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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

November 08, 2023

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow is a 2004 stealth game developed and published by Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan. The game is the sequel to Splinter Cell and the second game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by writer Tom Clancy. It follows the covert activities of Sam Fisher, an agent working for a black-ops branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) called "Third Echelon". Michael Ironside returns to voice Sam Fisher, while Dennis Haysbert voices the character Irving Lambert, Fisher's boss, making this the only time he is not voiced by Don Jordan. Lalo Schifrin provides the theme music for the game.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Ubisoft[a]
Producer(s)Domitille Doat-Le Bigot
Designer(s)Denis Muffat-Meridol
Programmer(s)Wu Ming Jie
Artist(s)Frederic Lavignasse
Writer(s)J. T. Petty
Composer(s)
SeriesTom Clancy's Splinter Cell
EngineUnreal Engine 2.0
Platform(s)
Release
March 23, 2004
  • Game Boy Advance, Xbox
    Microsoft Windows
    Mobile
    • WW: March 29, 2004[5]
    PlayStation 2
    GameCube
    PlayStation 3
    • PAL: September 16, 2011
    • NA: September 27, 2011
Genre(s)Stealth
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow received mostly positive reviews on release, with critics calling it a strong follow-up and praising its multiplayer component, which would become a staple of the series. A side-scrolling adaptation for Game Boy Advance and mobile phones was released to mixed reception. A remastered high definition version was released on PlayStation 3 in September 2011. A sequel, titled Chaos Theory, released in 2005.

Gameplay edit

 
Sam Fisher, the game's protagonist, in a camouflage suit during a mission in Pandora Tomorrow

The gameplay of Pandora Tomorrow is largely unchanged from the original Splinter Cell. The game features some moderate graphical improvements, as well as minor gameplay changes such as the fact that health kits are no longer an inventory item, and the addition of a laser sight to Sam's pistol that allows the player to know exactly where the rounds will strike, even when moving around. Also, Sam can now whistle to attract enemies, open doors while carrying a body, shoot while hanging upside down, perform a "SWAT turn" to go past doorways unnoticed (move from one side of the door to other while covered), and perform a half split jump. In Chaos Theory, the next entry in the series, the SWAT turn was removed and the pistol laser was replaced with an OCP (Optically Channeled Potentiator) which can temporarily disable electronic devices. The PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions of Pandora Tomorrow also feature an additional single-player mission to compensate for the abridged gameplay compared to the PC and Xbox versions.

Plot edit

In March 2006, the United States has established a military presence in the newly-independent country of East Timor to train the East Timorese military in their fight against anti-separatist Indonesian guerrilla militias. Foremost among these militias is the Darah Dan Doa (English: Blood and Prayer), led by Suhadi Sadono. Sadono, once trained by the CIA to help fight communism in the region, has grown resentful of U.S. support of East Timor and its supposed interference with Indonesian sovereignty. Sadono orchestrates a suicide bombing and follow-up attack on the U.S. embassy in Dili, capturing a number of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, including Douglas Shetland, an old friend and comrade of Sam Fisher.

Fisher is sent to infiltrate the embassy and gather intelligence on the Darah Dan Doa. Fisher succeeds in his mission, and the embassy is retaken by the U.S. Army's Delta Force. Sadono escapes, and the United States launches a military campaign in Indonesian territory in an attempt to hunt him down, much to the protests of the Indonesian government who is seeking to protect Sadono.

Fisher discovers a connection between Sadono, someone known only as 'mortified_penguin' and a cryogenics lab in Paris. He infiltrates the lab as Syrian and French mercenaries hired by 'mortified_penguin' attack it to seize ND133 containers, which are self-contained cryogenic containers used for transporting and storing human brains. On a train heading towards Nice, Fisher discovers that 'mortified_penguin' is Norman Soth, a former CIA agent. Soth is heading to Jerusalem to procure something for Sadono's "insurance policy", leading Fisher to infiltrate the city to discover what the ND133 containers are for. In Jerusalem, Fisher meets a Shin Bet undercover agent, Dahlia Tal, who reveals that Soth came to purchase bio-weapons from Syrian mercenaries. The Shin Bet betrays Fisher after he retrieves the ND133, planning to take the bio-weapon for themselves, but Fisher manages to kill or evade the Israeli agents. Should Fisher kill Tal earlier on, however, he does not have to do so.

