironside's humor and the early 2000s run of the mill spy narrative make this one of Ubisofts best games.

[@have_a_good_day420]

💯

[@arthur.b]

Pandora Tomorrow was my first Splinter Cell game... and till this day my favorite! The train level, submarine, Jerusalem... man.... I miss the good old days.

[@mihajlocolic01]

Same

[@daksans6764]

Same. I want to go back to those days.

[@daves2hd]

Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow was my introduction to the franchise. As such it actually made quite the impression. Bugs yes, some issues as well but mostly I remember really enjoying the game and being really impressed how much could be done stealth without being forced to go guns blazing.

[@camila_costa12]

Mine as well

[@barmbailey6934]

Sometimes whenever I was bored with being serious in Pandora Tomorrow, I would use Sam's whistle every time he was talking with someone.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

Chaos theory is hilarious when you grab someone and then just start whispering "hey. over here. psst" while they look terrified of you.

[@have_a_good_day420]

Same!!! 😂😂😂

[@NourArt02]

This was the 1st Splinter Cell i ever played .. i bought is back in 2003 and i was instantly hooked, and since then i bought all the Splinter Cell Games and i still have them on my shelf and i still play them every once in a while to this day, this is my favorite franchise of games ever and i'de love it if they remade them exactly as they are but with better graphics.

[@rpaimin4571]

Or maybe. It will be released at gooplay . . It will be a great fun.

[@omnidirectionalspaghetti8592]

This was one of my favorite games as a kid, on the OG Xbox what a wild ride

[@haydenburkhardt5985]

At 27:24 the detection is a result of the glitched lighting on your version of the game. There is a studio light that sweeps the area.

[@S3ven4]

Yeah I was thinking that the reason he got caught there was because of the lighting, he didn't mention the lighting issues in this game, it would explain a lot of the problems with the AI. I love this game but the shadows in some of the versions of this game make the game borderline unplayable

[@jimbo2revengeance]

Awesome video, i always loved Pandora, which is why it breaks my heart to see so many people skip it. The jungle levels were a huge highlight for me, since the first game loved it's boxy interiors which could look somewhat bland. And the train level, man the train level is still the best damn Splinter Cell level in existence. That being said, it has some ideas and concepts that just feel underdeveloped and underutilised, and it retained many of the problems the first game had.

[@Pantouflable]

Jimbo 2: Revengeance Hell yes, the train lvl was my favorite with LAX, so much to the point that I was obsessed about boarding on a train at night as a kid back in 2005 lol

[@quinnmarchese6313]

as a fan of each game in the series, the jungle levels are my least favorite lol. they're ultimately fine, but the lighting is so bad and inconsistent (on PC at least) and they remind of the horrendous daytime missions in Double Agent. the train level is my favorite in Pandora though, while i think the bank in Chaos Theory might be the best Splinter Cell level ever.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

As a PC gamer, it sucks that it's just abandonware and not, say, freeware or at least be available on Steam/GOG.

[@jimbo2revengeance]

@@quinnmarchese6313 The PC version has a notorious bug with Direct X 8, that basically makes it so half the shadows do not render, and the ones that do are offset by some amount. There is a fix in the form of DGVoodoo2, i recommend checking the PC Gaming Wiki.

[@jimbo2revengeance]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Yeah, if it was offered pre patched on GOG, it would certainly attract more players, but PC gaming is all about tinkering fixer upper stuff, at least for me. Still, with how fast OG Xbox emulation has started getting off the ground in the last few years, soon i might just recommend people emulate the Xbox version. I would tell you to play the PS2 version, or Gamecube one, but those ones have cut content, and in general just run worse.

[@habadasheryjones]

Played this game on Xbox One the other day. Not a single problem. Didn't even know it was pulled from Uplay

[@KenTWOu]

It wasn't pulled from Uplay, it was never released digitally on PC due to technical issues.

[@emulation2369]

@@KenTWOu funny thing, the pirate version can be easily played without any problem...

[@KenTWOu]

@@emulation2369 it still has broken lights and shadows you need to fix using dgVoodoo 2 gfx wrapper.

