Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

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  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Mar 28, 2005
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9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 236 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 212 out of 236
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 236
  3. Negative: 13 out of 236
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  1. KnightH.
    Mar 13, 2007
    10
    Don't get me wrong but I do enjoy the stab in the back do a runner types of games but how the hell do I access versus mode on Splintercell Chaos Theory.
  2. MarkB
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    This game is amazing. I didn't think games could look this good.
  3. AndrewV.
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    There's nothing else this good in my collection.
  4. HarryG
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    Shracking fantastic game.
  5. Darth_Kane
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Still an amazing game, even after all these years. Just revisited after buying it one XBox One X, looks and a plays surprisingly good.

    Will forever be one of my favorite games, shame that the franchise seems dead now, Splinter Cell still has a lot of potential.
  6. Signas501
    Mar 22, 2015
    10
    Tom Clancy's Splinter cell chaos theory sets the player as a spy of Third Echelon, Sam Fisher currently investigating a string of events leading towards a major terrorist. All made by a very intellectual person. Its up to you, to ghost your way through highly dangerous missions, to put an end to this "chaos theory," and prevent world war 3.
  7. JoshF.
    Apr 2, 2005
    10
    Absolute gaming heaven. Everything annoying about Pandora Tomorrow has been tweaked to perfection. I give it an 11.
  8. Zeichef
    Jun 10, 2012
    10
    Absolutely amazing game, the best installment in the series hands down. A huge step forward for the stealth game genre and since it's release very few games have even come close to the stealth mechanics of this game. If stealth isn't your thing, Chaos Theory is also an amazing action game, if you choose to play like a super soldier utilizing stunning new moves to take down your enemies.Absolutely amazing game, the best installment in the series hands down. A huge step forward for the stealth game genre and since it's release very few games have even come close to the stealth mechanics of this game. If stealth isn't your thing, Chaos Theory is also an amazing action game, if you choose to play like a super soldier utilizing stunning new moves to take down your enemies. I'm a hardcore gamer, playing virtually anything that comes out. Chaos Theory came out in 2005 and 7 years later, it still remains in my Top 10, no, make that Top 5 games of all time.… Expand
  9. AmongstYou
    Nov 2, 2013
    10
    It's strange for me to claim this, but I do profess that this is my favorite game of all time. It's hard to describe, but in my opinion Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is the perfect culmination of story, visuals, audio, and gameplay ever crafted. This is art, undeniably.
  10. herrmoekl
    Jun 9, 2015
    10
    One of my All-Time Favorites and certainly one of the best stealth Games ever created. The Gameplay offers so many opportunities to access an area and handle a situation. That is what i really miss in more modern stealth Games. The Game also wonderfully arouses the feeling of being a spy. Since then there was no other Game on the market that could accomplish that in this form.
  11. GaborA.
    Jun 2, 2005
    5
    More of an expansion pack than a new game. Single player has some good additions but multiplayer feels like the same thing.
  12. T.Clancy
    Feb 27, 2006
    1
    Graphics are nice but I have given this game a week and still cant get used to the controls or sneaking around like a wuss. Call me a FPS fan but I will be trading this one in. Not very fun.
  13. Broyax
    May 1, 2017
    8
    J'y avais joué et l'avais fini lors de sa sortie en 2005 mais je n'en gardais étrangement qu'un souvenir assez flou, un mélange de sensations fortes et d'irritation -à moins que ce ne fût du pur énervement combiné à la fureur de la victoire acquise de haute lutte (rien que ça...).

    Alors, j'ai remis le machin sur le métier et m'y suis attelé juste pour voir, histoire de se remettre les    J'y avais joué et l'avais fini lors de sa sortie en 2005 mais je n'en gardais étrangement qu'un souvenir assez flou, un mélange de sensations fortes et d'irritation -à moins que ce ne fût du pur énervement combiné à la fureur de la victoire acquise de haute lutte (rien que ça...).

