This doesn't necessarily mean that you have to complete all objectives, only that you need to create enough of a balance so you don't lose face with either side.
His standing with both the JBA and NSA are shown as meters, and if either one falls to zero, then Sam is finished. To appease his employers, Sam has to fulfill objectives for both sides. It's this balancing act that becomes the underlying plot of the game. The storyline is arguably the most profound of the series, largely because it's about Sam himself, a man torn between his loyalties and his loss of faith in what he does best. What the JBA elite don't know, naturally, is that Sam is playing them for fools, and is in contact with his NSA handler, Lambert, at all times. In order to do this, the JBA is willing to kill a lot of people and they want Sam to be the trigger. The overall mission is to infiltrate John Brown's Army (JBA), a homegrown terror cell bent on destroying the "evil, corrupt forces in America" and bringing the country back to its "democratic roots" (read anarchy). We learn that Sam's daughter is dead, putting him in an emotional ringer that opens up his most dangerous mission yet. The first mission of the game is more of an intro that sets everything up. Rather than move with precision to meet narrow objectives, Sam is tasked with playing nice on both sides of the fence.
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But he can sure take down terrorists with as much dramatic flair as 007.Īs the fourth installment (or technically the fifth if you count the PSP version "Essentials"), Double Agent is very much a game about its namesake. He doesn't wear a tuxedo and he doesn't seem to be into martinis, regardless of whether they're shaken or stirred.
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Trial and error can sometimes dominate gameplay.
THE BAD: New gadgets don't really make their mark.Multiplayer supports three-on-three action. Screen isn't as cluttered with information. Gameplay benefits from achieving objectives for both sides. THE GOOD: Excellent story with an angle that doesn't always centre on political intrigue.ALSO AVAILABLE FOR: Xbox, PS2, GameCube, PC, Wii.