[@s0lid_sno0ks]

>watermark with a shadow fix patch holy shit I am filled with murderous rage

[@roodstachlea]

i think he was misremembering something because dgvoodoo(the app/wrapper used to fix the shadows in this game, can also used to fix other games)has a fucking tick to apply the watermark and its only there to see if you installed the shit correctly yeah

[@quarreneverett4767]

Woah

[@mylokindness65]

i mean you could just code it out

[@stefanm.734]

You can just turn it off. The watermark is only there so you know it's working.

[@static.6524]

DgVoodoo is one of my favorite API wrapper, it's much less of a patch and more of tool. About the watermark, it can be easily disabled from the tool itself, or through the config files. It's just there to show whether the patch is in effect or not.

[@kadugbuss]

27:23 You weren't spoted for no reason, in this part there is a spot light that goes arround everywhere, and aparently, you didn't fix the lighting so well and you can't see the spot light, but it still exist and you got exposed. But i won't disagree that the AI is broken

[@DavidLDFL]

This is accurate however I have the original game and even without being in the spotlight the enemies at this end part did seem to spot me for no reason at all. Not every time though so I do believe there is a bug around this part. That being said I still think you are correct in this instance about the spotlight being the reason.

[@albanveshti2369]

yes, i think that one point he didn't touch in the video is that you need to go out of your way to make the lightning work in this game (at least on PC)

[@kadugbuss]

@@albanveshti2369 I agree, it isn't easy to just fix that programing mess on pc, i think it is totaly understandable his lights being broken, i just wanted to point out that that moment wasn't a game glitch, but a visual glitch because of the pc version.

[@aersla1731]

Man, I love your work! I love long format videos, and the amount of research, and writing you do is so admirable. You desire far more praise for your work, it's really amazing. I can't imagine how long it takes to put one of these videos together.

[@blackbriar7281]

it was a great game hope they make another Splinter Cell its been along time since they released blacklist and hope they use Michael Ironside's voice

[@goonagun]

Fat chance

[@Pigmedog]

i mean, its been confirmed that SOMETHING is in development, it wouldn't be incredibly surprising

[@GabrielKnightz]

Pandora tomorrow certainly sustains it's role as the mostly ignored middle child, both by fans and the developers apparently. The UBIsoft Shanghai team seems to have a more 'Theatrical' approach to gameplay than anything practical or polished. Thank you for taking the time to have a nuanced look at each instalment in the franchise and keeping the game relevant. Looking forward to the next one.

[@quarreneverett4767]

When i played pandora tomorrow after the first i felt issues with movements and proper responsiveness of actions so i didnt like it much. also at the time it pretended it had coop.. It didn't

[@quarreneverett4767]

I played it on xbox

[@GlobalGaming101]

It’s still my favorite splinter cell game.

[@takerrolen7188]

@@quarreneverett4767 pandora tomorrow is basically an adopted child that didn't even ubisoft liked

[@OTBASH]

Much prefer this one over the first. The diverse levels were much more memorable and fun to stealth through for the most part and they added a bit to the gameplay that made the experience better for me.

[@MrSvlad]

That this game is so maligned has always bewildered me. I enjoyed the hell out of it.

[@Chig__Bungus]

In all honesty i like it better than the original

[@DavidLDFL]

Same this one was one of my favorite games of all time and I thought it was better than the original as well. Probably has a lot to do with the scenery being so much better.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i mean, its not _that_ hard to see. the simpler story can be viewed as dumbed down, since the Georgian Information Crisis was smart, hugely ambitious and has massive implications on the rest of the series, with the Masse kernels still being analyzed and weaponized in Chaos Theory. the gameplay has refinements and myriad improvements, but the levels are less consistently high quality. And you have two of the three main cast members being replaced, not that their replacements are bad. still, this was the splinter cell sequel i could play as a kid, since i couldn't get M games, and i love the hell out of it.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Not maligned, more like contested and hard to get legally nowadays, which is a headache.

[@foosmonkey]

My favorite of the series. My roommate in college had this for X box. The storyline was incredible!

