If you like shooting and military opps kind of thing then this game may be for you. once you start the game i thought it was a waste of money. It was a win lose situation though. the graphics on this game are pretty good. If you look at the cover of the game box you think its sort of a free roam game and you get to shoot cars and all kinds of stuff. once you get to the third mission you'll realize that this game is more like socom or something. The story line was sort of basic: you're this guy name sam fisher who was accused of killing a man and you have a group of people who are trying to help you clear your name. One of those persons double crosses you to get himself out of the hole. then when you find out the game is over. It took me about 21/2 hrs. to complet the game and 2hrs. to complete the three bonus missions.by the way to unlock them just click bonus mission then hold down select and hit L,R,L,R,L,R until all 3 pop up.overall i wouldnt recommend this game.
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Overall rating
5/ 5
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4/ 5
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4/ 5
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Jordon3211
Definately worth playing
PostedDecember 1, 2008
If you a fan of the Splinter Cell franchise then you will have no trouble liking this one for the psp. The controls are a little difficult since the camera can't be moved until you stop, and press the O button to move the camera, no big hassle though since your always stopping to check your surrounds anyway, just can't move it while your moving. It was great to be able to go back in time and play some of my favorite levels from all the past games. The graphics are fantastic although most of the levels are to dark to see them and you will find yourself using your night vision goggles a lot more then you should be, but it's no effort to turn the brightness up a bit, the game has a good length to it and sounds just like splinter cell, it's always a cool feeling when your hearing the theme songs to your favorite console games on your psp, overall the game is a good buy and for the cheap price it has now it is definitely worth having.
1 of 2 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
Graphics
4/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Gamer Review Man: Chris
The Game No one Likes
PostedJuly 15, 2008
I just bought this game and found it to be suprisingly fun. I only say surprisingly because on every other website I went to I found medicore reviews. I am a big Tom Clancy fan especially when it comes to the Splinter Cell series and the Rainbow Six series. I find his games to be extremley challenging which I enjoy. Splinter Cell Essentials is another one of those games. The controls are really quite good, considering its on PSP, and allow for character movments that I have seen on some of the Xbox Splinter Cells. Once agian Ubisoft has produces a killer game invloving, in my opinon, one of the most exciting characters in videogames. Overall I love the game, it is an creative story that takes you all over the place with unique characters, graphics, and story twists, I strongly recommend this game for all typer of gamers.
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Posted bywaffle3261
Texas
WHY????
onFebruary 7, 2011
this game looks like it was made bty a three year old in about five minutes. The graphics were so bad i died 12 times because i couldnt tell what was going on. I took this game back two hours after i got it. This game makes me not want to play other splinter cells. The gameplay is terrible. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