    Alors, j'ai remis le machin sur le métier et m'y suis attelé juste pour voir, histoire de se remettre les idées en place... et ce qui devait arriver, arriva : une fois le doigt dans l'engrenage, on ne lâche plus ce Splinter qui fait toujours figure d'épouvantail dans le petit monde fermé des jeux d'infitration, malgré -pourtant- le poids des ans !

    Il reste dans le fond très semblable aux deux premiers Splinter Cell avec son approche "hardcore stealth to death" (marche silencieusement ou crève) : l'IA des ennemis est intraitable et semble parfois avoir des yeux derrière la tête ; si ce Splinter 3 abuse moins des scripts, certains vous déboulent encore en pleine face pour vous mettre un gros coup de pression supplémentaire ; de plus, il balance ici et là et surtout vers la fin, des "situations" en temps limité à s'arracher les cheveux...

    Cela dit, tous ces "sales coups" étaient déjà l'apanage des deux précédents Splinter, sauf qu'ici d'une part les niveaux sont un peu plus grands et d'autre part on peut sauvegarder quand on veut ! voilà qui change considérablement la donne (dans le bon sens) et laisse plus de choix et de solutions au joueur qui peut expérimenter à loisir...

    Une carte en 3D est même gracieusement proposée mais rien de très ergonomique puisqu'elle n'indique que la zone où on se trouve et qu'elle se révèle peu lisible avec son vert monochrome dégueulasse ! D'ailleurs, l'interface générale n'a pas changé et reste carrément perfectible pour les standards d'aujourd'hui. Sam loupe toujours les éléphants dans les couloirs (sacré Sam la,picole !) et le moindre affrontement est très, très mal barré : avec ce Splinter, on s'infiltre ou on crève. Capito Pépito ?

    On prendra donc bien soin de ne jamais déclencher d'alarme et de reprendre le cas échéant sa sauvegarde d'il y a moins de deux minutes -voire bien moins- et de tenter le plus souvent un parcours proche d'une certaine perfection ou à défaut d'une fluidité appréciable : c'est-à-dire en vérité de garder toujours son sang-froid ! d'ailleurs, les sadiques de chez Ubisoft ont même pensé à la sauvegarde rapide, décidément très, très utile...

    La réalisation du jeu est certes convaincante mais dans des environnements aussi sombres que l'on parcourt en nuances verdâtres de l'amplification de lumière, elle s'avère en fait assez secondaire ! ce qui importe ici davantage, ce sont les effets sonores réussis et la VF drolatique de notre pince-sans-rire de Schwarzy-Batou-Fisher par Daniel Beretta. Sans mentionner le doublage hilarant des Japonais (on dirait les Inconnus...).

    A noter la musique survoltée d'Amon Tobin -un choix audacieux d'Ubisoft à n'en pas douter- qui délivre une partition des plus bizarres, faite de jazz électro-industriel tantôt agité tantôt introspectif selon le calme ou le foirage de la situation. Difficilement descriptible mais très efficace.

    Egalement drôle au 3ème degré (ou plus) l'espèce d'intrigue à la Tom Clancy complètement délirante et grotesque qui sert de prétexte au jeu : je crois que ce bon vieux Tom boit et sans doute tout ce qui s'en inspire également.

