Stealth action not redefined....
The game play is what makes this series shine. No other game truly makes you feel like a real spy. This game has all the gadgets and moves from the previous installments and a couple of cool moves. Some of the moves are just awesome to do time and time again.
The single player portion of the game is a different from the previous games. You play as a double agent. So you are playing two sides. It is up to you to infiltrate a terrorist organization and take them down but at the same time keep their trust. You must maintain trust for both parties. So split decisions are key function in this game. Should you shoot an innocent person to raise your trust with the terrorist? Or should you not and lose their trust but stay okay with the good guys? In the end, the premise of the “double agent” feels tacked on. In reality, many of these decisions are not as major as they seem to be and they are too far in between. The missions are good but nothing we have not seen before. In DD, there are missions we take place within the terrorist organization. In these levels you must walk around, talk to some people, and try to find as much information as you can to bring the organization down. Sounds cool, but they are poorly executed. These levels limit your moves; all you can do is walk and nothing more. Despite their cool premise, these levels brake up the flow of the game in a negative way. The graphics are great. Sam Fisher is greatly detailed and so are the levels. But for the most part the game’s graphic’s to reach the potential of the 360. The levels provide much more variety this time around. The multi-player is once again here. This time around it is more "user friendly." The game still provides a challenge but it is easier to pick up and play. The multi-player now features 3 vs. 3. The multi-player, despite its easier accessibility, feels unbalanced on some levels. If you want a good, but at times boring, single player game, great graphics, and good multi-player, look no further. However, this game fails to be as good as Chaos Theory. Hardcore fans may love it because they are just fans, but also hardcore fans may hate it because it fails to distance itself from the previous installments.