Before my very first Splinter Cell game I had never really been a big fan of stealth games. Maybe it's because I can't blow everything up or maybe it's because I am impatient (I am leaning towards impatient). I don't know how Ubisoft did it, but somewhere along the line sneaking from enemy to enemy and choking them out before they knew what happened became as fun as firing rockets and throwing grenades. Splinter Cell: Double Agent (DA) has been an interesting deviation from the series' origins. Gone are the days of hiding in the shadows and stalking your enemies, they have been traded in for a nice tan and a lot of moral dilemmas.
This time around Sam Fisher has found himself in quite the predicament. Sam's newest adventure begins in true Splinter Cell fashion; Sam has to infiltrate and investigate a geothermal plant in Iceland. Upon infiltration he realizes that the plant is actually a staging ground for a missile strike. After Sam Fisher saves the day he receives the news that his only daughter was killed by a drunk driver. After loosing the will to care about anything, he is offered and accepts the most dangerous of missions in a hope that it will refocus him. Sam must infiltrate and spy on John Brown's Army (JBA, a domestic terrorist group). Splinter Cell: Double Agent features my favorite story line for a Splinter Cell game to date. Throughout the game you are tasked with completing multiple objectives for both Third Echelon and JBA. Each task carries certain ramifications that come along with it, and while some objectives must be done some are optional. Throughout the game there is a "trust bar" that shows your trust level with each organization; as you complete objectives the bar will fluctuate depending on the objective; as long as you don't drop to zero on either one the game will continue. I was surprised by how difficult some of the choices came to be during DA. It is by no means a linear game and tells a great story along the way.
All the things you love about the Splinter Cell series you will find in double agent; from hacking computers to strategically incapacitating enemies. Although Splinter Cell: Double Agent does not offer a lot of new gameplay, what is there is still a strong selling point. The one new feature I really liked was the diversity in the level designs. Typically in Splinter Cell games I get the feeling of deja vu when I am playing through the game because many of the environments feel similar. DA offers up a wide variety of locals that in no way feel similar.
I really only have one gripe with Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and that is the lack of darkness. Now I am not a vampire, I enjoy sunlight and daytime, but the same can not be said for Sam Fisher. Let’s face it Sam Fisher is a cape away from being Batman. With all the tools at his disposal, in the end darkness is his greatest weapon. During my time with Splinter Cell I wasn't so much strategizing and planning as I was running and gunning. Although DA is still a stealth action game there is less emphasis on the stealth and more on action.
Even though Splinter Cell: Double Agent makes a serious deviation from its typical gameplay, any fan of the series should still enjoy it. What it lacks in stealth gameplay it makes up for in variety. Tack on a great narrative and you have another game worthy of the Splinter Cell franchise.
Darren writes: "Splinter Cell: Double Agent certainly wasn’t afraid to tread new ground in 2006, introducing events that would change the series forever."
Microsoft presented a new batch of Xbox 360 games that received Xbox One X enhancements via Xbox One backward compatibility, and here you can watch how they run.
Nothing wrong with more games. As someone who just fundamentally hates xbox, I am pretty jelly that xbox gamers get real BC.
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Finally ninja gaiden 2 is BC, I've been waiting on this since they announced BC.
Yeah i thought ninja gaiden was gonna get remaster because it wasnt announced for backwards compatible til just now tho i would've been up for joy if they announced max payne 3 for backwards compatible today instead
Ninja Gaiden 2 is the main game I wanted bcthen alone one x enchanced is this game is more fun than bloodborne
facts, once you beat a souls game and do ng plus, you have the game downloaded. Once you return to ng1 and 2 you still can get your ass handed to you lol, the regular enemies are a threat, still attacking even when they are on the ground dismembered.
Agreed dark souls, bloodborne, and sekiro are overhyped games and dont compare to ninja gaiden 1 & , ninja gaiden 3 sucks.
What does BB have to do with NG2?
Why not insert Contra Shattered Soldier while you're at it.
Ninja gaiden was once considered one of the hardest games ninja gaiden 2 has rpg elements so does bloodborn they have similar combat but ninja gaiden 2 just looks better doing it plus its fast pace and flashy combos removing limbs of foes remember 360 put more enemies on screen than ps3 on this game 360 had more dismemberment of limbs than the ps3 vs.360 had a better gpu but ps3 still to this day has an awesome cpu the ps3 had the prettiest ninja gaiden because of native 720 p while 360 pushed 640p now the one X has both higher rez and 360 style dismemberment But Ok for you contra ps2 version and nes
I do think ninja gaiden 1 and 2 are better than souls games, but they aren't even comparable
Again. Why'd you pick BB?
Ninja Gaiden has ninja dog mode = easy
NG2 has a jump and block button
BB has none of those.
You could've picked a Devil May Cry or Bayonetta game. They're more similar to NG2 than BB.
What does PS3 have to do with this announcement? Your insecurities are showing.
I think they are being compared because of difficulty but I dont even think that is comparable imo. Ninja gaiden games are better though that's just facts.
Amazing news! NG2!?!? Three Splinter Cell games!!! Fable 2&3 (the first is already enhanced)!!! This is what separates Microsoft's version of BC from others...its that they enhance both the performance and visual quality of these titles to keep them current in a lot of cases, instead of playing them exactly how they played and performed back in the day. Whats even better...I don't need to do ANYTHING but download the new patch...amazing.👏
Keep it coming Xbox!
Splinter Cell Blacklist and Splinter Cell Double Agent join the Xbox One backwards compatibility list. Xbox One is the home of Sam Fisher, it would seem.
As well as every other console at the time. Heck, even the N-Gage got a Splinter Cell game.
It was the first adaptation of the book so I imagine they wanted it on every platform they could.
Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, PC, Mac, Gameboy Advance, N-Gage, and Mobile.
You know it was a timed Exclusive for the original xbox for almost year? Also had way better lighting and graphics compared to the game cube and pS2 version. So Technically it did start on xbox... 2002 November then 2003 sometime for ps2 and gamecube. I quick Google search will also confirm this
Wtf are you talking about it was on almost every console, the only "exclusive" was conviction after that all others were multiplat
Yep, original was only exclusive for holiday 2002 then it came to PC and other platforms the following year
The 1st was originally exclusive to Xbox, & utilized the system's advantages. Worlds better than the PS2 or Gamecube versions. You couldn't shoot out most of the lights on PS2, & levels were constructed differently. Same with the old Ghost Recon games. Always better on Xbox, which IMO was why Playstation only people pretended SOCOM was good.
Absolutely loved Blacklist. My favourite game in the series. I only have the PS3 version though, so sadly I won't get to take advantage of this BC, unless a good sale comes along.
It was so weird not hearing his voice, and the fact they made Sam much younger.
And built in mechanics to reward people for not being stealthy. Kinda defeated the purpose of what Splontercell is all about
It's currently free on the XBL store, they haven't pulled it down from last night yet.
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Excellent review. I don't know why everyone hated on double agent i thought it was a pretty good game.