[@brian0057]

24:55 You have to use the SWAT turn to go from the dresser to the couch on fire. The guards won't see you if you go slow. I replayed that level yesterday and every time I did it, it worked. After that you just distract them with a bottle and you're done.

[@StickNik]

Considering the first game is fairly short, I'd love to see Ubi do a remake of these first 2 games, as they seem the most similar mechanics wise. Main thing would maybe be changing some level design stuff to improve Pandora, and accommodate whistling and such in the first game.

[@CricetoFunni]

yo

[@have_a_good_day420]

As well as not only bring back, but improve on the wall jump. One of Sam’s best moves.

[@StickNik]

@@have_a_good_day420 First played the game a year or so ago, as soon as tutorial got me wall jumping, knew I'd love the game. One of my favourite things for finding alternate routes around guards.

[@GyroDelToro]

SO I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S UPSET ABOUT THIS

[@oCapri]

You can get it on the Xbox one store, I have it

[@jacobbergau6009]

Jokes on them, I've owned Pandora Tomorrow on my OG Xbox for years and still play it to this day.

[@razor_no1]

All 3 Splinter Cells are on sale now (~$15 for the complete trilogy!)and they look and play fantastic on Series S/X due to backwards compatibility. For me the original Xbox-versions are by far the best because the lighting looks best (even better than PC with all the voodoo fixes)

[@danielgarcia4083]

Great game on the Xbox One X. Really cleans up quite nicely at the higher resolution. Awesome video 👍

[@razor_no1]

All 3 Splinter Cells are on sale now (~$15 for the complete trilogy!)and they look and play fantastic on Series S/X due to backwards compatibility. For me the original Xbox-versions are by far the best because the lighting looks best (even better than PC with all the voodoo fixes)

[@jdturner1106]

On that first level, to get past those two guards you have to be patient. Wait for them to split up. One will go towards the fire and face it. Sneak past him while his back is turned and the smoke from the fire will cover you from the other guard across the room. Patience and waiting to see where the AI will go or what it will do is when the game is signaling you to make your move.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i feel like this is a thing most people have forgotten about stealth games, patience is rewarded much more often than experimentation. its why i love the "scouting" mechanics of modern Ubi games (not that i think they're good games). Farcry's camera, Watch Dogs' drones, they kinda let you do the whole "wait and see" thing without much waiting.

[@shredheadterminal]

To me, still the best game in the OG trilogy. Chaos Theory is excellent and deserves all the praise but Pandora Tomorrow just feels more fun to play, maybe because I spent so many hours playing it as a kid :)

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

I remember buying this game back in 2007 along with Chaos Theory, after beating Splinter Cell on PS2 back in 2006. The only reason why I bought it is because I loved the first game, and I actually enjoyed Pandora Tomorrow.

[@WaddleDee105]

I'm happy to see you continuing this retrospective of the SC games! Pandora Tomorrow was my first SC game and I played it on the Xbox. The QoL improvements alone make me prefer this one to the first SC but I agree that the overall level design can be pretty rough. The Xbox versions of the first two games also lacked Quick Saves and only had Checkpoints but the Checkpoints in PT are notoriously scarce. The LAX level is particularly brutal.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

oh man i vividly remember the LAX level on PS2 and just straight giving up in the last section where you have to find the device within a timer, just got so frustrated. I literally just played through on PC, and despite its programming annoyances and some baffling control changes from the first, quicksaves made it really easy to no-alarm through.

[@lara-lg4by]

Splinter Cell Pandora tomorrow on Steam one of my big dreams in my life

[@Pantouflable]

Ers1nPro you can download it, there is a complete guide on steam community with resolution and lighting fixes

[@stefanm.734]

@@Pantouflable Yeah, but that goes into questionably legal territory, and I'd rather not have that on my conscience.

[@stefanm.734]

@@Jayalen Says who? I can't find that in any legal documentation for the USA, which is where Ubisoft is from.