Fisher learns that Sadono has masterminded a scheme known as "Pandora Tomorrow", by placing a series of ND133 biological bombs, equipped with the smallpox virus, on U.S. soil. Every 24 hours, Sadono makes encrypted phone calls to each of the bomb carriers to delay the release of the virus. If he is killed or detained, the virus would be released. Because Sadono is fighting on the frontlines in the conflict, the U.S. cannot risk killing him outright, and is forced to withdraw its forces.

To prevent Sadono from taking advantage of the situation, Fisher is sent to infiltrate Darah Dan Doa strongholds in order to learn the location of the smallpox bombs so Sadono can be captured. He is assisted by Shetland and his private military company, Displace International. Fisher learns the location of the bombs, and Shadownet spies are sent in to neutralize them. After the bombs are disarmed, NSA's Third Echelon decides to capture Sadono alive instead of assassinating him, due to the problems created when Fisher assassinated former Georgian president Kombayn Nikoladze in late 2004.

Although Fisher manages to capture Sadono, Third Echelon learns that Soth has acquired the last smallpox-armed ND133 and intends to detonate it inside Los Angeles International Airport. Soth is motivated not by Indonesia, but by a perceived betrayal which resulted in the loss of one of his legs years prior, and intends to exact revenge on the United States. Fisher infiltrates the airport, kills Soth and his group of terrorists (disguised as airport workers and security guards), and prevents the detonation of the last smallpox-armed ND133 by disguising himself as a maintenance worker and setting the ND133 down behind two policemen, who notice the device almost immediately, and subsequently have the airport evacuated. The Los Angeles Police Department's bomb squad is then called in to perform a controlled explosion of the device, which is done by an automated vehicle armored with reinforced steel.

Development edit

Pandora Tomorrow was entitled Shadow Strike during its development.[11]

Windows version edit

As with the original Splinter Cell, the Windows version is a port of the Xbox version and duplicated that version's user interface and gameplay. However, the Windows version can run at higher resolutions than the console versions. The "checkpoint" save system from the Xbox version was replaced with the ability to save a game at any time, and the controls were reworked to allow simultaneous use of a keyboard and mouse, with movement speed being controlled by the mouse wheel. None of the bonus content from the other versions is present on this version.

PlayStation 3 edit

A PlayStation 3 version via PlayStation Network was announced on December 20, 2010 to be part of the Splinter Cell Trilogy which was released in September 2011 as part of Sony's Classics HD series.[12] It was revealed on the PlayStation Blog that the game is a port of the PC version, which had better graphical detail than previous console versions.[13] It was also revealed that the multiplayer modes are not included in the collection.[14]

Game Boy Advance edit

The GBA version was released on March 26, 2004 in Europe and March 27, 2004 in North America.

Reception edit

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow received "universal acclaim" from critics for the Xbox version, while the PC, PS2, and GameCube received "generally favorable" reviews, and the Game Boy Advance received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[64] In addition, Rotten Tomatoes gave the game a score of 100% "Fresh Rating" for the Xbox version;[65] a 95% "Fresh Rating" for the PS2 version;[66] a 90% "Fresh Rating" for the PC version;[67] a 55% "Rotten Rating" for the GameCube version;[68] and a 27% "Rotten Rating" for the GBA version.[69]

Greg Kasavin of GameSpot gave the Xbox and PC versions a score of 9.1 and said that the single-player and multiplayer portions of the game will appeal to anyone interested in high-tech stealth and subterfuge. He also said that players familiar with the first Splinter Cell should expect 10 hours or more of gameplay. Kasavin said the storyline in Pandora Tomorrow was more cohesive than the original Splinter Cell, but the gameplay often becomes pure trial and error, noting that the missions "could have benefited from feeling less rigid and scripted" but were "incredibly slick." Kasavin also praised the multiplayer mode for its innovation, complexity, and creativity.[37] Mongoose of Game Chronicles Magazine also gave the Xbox version a 9.4 out of 10 and gave special praise to the multiplayer portion of the game. He called the game "the single best reason to get online" on Xbox Live. However, he felt that gameplay in the single player campaign at times got increasingly linear and leaned toward scripted challenges, with "only one solution to any given problem", requiring "the use of a particular gadget or one of Sam’s nimble moves."[70]

