Don't know about the steam version, my issue with SCDA Xbox version was 2 parts, the departure from the stealth genre more KOs in 1 mission than nearly the combined results of the 1st 3 games and a bug in the prison mission that produced 2 IDs even when all individuals were KO'd from their 6:00 without comment.

Other than that I really liked the game I thought mission diversity was great

It was my least favorite of the series for sure, and I can't even say I liked it that much regardless of the franchise comparison with other prior games, but something seemed way off in terms of the game play and such, and this is noted in the history videos of the franchise I've watched. It was just "different," and not in a very positive way.

Sorta like SC: Conviction. Sorta jumped the shark with that one; it was fun to play, but totally strayed from the conventions which made the series famous.

I'm aware it was the least liked, I wrote guides for the 1st 4 games and SCDA has the least number of hits. I wrote a guide for SC1, back in late 02, was about to upload it to Gamefaqs 03, decided to check and see if anyone else had done so and there were already 2 guides. It didn't bother me, I read both guides and the one written by The Message, (didn't know from a hole in the ground) was so close to my own in moves in confrontations and avoidance I decided not to upload it out of a concern of plagiarism. 10 + yrs later I'm looking through the SC guides and notice the guide "The Message" wrote was gone and no one knew when or why.

I had been updating SC1 for personal use over the yrs so I uploaded it 2012, 5 yrs after SCDA, it caught up to and passed SCDA

I got the old version of SCDA on my Nintendo Wii controls are a bit odd (because of wii remote and nunchuk lol) but it works and it is pretty cool, it also comes with splitscreen coop but the Wii version lacks the versus mode which was only available on the original xbox and ps2 afaik, I am not entirely sure.

Not sure if you're still interested in this topic, but to quickly answer your question, there are technically 3 versions of this game. Version 1 is know as the "next gen" version which was released for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Version 2 was the Original Xbox version which had a different plot, missions and twists. Most people count the NGC and PS2 versions as Version 2 as they are similar to the Xbox version, but they too differ from the Xbox version. Mostly different in terms of some of the map designs/alterations and cutscenes. Many of the cutscenes on the Xbox version are ingame while the NGC and PS2 have prerendered videos. Many of the changes were due to system limitations, so needless to say, even visually the Xbox version was far more superior. Textures were very high quality and supported HD 16:9.

If you are a big Splinter Cell fan and still have an Xbox 360 or Xbox One, totally recommend getting a copy of Version 2. It pretty much looks and feels like Chaos Theory, and is really good. Version 1 is also enhanced for Xbox One X and runs exceptionally well, looking better than an unmodded PC version in many ways and more stable. Of course, you can mod and improve the PC version, but there are still some stability issues and game breaking bugs. The modding community has worked on fixing many of the issues, some people still report them unfixed.

I hope you get an opportunity to try them all out.

Aware of the version platform differences, way back when playing and writing SCCT guide became friends with a PS player who pointed out all the differences between the 2. Also helped develop my stealth and speed maneuvers over the 1st roof in Penthouse. My X died last yr I can't get the hang of playing ghost with the PC version.

Version 2 is addictive. ver 1 is suck((((((

Is this old version og xbox or new 1 xbox 360? same game but 2 version has huge diffirent totally diff game wonder whys that ever happen :S? screenshot gives in idea it is old versio i only played new ver and its uberly peace of crap so wont buy if this is v2 :/

Originally posted by ุMonsterDeadWood:

Version 2 is addictive. ver 1 is suck((((((

I tough v2 was pure ♥♥♥♥?

I've watched what I convinced myself was the PC because it was so different from the OG X, but maybe it belonged to the 360

The PC version was based on the Xbox 360 version, not the OG Xbox version.

Unfortunately the PC port of the Xbox 360 version is very glitchy so your experience won't be that good.