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Great Game, but don't be fooled.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a one of the few games that can be made for xbox, gamecube, PS2, and PC, and is still awesome on GBA! The grapics aren't as good, but I really can't blame Ubi for that. On all of the other versions of Splinter Cell, the graphics are 3-D. This game would be hard to play with 3-D graphics for GBA. The missions are slightly different from what I have been told.

If you are a person who gats a game and expects to be good at it the first time you play it, this is NOT the game for you!

Splinter Cell takes alot of time to learn. The entire game is about being able to be stealthy. You don't want to use up all of your amunition. That is why there are dark spots you can hide in to jump out and use your fighting skills to knock your enemy out.

Pros

1.Same basic objective to the game.
2.Lots of fun to sneek around and knock out people.
3.Lots of cool moves that you can use on Sam Fisher.

Cons

1.Can't get all of the old weapons
2.Very difficult!
3.Frustrating to have to play the missions all over again if you lose!

The A.I. in this game is pretty good.
The problem with it is, your enemy can react to you to fast for you do do something. If you are move to fast you get detected, if you move to slow you get detected.
One of the most frustrating things of this game is the fact that if you get deteced, the enemy will, A. Shoot, or Stun you. B. Will flip the alams and you you have about 6 sec. to find the switch before the mission is over.

All in all, I found this game to be challenging but rewarding if you win.

Sam Fisher's Headshot

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: May 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun. If you like the other console versions you will love this.

Graphics: Very good, the best I've seen on GBA.

Gameplay: Easy to learn controls, there are just a lot of them.

Sound: Perfect sound, the music is awesome.

Overall: Everyone should have this game by now

SWEET!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome! If you like games that aren't "run throu and shoot everbody's head off"(a.k.a HALO)you will love this game.The bad guy's A.I is farily smart.You have alot of butt kinkn'gatets and stuff.You also get more than your share of explosives.Only one think that I HATE about it,and that's not enogh levels. Overall it ROCKS!!!!!!!

Good stealth side-scroller

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We've played Splinter Cell on the XBox and PS2 and loved it. Even though the GBA version is far simpler, it's still quite fun!

First off, where the XBox and other platforms had an incredibly detailed 3D shooter with amazing lighting effects, this is the GBA. So you get a 2D side scroller. You have to accept right off that this isn't quite the same detail level.

Once you get past that hurdle and accept this as a "fun stealthy game", it really is quite enjoyable. There are the same general mission aims as in the other versions, so you have hostages to rescue, contacts to talk with and enemies to kill. You have to use stealth as much as possible, shooting only when necessary.

The graphics are reasonably good for the GBA system, and the music works quite well. The controls are extremely simple to master, so there isn't a lot of button mashing. Most areas are more like puzzles, trying to figure out exactly what the best way to get past an obstacle is.

Highly recommended for spy and stealth game lovers.

Looks alright.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: April 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have played Splinter Cell on pc and it's awesome;however, on gameboy advance it might not be as good. The graphics look unbelievably good for a portable, but it is only 2-D so that takes away some of the greatness of the game. But, just like on the pc version, you get all the great weapons,gadgets,etc. And you can still do lots of cool stuff like repel from the tops of buildings(Jump down using a rope or something), use bad guys as human shields, climb across things upside down, bug phones, sniper people from far away and many other things. If you liked the platform versions of this game or if you are a big fan of games like metal gear solid, then this would most certainly be something worth buying.

Obviously less than console version, but a great GBA game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, you are not going to get the same game as on the Xbox, PS2, or Game Cube, but in and of itself, this is a great GBA game. And there ARE stealth aspects to the game, but game play is much simpler than on the consoles. Graphics are super detailed.

The best game ever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

when i first played this game i thought it was going to be bad. But then when i played it was excellent and all my friends wanted to buy it. But still the best game is Advance Wars 1 & 2.

Great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a totally great game with a lot of cool moves and levels.the only con is that there are only 10 levels the others can only be unlocked through the game cube or by the sucess rate.I completed all the levels in 2 days it is a pretty short game.

Time to do some spying around...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

You are Sam Fisher,a Splinter Cell,and your mission is to stop terrorists.
This is a very good stealth game.It doesn't much the greatness of the game for PS2,X-BOX,GAMECUBE,and PC,but it's still very good.
It feautures the best graphics I have ever seen in a GBA game so far.It's levels are great,and the moves that you can accomplish are spectacular.
So why am I rating it four stars,and not five?
Because of the control.It [disappoints].
Most of the times you will loose,it will not be your fault, but the control's fault.
And the boss levels...imagine the worst control you can have for a sniper rifle...now double it!

Four stars means ''VERY GOOD'' and this is how I rate this game. I suggest you rent this game first before you decide if you will buy it.

Surprisingly holds together well

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you've played Splinter Cell on the PC or any of the home systems, than you allready know what a fantastic game it is. When it was announced that Splinter Cell would be ported to the GBA, a few eyebrows were raised questioning how much of the game's substance can be crammed into a little 32-bit cartridge. Well, Ubi Soft did a better than expected job with porting Splinter Cell to the GBA, and while it may look like an average side scroller to the naked eye, there is more here than one might think. First off the graphics are nicely done, and everyone's favorite secret agent commando Sam Fisher is fluidly animated for the most part. The gameplay tries to incorporate aspects from it's bigger console bretheren such as using stealth to your advantage, while mixing it with basic 2-D platform elements. Splinter Cell for the GBA is nicely paced and action packed from beginning to end, but the game is rather short in length and really doesn't offer anything else. All that aside, Splinter Cell is a much better than expected game for the GBA that attempts to carry the spirit of the original game, and while it has it's flaws, it surprisingly holds together well.

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