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- Reviewed on: 07/22/2005
- Originally published on GameSpot: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 3D (Mobile) Review
With its release on the LG VX8000, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory has been iterated across just about every device with a screen. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 3D for Verizon's V Cast seems to be a quick and dirty port of the first level of the N-Gage version. Although this level is rather lengthy and will take a few hours to complete, the ability to download additional missions would have added welcome longevity. While the game is--for the most part, anyway--technically sound, controlling Sam Fisher with the mobile keypad is a difficult task.
In general, Chaos Theory mobile looks quite good.
Chaos Theory 3D mobile starts Sam in medias res, integrating the N-Gage's tutorial level into the opening play sequence. The Lighthouse level's first few guards are easy to dispatch anyhow, as most of them spend their time staring at computer terminals with their backs to whatever door you're entering.
This game follows the plot of its N-Gage counterpart and is therefore equally bland. The important thing is that Sam Fisher still sneaks up behind people and attacks them. It's ironic that Tom Clancy, a master of counterterrorist intrigue, includes such forgettable plots in his video games. Chaos Theory's lackluster storyline, told through cinematic cutscenes, is no exception. These, predictably, involve banter between Fisher and his inveterate dispatcher, Irving Lambert. Unfortunately, as with the N-Gage edition, Michael Ironside hasn't lent his basso profundo to the mobile version of Chaos Theory 3D, so you'll have to content yourself with scrolling written dialogue.
As in the other versions of Chaos Theory, Sam is much more prone to violence than in his previous adventures. In fact you'll be employing the "Fifth Freedom" much more often this time around, which tips Chaos theory slightly more to the "action" side of stealth action. You're still encouraged to avoid direct confrontations with the enemy; you can just choose to flout the conventional wisdom on that point.
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