[@ToastyWaffle456]

It's purchasable from EBay and Amazon from people who still have the PC discs from 2004. The developers don't get the money from those sales though so it technically isn't available at all from the developer/publisher perspective.

[@djde4th877]

not only is this game great even the instruction manual is so detailed, it feels like your reading an actual book lol!

[@pencilspianos8412]

I was just snooping around my house and found a dvd disk of this game. I have no idea where it came from, its like it just spawned.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i actually still have two ps2 copies. one i bought after beating the first game and not being able to get CT, and the other was given to me in a lot of a bunch of games when i bought my friends ps2 after my brother sold ours to his friend. they share the same case since i only have the one lol

[@ClintEastwooodPS3]

awesome graphics for that time. These dark, black enviroment made it easy to create nice effects and artworks.

[@garretwoeller7669]

Splinter cell Pandora tomorrow was my favorite for a long time chaos theory is good but I don't know if I like it more then this one

[@wesler218]

CT is the greatest stealth game of all time

[@garretwoeller7669]

@Bwa Bwa Yoshi I have played Chaos and can say I like it far more

[@laos85]

Blacklist is the best. CT felt too slow as if sam is in slow mo and a lot of bugs

[@matts2581]

This was my first introduction to the Splinter Cell series for the PC in the Fall of 2004, along with a few others to introduce me to PC gaming... ...that being, Halo. :D ...So anyway, Lambert's Allstate voice to me was "original" to me at the time. :) :P Memorable stuff. :) Excellent review! :)

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i had played the first already, a big reason i love Haysbert as Lambert was because i was already a 24 fan and just heard David Palmer

[@monytontana5184]

This is the one that I first played, the one that made me more or less obsessed with Splinter Cell for the better part of the 2000's

[@saintallison]

The original Splinter Cell & this game were some of the first games I played on Xbox after Halo. I don't even think I knew Metal Gear existed at the time and Sam Fisher is cemented in my mind as the coolest stealth action character xD

[@theblackhundreds7124]

For some reason. For me it was alot more memorable to me than the first. Splinter cell was my absolute obsession and its shocking how they have ignored this.

[@monytontana5184]

@@theblackhundreds7124 hopefully, they're taking their time so they don't screw it up. I've been a Playstation guy since PS1... But I even went and bought a Xbox 360 just so I could play Conviction in 2010. It's a huge franchise with a loyal fanbase. Ubisoft would be stupid to let it go

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

You have me hooked. I had no idea Pandora Tomorrow isn’t available at all

[@michaelburke7978]

I loved Pandora Tomorrow; especially the outdoor jungle missions and the train. My only gripe with it is that it was too short, but I guess the trade off at the time was the amazing Spies vs Mercs mode.

[@Whitelight]

Jesus Christ, Chris, if you upload any faster you might actually break the sound barrier. Forget Lightning McQueen, you're the Sonic the Hedgehog of games critics. But like Sonic Mania, not Sonic Unleashed.

[@spoonkey]

Ass.

[@AgentGWG]

Classy man Whitelight. Really enjoyed your death stranding review. 😉

[@Anant6925]

Yo man I'd love to see a video on splinter cell by you

[@supernucleargaming1851]

I actually kinda of like sonic unleashed

[@AlkonKomm]

I remember playing this game as a kid and struggling A LOT, like, it was a difficult game for me, there are a lot of missions with instant fail states and unfair checkpoints. Still thought it was great though.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

when i beat the OG, i couldn't buy the one everyone told me to buy (Chaos Theory) because it was an M game. Pandora allowed me to wait until i was 17 to get the best of the series. loved this game for real. also, chaos theory is a really weak M rating, its like the Matrix, all the reasons it was R/M at the time are completely invalid by the standards established 10-15 years later. CT has basically no swearing, at least nothing worse than the occasional "shit", no blood (which the first SC game had) and the knife takedown doesn't look like you're stabbing someone, it looks like you broke their back.