    Exigeant, énervant, implacable mais assurément réaliste, ce Splinter Cell 3 est aussi incroyablement addictif pour tout amateur de vidéo-ludo-furtivité.    … Expand
  14. Brayancodova
    Aug 23, 2020
    10
    Es un juegazo! Me gustan los juegos de sigilo splinter cell siempre fue mi titulo favorito excelente!.
  15. EfeB.
    Apr 7, 2005
    7
    Everyone is hooked on this chaos. i guess it is up to me again to be the devils advocate. fine, we ALL know that this game is the best, but it can be better...here's how: firstly, there is no blood, there should be...since everything else is so real. it would be nice to add a version where you must wipe the blood on the floor for stealth reasons e.t.c. there arent enough weaponEveryone is hooked on this chaos. i guess it is up to me again to be the devils advocate. fine, we ALL know that this game is the best, but it can be better...here's how: firstly, there is no blood, there should be...since everything else is so real. it would be nice to add a version where you must wipe the blood on the floor for stealth reasons e.t.c. there arent enough weapon options, like...you cannot throw the knife into some dudes face ninja style..why?. you cannot go in the kitchen and pick up a frying pan, knock out a dude. i am bored of the "multi-purpose" silent machine gun that does "everything". i dont feel particularly scared for fisher...he is like superhuman with all his gadgets. i want some more things like "hitman". be able to grab a golf club and goto town. also, there aren't many guys to kill around, and they pop up in pre-destined places...this kills the replay value. a true stealth game MUST have random generation enemies...because i have finished the game, i know where the bad guys are now...why hide? the ragdoll effects are good, thank god...but what about yanking and pulling them "hitman" style?...the over the shoulder carry is getting old, for instance you cannot really drop the fella off exactly where you want...in my case, i like to throw them off ledges from high locations, but this is very hard to do...given only a shoulder option. the knife element is cool, but it is so automated...meaning, there is only a neck slice and stomach stab...i would have liked more animations, like punisher. sam is "too" polite sometimes, yet he has no need to...he has license to kick ass, so...where is it?. the best new element is the shotgun, a good option for us when we want to go "berserk". but with no blood and no limb damage, it leaves me dry... so, the furniture is never, ever movable...this aint so hard to do man...look at max payne, or punisher even...i want to see chairs fall off, objects brake, vases to fall and break...and would'nt this be a better ''stealth" game if we had to watch where fisher was walking into, because a falling bucket would make a loud noise? yeah...it would. i cannot stand seeing this very real and pretty world but i can only destroy glass and naked lightbulbs. i want to fire a gun to a car and see its windshield crack, tires explode. i wanna fire a gun and have everything on the desk fly off. but, i can't. also, fisher DOES NOT really have very cool gadgets, who gives a damn about the "ringfoil"?...or "sticky shocker"?...why not a metal wire, a poison dart gun, something more real, more visceral and satisfying?...grab a butchers knife from the kitchen and use that...he has cool gadgets for spying but not for kicking ass, and this resluts in a gameplay un-balance. the stories suck big time, in ALL of the splinter games. first of all, gamers play for "game-play" and not stories, so...don't go nuts on the story...there is just so much to listen to, koreans did that the japanese did this...bla,bla,bla...this is important because for the sake of story, they have made quite dull levels. for the best splinter game, i suggest a skyscraper level...where fisher walks with vacuum cups on the outside glass, throw people off the windows...the whole thing can take place in this giant building, with no story and no koreans..just give us what we want!...it is ridiculous to enter some dudes home to get a file and the next level you fly off to a korean missle facility...it makes the whole thing linear, every level a "passage" rather than a "gaming arena". brothers in amrs does this very well...the levels are designed in a way that it never feels linear, and its all the "same" package. imagine in brothers in arms...where you shoots germans in vierville one minute and fly off to kenya for some scout mission?...it would kill the whole tangibility of it...thats how i feel about his game. good, but needs to be examined so we can have even better games.… Expand
  16. JonS.
    Oct 31, 2005
    10
    I love these games, and the coresponding book! there just the gratest game ever.
  17. Ednomynous
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    Great game. Beautiful visuals and wonderful gameplay.
  18. RobertL
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    Awesome game.
  19. JamesK.
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    IT's better than the first two.
  20. TonyB.
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    It's the best stealth action game I've seen. Or heard, for that matter.
  21. JuhaM.
    Apr 7, 2005
    10
    Never-before-seen graphics technology offers the best visuals ever to appear on any platform. THE best game on Xbox.
