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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent Review

Mishtram | April 13, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 
The PS3 version of this review is out, with a lower rating than the Xbox 360 version. Even with stronger hardware, PS3 is outclassed when it comes to graphics when related to it's Microsoft counterpart.
Earlier Splinter Cell games in the series tended to look better on the Xbox than the PlayStation 2 since the series was built around the more powerful hardware of the former. Because current-generation consoles are comparable in power, it's not surprising that the PS3 version of Double Agent looks almost as good as the Xbox 360 version, though there are some issues. For instance, the PS3 version lacks some of the complex lighting and shadowing effects that were put to great use in the Xbox 360 version, immersing you in the gloom. Meanwhile, night vision lacks the warm, glowing amplification of lights seen in the Xbox 360 version, and the PS3 version doesn't have some of the 360 version's particle effects, such as smoke plumes. Both versions also suffer from long loading times, as well as a struggling frame rate at times (which struggles a bit harder on the PS3). The good news is that both versions still feature the unmistakable voice of Michael Ironside as Fisher and the voice of Dennis Haysbert as Fisher's NSA boss, Irving Lambert. As you've come to expect from the series, the voice acting is solid, as is the music, which amplifies when things get hairy and retreats once the coast is clear.

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    Mishtram | April 14, 2007
    This was a big surprise. I had expected for the PS3 to do better here, and when it failed, I had suspected it was something which was left out in that version, but because of Graphics? Considering how much the PS3 has gone through in an attempt to make the graphics top of the line for any PS3 game, this is most definitely sad. =/
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    madtown | April 14, 2007
    Shocking. I had expected the PS3 to surpass the 360 in the field of graphics in Double Agent. ;\

    And still with the damn load times... >_
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    Sakura | April 14, 2007
    I'm really shocked as well. I thought the game would be better for the Playstation 3, especially in the graphics category. =/

    It seems like a few Playstation 3 games have horrible load times too. >.

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