Good graphics, better music, great game
The game is about 50 times as bigger as previous titles, with locations like Burma, China and a few historical locations such as river Kwai and Eiffel tower. The game begins with a couple of training missions where you get to have a feel of almost all the characters. There are 10 levels and a bonus mission after every level which depends on collection of secrets. All the characters of the previous games are present and are better than ever. I like this new character Thief a lot because of his agility and ability to reach places where no other character can get to, the only drawback is that he can't tie up the enemy soldiers after knocking them off which is I think a stupid mistake on the part of game developers. Natasha is a spy who can use her charm and beauty to seduce enemy soldiers and can lead them to death and they don't even resist.
The graphics are well polished and detailed as well; all the locations can be viewed from all the directions which is a fresh aspect. The one thing I liked most about this game is its sound… AMAZING BACKGROUNG MUSIC… it adds so much to the game play… now let's concentrate on the game play mechanics… stealth is still your greatest weapon in this game... All the characters can wear enemy uniform but they become recognized if you get too close to enemy soldiers as compared to Spy who can give orders like changing their posts if he can get his hands on enemy's officer uniform... Killing is bad, knocking and tying is good because points will be subtracted at the end of each level on each kill. But it doesn't mean you don't have the license to kill, in fact weapons like flamethrower is much fun to use…
All the gamers who will be playing this for the first time will feel a bit difficult to get accustom to the level of stealth which is a bit unforgiving at certain points but a good thing is that if you are being noticed then there is no longer infinite number of enemy soldiers rushing out of a single room like previous games, the number of enemy soldiers is constant … once you get accustomed to the gameplay mechanics then it's not that hard game to beat…
This was all about the goods of game, now lets concentrate on the draws of the game which are very few though… first thing that comes to mind is the unnecessary details at times like use of rope ladders and bait fishes which are hardly ever used, which also means that u have to open the inventory again and again lest u wanted to remember whole bunch of hotkeys… other thing is the number of times you have to reload the game because once you get discovered then it gets very difficult to get things back to normal, one shot fired and all the enemies will rush to your location, and you will be left with no choice but to reload the game… also the inventory is a bit smaller when one takes into the consideration the level of details of the objects in this game… apart from these minor flaws (I don't think you can even call them flaws) it's a very addictive and immersive game experience and strongly recommended for all those who love strategy games…