Sam doesn't have a backpack of gadgets this time. Use what's around you and improvise to get out of a sticky situation.
Sam Fischer or MacGuyver... you decide
in all seriousness though I'm really interested in this game now - I always found with the other splinter cells I owned (the original, and then Chaos Theory) that i'd love it at first, gawp a little at the visuals, then get bored before finishing the game... this new "formula" sounds more like something I could get stuck into properly.