[@rohanmaneyg397]

I mean... Unfair checkpoints???... Quicksave was an option my guy

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@rohanmaneyg397 only on PC my guy, also, quicksaves are awesome, but only insofar as you actually remembering to use them. most of the time, its real easy to just plum forget to save and then poor checkpointing rears its head. Chaos Theory on PC is unforgiving if you dont remember to save as mission's dont have mid mission checkpoints. Die after opening the bank vault? too bad, you have to do it ALL again.

[@rohanmaneyg397]

@@quinnmarchese6313 oh... Only pc.. Never knew lonear platform feature was a thing.. Damn

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@rohanmaneyg397 the first console game with quicksaves, to my knowledge, is fallout 4, so ten years off at least

[@RickLag8514]

This is my favorite Splinter Cell game!

[@shinbakihanma2749]

Thank goodness you can buy every Splinter Cell game and play it on the XBOX ONE. 😊

[@shinbakihanma2749]

@Roy Vice Yeah, it is bullshit that you can't play any Splinter Cell games on your PS4. Your best bet is buying them for your 360, but if you want the best console experience you can get playing the Splinter Cell games, you'd do well investing in an XBOX ONE X. Every entry is significantly graphically enhanced (HDR, resolution bumps, performance, etc.) for that particular version of XBO. They're truly gorgeous games and look better than they ever have (far superior to playing them on the 360/PS3), and are the most convenient way to experience high end Splinter Cell.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

This was my first SC game and I was amazed by it back then.

[@astormisaelortiz3366]

lol i didn't know Shetland was in Pandora Tomorrow.

[@MishraArtificer]

Yeah, they added him in as setup for his appearance in Chaos Theory.

[@matheussampaio6993]

Pandora tomorrow was my first contact with Splinter Cell's games. I do remember to be playing it as a 9/10 years old and not passing through the first zone where you needed to squeeze against the wall because i did not knew that R3 was a real button on PS2 haha. Told my father that this game was made for PS3 and I was playing it in a wrong console. After a fez weeks i finished it and was so happy. The feeling you get when you finish a SC game for the first time is unique.

[@DinosaurChinatown]

LAMBERT: FISHER! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! SAM: I shot the bad guy.

[@jkrk6696]

Who else think the Jerrusalem mission was the coolest one. When you sneak past the people at rooftops and shadows. And You can hear how city is alive at the distance and having fun and just hanging around in sabbath.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i also love the inclusion of Hebrew speaking Hasidic Jewish people just kinda around. that and Sam's conversation with Cohen before it starts, where he both mocks all religions and offers to pick up a postcard for his Jewish comrade.

[@Anygodwilldo]

Good video man. I'm playing the original Xbox SC trilogy during lockdown. Halfway through Chaos Theory now.

[@MrSeropamine]

I played PT before any of the other games and it blew my young mind lol. Just the levels were so cool! The train from Paris to Nice, Jerusalem, the cryogenics lab, the sub base etc. The story also seemed more realistic than SC 1. I actually only played SC 1 very recently, and while I enjoyed it, I think PT is superior. I didn't like the forced action level in SC1, and as you say the many QOL improvements and tweaks (like the gun laser sight) really make it more fun to play.

[@JZStudiosonline]

I remember that mission with following Dahlia through the town. I think I ended up figuring out that the only way to reliably get through it was to speedrun the section before or something, otherwise all the NPCs would move around and make it impossible.

[@Pantouflable]

JZStudios you should watch CotySA M 40min speedrun, he is nuts

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

By some miracle I have a working PC version of the game, that I bought with the SC Collection (it’s every SC from 1 to Conviction)

[@brodriguez11000]

Most do. I imagine the problem is getting it running on modern PCs. That's why virtualization is so important for older games.

