Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is a third-person stealth game that came out in 2002. This is a classic TPS that a lot of PC gamers love. And, although we don’t have any news for its official remake, there is a new way to re-experience the first game on PC.
Enhanced Splinter Cell is an unofficial patch/mod that brings a lot of QoL improvements. This mod restores content that was cut from the game. It also brings numerous gameplay tweaks and changes. Plus, it improves the game’s lighting so that it can be similar to the one for Xbox.
In case you didn’t know, the PC version of Splinter Cell had weaker lighting than the Xbox version. Luckily, this mod fixes that. It brings back the Xbox lighting and textures, so the game looks much better. It also brings back the flashing light effect from the Xbox version when alarms go off. On top of that, there’s a new option to change Sam’s outfit for all levels.
Not only that, but Enhanced Splinter Cell includes dgVoodoo2 to restore Shadow Buffer rendering and set a 60 FPS cap. It also includes the ThirteenAG Widescreen Fix for widescreen support. This means that you can run the game on modern PC systems and monitors. This alone is a must for everyone who wants to replay the first Splinter Cell.
As said, Enhanced Splinter Cell also comes with a bunch of new gameplay improvements. Now, you can tap a key to open the inventory instead of holding it down—just like in Pandora Tomorrow. You can also set a key to turn the HUD on or off. There’s a new option to choose how fast your character moves when the game starts. And just like in later Splinter Cell games, you can now use the crouch key to drop down from ledges.
What’s also cool is that the patch adds two missions that were cut from the game. These missions are the Nuclear Power Plant and Severonickel. Do note that these are still a WIP. As such, they are not as polished as the official missions. Still, these are two cool missions that die-hard fans may find cool. The patch also includes updated cutscene that improve the storytelling for Kalinatek, along with two new cutscenes for Nuclear Power Plant and Severonickel.
In short, this is an amazing unofficial patch/mod for Splinter Cell. Splinter Cell Remake is MIA and we don’t know when – and if – it will come out. And while it would have been cool to play Splinter Cell with Path Tracing, its RTX Remix Mod is still in a very early dev stage. Personally, I don’t expect this mod to ever come out. Thus, the best way you can play Splinter Cell right now is via this mod. So, be sure to download it from this link.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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