I beat the OG Splinter Cell for the first time. This is honestly one of the most miserable gaming experiences I've ever had.
I know this is an unpopular opinion, so try not to go too ballistic.
This game has every rough edge from China to Georgia. The stealth system, the ai, the level design, the shooting mechanics, all of it just feels rough. And to top it off, none of the consoles ports retain the manual saving from the PC version, which is honestly the only thing that could make the later portion of this game somewhat enjoyable for me.
Some of the later missions are genuinely such unenjoyable, bs, trial and error fests that i didn't even feel happy beating them. And again, it wouldn't be that bad if the console versions just had some sort of quick save.
There's plenty of concepts i thought were cool, but i feel that they could be (and im assuming they are) done much better in later games.
Thank you for reading my rant.