[@guitarninja416]

IMO level design in pandora tomorrow is an improvement over the original splinter cell. The "player must take route of what the developers want them to take in order for a perfect stealth run through" is also presented in original splinter cell(take the embassy room with turrets) while in pandora tomorrow some levels actually offers players multiple routes(sometimes with vertical options such as the jerusalem mission.) Your playthrough of pandora tomorrow might be affected by the shadow bug(judging by your jerusalem mission footage I would say your shadow fix is not patched correctly) someone else mentioned in the comments since in the video sometimes you got spotted for no reason but I remember in my playthrough the guards had flashlights while on your video they didn't(or the light wasn't visible.) In 28:00 the light switch actually switches off the lights in the passenger train, not the room you are going into. If you switch off that light a passenger will be curious and walk towards the switch to turn it back on, thus spotting you in the process. If you want to take the route outside the train you shouldn't switch off the light since no one in the passenger train was looking your way. But if you switch off the light you can wait in the darkness to knock out the civilian passenger, hide his body in the dark and sneak through the passenger train, this is an alternative route instead of climbing outside the train. Also 32:30 is a scripted sequence, the guard wouldn't leave dahlia alone so she knocked him out. But it seems like you raised suspension on the guard maybe in a weird timing so he left the sequence to search for you lol

[@abominableyeti5639]

i actually managed to beat the part on the first level where u ran through how the devs wanted u to play i think for the train part you actually have to wait for the two guys to shut up before moving past, for some reason they can't see you anymore after they stop talking

[@pravkdey]

Ha! Damn i love Fisher's dialogue. Please tell me there's a compilation somewhere XD

[@Maverick-65]

I do agree with your comments on the AI of this game but I do think most of these are only present on the PC. This is my favourite Splinter Cell, I played it on the PS3 and majority of the issues raised didn't occur during my multiple runs of this game. Great review though.

[@ashleylugg864]

I remember first playing this. When I first seen them bushes move, it blew my mind

[@Jehannum2000]

I'm replaying this right now (HD edition on PS3) and enjoying it. I actually loved the tailing mission. It's so atmospheric. It was one of the things I remembered from my original playthrough on PS2. Just got to the very start of the submarine mission last night before bed.

[@tylercav9006]

Can you play Pandora tomorrow on PS3?.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@tylercav9006 its in the HD collection thats only on PS3 yes

[@PLAYER-MOST-WANTED]

What do you mean. You can skip the dudes at the auditorium. Without touching em. Just run to the wall from where they enter and let them enter and you can go straight in. The dudes on the first mission. Just go to the couch take cover on it and do a swat turn.

[@jacktihs2963]

There's a downloadable version to get it working (fixes the graphics issues)! You can even add it to your Steam games, there's a post on Steam explaining how to. Works well.

[@SkullMan---]

I was curious about this game, I wondered why you can't buy it on Steam. Didn't know it was actually this impossible to buy and play. Nice video!

[@chrism9493]

i miss the gameplay style from the first two entries. tight, claustrophobic hallways forcing you to use distractions and agility. as opposed to Chaos Theory where there's usually a convenient shortcut or a massive blob of shadow to maneuver around in.

[@Antheology2012]

Important to note as well the xbox one version is 4:3, but some of the effects such as depth of field when your goggles are on, and when picking a lock are missing from the PC version. From looking at the dgvoodoo forums there are also some effects like heat distortion from fire that are reduced on higher resolutions on the PC version.

[@mrdabrow]

it seems that it's fixed on XSX

[@mortyme4593]

12:15 Quality control must've missed that spelling mistake.

[@dani3po]

It is available for purchase on Xbox for 9€. Also, it is 4K enhanced for Xbox One X.

[@ksonsouchou]

yeah, he said it is SD which is not true at all. All OG Xbox backwards compatible games are Xbox One X enhanced.

[@807D14M0ND5]

@@ksonsouchou Still 4:3 though right?

[@ksonsouchou]

@@807D14M0ND5 yeah

[@TechWithVille]

I actually have a working retail copy of Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Medallion) for PC that I bought brand new last year believe it or not. It cost me 17,90€ + shipping from Puolenkuunpelit. The only reason I bought this as a CD copy in 2019 was because of the lack of PC release on steam and uplay. I didn't realise that it's that hard to get your hands on this game.

[@thecanucklehead3034]

I was lucky enough to find a double pack when i was a kid, Splinter Cell 1 and Pandora Tomorrow, in a 4 disk set, new for $5. Still havent beaten either but now i feel like im obligated to give them both a run

[@beepboop1938]

I still have the dvd of this game and our old windows xp pc still plays it really well

[@gondwanaman9362]

Beast mission was the one in Jerusalem, I think? Heavy rain at night, so much atmosphere.

