This is fourth in the Splinter Cell series, being evented after Spinter Cell,Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory, plus evented before Essentials and Conviction.
Splinter Cell: Double Agent is one of Tom Clancy's best games, because it simply has an interesting and uniquely brilliant campaign. The story is about Sam Fisher, some NSA agent who has lost his daughter and now, with nothing to lose, takes up one of the most dangerous missions ever staged by the National Security Agency. He is told to be sent to prison (WTF?). Not because of crimes, though, he is willingly forced into the cell next to Jamie Washington, a member of a criminal organization, so Sam can help him escape (WTF!). It may sound confusing for an agent to break out a criminal, but this is to gain criminal trust and join the organization to destroy it from within. The Trust Meter is a very interesting feature now because you have to balance trust between both the NSA and the criminals, called the JBA, or John Brown's Army. Slip too far into the NSA, and the JBA decide you're a Double Agent in their midst. Too far into the JBA, and the NSA decide you've been overwhelmed by the way of evil and don't trust you anymore. You can simply pick whoever to serve. A Full Trust Meter can be achieved at certain moments, but sometimes, you have to choose for yourself. At the end of the third level, you have to shoot helicopter pilot Cole Yeagher. Shoot him, and you gain trust with the JBA. Spare him or miss, and they'll lose trust in you. Things like the bombing off the Cozumel Ship and executing of your own NSA leader, Irving Lambert, are like that. Plus if you kind of spare him, an extra mission is unlocked, and if you spare CIA agent Hisham Hamza, a new part of mission nine can be played through. My point, you are free to choose the objectives you complete in this game, which gives the player more freedom.
9 stars for good game play and plot line, minus 1 for 10 for the multiplayer and challenges' lack of freedom
By HowlingRabbit334
Splinter Cell: Double Agent is one of Tom Clancy's best games, because it simply has an interesting and uniquely brilliant campaign. The story is about Sam Fisher, some NSA agent who has lost his daughter and now, with nothing to lose, takes up one of the most dangerous missions ever staged by the National Security Agency. He is told to be sent to prison (WTF?). Not because of crimes, though, he is willingly forced into the cell next to Jamie Washington, a member of a criminal organization, so Sam can help him escape (WTF!). It may sound confusing for an agent to break out a criminal, but this is to gain criminal trust and join the organization to destroy it from within. The Trust Meter is a very interesting feature now because you have to balance trust between both the NSA and the criminals, called the JBA, or John Brown's Army. Slip too far into the NSA, and the JBA decide you're a Double Agent in their midst. Too far into the JBA, and the NSA decide you've been overwhelmed by the way of evil and don't trust you anymore. You can simply pick whoever to serve. A Full Trust Meter can be achieved at certain moments, but sometimes, you have to choose for yourself. At the end of the third level, you have to shoot helicopter pilot Cole Yeagher. Shoot him, and you gain trust with the JBA. Spare him or miss, and they'll lose trust in you. Things like the bombing off the Cozumel Ship and executing of your own NSA leader, Irving Lambert, are like that. Plus if you kind of spare him, an extra mission is unlocked, and if you spare CIA agent Hisham Hamza, a new part of mission nine can be played through. My point, you are free to choose the objectives you complete in this game, which gives the player more freedom.
9 stars for good game play and plot line, minus 1 for 10 for the multiplayer and challenges' lack of freedom
By HowlingRabbit334