
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is set in 2008 amid the rise of information warfare, with citywide blackouts, stock exchange sabotage, and the electronic hijacking of national defense systems threatening to spiral out of control. To prevent these attacks, operatives must infiltrate deep into hostile territory and aggressively gather critical intelligence, drawing closer to enemy soldiers than ever before.
You play as Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent, tasked with completing missions by whatever means the situation demands. That can mean killing from close range, striking with your combat knife, firing the prototype Land Warrior rifle, or resorting to radical suppression techniques such as the inverted neck break. Cooperative multiplayer infiltration missions are also on offer, where teamwork becomes the ultimate weapon.
As a stealth-focused action title on PC, Chaos Theory emphasizes patience, precision, and adaptation. The enemy evolves over the course of your operations, and you must evolve right alongside them, adjusting your tactics to stay one step ahead. This constant push and pull between infiltrator and adversary gives the game its tension, rewarding careful planning and quiet, decisive action as Sam Fisher slips through hostile ground to secure the intelligence that could avert disaster.