Sam Fisher returns to stop the terrorists.
The story starts out with a Sadono-led attack on the U.S. Embassy to Dili in East Timor (Indonesia). As Fisher, you're objective is to sneak in and find Douglas Shetland in order to start the trail of information that will hopefully lead to the full discovery of Sadono's plot. After trailing Sadono through multiple locales, the locations of the viruses are soon discovered and disabled, except for the one held by a rogue-CIA agent who intends to take revenge on the U.S. Fisher must then infiltrate Los Angeles international airport in order to neutralize the last sample of the virus.
Pandora Tomorrow expanded on the original Splinter Cell's gameplay with several different moves, including the ability to hang from your feet on pipes to shoot, the ability to reach high ledges and windows with an extension of a modified split-jump move, and something called a "SWAT turn" that greatly reduces Fisher's visibility passing by doorways. In place of the training facility introductory mission of the first game, the first level starts off with an area that walks the player through the basics of stealth movement. The graphics are a bit of a step-up from the original, although much of the game must be done through night-vision goggles again (or with your TV's brightness turned up). The sound is, once again, spectacular. The music fits very well in with the mood of each of the levels and areas. There was also a good amount of humorous dialogue between Fisher and his fellow agents (Lambert, Coen, and Grímsdóttir), a decent amount of which is dark humor. I believe that, in order to actually do a job like this and maintain one's sanity, some type of dark humor has to be there. Therefore, I not only appreciated the comical aspect of this but also, from my perspective, the realism. Pandora Tomorrow also introduces an online multiplayer aspect of spies versus mercenaries, which adds to the game's overall value and replayability. Overall, I find Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow to be a must-play that should be in everyone's collection. It is a step above and beyond the original.
Actual score: 8.7
Gameplay: 9
Graphics: 8
Sound: 9
Value: 8
Titl: 9