A curious mix of Splinter Cell, Death to Spies with a bit of Hitman's brutal motif, Velvet Assassin is a game inspired by (although not really based on) the life and work of real-life WWII agent Violette Szabo. Szabo was a French born English woman whose life for the British Government was short lived – she was captured, tortured and executed after her second mission. In the game, you play Violette Summer, an MI6 agent operating in Nazi held Europe doing all you can for the war effort. The missions you're asked to go on range from sabotage, or assassination, to killings, and your career lasts a little bit longer. Playing the game however, you get the feeling that it's not about what you're there to do, it's the journey you take whilst doing it, including the how and why.