[@RyuuTenno]

I think you mean the TV station. Cause, Jerusalem was with the woman you were told to shoot. Dry sky, and plenty of dirt bricks everywhere. The TV station gave thunder + lightning while you traveled.

[@5433039]

Yeah, Pandora Tomorrow was one of my favorite games of all times. I bought it some time ago in Amazon and had the oportunity to play it again. Since it is an old game, some PCs won't launch it properly, but I already have it installed on my computer with some improvements and some graphics enhancements. It deserves being at the Uplay Store, for sure! PS.: Sorry for my horrible english.

[@llab3903]

Your English is fine

[@quinnmarchese6313]

my dog, you have nothing to worry about on your English, you wrote this comment better than 80 percent of native speakers. Notice i had to edit this, i screwed up worse than you and i literally can only speak this language.

[@tomg5187]

Thanks mate! Awesome info! :-)

[@alfonsocruz6100]

My first console videogame ever, I was like 9 years old and felt so proud the first time I finished the game :") good old memories, Im 22 already

[@davidriley8316]

Thank you for reminding me that Sam Fisher is the tits. We truly need another game, or a reboot. I'll take what I can get.

[@Steelers4life68]

Fun fact, that All State guy played in the movie Navy Seals next to Charlie Sheen, Sheen was awesome in that movie!

[@GetToWhereYouAre]

Oh wow, I don't remember it being this buggy, granted it's a long time ago since I played it. I do remember Double Agent giving me a hard time. I tried to get 100% stealth in Chaos Theory and Double Agent and there's no way to check whether you've been spotted or a body was detected until the end of the level, which made these inconsistencies/bugs a real pain.. That said, I must say this video has made me wanna go back and play them.

[@Michael.Eddington]

I still own this disc. It’s my favourite Splinter Cell, since I felt like I could almost beat the game with non-lethal attacks.

[@scaberouswretch3673]

I've got the HD trilogy on PS3 and pandora tomorrow works just fine. I've played through all three games recently and they're all great. Three of the best stealth games ever. Until they messed it up by trying to make it into an action game. I have an idea for a new SC game. It should be pure stealth. But instead of the mostly linear style missions, they should make the missions more open ended, so you can approach them however you want. Imagine the kind of open ended missions you have on the Hitman games, but it's splinter cell instead. It would be awesome, but it will never happen because Ubisoft don't seem to understand what the fans actually want.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i may damn well be the only one who loves Conviction. sure its not at all the same style as the previous games, but by the time it came around, i _cared_ about Sam Fisher as a character. His relationships with Lambert, Grim, and his daughter all played a part in previous games, and Double Agent literally thrust the character to his lowest point, having to deal with the sudden death of Sarah, and then later having to kill his mentor and oldest friend, Lambert. Conviction is a game that is so fun because Sam still uses stealth, but in a much more angry, violent manner as he has to cope with the revelation that his oldest friend and one of his only living confidants (Grim) lied to him about his daughters death.

[@drumyogi9281]

I bought this game when it came out. It recommended using a 9700 but in fact it did not support that card because I owned it and it didn't work properly. I had to run it at a lower resolution with lowest settings. They never fixed the video card issue. Pitty because it was a great game. Worked years later on a new build though.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

thats hilarious, but also could've been driver related. i know that like making sure all drivers were up to date was the easiest way to fix problems with games, but never knew how to do it until nvidia and amd basically made software specifically for checking that stuff. If it recommended a 9700 than it probably was tested on that setup.

[@bunkyysol1132]

I have the original xbox disc version of the game and I played it and fell in love with the game

[@fedeterra42]

Hi, the HD collection never came to the 360, and the lighting in that version of PT works fine, performance does suck if you play in 1080p.

[@peposo7]

Are you referring to the PS3 version? The lighting problem is exclusive for the PC version.

[@fedeterra42]

@@peposo7 exactly, as you say.

