88 PCWorld JULY 2020FEATURE 11 CLASSIC GAMES THAT DESERVE A REMAKE
dvhd) isn’t enough to get me to suffer
through that first game in its current
incarnation.- SPLINTER CELL: CHAOS
THEORY
People have called for a Splinter Cell reboot
for years now, but how do you reboot Splinter
Cell in the modern era?
People haven’t seemed
happy with the past few
entries. Maybe it’s time
to cram Sam Fisher back
into his form-fitting suit
and remake the most
popular entry in the
series.
Chaos Theory (go.
pcworld.com/cthy) was
the peak of the original
Splinter Cell formula,
with a focus on
getting through
levels
undetected,
hiding in the
shadows more
than shooting.
Starting with the
2006 sequel
Double Agent,
Splinter Cell
moved more
toward action
and never really found its way back. Chaos
Theory’s plot is the usual Tom Clancy-inspired
thriller nonsense, so you could theoretically
get away with reviving the Chaos Theory style
with none of the finer details. Many of Chaos
Theory’s levels are triumphs of stealth design
though, including the bank and the
bathhouse. Maybe a hybrid remake-reboot,2.3.