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Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow E3 2004 Impressions

We check up on how the newest versions of Pandora Tomorrow are coming along.

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Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow has seen success on both the Xbox and PC platforms with its refined, stealth action gameplay and innovative multiplayer. Sam Fisher will soon be sneaking his way onto the PlayStation 2 and GameCube as well, and at a recent Ubisoft pre-E3 event, we were able to catch a glimpse of the PlayStation 2 version and learn more about what's in store for these newest iterations of Pandora Tomorrow.

The single-player campaign of Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow follows the highly trained espionage agent Sam Fisher as he travels around the globe to neutralize the threat of a guerrilla leader. One of the things that's changing for the upcoming versions of Pandora Tomorrow is that the single-player portion of the game will be made longer. At the behest of fans, extra outdoor environments will also be featured. Due to feedback about the challenge of the original versions, the difficulty of the upcoming games will be lowered somewhat, as well.

Performance-wise, the Ubisoft development team has been working with individuals from the Prince of Persia and Beyond Good & Evil teams--these multiplatform games looked uniformly great--to help ensure that they're getting the most out of the PlayStation 2's capabilities. From what we saw, this effort is being put to good use. The frame rate of the PS2 version was quite smooth, and graphically the character models and environments also seemed to be making the transition very well. Effects like dynamic lighting were evident as well and looked sharp.

The PlayStation 2 version of Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow will provide online multiplayer via the network adapter, while the GameCube version will be single-player only with no online component. The game will be available later this summer on both the PlayStation 2 and GameCube consoles. For more information, check out our previous coverage of the game.

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