Entertainment Weekly gave the Xbox version an A and said that it "seems less like a sequel and more like an extension of the first game, with a few nice enhancements and some more dark and dangerous environments."[62] Playboy gave the game 100% and stated that "A new online mode allows four players to stalk one another. Take an opponent hostage and use your headset to describe all the pain you plan to inflict on him."[71] The Times gave it all five stars and called it "a miniature masterpiece".[63] The Village Voice gave the Xbox version a perfect ten and said, "No multiplayer title has ever bound and balanced two wholly different games this way."[72]

Sales edit

By the end of March 2004, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow had sold 1.7 million copies.[73] Its total sales reached 2.7 million units by the end of June,[74] and rose to 2.8 million by September.[75]

Awards edit

GameSpot named Pandora Tomorrow the best Xbox game of March 2004.[76] The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Pandora Tomorrow for their 2004 "Action Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.[77] During the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences awarded Pandora Tomorrow with "Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year".[78]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Mobile version developed and published by Gameloft.

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Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow is a 2004 stealth game developed and published by Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan The game is the sequel to Splinter Cell and the second game in the Splinter Cell series endorsed by writer Tom Clancy It follows the covert activities of Sam Fisher an agent working for a black ops branch of the National Security Agency NSA called Third Echelon Michael Ironside returns to voice Sam Fisher while Dennis Haysbert voices the character Irving Lambert Fisher s boss making this the only time he is not voiced by Don Jordan Lalo Schifrin provides the theme music for the game Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell Pandora TomorrowDeveloper s Ubisoft MilanUbisoft ShanghaiPublisher s Ubisoft a Producer s Domitille Doat Le BigotDesigner s Denis Muffat MeridolProgrammer s Wu Ming JieArtist s Frederic LavignasseWriter s J T PettyComposer s Guy DubucJack WallMarc LessartSeriesTom Clancy s Splinter CellEngineUnreal Engine 2 0Platform s XboxMicrosoft WindowsGame Boy AdvanceMobilePlayStation 2GameCubePlayStation 3ReleaseMarch 23 2004 Game Boy Advance XboxNA March 23 2004 2 EU March 26 2004 1 Microsoft WindowsNA March 23 2004 4 EU April 2 2004 3 MobileWW March 29 2004 5 PlayStation 2EU June 11 2004 7 NA June 18 2004 6 GameCubeNA July 15 2004 9 10 EU July 30 2004 8 PlayStation 3PAL September 16 2011NA September 27 2011Genre s StealthMode s Single player multiplayerSplinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow received mostly positive reviews on release with critics calling it a strong follow up and praising its multiplayer component which would become a staple of the series A side scrolling adaptation for Game Boy Advance and mobile phones was released to mixed reception A remastered high definition version was released on PlayStation 3 in September 2011 A sequel titled Chaos Theory released in 2005 Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Plot 3 Development 3 1 Windows version 3 2 PlayStation 3 3 3 Game Boy Advance 4 Reception 4 1 Sales 4 2 Awards 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksGameplay edit nbsp Sam Fisher the game s protagonist in a camouflage suit during a mission in Pandora TomorrowThe gameplay of Pandora Tomorrow is largely unchanged from the original Splinter Cell The game features some moderate graphical improvements as well as minor gameplay changes such as the fact that health kits are no longer an inventory item and the addition of a laser sight to Sam s pistol that allows the player to know exactly where the rounds will strike even when moving around Also Sam can now whistle to attract enemies open doors while carrying a body shoot while hanging upside down perform a SWAT turn to go past doorways unnoticed move from one side of the door to other while covered and perform a half split jump In Chaos Theory the next entry in the series the SWAT turn was removed and the pistol laser was replaced with an OCP Optically Channeled Potentiator which can temporarily disable electronic devices The PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions of Pandora Tomorrow also feature