  22. JimmyJ
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    IIiiiiiiitts GRRRRRRrrrrreat!
  23. MC
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    Yup, best graphics on the xbox to date. Not too much new, but if it ain;t broke.....don't fix it.
  24. JohnD.
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    I can't find anything to dislike about this game. Everything is top notch.
  25. ChipL.
    Apr 1, 2005
    10
    Amazing visuals. Intuitive and slick gameplay.
  26. Bas
    Apr 3, 2005
    10
    If you're a SC veteran, you'll love this game. The only bad thing I noticed about it was that they didn't include the SWAT turn.
  27. KurtB.
    Apr 4, 2005
    10
    A stunning acomplishment. You won't believe it's not a PC game, it looks so good. There are very very few faults with this game. It would be perfect exept: 1. The sound: The music doesn't smoothly transition when an enemy becomes aware of you. For example, you shoot out a light, the sound of the light breaking will cut out...and then the music will start. Maybe it's A stunning acomplishment. You won't believe it's not a PC game, it looks so good. There are very very few faults with this game. It would be perfect exept: 1. The sound: The music doesn't smoothly transition when an enemy becomes aware of you. For example, you shoot out a light, the sound of the light breaking will cut out...and then the music will start. Maybe it's just taxing the Xbox too hard resulting in a small freeze. 2. Lighting effects. It's not as good as the older splinter cells. Your stealth meter will show that you are completely hidden, but it's obvious that someone should easily be able to see you. 3. Menus. Too many action menus. For example, I'm sneaking up on an enemy, and I want to grab him, but instead I push him off his chair and start using his computer instead! Of course, I navigated the action menu poorly. This is probably hard to fix on a consule, but you'll end up doing some pretty funny/stupid things accidently. This game isn't perfect. But it's closer than any other game I've ever played. It sets a new bar for AI, graphics, interactive environments, and the list goes on. This game will be the measuring stick for every new game in it's genre. It's gonna be really tough for them to measure up.… Expand
  28. IMZ
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    The Co-op play in this game is amazing!!... with the screen split down the middle, if you have a wide screen T.V, you and a bussy will feel like you are each on your own screen. Although there are not enough missions for the Co-op play, I am hoping they will bring some out to down load, and this is by far the best feature to this new game, and they should improve on it. Mind you, the The Co-op play in this game is amazing!!... with the screen split down the middle, if you have a wide screen T.V, you and a bussy will feel like you are each on your own screen. Although there are not enough missions for the Co-op play, I am hoping they will bring some out to down load, and this is by far the best feature to this new game, and they should improve on it. Mind you, the graphics are absolutely amazing, and if you have HDTV, you will see what I mean... you really will feel like it is so real... you may just have an accident in your pants..… Expand
  29. BobS.
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    this game is the best game ever.
  30. Adam
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    Splinter cell 3 is the best splinter cell game out yet, all the other ones I have played but never finished the game but this one is so good that I can't stop playing it. I rate this game 10/10.
  31. SPYBREAK
    Apr 7, 2005
    10
    Chaos Theory has a lot going for it: great single player and co-op mode (with enhanced gameplay); awesome sound and good music. The graphics are truly incredible, pushing Splinter Cell: CT above its predecessors! Worth purchasing.
  32. E.T.
    Apr 9, 2005
    10
    Greatest game on xbox. Period. Online play is amazing, the frustration is gone thanks to the new save option on the pause menu. I keep on surprising myself with all the things I can easily do in this game. Very cleverly made. Oh and by the way Efe, I read your novel and I have to say this is a STEALTH shooter....hitman and punisher aren't exactly what you would call stealth. Blood Greatest game on xbox. Period. Online play is amazing, the frustration is gone thanks to the new save option on the pause menu. I keep on surprising myself with all the things I can easily do in this game. Very cleverly made. Oh and by the way Efe, I read your novel and I have to say this is a STEALTH shooter....hitman and punisher aren't exactly what you would call stealth. Blood doesn't matter unless you have no life and would like to see people die in pools of their own blood in real life. And why would you want to move furniture when you don't want anybody to know you've freaking BEEN there? 10. Greatest game I've ever played, even better than Zelda on 64.… Expand
  33. Luc
    May 2, 2005
    10
    Excellent great move great storie the best played game ever.
  34. JacobH.
    May 9, 2005
    10
    It is a very godd game.
  35. ArmandilloD.
    Sep 7, 2005
    9
