Saturday, 7 June 2025

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Nokia N-Gage review)

Developer: Gameloft
Publisher: Gameloft
Released: 2005

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is a stealth game that was also released on the Nintendo DS in 2005.

+ Contains ten sizeable missions with intricate layouts, and the gameplay has a great mix of pure stealth and weapons-based scenarios.

+ Scouring the environments for paths to avoid detection is captivating and there's typically multiple ways to tackle situations.

+ Each area feels like a mini-puzzle and there's many awesome gadgets to assist, such as the Optic Cable that lets you peak under doors.

+ Dramatic music evokes a tense atmosphere, and your need to remain in the shadows makes light an unrelenting source of fear.

+ Load times are super impressive and the game has many checkpoints to alleviate any frustration from failed mission attempts.

- Frame-rate isn't the best, which creates the knock-on effect of a jittery reticle when trying to precisely line up a shot.

- Complex controls take a while to adjust to, and the dreadful microphone hunt in the Hokkaido mission is busywork at its worst.


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