Quite a surprise to see, Ubisoft have revived Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow with a Steam release now available. Now you can actually complete your PC collection of the games available in the Splinter Cell Legacy Collection on Steam as this is the one that was missing (not counting Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials for PSP).
The second game in the series, that was originally released in 2004 and it was pretty much universally praised with high ratings across the board. Nice to see it now able to live on properly again. However, it does require Ubisoft Account / Ubisoft Connect, yes they've stuck that into a 20+ year old game.
At least with Proton 9 tested on Kubuntu Linux, it appears to work just fine.
From the Steam page:
SUSPENSEFUL TECHNOTHRILLER
Play as elite agent Sam Fisher and navigate through high-stakes missions across the globe, from the tense corridors of the American Embassy in East Timor to a high-speed train bound for Nice, France, as you race to thwart a global bio-terror threat.
CUTTING-EDGE STEALTH MECHANICS
Evade, outsmart, and silently neutralize enemies with advanced gadgets and weapons, signature stealth techniques, and strategic takedowns.
REACTIVE ENEMY AI
Be tactical and leverage your environment as you face intelligent foes who react to sound, movement, and light, keeping tension high and every mission unpredictable.
Please note: online features for this game are no longer supported. Multiplayer and co-op modes are no longer functional.
It's also on sale until October 28th with 40% off.
How to kill excitement 101.
Funnier still is that they also disabled the multiplayer components.
Early Splinter Cells are a massive PITA in this regard, and even assuming Pandora is now fixed SC1 is still locked to GF3-GF4 (none of which is that great at running this game at a decent framerate, funnily enough. Hello, 800x600). One of the reasons I keep old parts around.
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Edit: ah, the Enhanced mod. Yeah, I skipped that one once I saw PS3 textures in there.
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