Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

"So single-player is a mix of exciting moments, frustration, and disappointment. Multiplayer? Much better. Double Agent greatly simplifies the previous two games' (Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory) spies-versus-mercenaries gameplay and adds two more players, for a faster-paced and easier-to-play (but dumbed down) 3-on-3 experience."

"All sorts of improvements have been made to level design, AI, gameplay mechanics (which are simplified yet still require skill), and a meaningful storyline punctuated with directed moments. While some may argue the point, the new Mercs Vs. Spies mode is good fun and should prove to have legs on Xbox Live. The game still loads slowly and it slips below 30 FPS in both single and multiplayer (in fact there is already an auto-update patch to eliminate the MP lag). But overall, Double Agent is a major leap forward for the series and, at least in my opinion, gets better and better the more I play it."

"It’s hugely addictive and a joy to play all the way through."

"It's not so much a question of trust anymore, but question of whether you trust stealth gaming to entertain you. If you're not sure, then maybe this is the place to start."

"Agent Sam Fisher's latest assignment turns out to be a fairly routine stealth action operation, but improvements to Splinter Cell's innovative multiplayer mode more than make up for this."