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 - Splinter Cell: Pandora TomorrowWell, its the second game in the series. I was really hyped up about this game before it came out. I rented it along time ago and never beat it. The other day I bought it and just beat it today. I liked all the missions on here, the same guns as before on Splinter Cell 1. Some missions on this game are in the jungle which were cool to play in. Some in the city also. The graphics look about the same as SC 1, but a little better in some parts. This game also had a really good storyline, about these terrorists releasing some smallpox virus. You eventually stop it at the end of the game. The last level is challenging but also fun and good at the end, with a small attached movie showing what happens. So overall this game was a really good sequel and defintaely worth the price here in amazon.com. A highly recommended game. You should buy SC 1 before this one, then after completing that one, get this one. Great game! One of the cons, were how long, it seemed just a LITTLE short, but long enough. Rating: - Pandora's TomarrowI am a big fan of all the Splinter Cell games. It has been great to see the progression from the first to the third. Rating:  - Linear, but with some heart-thumping suspense.I played the orignal Splinter Cell on PC and bought Pandora's Tomorrow ("PT) with the purchase of my Xbox 360. You're back as Sam Fischer, covert (sometimes 'overt') operative with license to kill. You have the silenced/flash suppressed weapons, grenades, as well as non-lethal attacks that knock-out or disable opponents. PT is less 'sterile' than the original Splinter Cell (PC version) as I found the environments to have added details that gave them a more realistic feel. Visuals and voice over action(except where the programmers play bit parts) are nice. You can argue about the realism of creeping through the streets of Jerusalem after curfew (with guards and occasional civilians milling about), but the near misses and close calls will keep your heart pumping. I wouldn't think that dressing like a high-tech ninja and hiding in the shadows would always be the best approach to infiltration, but whatever. Patience and stealth are key, although, occassionally, you have to do some shooting. For this reason, it's PG-13 (or maybe -16). The game tends to be linear for many of the missions - but I suppose Sam would know exactly where he's going anyway - so you tend to 'follow a corridor' with few options to get around a situation; or to come back later and tackle the problem after working some other part the the mission. This is fairly easy to ignore as the details 'destract' you way from this winding hallway effect. Also, the controls occasionally can be annoying - I zoom in with the up-arrow in sniper mode using the flat thumbpad, and the night vision kicks-in fairly easily (left on the thumbpad) - not good if your looking around during lightning or in a bright area (washes out your NVGs ["Night Vision Goggles"]). Or when your trying to descend a ladder and Sam just can't quite get hold of it and he falls to his death. That's another issue: saves are at certain checkpoints. If you don't make it to the next checkpoint and you die, you start from the last one. There's no "take out the bad guys, run back to some locale (hideout or whatever)to trigger a save, go back out, take out more, head back to save, etc. It's make it to the next checkpoint or don't. Fall down a ladder that Sam just can't grab and die? Start over at last checkpoint (might be an hour prior). Overall, a engaging and exciting game. Btw, it's not a 360 game, but is on the backward compatibility list. Rating:  - What? No split screen? I bought this for my kids because according to the box, up to 4 players can play at the same time. Well, as it turns out, that means 4 different players with 4 different Xboxes... Yeah, like most siblings are going to patiently take turns playing this together. Most parents know better than to buy games for 1 player when they have more than one kid in the house, it just doesn't work. So, I thought the labeling was very misleading. From what I could tell, the graphics looked pretty good but I don't much else about the game play and all since I hid this game from my kids, so I can quit hearing them fight over who gets to play. Rating:  - Its al..right i supposeTom Clancy and UBI-SOFT make good games but i don`t think Clancy is cut out for stealth,don`t get me wrong Splinter Cell:Pandora Tommoro is OK but is..boring-Clancy is definatly good for making military-combat games like the Ghost Recon games,or special counter terrorism Ops. games the RAINBOW 6 games which are his oldest franchise. Splinter Cell:Pandora tommoro is the sequal to Splinter Cell.It has no humor,no hiddens and it IS a stealth game that is just tiring it is definatly no match for the excellent Metal Gear Solid games,the MGS games are amongst my favorate series EVER. The character you play is okay,a middle aged agent called Sam Fisher,Sam is a veteran of countless wars as a former Espionage soldier and a former Navy SEAL soldier.But "now" is a NSA agent of Third Echelon(3E). Sam Fisher though he is good he is no Solid Snake or even Naked Snake should i add(Both Metal Gear Solid games characters). There was one mission in SC:PT i liked though and that was the one in Jerusalem,i remember when i was chasing some Nun i jumped and "accidentaly" knocked her out,and stealth was fun for once in the game. The only similarity between the MGS games and the SC games is that you use stealth to beat the enemy. In a Splinter Cell game you HAVE to use stealth which sucks because if a guard sees you its "Mission Failed" and your not even allowed to kill a guard on most missions,or if you don`t hide them/or their corpse they will be "Found" magically and you fail the mission. But in the Metal Gear Solid games stealth is fun you getta hide under boxes,in lockers,under tables,in toilets and in ducts,and in MGS3 you can camoflage your self in suitable parts of the Jungle so your enemy walks over you like he would on the ground.The good thing about the MGS game is that you don`t gotta hide you can just topple them or take them hostage. I usually hate fantasy parts in games(like a human who can turn into a monster,etc) Even though MGS contains a little bit of fantasy but not too much and they keep to realism as much as possible. I am a fan of all military,The Army,The Navy,The Air Force,The Navy`s SEALs,British SAS etc. i think military stuff isneat.I love military related games,the MGS games are military related,The Splinter Cell games are too because you are pitted against a military group,sometimes Mercenaries. All the military secret agent games i know are; The secret agent games/Counter terrorism:007 games,Metal Gear Solid games,Splinter Cell games,Mission Impossible games,Rainbow 6 games More Military-ish games:Medal Of Honor series,Call Of Duty games, series,Brothers In Arms games,BattleField games,VietCong:Purple Haze,ShellShock:`Nam `67,Conflict series,SOCOM series and The Ghost Recon games i plan to try at least one of each series(except Metal Gear Solid games i plan to get ALL of them) and for the SOCOM and Ghost Recon games i intend to get a HeadSet so i can command soldiers in my platoon or if i ever get a R-6 game.I know the mass-Majority of The SOCOM games are OnLine Play but i don`t use OL play but the 1-Player game stands its own as i have tried one b4. I know my review ain`t helpful but i just wanted to say all this.
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