5 years from now you'll still be poping this into your Xbox.
Story: Best plot I've seen in YEARS, I mean everything is just well written and inspiring that you wouldn't believe you're playing a videogame and that you are reading an 800 page novel written by the best writter in world. I don't even want to spoil any of it for you because it's so good.
Graphics: Way better than Halo 2 and that's certainly saying a mouthful. Example: the advanced Ragdoll physics are very realisitic, whenever you kill someone or KO someone they don't just automatically just fall to ground and disapear, no no no. They fall to the ground yes but they land in many diffrent but realistic positions, but the bodies always stay in tact. Facial expressions couldn't get any better, they look just like actual human beings.
I found little fault with the environments and textures, which made me wonder if I was playing a game intended for the Xbox360. Another thing I really loved were the water effects which I'm not going to go into too much detail about. And think Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is an original Xbox game.
Sound: I'm no gun expert or anything but, the gun sounds are quite decent, shotgun sounds like a shoutgun, Ak sounds an AK and so on and so forth, they're not the best gun sounds but they sound decent enough to make good quality firefights. Other than the guns the sound is just PERFECT, door slams, puddle splashes, footsteps, are just PERFECT. Same goes for the voice acting too.
Gameplay: Like the gravy to your mashed potatos, the icing to your cake, the bread n butter, I've saved the best for last! First let's start with the level design, no longer do 3 alarms= Game Over, instead you get 3 alarms= Betterly equipped guards. With each alarm you trigger the enemy will equip themselves with new armor pieces. Such as at alarm 1 they equip bullet proof vests, so really it's replacing one burden with less frustrating burden.
Now let's talk about Sam, he'll be facing tougher enemies than in previous games, so he's gonna need some tougher weapons and fighting techniques. Sam has been introuduced to a lot of new weapons such as, the Shotgun, The Knife,The Sniper Rifle and many more. The neat the thing about the knife is that it's a superb substitute to the 'ol elbow attacks which were unconveniant and virtually useless. Now Sam can just slit their throats, stab 'em in the gut, or if you prefer a less agressive way of dealing with your enemies, you can just knock 'em out cold with your fists or even just complete your mission without touching a single enemy.
I almost forgot about Sams new gadgets. His pistol is equipped with a device that can short circuit electronic devices temporaily, he now has a new feature to goggles that alow him to scan objects. you can now hack into computers which really more of a 10 second mini-game.
As for objectives, there is now more than one way to completing your mission and if that wasn't enough, there are plenty of side quests to engage in aswell.
Overall: What do I need an overall for this THE best stealth action game on the Xbox run to nearest retailer and buy it for like 10 bucks!