an additional single player mission to compensate for the abridged gameplay compared to the PC and Xbox versions Plot editIn March 2006 the United States has established a military presence in the newly independent country of East Timor to train the East Timorese military in their fight against anti separatist Indonesian guerrilla militias Foremost among these militias is the Darah Dan Doa English Blood and Prayer led by Suhadi Sadono Sadono once trained by the CIA to help fight communism in the region has grown resentful of U S support of East Timor and its supposed interference with Indonesian sovereignty Sadono orchestrates a suicide bombing and follow up attack on the U S embassy in Dili capturing a number of U S military and diplomatic personnel including Douglas Shetland an old friend and comrade of Sam Fisher Fisher is sent to infiltrate the embassy and gather intelligence on the Darah Dan Doa Fisher succeeds in his mission and the embassy is retaken by the U S Army s Delta Force Sadono escapes and the United States launches a military campaign in Indonesian territory in an attempt to hunt him down much to the protests of the Indonesian government who is seeking to protect Sadono Fisher discovers a connection between Sadono someone known only as mortified penguin and a cryogenics lab in Paris He infiltrates the lab as Syrian and French mercenaries hired by mortified penguin attack it to seize ND133 containers which are self contained cryogenic containers used for transporting and storing human brains On a train heading towards Nice Fisher discovers that mortified penguin is Norman Soth a former CIA agent Soth is heading to Jerusalem to procure something for Sadono s insurance policy leading Fisher to infiltrate the city to discover what the ND133 containers are for In Jerusalem Fisher meets a Shin Bet undercover agent Dahlia Tal who reveals that Soth came to purchase bio weapons from Syrian mercenaries The Shin Bet betrays Fisher after he retrieves the ND133 planning to take the bio weapon for themselves but Fisher manages to kill or evade the Israeli agents Should Fisher kill Tal earlier on however he does not have to do so Fisher learns that Sadono has masterminded a scheme known as Pandora Tomorrow by placing a series of ND133 biological bombs equipped with the smallpox virus on U S soil Every 24 hours Sadono makes encrypted phone calls to each of the bomb carriers to delay the release of the virus If he is killed or detained the virus would be released Because Sadono is fighting on the frontlines in the conflict the U S cannot risk killing him outright and is forced to withdraw its forces To prevent Sadono from taking advantage of the situation Fisher is sent to infiltrate Darah Dan Doa strongholds in order to learn the location of the smallpox bombs so Sadono can be captured He is assisted by Shetland and his private military company Displace International Fisher learns the location of the bombs and Shadownet spies are sent in to neutralize them After the bombs are disarmed NSA s Third Echelon decides to capture Sadono alive instead of assassinating him due to the problems created when Fisher assassinated former Georgian president Kombayn Nikoladze in late 2004 Although Fisher manages to capture Sadono Third Echelon learns that Soth has acquired the last smallpox armed ND133 and intends to detonate it inside Los Angeles International Airport Soth is motivated not by Indonesia but by a perceived betrayal which resulted in the loss of one of his legs years prior and intends to exact revenge on the United States Fisher infiltrates the airport kills Soth and his group of terrorists disguised as airport workers and security guards and prevents the detonation of the last smallpox armed ND133 by disguising himself as a maintenance worker and setting the ND133 down behind two policemen who notice the device almost immediately and subsequently have the airport evacuated The Los Angeles Police Department s bomb squad is then called in to perform a controlled explosion of the device which is done by an automated vehicle armored with reinforced steel Development editPandora Tomorrow was entitled Shadow Strike during its development 11 Windows version edit As with the original Splinter Cell the Windows version is a port of the Xbox version and duplicated that version s user interface and gameplay However the Windows version can run at higher resolutions than the console versions The checkpoint save system from the Xbox version was replaced with the ability to save a game at any time and the controls were reworked to allow simultaneous use