[@EdBurke37]

I am engaging with this content

[@Exigentable]

Same

[@_boof]

I am replying to your comment.

[@Sheikah_Architect]

This game on Xbox was phenomenal and the multiplayer is still to this day the most innovative and original, ever. I think it's one of the first games to feature asymmetrical game play.

[@razor_no1]

All 3 Splinter Cells are on sale now (~$15 for the complete trilogy!)and they look and play fantastic on Series S/X due to backwards compatibility. For me the original Xbox-versions are by far the best because the lighting looks best (even better than PC with all the voodoo fixes)

[@Sheikah_Architect]

@@razor_no1 wow I was just looking to play Double Agent online right now on Xbox One. Do you know if that's still possible? Without XLink and all those alternative methods.

[@razor_no1]

@@Sheikah_Architect As far as I know the MP-servers are all down, but I only played the SP campaigns.

[@thiefswiller]

27:25 that happens to me too. I always assumed it was a monitor or camera that caught me since it’s a tv studio

[@FrankLeeYoung]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who experienced the bizarre enemy AI that notices you out of the blue like that. You could be standing quietly in complete darkness doing nothing and they get alerted or somehow track to you even though they're not on alert and not being in their routine line. The fact also that an isolated single enemy, without anyone around him, sees you for a split second and the whole place goes into alert without calling it in is a massive step back from the original.

[@escapegulag4317]

this is my favourite entry in the series

[@MrAdrianloera]

I remember beating this on my PC it was so much fun.

[@kaigen999]

This game can be bought on Xbox One. You just have to search Splinter Cell in the store and all the splinter cell games are available for purchase and download I bought them all last month. Even Splinter Cell Double Agent (xbox) version. It's awesome they have both versions of that game.

[@batmanarkhamcentral3149]

Hopefully you do a splinter cell conviction review. Even if it’s not like the other games, I still really enjoy it.

[@habadasheryjones]

Conviction and Blacklist get a bad rap but they're good games with different design philosophies than the older games. If you can set your expectations accordingly (and get over not having Michael Ironsides VA in Blacklist) you can have alot of fun with those games.

[@LN.2233]

I don't know why the performance is so shit on my computer in comparison to Blacklist

[@Silent_Shadow]

I played this game into the ground back when this came out. I weirdly enjoyed it for many playthroughs. Had it on PC.

[@TibbyII]

29:23 He spotted you while you were hacking the turrent and called in the alarm. That one was on you.

[@DavidLDFL]

His point is that the enemy can set off the alarm while being shot by the turret.

[@jgalla5549]

love the Jerusalem level, finding places to run on the roof tops, with the great soundtrack.

[@steverankine4673]

Was playing this on Xbox One yesterday (as you mentioned though the res sucks lol) and it's a travesty that's it's not available on PC. 😢😡 Great video and retrospective. Glad to see some love for the OG Sam Fisher adventures 😎👌💯

[@ahzrukal4603]

regarding the foreign accents: they were actually in the game in early states and you can hear it when you watch videos about the copies reviewers were given. they eventually took them out because they worried that some of the thicker accents could not be understood by some players. it's a shame if you ask me. they could've put an option into the game which enables/disables the accents if they were already recorded

[@quinnmarchese6313]

as much as i hate the lack of regional accents and such, i do really love the "French Frenchman" joke. its just perfectly self aware.

[@swaguilar_]

My Pandora Tomorrow on PS2 was scratched so I was only able to reach the submarine level before it freezing. I never finished it. 😭

[@diegoladavac780]

I had on ps2 sc pamdora tomorrow and original 1.one

[@mrpowerclean860]

ooof I had the same issue with my 007 nightfire lol

[@Shodar87]

Pandora Tomorrow being left out of the series is just bizarre decision on Ubi part...

[@user-tc8te3qx4r]

In the first level you can perfectly fine go with some swat turns passed the guards whitout alerting them only once you cant do that instead you need need to go close to the wall

[@christophersclouddrive1944]

You’re an incredibly cogent presenter. Great job :)