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When you've got a franchise as popular as Splinter Cell, it's easy to fall into the trap of releasing sequel after sequel without making any real effort to bring innovation to the genre. Ubisoft has avoided that pitfall with Double Agent. The story jumps around a little bit at the start but quickly pulls itself together as Sam reaches the terrorists' headquarters for the first time. At that point, the developers do an admirable job implementing the double agent theme, utilizing trust meters and countering objectives to deliver a unique twist to the series. The only real disappointing aspect of the game is multiplayer. The exclusion of a cooperative campaign is a step backwards in my opinion. Still, Splinter Cell fans are sure to enjoy one of Sam Fisher's best assignments yet.

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The Metal Gear games have always been known for their intricate storylines, self-aware humor and intense hide-and-seek gameplay. When a player can watch a woman's face and be able to see the deep love she has for a man as she beats him down, breaks his elbow and smashes him in the ribs before throwing him off of a suspension bridge, well that's damned fine storytelling in anyone's book. Add in the exceptional voice acting and animation that makes players forget they are looking at CG people, and you have yet another "A" list winner from Hideo Kojima.

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Dead Rising is basically one big time-trial, with the sandbox mode you're looking for as an unlockable extra. From the moment you hit the ground, you're on the clock, asked to accomplish a variety of tasks and missions. You can ignore them if you want and just focus on zombie slaughter, but the game's set up so you'll want to focus on, at the very least, most of the story. If you don't, you'll miss most of the best weapons and some of the better fights.

The 360's power is used less for flashy graphics and more to keep hundreds of zombies onscreen at once without slowdown, which is impressive enough on the face of it, but gets really good when you're driving a truck through a horde of zombies.

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