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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent for PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent for the PlayStation 2 is a stealth adventure in which Sam Fisher infiltrates a terrorist organisation. He must earn the group's trust while continuing to work for the NSA. The two sides' objectives do not always align, so alongside finding a safe route, you must decide which assignment to carry out and how that affects Sam's cover.
You view Sam from an external perspective and move carefully past guards, through dark rooms and across different heights. Observation helps you judge when someone is looking away and where you can continue unseen. You can avoid opponents, overpower them at close range or use weapons and gadgets. An encounter therefore calls for a choice first: do you move on, wait for a better moment or intervene?
The campaign connects that stealth action with decisions about trust and loyalty. Reading the environment and keeping track of your objectives matter while you search for the next way through. In addition to Sam's story, the PlayStation 2 edition includes separate cooperative missions for two players. You control other agents and help each other reach places and perform actions. This lets you infiltrate alone or agree on an approach together.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2006 and was Sam's fourth adventure on the system. The first Splinter Cell arrived there in 2003, followed by Pandora Tomorrow in 2004 and Chaos Theory in 2005. Ubisoft published the series, continually building on careful movement, observing guards and using technology to enter secured environments.
For Double Agent, the main change was Sam's position within the story. He operates inside a hostile organisation and faces assignments that can conflict with his work for the NSA. Ubisoft announced the double-agent concept in late 2005. The familiar infiltration gained an additional question: how do you carry out a mission while keeping both sides convinced of your loyalty? That tension runs through the campaign's events.
There are different interpretations of Double Agent. The PlayStation 2 version belongs to the campaign developed by Ubisoft Montreal, related to the editions for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. The Xbox 360 and PC versions use different missions and tell the story differently. Trust and the consequences of choices also differ. The PlayStation 2 edition builds on the stealth action of Chaos Theory and includes separate cooperative assignments as well. This makes the version recognisable within the earlier PlayStation 2 series, even if you already know Double Agent from another system.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell introduces the same foundations of shadows, night vision and moving carefully past guards on the PlayStation 2. Sam works as a secret agent on a different case. Double Agent builds on this with an infiltration in which he must also convince the enemy, so his assignments can conflict with maintaining his cover.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow also offers stealth missions across different locations, with Sam Fisher and technical equipment as recurring elements. It centres on stopping a terrorist network. Double Agent places more emphasis on Sam's position within the enemy group and the choice between orders from two different sides.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is the direct predecessor and shares many of the movements and the measured pace of infiltration. On the PlayStation 2, you can also play separate assignments with two players. Double Agent combines those familiar stealth foundations with the double-agent story, in which trust and conflicting objectives influence Sam's campaign.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater combines sneaking and an espionage story with camouflage in natural surroundings. You play Naked Snake during the Cold War and pay attention to his physical condition, among other things. Double Agent follows Sam Fisher through more modern infiltrations. His divided loyalty and assignments from two sides give preparing an action a different meaning.
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma has you infiltrate secured locations as Ethan Hunt with the help of technology and disguises. It shares the alternation between observation, stealth and acting at the right moment. Double Agent gives that espionage approach an ongoing conflict between Sam's secret assignment and the expectations of the organisation he has infiltrated.