    I am not the biggest fan of these sneaking games... but Splinter Cell :chaos theory is really a awesome game... Graphics are top quality (with this quality, i dont need xbox360 in couple of years)... gameplay is fantastic. This game really has the right "feeling"... Only "-" is, that it's pretty hard to get used to controls.
  36. JohnM.
    Jan 6, 2007
    10
    The gameplay is absoloutely fantastic. It has great graphics and stealth movement. The controls can take some time to get used to though.
  37. DanielL.
    Mar 28, 2005
    10
    This is a very good game. This has a great multiplayer set up.
  38. JohnS.
    Mar 28, 2005
    10
    AWESOME!
  39. Ryencoke
    Mar 31, 2005
    9
    Single player is awesome. Mutliplayer is so confusing though.
  40. [Anonymous]
    Mar 30, 2005
    10
    This is the greatest game in the series and one of the greatest games ever made this is a must have to any stealh-action fan.
  41. DarrenM.
    Apr 2, 2005
    10
    Incredible. Slice and Dice.
  42. Derek
    Apr 23, 2005
    10
    I think this splinter cell is perfect. Im new to the series and i still think this game is one of the best games i have ever played. the thing i really love the most is the new co-op mode. My friends and I have a blast with the co-op and the verus mode also the online mode to. I really think this game is perfect.
  43. WesE.
    Apr 24, 2005
    10
    Utterly incredible. Right from the start, the graphics and audio (including Amon Tobin's stellar soundtrack) will grab you by the throat, much like one of Sam's new moves. Where Doom 3 proved that graphics don't make a good game, Chaos Theory proves to be that exception th the rule. But it throws so much new mechanics into the mix and ups the anty on storytelling with Utterly incredible. Right from the start, the graphics and audio (including Amon Tobin's stellar soundtrack) will grab you by the throat, much like one of Sam's new moves. Where Doom 3 proved that graphics don't make a good game, Chaos Theory proves to be that exception th the rule. But it throws so much new mechanics into the mix and ups the anty on storytelling with it's compelling plot, that it completely reinvents the stealth genre. I have nothing bad to say. This is the best game on the Xbox, without a doubt.… Expand
  44. MichaelW.
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    Dark and gritty. The atmosphere of the game is great, and the voice acting is awesome.
  45. RobertL.
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    The best stealth action around. Not only is it a killer single player game, but the multiplayer is amazing as well.
  46. Alex
    Apr 6, 2005
    10
    I'm going to go ahead and say it: Chaos Theory is one of, if not THE best game on Xbox. the graphics are absolutely stunning, and the gamplay is unmatched. i wasn't the biggest fan of the first two games, but i'm completely sold for this one. it deserves a place among any stealth-action/shooter fan's game library.
  47. JeffreyN.
    May 22, 2005
    8
    This game was the best out of all three! I bought it about a month ago and I loved it! But I am still wondering why it is M because I don't see anything too violent! I just can't wait for the 4th Splinter Cell game comes out. I also just can't wait until the movie Splinter Cell comes out! Which comes out next year in 2006! I like this game, but I am not in love with this one.
  48. RamoW.
    Aug 27, 2005
    10
    This is a very very very very very very ausome game I love online play.
  49. JohnI.
    Aug 28, 2005
    10
    The most thrilling game i'v ever played, with cutting edge graphics and gameplay. Sam hasn't lost his attitude which is great but i think that it has lost a bit of the stealth flare it used to have. Really really looking forward to the next installment.
  50. BrunoB.
    Jan 15, 2006
    10
    for me this game is perfect, i love splinter cell.
  51. SteveP.
    Jun 8, 2006
    10
    A lot better than splinter cell one. They made all the things that were two hard in splinter cell one easier, and all the things to easy more challenging. First of all you have a knife, which makes hand-to-hand combat a lot smother and more fun, better than that gay elbow hit thing from the first. The hacking ability, EEV and the thingy on you gun that messes up cameras and stuff, allows A lot better than splinter cell one. They made all the things that were two hard in splinter cell one easier, and all the things to easy more challenging. First of all you have a knife, which makes hand-to-hand combat a lot smother and more fun, better than that gay elbow hit thing from the first. The hacking ability, EEV and the thingy on you gun that messes up cameras and stuff, allows for more options in completing the mission. The biggest improvement is the flow of the game, the last game felt kind of well I don… Expand
  52. RedRose
    Apr 11, 2005
    9
