Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

After finishing Splinter Cell: SAR, I jumped straight into this game and.......... It's kind of a mess. I understand this is the OG game, not a remaster but this game is littered with bugs and poor decisions. It's pretty much SC:SAR but with a lot of issues. First of all, this game suffers from HORRENDOUS audio compression. I was baffled because I've played older games with better audio. Besides Michael Ironside. the voice acting is terrible. Lambert' new VA sounds robotic and flat while Anna sounds jarring and off-putting. Also everybody is just American. You'll be exploring places like France, Israel, Indonesia and not one person will sound like they belong to that region. Gameplay wise, it's the same. Some mechanics have been refined and work well while others were altered, wall jumping being a prime example. You can't wall jump by default now, you have to be within an area that requires you to do set action. You don't split jump anymore, instead you do a half-split jump which does let you reach higher areas but the wall jumping alone would've helped with this so I don't understand it's removal. A big positive for the game were the Missions/Levels. I enjoyed playing through each mission, especially the later missions as they added environmental effects that make Sam visible like lightning, forcing you to time your movement between obstacles. The only problem with missions in SC:PT is how linear they are. If you thought the first game was bad for linear missions, SC:PT makes missions feel like a straight line. It's a shame this game didn't have an 'Enhanced Mod' because it probably would've helped with a lot of issues that plague the game. If you were looking to play this game and you haven't purchased it, get an emulator and play.

Great game! It's about as good as the first game, maybe a bit better. I liked it! Sadly, UbiSlop was lazy and did not add support for modern resolutions. Just like in the first game. But they added UbiSlop Connect... Luckily, you only have to login once. After that it does not bother you anymore. (Or I was just lucky?)

Better mechanics than the first game and some cool missions. My biggest issue in this game is the lighting is just not accurate. Sometimes you can stand completely in the dark and somehow there is still a light source showing on you. I'm not sure if that is just a rendering issue or the age of the game but outside that, the game is generally fun. I don't think I enjoyed it more than the first game but as a continuation of the story, it is pretty good. Unfortunately, like the first game, this one limits you a lot on what you can do as far as mission objectives are concerned. You basically have to complete them the way the devs intended as there are very few times you can really make your own choices or paths through the linear levels, so there is a lot of trial and error.

Bien

What going on? 7.5/10

I loved this game growing up. My first stealth game ever. Of course I was terrible at it. But this and Chaos Theory introduced me to the stealth genre.

tutto, è bello ritornare al passato