Towards the end of the game ( SPOILER ALERT) you are faced with a choice to prove your loyalty to the JBA. There is one moment however, which genuinely shocked me. Yep, it was exactly as horrendous as it sounds. During the eighth mission, you’re back in the JBA headquarters and need to gain access to an important email by solving a 3D digital Rubik’s Cube. However, it was the email decryption cube that sticks in my mind more than anything else, as it was so bloody difficult to solve. The classic lock picking mechanic made a return, as did a new bomb defusal mini game amongst others. That certainly would be a case of mission failed. The stealth meter was your aid in sneaking through to off-limits areas without being detected, and this was more important than ever as you couldn’t simply shoot up the place and leave as your cover would be blown forever. Indeed, Fisher was very limited to what he could do and where he could go in the JBA headquarters without arousing suspicion. It gave him a genuine sense of vulnerability that until that point in the series, I had never experienced before.
This was most likely due to the fact Fisher was without direct support from the NSA, or it was at least limited in order to maintain his cover.
The classic Splinter Cell gameplay remained in Double Agent but felt somehow much more raw and gritty than other outings. However, rather interestingly the game allowed you to do just that if you wish, which went against every moral fiber in my body and felt so… wrong. Anything he had to do would just be to save face, I told myself, he couldn’t possibly turn. I remember a strong sense going into Splinter Cell: Double Agent that Fisher was a good guy, and always would be.
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