Review: Tom Clancy?s Splinter Cell
This 2D side-scrolling distillation of Splinter Cell is surprisingly engaging.
This simple, stealthy, slightly puzzly distillation of Ubisoft?s modern classic proves to be one of the N-Gage?s most engaging titles, even if it?s really not all that similar. Most of the gameplay involves finding ways to avoid patrolling guards. Luckily, Sam has a surprisingly wide array of moves. A meter on the bottom blinks red to warn him of off-screen danger, letting him know it?s time to hide in a closet or pull himself up onto pipes hanging from the ceiling.
The graphics are nice?dark without detracting from the gameplay?and all the alarm buttons you have to press, safes you have to crack, and pipes you have to hang from are very easy to see. The sound is forgettable, though?feel free to have the N-Gage pump out some other music.
Splinter Cell automatically saves after you complete each objective, so it?s simple to put the game down if you suddenly have to go. It also features a rather cool use of Bluetooth?a two-player co-op mode that requires two agents to work together to get through a scenario that's completely different from the single-player game's.
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