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WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was actually pissed i spent money on this. the movie was good (even though i hate tom cruise) but this game was just crap. This was like a wanna be metal gear. honestly the very first level shows how much this game is lacking. the weapons were crappy and the whole game just overall supplied nothing. Wasnt original wasnt fun, and sadly the graphics were junk! sorry kids this game's no good.

mixed opinions

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

MI:Operation Surma kind of sucks. I mean replay value for this game switches between high to nothing and controls (gun handling in particular) are very hard to get used to. This is a Splinter Cell rip-off and I reccommend that you don't buy this unless you're a hardcore video game nerd or a freak for video games. The only game this game beats is Family Guy the Game. Graphics however for this game I'll admit are pretty decent, or fine VERY GOOD as well as the AI, but I have to recommend that you stay away from this game.

average

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game and foolishly expected splinter cell. dont get me wrong, its fun,but it has a huge lack of moves and activities. pretty much all you get is a 3 hit combo, and a tranq gun. the only good move is the corner kill, but you cant use it a lot.id say, its worth a test run for no more than $20.

one of the best games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: December 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I beat this game pretty early on but it is sooooooooo kewl. The IMF gadgets r the bomb. u get this thing called a wasp and u fly it around and shoot people. Although throughout the game u reallly only have one gun.(Tranquilizer gun) But u do get different guns farther into the game but u dont get to keep'em.(sniper pistol, pistol thingy, automatic thingy) some levels really hard. over priced though big time:(

Not Splinter Cell but still a great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The M:I movies have always been some of the coolst movies ever, so it's about time they make a game that stays true it. Sure, it's not Splinter Cell or Metal Gear but it still hoids it own. It's by far the best post Splinter Cell like game. One real cool thing about is most of the action sequences are inspired by the two M:I movies. I love the IMF gadgets. If you liked Splinter Cell, OO7: Everything or nothing, Metal Gear, belive me you will love this.

Amazing!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This Game Is Amazing!

Well First Off,I Wanna Say That This Website Got The Game Priced TOO HIGH.(...) So Now For the review, I rented this and saw how good this was and couldnt see how one of my friends said he hated it, but i gave it a try myself and this game was crazy as hell,it lives up to its standards but Tom Cruise should've Lended his voice to it and his likeness it wouldn't hurt but overall this game is crazy (...) I Recommend It If Ur A Fan Of The Adrenaline Rush And Splinter Cell. Imma Go Buy It Right Now!

Combination of Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six 3

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: June 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Loved this game! It combines the movie elements with some elements of play that are similar to Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and even a little Metal Gear. The missions are varied and for gamers like me who aren't strictly pick up and play type players it's easy enough to get a handle of and soon take off running.
The graphics are great and they have a lot of the actors doing their own characters, short of Tom Cruise but I actually liked the guy doing the voice of Ethan just fine. Lots of weapons and different types of missions.
I also enjoyed the fact that there are so many different things to change the game, stealth, shooter, and puzzle/objectives.
I rented the game first and then actually bought a copy that I have played more than once.

The only problem I really had was two parts of the mission where you need to follow a plane and catch a parachute.

Look forward to a sequel.

Not bad...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game, I was amazed.The masks and wepons are amazing.I didnt play it for a while and my first black controler broke. Then i bought a ps1 white controler and it wouldnt work with this game,so be careful !!

