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Well, it's official. Sam Fisher has jumped the shark. I loved this franchise for the experience of being a high-tech ninja, planning moves carefully through facilities in order to achieve your objective with the minimum amount of fuss. The crowning achievement of my Splinter Cell career was completing levels in Chaos Theory without even knocking out a single guard. All of that is gone. In its place is a game that…
Wow, that's really nice looking. It's just like watching the game on TV! Okay, tip-off. Oops, lost the tip-off because I didn't push the right button. Oh well, I'll figure it out. Okay, so they've got the ball. I saw in the controller settings that X was steal, let's try that. What? Personal foul? I didn't even do anything! Whatever. So now they're inbound- What?! Personal foul?! Oh, it was one of my teammates this…
I suppose I'm just not part of the target audience for this game. Make no mistake, there are definitely things to like about it. I like the ability to customize my band's space and the appearance of my staff. The rock challenges are actually pretty cool, and I like being able to rock out as a little Lego dude, but a music game stands or falls on how it plays. Now, there's nothing wrong with the gameplay. It's the…
Chaos Theory is one of those few games I consider to be near perfect. It captures perfectly the idea of getting in, accomplishing your task, and getting out without anyone being the wiser. It gives you a wide range of freedom in approaching your target. It allows you to either kill/knock out guards or leave them as you choose. It provides a nice variety in the tasks you're supposed to accomplish. In short, no other…
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