    EDGE magazine get it right every time. Ignore all the 10/10's and the 99%'s. However you cut it this game is splinter cell with improved graphics and some interesting multiplayer options. In other words it is still fairly linear. It is a technically good but has a greater propensity than most games to be a little bit on the dull, slow side. It is very dark and dare I say it - EDGE magazine get it right every time. Ignore all the 10/10's and the 99%'s. However you cut it this game is splinter cell with improved graphics and some interesting multiplayer options. In other words it is still fairly linear. It is a technically good but has a greater propensity than most games to be a little bit on the dull, slow side. It is very dark and dare I say it - not that fun (not a criticism per se but a compelling reason not to play the single player campaign through again). The single player campaign is not massively long and the storyline is arguably the weakest part of the game. For these reasons I would only give the single player campaign 7/10 and certainly would not buy it if I was not able to experience the full benefits of LIVE. A lot has already been said about the multiplayer aspects of the game and this is where I believe the game has its true value. Therefore, overall as a "package" SCCT represents probably the best game of 2005 so far for xbox. Solid (albeit not spectacular) single player and great multiplayer components. Overall 9/10.… Expand
  53. JosephV.
    Apr 11, 2005
    10
    Man this is the best Splinter Cell Game ever and one of the best games overall! The graphics make me wanna stare at the screen all day long.
  54. D.C.
    Apr 14, 2005
    7
    I have to agree with EFE B, this is a great game but it can get boring, the no blood thing is terrible for a game like this. This is an Adult game so why no blood? The predetermined bad guys, is a bad deal, kind of like the first Super Mario Bros. in a since, you know exactly when and where to move the second time around ( either dying and spawning over or just playing the game a second I have to agree with EFE B, this is a great game but it can get boring, the no blood thing is terrible for a game like this. This is an Adult game so why no blood? The predetermined bad guys, is a bad deal, kind of like the first Super Mario Bros. in a since, you know exactly when and where to move the second time around ( either dying and spawning over or just playing the game a second time all together ) I'm bored with the Splinter Cell series because it's all the same thing, don't get me wrong if this was my first time playing this game I probably would love it. But you would think the third time would be a charm, it wasn't nothing really new. It just felt like a extra levels were added to the first Splinter Cell. We need to judge the game for what it is not all the hype, it's a good game but not the greatest needs more work more excitement.… Expand
  55. DavidD.
    Apr 17, 2005
    10
    Perfect!
  56. MikeD.
    Apr 17, 2005
    10
    This game is on beilive able.
  57. PeteP.
    Apr 25, 2005
    10
    Best graphics, gameplay, storyline, soundtrack,features, player ability, realism. The bvest game i ever seen, on the best console ever seen, the x-box!
  58. R.Clark
    May 23, 2005
    10
    After many weeks of play it still deserves top marks. It deserves the reviews it gets unlike jade empire.
  59. WalkingOnWater
    Nov 29, 2011
    9
    Very few games do stealth as beautifully as the Splinter Cell series, and this game is simply the finest out there. Immensely enjoyable, fantastic missions and damn good AI make this a terrific game with innovative gameplay.
  60. pkchew
    Jul 19, 2014
    10
    This is among my top 3 favorite games of all time. Easily the best game in the Splinter Cell series. The game play is fluid and nuanced, the story is engaging and the graphics are impressive for a game developed a decade ago. The soundtrack and voice acting are amazing as well (Michael Ironside is perfection). Love the overall aesthetic. If you've only played generation seven Splinter CellThis is among my top 3 favorite games of all time. Easily the best game in the Splinter Cell series. The game play is fluid and nuanced, the story is engaging and the graphics are impressive for a game developed a decade ago. The soundtrack and voice acting are amazing as well (Michael Ironside is perfection). Love the overall aesthetic. If you've only played generation seven Splinter Cell games, you've been missing out. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is the crown jewel of the stealth genre.… Expand
  61. TheLooseHunter
    Dec 9, 2014
    10
    Too good. I recommend this one instead of the ps2 game. This is just a masterpiece and a very good improvement since the last one. I love this game and the franchise
  62. Dperks
    Sep 1, 2019
    8
    This games pretty good not like the best stealth game I've ever played but good non the less. its better then the last two games if only for the fact that we got quick saves in this one.
  63. ZOHiiR
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    This is one of the greatest games in the history of stealth games, this game is deserve an remake
  64. TGP482
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    The best game in the series and one of the best games of all time, this game is a must buy
  65. Guo56
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    A stealth game that has aged so great that I can just smell the wine scent coming of of it.
  66. Aguilardenerh
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    I love Sam fisher. You are so lucky that you can take control of the Great Fisher Poison and secretly kill the enemy.
  67. KaleSungurCrane
    Nov 19, 2020
    8
    OVERALL - 84%

