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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
- Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Windows, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox
- Price: $39.99
- Genre: Action/Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Morality key to latest in adult stealth series.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this game is the latest entry in a franchise featuring surly NSA agent Sam Fisher. The series is notable for its use of stealth, lethal, and non-lethal attacks -- the players choose how violent their agent will act (the violent extremes are throat-cutting, sniper tactics, and throwing enemies to their death). Another moral aspect is a trust meter, which measures how your actions improve or undermine your relationships with the NSA and the terrorist John Brown's army.
What's it about?
NSA agent Sam Fisher returns with TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT, another excellent entry into the long-running spy series that perfected the stealth genre. Players control Fisher, a veteran spy for the NSA's counter-terrorism unit. Fisher has a reputation for being able to put a stop to the most nefarious terrorist plots, but is prematurely recalled from a mission when his superiors learn his daughter has been killed. Bereft and self-destructive in the wake of this tragedy, Fisher takes on his most dangerous mission yet -- to infiltrate the ranks of the domestic terror organization called John Brown's Army.
Is it any good?
Fisher's double agent assignment gives this Splinter Cell entry ample opportunity to push the boundaries between upstanding law enforcement and excessive force. During one mission, players must choose between killing innocent bystanders and building trust with the terrorist leadership. Each choice changes the game a little bit -- and colors Fisher's methods as either reserved and upright or aggressive and extreme.
Some of Fisher's workaday tools may raise some parental eyebrows as well. While he uses a full arsenal of non-lethal weapons (tasers, rubber bullets, and choke holds to name a few), Fisher can always resort to throat-cutting, sniper tactics, and throwing enemies to their death. For all of its nuance, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent remains an adult game dealing with big issues.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the impact of including explicit moral choices in gameplay. Do you like contemplating the results of your actions and the way they affect your character? Or is this a distraction from the shoot-'em-up fantasy and catharsis expected from video games? How does reflecting on the moral fiber of a video game protagonist change the way you feel about characters you control in other games?
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Joke? Not Funny.
You've gotta be kidding me CSM
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A MUST BUY FOR AROUND MY AGE. i have the wii version not playstation
hi i am jake.
This is a really good game i have it on wii and its great the violence is all optional because you can simply knock the guard out. Its quicker and earier then putting your combat knife into his back or shooting him and making a loud noise. I am not sure about playstation but the wii has 2 player mode which you team up and do missions so fun.
The youngest recommended age would be 11 or 10 as there is 1 or 2 part where you have to kill someone but thats it. The launguage is fine for that age and they would here worse at primary or highschool.
MUST HAVE 10/10 RATING
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Good game but violent in places
Its a good game with some interesting characters.
There are some decisions where you get to choose whether to execute a character which are not suitable for children (or adults for that matter!)
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A truly great game...
Although i bought this game for the Wii, and might be a little bit different from other systems, it's still basically the same stuff. There is only blood in one scene at the end, if you were bad in the game where he slits someone's throat(minimal blood). language not an issue, just the knife.
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Shoudn't be M
I have absolutly no idea why this game is M there is barely any blood and very infrequent language.
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February 7, 2009
AGE
a must buy
this amazing game is long but very dark and brutal there are execution scenes with blood you can slit throats break people's necks and shoot them and torture but this is a great game
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Very cool!
Making your own choices in games is old news, but this has a new twist: Choose who you want to be as a super bad guy, or a good guy. Multiplayer has been taken down a notch though, so don't be surprised if you fell like the rules have been changed dramatically. But still, the best in the sires is the one you need to pick up.
A more than perfect score.
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Exhilerating
This is a great game. Like all other Splinter Cell games, this is a true nail-biter. The violence and salty language are the only issues. Lambert, Hisham, and Fisher all mutter a few bad words, but usually nothing more than "D**n" or "hell."
The Violence is for the most part not extremely graphic(bloodless shootings, KO punches...) but during certain scenes it can get pretty brutal (throat slicings, hiding sometimes bloodied bodies, hanging people with own hands, throwing people off cliffs...), you just need to remember that these are the bad guys. So Close to a TEEN rating if only they took out the blood and throat slicings! Social behavior is a plus because of the new feature: working on a team!
GREAT GAME!
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AGE
love it much..but i dont know why some of splinter cell game:conviction said its duplicated from another game story.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Windows, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox |
| Available online? | Available online |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure |
| Developer: | UbiSoft |
| Release date: | November 28, 2006 |
| Price: | $39.99 |
| ESRB rating: | M for blood, language, violence |
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