Recent reviews by alteredStateOfTheEast()

This game is mostly for the environment. The environment is truly an evolution in every check mark. Both day light and nighttime are amazing and neither have me wanting to skip times.
Gameplay is nothing special and the story is awful, but unlike Sony gaming, you can skip cut-scenes. There is so much about this game that is either missed opportunity or an exercise in middle management making decisions they shouldn't be.

Otherwise, worth the $40 I paid for and probably will be worth more if it's found to be cheaper. It's shame that Ubisoft is such a terrible publisher.

Edit: The main protagonist is one of the worst characters. Not only did Ubisoft have us choose from 2 female voices and 1 male voice, the male voice is some sort of Disney young teenager voice. His inability to exert any confidence in himself, to publish any strength is out right bewildering because of the actions he takes (taking out bases, fighting helicopters and so on). At best, he should be basket weaving in whatever cave or tree.

Since you can skip the dialogue, it's fine.

Edit: I am going to call it for awhile at 38 hours. I don't see the purpose of playing any longer, there really isn't much more to the game past getting to the plains. I dont know if I am wrong about this, maybe there is other environments but the game is now boring to me. So, I basically paid about $1.04 per hour for this entertainment. Not bad.

This is an amazing game, its like some nomad train sim where you travel around and discover and make money on the way. Hopefully moving to the big boi train. Love this! This is a must for VR, VR games are known to be lacking in content and this is surely to give you many hours.

It works on Windows 10 now, but you need to set up the ini file as instructed below for the game to work properly.

Go to your game's files and navigate to: SCDA-Offline > System.

Steam Version Default Install Directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Splinter Cell - Double Agent

Retail CD Default Install Directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Open SplinterCell4.ini



Go to the 2nd section named [General], edit the following lines to be:
SimpleShader=False
SimpleEffect=False
HidePieces=False


Go the the 3rd section named [Graphics], edit the following lines to be:
bEnableHDR=True
bTrilinearFiltering=False
bSpecularLighting=True
bVerticalSync=True



In the 9th section named [WinDrv.WindowsClient], edit the following lines to be:
WindowedViewportX=1920
WindowedViewportY=1080
FullscreenViewportX=1920
FullscreenViewportY=1080
TextureDetail=High

*This is an example of a 1920x1080 monitor, change the following lines to your monitor's native resolution. If running a 1280x720 monitor for example, change the lines to X=1280, Y=720, etc.


In the 10th section named [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice], edit the following lines to be:
UseHWShadowMapping=True
ShadowResolutionDegree=0
ShadowTurnOffDegree=0
bUseSmoothShadow=True
FSAADegree=0
AnisotropyDegree=16

Download SplinterCell4.ini *Modified with Tweaks using 1920x1080* [drive.google.com]

During the mission JBA HQ - Part 4, make sure to drop your resolution to 800x600 if the ending cutscene is not triggering. When making it to the Coast Guard Boat, you may go back to any resolution you want.

Absolutely an amazing game.

The game is better because of the VR.
I wish they would do this for X4.

Its a great game but there is some glaring issues.
You cant assassinate the enemies if they are sitting or leaning, you can kill them without alerting the others but they still "spot you" sometimes and that takes away the "never seen" thing. It's a game about silent killing and sadly you can't do such basic things which does affect the game.
otherwise its well worth the price

Get this game on sale. I would say 10$ is the most you should pay for the game because the devs are just greedy and lazy(or at least the publisher is)

You want to watch videos in game while you are using Elite dangerous, ETS or ATS?
Do you want to have the video play as a floating panel where ever you place it? Get this.
It runs good and you have so much control. Highly recommend this.

Zoo and water park? No, Almost there though.

This is what VR is for. Youre actually in Skyrim. Wait till you see a dragon or a giant, dont even get me started on climbing to the throat of the world