Splinter Cell: Double Agent Comments by Kristan Reed

First mofo's!

Depeche mode ?

9?! Whoah, very good. Didn't know it was out until I spotted it in Virgin Megastore, and I'd probably buy it if it wasn't for PES6 next week.

Bought this earlier but, even though it's on behind me, I just can't be bothered to play it.

Wasn't really that interested in this, but you sold it to me. That must be the 27th game that's released in that week that I want.

hurrah. Hated pandora tommorow but got CT anyway and loved it. Buying this too :D

I've always really liked the SC games every installment seems to get better.

Convincing review. Nice to see a good run down of the MP too.
Should be getting this tomorrow with any luck :)

What about the Xbox version Krud? What's your take on it? What is missing that's in the 360 version, if anything?

"I say, Sam, is that a joystick between your legs or are you just pleased to see me?"

Captions are getting a little bit on the pornographic side, aren't they?

Available in HMV high street stores for £39.99... I was very tempted today, even though I don't like Splinter Cell all that much.

Kind of surprised they didn't screw it up with all the lots-of-graphics-no-gameplay. Good to see :P

been waiting for this review all day!
Pleasantly suprised at the 9!
That £23.00 order from hong kong cant come soon enough.

Just clicked on the ad on the right - what kind of sillyness is it that I need a login for the official site of the game? They should be grateful that I am interested, not annoy me with the requirement to make an account.

9/10 bodes well for the next 360 Splinter Cell doesn't it,and as it'll be an exclusive the developers will be able to concentrate on programming just for that console,and as a result hopefully get even more out of the xbox 360(Both graphically and gameplay wise),as opposed to faffing about with last gen versions too.
Maybe 360 owners shouldn't be sooo intimidated by the monster that is MGS4 after all :)
I haven't played a splinter cell game since the first one, but I don't think I can ignore a 360 9/10 title,even though the super expensive month of November is quickly approaching....Ahh I'll get it tomoz,i'm bored stiff of Saints Row lately.

If this is better than Chaos Theory, then it must be absolutely amazing!

I've never played a Splinter Cell but I'm thinking this might be the first...

I had disregarded this based on past episodes that seemed to get more and more workmanlike. Your review changed that and I am very interested in trying it out now (only played the multiplayer demo which doesn't tell you much about the main game).

However that SAVE/LOAD time thing sounds horrible, I really hate stuff like that so I think I'm going to pass on this and wait for 5 (and hope they sort it out) OR get it on PC where the loading/saving is probably quicker? That is if there is a PC version as I've been out of the SC loop for a while.

A real shame about that as they almost had a sale.

Thanx for the review ! Personally, i found SC CT to be the weakest episode as well.

Yeah, it had various paths, but the AI was way too scared by Sam to counter it.

SC DA isn't really about the BEST graphics. Otherwise Ubi would have invested in it to start coding from scratch in the Unreal 3 engine. No, they updated the CT engine for multicore and the DA innovation lies in it's game concept & gameplay. (Trust meter shares a few similarities to Hitman's 'suspicion' meter ? )

Too bad to see that some other reviewers got 'blinded' by CT's jump in graphics.

The only thing i curse Ubi for, is the delay of the PC version to November 2nd :(

Well, I wanted this game for ages, then read the Gamespot review and thought, naaaahhh! But then Krudster comes along, and I'm buying it tomorrow. It seems it has everything I want.

Well, I wanted this game for ages, then read the Gamespot review and thought, naaaahhh! But then Krudster comes along, and I'm buying it tomorrow. It seems it has everything I want.

Heh, I just watched the Gamespot video review, and it almost put me a bit off again. He almost says the contrary of what krudster says on every point, and it all sounds "same old, same old". :)

played this for seven hours today, offline and on. it's great

^ UncleLou- You do realize ... that Gamespot's editor, Kasavin, likes MGS ....ALOT....

and what's wrong with your 360, EG? saving takes a little over ten seconds on my machine, and the 'load last' takes about five

Let's hope RB6 is just as good. \0/

Another damn game to buy....I was hoping this would be, well, quite bad ^^ No such luck though, eh? Well, off to the store tomorrow then......

Love the reference... Depeche Mode FTW!

Ah! Well done - I didn't get any of them this time. Are they all Depeche Mode?

its a shame the old co-op missions have gone though... they were my favourite part of the last game.

the so called co-op they have replaced it with is pretty weird too as it seems to pit you against each other to succeed (ie. you dont work together, just alongside one another)

didnt seem terribly co-op to me...

@ captainrentboy

MGS has never been of any relevance to me anyway. I thought the first one was decent back in the day. 2 was absolute muck and while 3 was far better, the reality is that SC overtook MGS a long time ago. Splinter Cell is the Pro Evo/Forza to MGS' Fifa/Gran Turismo. The pretender to the throne that now SITS on the throne. MGS is just too arcadey for my liking. Not authentic enough for a 'stealth and tactical espionage' game I'm afraid.

Oh, and for those disparaging Chaos Theory, you craaaaazy?! For me, the SC's have gotten better with each new edition. The first blew my socks off upon release. PT made a lot of smart improvements and introduced outdoor enviroments. And CT...well, for the love of God, it was only in the top 1% of all-time Xbox games!

