Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #334 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2006-10-20
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Splinter Cell returns with an all-new story of double-dealing terrorists and uncomfortable moral decisions. Its greatest new feature though is its multiplayer, which continues to expand into the definitive online stealth experience.

The lowdown:
You can only imagine that Sam Fisher must get a good pension, because he doesn't seem to have an easy life. This time his role as a double agent in a terrorist group forces him to constantly make difficult moral choices, from big set piece decisions on whether to execute hostages to simple choices in-game such as whether to help out civilians. Although there are few significant changes to the controls this time around, for once most of the game doesn't take place in the dark. Stealth is still paramount though, especially since two onscreen trust meters track whether you're still in favour with both the terrorists and the NSA. The terrorist base also acts as a sort of hub world which you keep returning to between missions and slowly explore and unlock as the game's story unfurls.

Most exciting moment:
The expanded Spies vs. Mercenaries multiplayer game now has even less connection to the single player campaign, with the spies using only hand-to-hand combat and moving much faster than Sam Fisher. It now supports a total of six players at once and is one of the few online action games to offer a genuine alternative to the normal first person deathmatches.

Since you ask:
The next Splinter Cell game is subtitled Conviction and is due out some time next year. Controversially it has been announced as an Xbox 360 and PC exclusive only, with no PlayStation 3 or Wii versions currently scheduled.

The bottom line:
The best Splinter Cell yet, particularly in multiplayer mode.-HARRISON DENT

Manufacturer's Description
The best-selling Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell saga takes on an entirely new direction. In the highly anticipated sequel to the 2005 game of the year, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, play as a double agent spy for the first time ever. Take on dual roles of covert operative and ruthless terrorist, where your choices of whom to betray and whom to protect actually affect the outcome of your game.

Experience the relentless tension and gut-wrenching dilemmas of life as a double agent. Lie. Kill. Sabotage. Betray. All to protect the innocent.

How far will you go to gain the enemy's trust? As covert operative Sam Fisher, you must infiltrate a vicious terrorist group and destroy it from within. You'll need to carefully weigh the consequences of your actions. Kill too many terrorists and you'll blow your cover. Hesitate and millions will die. Do whatever it takes to complete your mission, but get out alive.

Customer Reviews

Awesome. Beats the previous ones by far.
This is truly an awesome game. I personally will never get tired of the storyline, partially because you can quite literally change it yourself. Not only do you get to make decisions such as what objectives you complete and which side to do them for (either NSA or JBA), there is so much stuff (I say 'stuff' because there are so many gadgets and weapons to name)at your disposal from wall mines to ultrasonic emitters and from Sub-machine gun (which a new addition of a cool laser scope) to the trusty old SCK pistol. I also like the new way of interacting with enemies. Now you get to choose what to do with them. You can either kill them on non-lethally take them out. Yet another good new addition is you can grab people from EVEN MORE places now, such as from behind walls, over railings and even through ice!!

Right so to sum the single player up, it's bloody awesome...IF you like the splinter cell series. If not (as many of my friends will agree) it's not that great. Basically if you like less strategic games such as Halo and Gears of War this probably isn't for you as it involves a fair amount of patience (i.e. waiting for your enemies to come round a corner so you can hurl a combat knife up their windpipe and also remember this is a stealth game so you can just run in their mindlessly with a shotgun Halo players. If you do do this an alarm will probably be raised and the chances are that the mission will be over.

The multiplayer is also fun however a lot different to the single player, with no weapons, just agility and your neck-breaking skills at your disposal.

To sum up, this is an brilliant game especially for those who enjoyed the other Splinter Cell's. Less strategic game player could find this game good-just don't EXPECT to be able to run in shoot everything up. It's called a stealth game for a reason.

Worse than ones on previous gen consoles
Why... ?

One reason only... WHAT'S WITH SAM'S GIANT BACK! The camera sits so close to Sam Fisher's back that you can barely see what's going on!!!!!!!!!


I played SC-Double Agent on PS2 and the camera view was much more functional. I was really looking forward to this game but I was disappointed by the lack of functionality in terms of this camera issue.

The worst game of the series by far!!
I have played and completed every other game in the splinter cell series on the original XBox console. This is by far the worst and a massive let down. As many reviews have said, the game is exceptionally dark in places where you have no NVG's. The method for hacking computers has been changed and is now far to easy, very boring after your 40th hack!! I have also played the original XBox version of Double Agent and it is completely different and more like the splinter cell games we know and love. My honest advice is if your XBox 360 is backward compatible, get the XBox version and not the XBox 360 version. Two completely different games. The graphics are only slightly better on the 360 but the game play is far superior on the original XBox version. Completely different missions and game layout between the 2 versions.