    Gameplay - 9/10 Graphics (for time) - 7/10 Story - 8/10 Game Length - 7/10 Characters - 8/10 Level/Area Design - 6/10 Atmosphere - 10/10 Sound Effects - 8/10 Soundtrack - 6/10 Replay Value - 7/10 Has the unfortunate task of competing against Metal Gear and doesn't fill those shoes. But for a stealth based games this addition to the franchise is really enjoyable    OVERALL - 84%

    Gameplay - 9/10
    Graphics (for time) - 7/10
    Story - 8/10
    Game Length - 7/10
    Characters - 8/10
    Level/Area Design - 6/10
    Atmosphere - 10/10
    Sound Effects - 8/10
    Soundtrack - 6/10
    Replay Value - 7/10

    Has the unfortunate task of competing against Metal Gear and doesn't fill those shoes. But for a stealth based games this addition to the franchise is really enjoyable and creative. Definitely the best Splinter Cell game.    … Expand
  68. BallisticSmaug
    May 30, 2021
    10
    This might have to be my favorite video game off all time, or at least as far as original Xbox games go. With even better mechanics and graphics, this game seriously upped the competition when it came to stealth action games. The best Splinter Cell game by far, and possibly the best Tom Clancy game.
  69. Crockaflocka
    Dec 6, 2021
    10
    A stealth masterpiece. This game set a high standard for the stealth game genre and it honestly still holds up.

Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best Xbox Game of 2005
4
#4 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2005
1
#1 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. Play Magazine
    95
    In all things small and epic, from the palpable graininess of the game's predominantly poorly lit environments, to the endlessly thrilling second installment of the spies vs. mercenaries online competitions, Theory does not disappoint. [May 2005, p.44]
  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    95
    It's simply brilliant. The modes, graphics, gameplay, sound, music, acting, dialogue, and every other little piece in between all come together to create a tense, sweaty-palm experience you can't find anywhere else. [Apr 2005, p.126]
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  3. Next Level Gaming
    95
    You can't be a serious game player and not have this game. It's simply a must buy. It is the perfect third in a near perfect game series.
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