come on i dont think this splinter cell from the ds deserve such a low score.
i have just bought this game coz is selling quite cheap now and after playing 3 stage i found it quite imperssive for a ds standard and what the gamespot review say about the poor framerate and sluggish graphics yes is quite true but is still dosen't really spoil the gameplay. you will usually control your character by walking slowly so that you can quietly silence the enemy this is why you usually dont see the poor framerate. and the graphics on sam fisher (the main character you are playing) looks good at least for the ds standard but for the enemies i think they look blocky but still you cant expect much from a ds. and the enviroment is also amazing again at least the ds standard.

the gameplay take place in fully 3-D and you can control the camera using the touch screen there are also many kind of weapon and gadgets to use and all of them can help you in your mission and you will realize all the weapons you can also find it from the console version. there are a total of 9 stages and although it may look quite short you will actually take quite awhile to complete a stage as the difficultly of the game is trurely quite hard and you will usually fail a mission a few times. but overall the game is wonderful if you love action game and if you are a splinter cell fan i believe you will enjoy it too!!!

the only bad about this game is the use of the touch screen to aim at the enemy when you want to shoot them because by the time they saw you and let you aim at them you will already taken quite a few shot and if you are slower you may even die so this really need to take awhile to practice.