Splinter Cell for the GBA, was probablly in my opinion, one of the most fun side scrollers on that system that were not rehashes of old Super Nintendo games. The version of Pandora Tomorrow was nothing special, as it tried to change and update the already perfect formula. Then the DS came about, and the first 3D Tom Clancy game on a Nintendo handheld came out. This game Chaos Theory, got some pretty bad reviews, but seing how I love Tom Clancy games, I still decided to give this game a try, and in my opinion, was not that bad of a game at all.
This game keeps the same story that the console versions did, with some minor changes. The levels for obvious reasons are a tad bit different than they were on the xbox, but you will still find some places that are all to framiliar. This game's story is shown only through text, and the talking in the rare cutscenes. I just wish that Tom would give us some voice overs in his games, now that there is some new technology out on the market. There is a new level exclusive to the Nintendo DS, but the story is still the same.
Graphically is where this game is at its lowest point. This game although it does not look horrible, is not the best looking game on the Nintendo DS at this time. This game looks a lot like Madden 2005 or Goldeneye: Rouge Agent, which also does not make it the worst looking game on the Nintendo DS either. So graphically speaking, this game is at par with some games on the DS. There is absolutely nothing special about them, but they are not horrible either. No real complaints here, atleast they tried to go to 3D, and they get props for that. I will add though that the cutscnes look very good.
This game does have music. The music is very good, and this game does have some cool sound effects. Most of the story is told through text, but however there are some voice-overs in some famous cutscenes from the Xbox version, like the scene where Lambert tells Fisher in the most cheesy way possible that he is going to the Big Apple. Yeah, console fans know what I am talking about. The music in this game is good. There are atleast some voice-overs, so that is cool. I just wish that there would have been some more music in the background, and that is all I ask.
This game has replay value. The only thing, is that you have to have a friend who owns the game, and be in like thirty yards of each other. Yes, this game has all of the console multi-player features, from mercs and spies to the new co-op gameplay, this game has it all, which is pretty cool. This game is pretty cool in the area of the game, it is just to bad that there is no wi-fi yet. Oh, well maybe Splinter Cell 4 will have it.
This game controls perfectly, well almost. The fact that you use the stylus for controling the camera is pretty cool, beacause you are actualy using it quite a bit. Not to mention that picking locks is pretty fun, but the computer hacking is not there, which was in my opinion, one of the coolest featuers in the console version. I absoutely loved it. No complaits here.
This game is fun game for those Clancy fans and people who are looking for a fun action game on the DS (there are what only 2 or 3???). The only thing that could have made this game a little bit better would have been if they waited until there was wi-fi for the DS, and during that time, they could have updated the graphics a little bit. Other than that, this game is loads of fun. I give this game a 8/10.
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