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Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Prima Official Game Guide)

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I understand that guides are for multiple platforms, but this is silly. Prima did the whole SC:DA guide twice. Once for PS2/GC and again for XBOX 360/PC. Its two small books in one. But for about the price of two (retail of $20 rather than $12 which is the usual price for the skinny guides).

I thought I was getting this big guide filled with features and great pix (see the Halo 2 or GTA San Andreas guides) but instead I got tiny pix and very minimal info. The second half of the guide is essentially the first half over again.

I like the guides for epic games, because it's basically like a coffee table book that goes with the game, but this book is on it's way back.

Just like the last Splinter Cell Game Guide, this book does good in providing you a walk-through to get through the game, but it lacks depth of knowledge that those who have played SC DA before would need to improve their game. There are many ways to get to places and handle situations that the book doesn't cover. The biggest disappointments were that it did not cover the X-Box version, which is much different than the X-Box 360 version and it didn't have any maps of the Versus mode of play. Also if you are using an X-Box 360 or PC, you have to refer back to the PS2 section for details and explanations - very inconvenient. For a beginner who gets stuck, it is worth while to help you get through the game. For anyone else, the few tidbits you get from the book isn't worth it.

A nice looking guide, covers Gamecube and PS2 versions on the first half of the book and the X360 and PC on the other. Very complete guide but is a shame when you are looking on page 256 for a mission and says "for more info on this item go to page 6" so you have to go all over back to check than item and then come back to the last pages again (this is if you're looking at the X360 and pc pages). Some 10 pages more with all the gadgets and items on the beginning of the x360 and pc part wouldn't hurt :)

For the rest very good guide, nice maps, quality pictures, quality paper and very well explained, should have concentrate more on alternative routes but well, for people like me that get stuck in games like that it was enough help to get pass some missions.

The only bad thing is the "Frag doll comments" on multiplayer games, I find most of them pretty lame as they really say nothing important about strategies for the game.

Must have for SC fans.

If you want a guide that covers it all, then this is it. You'll find a great walk through and lots of intel for your trip into this Double agents adventures. I dont think you'll find anything else out there that comes close to this Guides helpful hints and strategies.

This is a nice guide, it may not be as detailed as the other Splinter Cell guides, but it is still very nice.

I had played this game without the guide a couple times. But when I really like a game, I like having the guide to look at and ponder other ways of playing the game. Also like having guides to refer to when I want to look up some aspect of the game.

If you like the game, it might be worth it to add this guide to your collection.

It's a great guide unless you're the original XBox game. Other than that, I've gone through the PS2 version rather well. Oh well....can't win all the time. :)