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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Gameloft
Developer: Gameloft
Genre(s): Action, Adventure
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: March 22, 2005
Summary
The year is 2008. Information Warfare has evolved into the most dangerous threat to global stability. You are Sam Fisher, Third Echelon's most skilled Splinter Cell operative. You are assigned to execute a hazardous series of operations to investigate and eliminate a new source of information attacks, originating in North Korea. To succeed, you will employ a host of unconventional counterintelligence activities to gather intel, disrupt enemy operations and neutralize adversary targets. As Information Warfare evolves, so must the Splinter Cell. You must penetrate deeper into hostile territory and operate undetected, closer to the enemy than ever before. At your disposal is a lethal array of tactics ranging from Combat Knife techniques, experimental prototype weapons skills, and more radical hand-to-hand techniques such as the Inverted Chokehold. Experience the thrill of acting as a lone operative fighting tomorrow's threats in the field, and of cooperating online with a partner to accomplish crucial missions. Die in action, and the free world dies with you. [Ubisoft] With Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, the Gameloft development studio continues to push the interactive and technological possibilities of mobile gaming, adding full-3D to interactive features and multiplayer options via Bluetooth wireless technology and the N-Gage Arena. [Gameloft]
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What The Critics Said
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Gaming Target
Granted, it’s a lot more linear than the console versions, but it’s still not for “rush gamers” that want to speed through levels in run-n’-gun fashion. It’s everything you’d expect and ask for from a Splinter Cell title on N-Gage.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Too good to be true. It makes the 2D version, which was acceptable at the time, seem like a total waste in comparison.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Missions are long and satisfying, and continually change to keep you on your toes. The plot is well written and increases your interest... Graphically, this is a stunning N-Gage game.
Read Full Review >1UP
To date, Chaos Theory N-Gage is the finest display of the handheld's overall gaming abilities, yet there are a few areas of inconsistency that, on top of the challenging gameplay, make the game a bit more frustrating than it needs to be.
Read Full Review >Console Gameworld
Gameloft pulls one out of their hats for the N-Gage that successfully ports the console version to the N-Gage.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
With amazing and atmospheric graphics and sound, full 3D action, tense gameplay and a host of weapons and gadgets to help you complete a range of missions, this is certainly another must own for the N-Gage.
Read Full Review >IC-Games
The single player story is as impressive as it gets on the N-Gage, missions are long and satisfying and you really do get plenty of opportunity to use the gadgets and weapons at Sam’s disposal.
Read Full Review >IGN
Easily one of the top three games for the N-Gage -- and it's probably the best of those three. Gameloft's attention to details specific to the platform pays off in spades -- games built from the ground up for a specific system just feel better. Better control, better level design, better graphics.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
With Sam’s inventory of moves accounted for, the gameplay is very similar to the other versions of Chaos Theory.
Read Full Review >Modojo
Good but not overly spectacular. There's nothing about it that necessarily makes me go "Wow" other than the thirty seconds it took to get over the fact that a game like this is running on N-Gage hardware.
Read Full Review >Pelaaja (Finland)
Does the unthinkable: it offers the same game play as the bigger console versions and in full 3D. But as so often happens on the N-Gage, the faults of the gaming deck itself, narrow screen and clunky controls, hurt the quality of the game. [May 2005, p 92]
G4 TV
Impressive 3D graphics, fun stealth gameplay, and impressive multiplayer options all add up to a game that manages to thumb its nose at the N-Gage’s main competitor, the GBA.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Simon M. gave it a10:
An amazing achievement for a portable game. Gorgeous graphics and tense gameplay. One of the best N-gage games.
Jusa gave it a9:
It's a very good game!
