The Sum of All Fears

 GameCube
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Dec 17, 2002
  • Also On: PC
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  • Summary: Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears lets you play as a member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. Everything you have ever trained for will be put to the test as you command your counterterrorist group through 11 dangerous missions. Equipped with 15 authentic gun types,Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears lets you play as a member of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team. Everything you have ever trained for will be put to the test as you command your counterterrorist group through 11 dangerous missions. Equipped with 15 authentic gun types, flashbangs, and frag grenades, you can square off against combatants worldwide in six multiplayer zones. If you fail, the most destructive weapon known to humankind will be unleashed on American soil.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 8 out of 11
  1. Nintendo Power
    62
    For an espionage title, the movement and sniping control is surprisingly sluggish. [Feb 2003, p.154]
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  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    55
    It feels like you're not fully in control. [Dec 2002, p.236]
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  3. Game Informer
    55
    The sounds, graphics, and controls are all painfully ported from the PC, and all of them are worse for wear. [Apr 2003, p.89]
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  4. Nintendophiles
    37
    Meant as a game to ease beginners into this type of stealth genre. The way it does that ends up being condescending for experienced gamers, and for beginners will be annoying due to AI glitches.
  5. Cheat Code Central
    30
    This game borders on blasphemy... What you get is a slow paced game of hide and seek where it seems no one even cares to come looking for you.
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  6. GameSpot
    26
    Terrible. This first-person shooter from Red Storm Entertainment suffers from graphical problems, poor control, and terrible AI, and on top of all that, it can be beaten in less than two hours your first time through.
  7. GameSpy
    18
    Shockingly inept... It is, quite literally, the poorest excuse for a video game I've ever had the "honor" of completing.

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  3. Negative: 4 out of 5
  1. NickG.
    Apr 23, 2003
    6
    I rented this game to see how good it was and I've played it for a while and I've gotten the hang of how to play the game and I rented this game to see how good it was and I've played it for a while and I've gotten the hang of how to play the game and rescue hostages. It is fun for me because you get to go on dangerous missions and kill your people and the terrorists so it is a very interesting game. I would recommend this game to people ages 10-20 because of violence and guns. I will maybe end up buying this game if it is easy to beat. If I don't, then I would just rent it again so that I would be able to beat the game. I got involved with this catagory when I heard about Operation Iraqi Freedom and wanted to see what the soldiers over seas would probably see over there. This game is kind of like James Bond. When I first played James Bond GoldenEye, I was very scared because I was afraid of the terrorists but now that I am more mature, I can handle that type of game.… Expand
  2. Diegoelcapo123
    Aug 1, 2020
    4
    Aceptable juego tactico hecho en el motor grafico de ghost recon basado en la pelicula del mismo nombre.El port en si es bastante malos sobreAceptable juego tactico hecho en el motor grafico de ghost recon basado en la pelicula del mismo nombre.El port en si es bastante malos sobre todo en el tema de controles… Expand
  4. DiegoParedesHD
    Aug 1, 2020
    4
    Aceptable juego tactico hecho en el motor grafico de ghost recon basado en la pelicula del mismo nombre.El port en si es bastante malos sobreAceptable juego tactico hecho en el motor grafico de ghost recon basado en la pelicula del mismo nombre.El port en si es bastante malos sobre todo en el tema de controles… Expand
  5. SoulCalibur2
    Sep 9, 2003
    1
    Horrible. A rushed, imcomplete, sluggish, and bad overall. Also, Nick G. please tell me your name isn't Nick Garcia...[Ed: It's not.]
  6. SnotA.
    Apr 15, 2003
    0
    I rented this f@#%er of a game and were forced to Sh@# on it and burn the crap out of it.

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#55 Most Discussed GameCube Game of 2002