of a keyboard and mouse with movement speed being controlled by the mouse wheel None of the bonus content from the other versions is present on this version PlayStation 3 edit A PlayStation 3 version via PlayStation Network was announced on December 20 2010 to be part of the Splinter Cell Trilogy which was released in September 2011 as part of Sony s Classics HD series 12 It was revealed on the PlayStation Blog that the game is a port of the PC version which had better graphical detail than previous console versions 13 It was also revealed that the multiplayer modes are not included in the collection 14 Game Boy Advance edit The GBA version was released on March 26 2004 in Europe and March 27 2004 in North America Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic Xbox 93 100 15 PS2 87 100 16 PC 87 100 17 GC 78 100 18 GBA 68 100 19 Review scoresPublicationScoreElectronic Gaming Monthly Xbox 9 67 10 20 PS2 9 17 10 21 GC 7 5 10 22 GBA 4 67 10 23 Eurogamer8 10 24 25 Famitsu Xbox 32 40 PS2 30 40 26 Game Informer Xbox 9 5 10 27 8 75 10 28 GBA 8 10 29 GamePro Xbox nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 30 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 31 32 GBA nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 33 GameRevolution Xbox A 34 PS2 B 35 GC B 36 GameSpot9 1 10 37 Mobile 9 10 38 PS2 8 2 10 39 GBA 6 2 10 40 GC 6 1 10 41 GameSpy Xbox nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 42 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 43 44 GC amp GBA nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 45 46 GameZone PC 9 7 10 47 Xbox 9 6 10 48 PS2 8 8 10 49 GC 7 10 50 IGN9 5 10 51 52 53 PS2 8 2 10 54 GC 8 10 55 GBA 7 10 56 Nintendo Power GC 4 5 57 GBA 3 9 5 58 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 59 Official Xbox Magazine US 9 5 10 60 PC Gamer US 90 61 Entertainment WeeklyA 62 The Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 63 Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow received universal acclaim from critics for the Xbox version while the PC PS2 and GameCube received generally favorable reviews and the Game Boy Advance received mixed or average reviews according to review aggregator website Metacritic 64 In addition Rotten Tomatoes gave the game a score of 100 Fresh Rating for the Xbox version 65 a 95 Fresh Rating for the PS2 version 66 a 90 Fresh Rating for the PC version 67 a 55 Rotten Rating for the GameCube version 68 and a 27 Rotten Rating for the GBA version 69 Greg Kasavin of GameSpot gave the Xbox and PC versions a score of 9 1 and said that the single player and multiplayer portions of the game will appeal to anyone interested in high tech stealth and subterfuge He also said that players familiar with the first Splinter Cell should expect 10 hours or more of gameplay Kasavin said the storyline in Pandora Tomorrow was more cohesive than the original Splinter Cell but the gameplay often becomes pure trial and error noting that the missions could have benefited from feeling less rigid and scripted but were incredibly slick Kasavin also praised the multiplayer mode for its innovation complexity and creativity 37 Mongoose of Game Chronicles Magazine also gave the Xbox version a 9 4 out of 10 and gave special praise to the multiplayer portion of the game He called the game the single best reason to get online on Xbox Live However he felt that gameplay in the single player campaign at times got increasingly linear and leaned toward scripted challenges with only one solution to any given problem requiring the use of a particular gadget or one of Sam s nimble moves 70 Entertainment Weekly gave the Xbox version an A and said that it seems less like a sequel and more like an extension of the first game with a few nice enhancements and some more dark and dangerous environments 62 Playboy gave the game 100 and stated that A new online mode allows four players to stalk one another Take an opponent hostage and use your headset to describe all the pain you plan to inflict on him 71 The Times gave it all five stars and called it a miniature masterpiece 63 The Village Voice gave the Xbox version a perfect ten and said No multiplayer title has ever bound and balanced two wholly different games this way 72 Sales edit By the end of March 2004 Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow had sold 1 7 million copies 73 Its total sales reached 2 7 million units by the end of June 74 and rose to 2 8 million by September 75 Awards edit GameSpot named Pandora Tomorrow the best Xbox game of March 2004 76 The 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