It captures the spirit of the Mission: Impossible movies

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

M:I-Operation Surma does a good job of capturing the spirit of the Mission: Impossible movies (hence the title). There's the going under cover and puzzles of M:I-1 and the action and stealth of M:I-2. It also has the spirit and atmosphere of the ever-popular stealth game Splinter Cell. However, even though a lot of people it said Operation Surma was too much like Splinter Cell, I say it has just as much stuff not in Splinter Cell that is in Splinter Cell. For example, in Splinter Cell, the game revolves around stealth. Stealth, stealth, stealth. Action is kept to a minimum with you sneaking up on guards and bopping them in the head. In Operation Surma, there's a lot more of shooting stuff, although it's kept to a level where the game is still very stealthy. But it's a lot more fun doing this sometimes than just hiding in the shadows. When it comes to stealth, this game does very well. Operation Surma has a stealth meter just like Splinter Cell, although it's a lot simpler. And there's another improvement over Splinter Cell: If you're discovered, and there's no time for your pistol, then you can use hand-to-hand combat, which much more well done that in Splinter Cell. In Splinter Cell, the elbow bopping continued while the guards continued to blast away at you. In Operation Surma, Ethan Hunt (the main character whom you control) can punch their lights out and do a couple of Jackie Chan-style kicks and chops. By the way, when you do a prone kill (where Ethan hand-chops the neck of a falling guard to keep on the ground after he's knocked down), hold down X so you'll see Ethan do it in slow-motion, it's really cool. The controls are good (and not at all similar to Splinter Cell except for the controls for firing) and are easy to get used to. The camera, however, may be a little tricky, but by hitting R3 you can straighten it out. The sound is great. The voice-acting is the best. Luther is voiced by Ving Rhames, the guy who played him in the movie, so he sounds very realistic. Other characters sound like their characters from the movies, except for Ethan. That's my only real problem with this game, that Tom Cruise didn't do the voice-overs and didn't have the character modeled after him (though Ethan still looks like him a bit). The background noise like the fireworks and gunfire sound realistic and are good too. This game is a very good game. It's just as good as Splinter Cell and does justice to the Mission: Impossible movies. If you are a fan of Mission: Impossible, like me, or a fan of stealth/action games, then get this game.

3 1/2 Stars. Send In the Clones!! Sam Jr. has a turn.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

With the success of last year's game Splinter Cell, it's only natural that many games bearing a striking resemblance would emerge. Atari (formerally Infogrames) gives us it's latest effort from the Mission Impossible series called "Operation Surma". Though while being almost an unapolagetic clone of games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, if you probe just enough under the surface, there's enough to keep you interested for a while.

The game's hero is the protagonist from the MI movies; Ethan Hunt. However, due to copyright and legal issues, he looks and sounds nothing like Tom Cruise. Those of you familiar with the series Cowboy Bebop will recoginze the voice of Steven Blum giving our hero his familiar Spike Speigel'esque sounding delivery. The action centers on Hunt, this time around he's taken a stealthy turn. The fictional nation of Yugaria is developing bio weapons with the help of a corporation named Surma Inc. Hunt's job is to get in there, figure out what's going on and to stop it if possible.

The gameplay is VERY similar to games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. Almost to the point where alot of the controls are identical. If you've played Splinter Cell you can practically jump right in and play MI: Operation Surma. There are alot of MI gadgets that are pretty neat though. The WASP cam (a flying camera), the micro cord, sound imaging goggles. A few gadgets probably would make 007 a little envious. One cool gadget is the Remote Camera Viewer, which allows you to tap into security cameras to recon an area. All of them are relatively easy to use. But make no bones about it, this is a stealth game. Though not as stealthy as Splinter Cell or MGS, going unseen is more advantagous. The enemy A.I. is a little subpar at times. Enemys will stand out in the open almost as if saying "Please shoot me", which makes your job a bit easier.

The graphics for this game are some what of a letdown. Though while they are nice, this game almost trys to be too ambitous than the graphics will allow. Frequently there is considerable slowdown. Almost to the point where the framerate looks like it's in slowmotion. There are some light and shadow tricks done but it's not a huge graphical innovation. It's similar to the shadow tricks currently employed in the game Manhunt. Ethan's moves are also, at times fluid and at others strenuous. I'm not sure but it doesn't look like motion capture was used. If it had been then possibley Ethan would move a little more effortlessly. There are times where he's almost skating arcoss the gamescape. One thing that is nice about the graphics are the environments. Though some are pretty generic looking others are very well laid out. There is quite a bit of open areas in the game. The added expanses make stealth a little more challenging at times. The camera also can be a little tricky but a quick tap of the R3 button will recenter it.

The sound in the game is pretty good. There's crashing glass, conversations between NPC's. Ving Rhames returns as the voice of Luther, Hunt's intel and support team member. Though there's no way to communicate directley with Luther he will chime in on a "need to know" basis.

This game may seem like a blatant Splinter Cell rip off, and to tell you the honest truth......yeah it sort of is. But if you dig deep enough under the surface, there's surprisingly enough to keep your interest to want to play through the entire game. And with Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow delayed for the Playstation 2 till July, this game will give you enough of a stealth fix to hold you over. The best advice I can tell you is to give this a rental first. That and don't pay full price.

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