Splinter Cell: Double Agent: Video Game Review

These days the final frontier of graphics has been crossed. But most of these games are being launching on PS3 or the Xbox 360. But there are some really awesome and realistic games in the Ps2 as well. One of them is Splinter Cell: Double agent.This is the forth installment in the Splinter Cell series. It's a realistic action/adventure game which will be a treat for serious gamers for it provides intense action as well as sneak kills and has a solid well written story line.The story is about an govt operative Sam Fisher.He works for a secret government intelligence agency against terrorism.But everything turns upside down when his only daughter dies.Sam Fisher then accepts a dangerous mission to go undercover for an terrorist agency known as the JBA.Now this game is very different from others because in missions you can make decisions like whether you obey the JBA or work against them.But you have to make sure you don't lean too much because then either the JBA or the govt loses trust in you and gives you missions to redeem your self. The weapons include a sub machine gun with sniper,shot gun and knock out darts attachments,Some of these you get in the third or fourth mission.Along with this there are Wall mines,smoke grenades,a traditional knife,a revolver which can also shut down cameras etc.You also have some really cool spy toys like small cameras which can be blasted from guns or a optic cable allowing you to see through key holes.You also have ultra cool goggles with night vision,heat vision and another attachment allowing you to spot anything electric like bombs live wires cameras etc.There are also some good moves for stealth kills,Sometimes the challenges also allows you to use your brain.The AI is good.If the enemy can't see in the dark the often open fire and sometimes even damage your health.

The draw back is that you can't take your enemy guns and you have to use bullets carefully for you can only get limited bullets.Guns are also limited and some of the missions are also very difficult.But over all the good points cover up the draw backs and this is an awesome game which can kill a few hours.Plus the story line till the last mission is excellent but the end is a bit predictable.Another problem is that some of the terrorist are shown as Muslims and I guess an FBI agent (a good guy ) is shown a Muslim a counter to the terrorists I guess.This game also has an online mode but I haven't tried that out.There are some bonus missions as well but their story is quite weak and not very entertaining.