And from the sounds of it, DA is another quality title from UbiSoft, who are officially the most consistent developer out there. Well, near enough anyway. However, a question still remains unanswered. The Xbox version of DA. What's it like?

I finished Splinter Cell CT in one go. 40 quid for a single gaming session is too much.

Bought this today. I hate it. It's completely absorbing all the time I need to do things like sleep, eat, and wash because it's so damn good. Curse you Ubisoft. If R6: Vegas is as good as the other Tom Clancy games on 360, I swear...

@ PhakeDC

Should have played it first time on Expert like I did! :-)


@ Dr.Mott

Yes, Advanced Warfighter, Double Agent and Vegas. That's be quite the clean sweep, wouldn't it? And that's before we've even mentioned the potential awesomeness of Assassin's Creed.

Please no more Metal Gear vs Splinter Cell comparisons, they both do completely different things.

Solid Snake runs up missiles and Sam Fisher hides in the dark with 3 bright green lights on his head.

Neither are realistic. Judging either based on the level of realism and credibility is just a bit silly.

Gotta wait for mine to arrive from Play-asia :/ Im buying it mainly for the multiplayer anyway, never was a fan of the Splinter Cell single player, the controls were horrible, it was next to impossible to move, get out a gun and aim at the sametime.

I just knew someone would be sad enough to drag MGS into this. They're not the same sort of game at all, stop trying to pretend they are.

I know I'll probably hate it, but I'm tempted to give it a shot now...

@ absolutezero ; sp SC1 was and is great. The point of the game is to NOT having to resort to shooting.

SC DA's going back to SC1 roots by zero kills/shots = key to succes.

'Splinter Cell is the Pro Evo/Forza to MGS' Fifa/Gran Turismo. The pretender to the throne that now SITS on the throne. MGS is just too arcadey for my liking. Not authentic enough for a 'stealth and tactical espionage' game I'm afraid.'

I'm the complete opposite. Every Splinter Cell game I've played, I could never get beyond the opening few levels because...it..was...just...so...dull. The story in everyone puts you to sleep, the extra realism (not that's it's entrely realistic, but that it aims to be) is no fun. MGS is much more fun, you've got ninjas and vampires, giant robots and nefarious villains, charismatic bosses, interesting dialogue and characters, and variety in gameplay.

I love both MGS and SC, but MGS has to take the cake.

Will be getting this for PC probably over the next week. :)

@ freedumb

Each to their own I guess. I like my SC, my Pro Evo, my Forza, my Brothers in Arms, my Football Manager. MGS, Fifa, Burnout, Call of Duty, LMA Manager. They're not really for me.

Essentially the Xbox 360 is currently wiping the floor with the PS3’s Christmas line up; Microsoft's offering at this point in time is looking unassailable to be quite honest with you.

Well it's been out for a year now and to be expected while the PS3 is just launching.

Fascinating.

Clearly a Friday night drinking binge in the Blair-zone..... why didn't I think of that?

/raids drinks cabinet

Good. Good. Chaos Theory was the first Splinter Cell I couldn't myself motivate to play through...

9? Wow... the XMas AAA rush is here early! Bring on GoW ;)

Re: Saving

Dunno where you got 'Well over a minute' from? It's less than that. In fact I just timed it and it took 29 seconds. (Which is still quite long though).

Currently on level 3 and the review is more or less correct (except for the saving time!). Top game.

Well over a minute to save a game???

Something badly wrong with your stopwatch or your 360 there. Last time I saved (second level, admittedly) it was a matter of seconds. Around 5, I'd guess. Maybe a few more. Less than 10. Reloading the last checkpoint or the last save is about 10 seconds at most, and reloading ANYthing else (a different save, or the start of the mission) takes an eternity...

And as for no lag online... I'm on a 14 (FOURTEEN!!!) meg line and I got some appalling lag in both the games I played tonight. Mind you, they seemed to be 80% American games, so maybe that's why.

Otherwise - very nice so far.

yeah, after reading the review I checked

the time it takes to go to the menu, overwrite an existing save game and return to the game is around 10 seconds. quick loading your last slot takes 5 pretty much exactly. other slots on the same level take a little longer, but not considerably so

this game is really, really good. the missions just seem to get better.

Wow, a 9er! This is surprisingly generous compared to even sites like GameSpot and GameSpy. I haven't played the game yet, but I feel that - GASP! - those sites have a better case for their lower scores. GameSpy even goes as far as to say that this game doesn't feel all that next - gen, and coming from wide-eyed, awestruck idiots that are GameSpy, that is something.

As for the save issue, I will say one thing: in case of both PS3 and X360, today's average high-end PC has TEN TIMES their RAM. Sony would have done well to build 1GB of RAM into PS3, but they didn't. TEN TIMES - that's a scary thought. I guess issues such as save times will only increase in the future

I haven't been the biggest cell fan in the past but this game is rocking my world, hence the time and i'm still palying it, Th e solo is great but oh my god the multi player is better then..............................A donner kebab after 7 beers! Everyone I command you to buy, no one will be dissapointed!!!