Tom Clancy's Splinter
Cell redefined the way a stealth action game should be done. Everything
about it dripped with polish. The lighting created an eeriely tense
mood that you actually felt like a field operative. The way that Sam
Fisher had to sneak around slowly without being heard, dispatching enemies
without being seen, while infiltrating the Kalinatek base (5th Level),
has got to be one of the best immersive feelings in a game I've ever
played. It could be it's own training simulator. Heck even the training
level was cool.
The game even got
an extra mission to play called Kola Cell downloaded via Xbox Live.
So if you beat the game, there was another foray to enter as our favorite
CIA operative.
Now that Tom Clancy's
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (how has Mr. Clancy come up with all
these code names for missions?) has been revealed it begs to wonder
if it will be as good or better than the original. In all respect it
seems to be. Based on screenshots we see Sam doing an extra move. He's
hanging upside down with his legs holding him on a steel bar. Looks
like the move Nova does in Starcraft: Ghost. Finally Sam can shoot his
SC-20K while hanging instead of just his pistol.
The levels have
also seemed to get more diverse. In one screenshot Sam is seen moving
about in a jungle environment with stratus clouds above. I guess those
all concrete and steel environments needed some variety and Pandora
Tomorrow looks to bring it.
I haven't seen how
the infrared looks like, but the nightvision has gone throught a slight
change. You can still see in the dark, but instead of using a black
and white grainy look to it, it has a more yellow-brown black grainy
look. It makes the nightvision look better for some reason and the way
light looks when you have the nightvision on looks very slick. Just
look at the pictures.
Pandora Tomorrow
looks to better his predecessor by adding more variety to the levels
and hopefully make them bigger with more paths and shadows to sneak
around in. The Xbox Live too will have something to say for this game
as you can sneak around with real people. Look out for this one.
"Tell me there'll
be more rappelling in this one."
--Alvin
| Graphics - Just
great. Good cinematic quality. You're actually playing a Star Wars
movie. |
9.0 |
| Sound - Same
old Star Wars theme never gets old as you being the story. Lightsabers
sound like lightsabers. The voice acting is top notch. |
9.7 |
| Gameplay - Very
deep. So much to do with all the sidequests along with the main
quest. Fighting system takes a while to get used to, but it's smooth
once you know how to use it. |
9.6 |
| Satisfaction - Oh
yeah, this game is duly recommended. Get if even if you're not a
Star Wars fan. 2 different endings make you play it twice. |
9.6 |
| Overall |
10 |
