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I've played first-person shooters like Quake III, Red Faction, Unreal Tournament, Allied Assault, and SoF II: Double Helix is just as much fun. So what if the graphics are not as good as Splinter Cell, a lot of games aren't. What this game lacks in technical prowess, it makes up in action. Plus, you have some really cool weapons to choose from and blowing off various body parts is another plus. I have yet to get tired of blowing off someone's head with the shotgun. Sick, but you know you love it.

If you want reassurance, go check out reviews in gaming mags, they'll back this up. Double Helix is a fun FPS.

3 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Not bad but not worth [$$$]Jun 22, 2003
By Kenneth
Well, what can I say, I'm not impressed with this game at all. I finished Return to Castle Wolfenstein last month and Brute Force a few weeks ago and have to say I'm disappointed in this game by far in comparison to the ones I've mentioned.

The graphics in this game is mediocre at best, using "gun for hire" difficulty mode, the computer doesn't pose much of a challenge at the beginning levels. I do like the fact you can aim at certain parts of the body 'causing different damage levels at your opponent but then they all die the same way. Artificial Intelligence doesn't stretch very far in this game.

I bought this game to tide me over before the release of "Ghost Recon: Island thunder" - military action game but ended up feeling like I'm playing a cheap version of Wolfenstein or Medal of Honor. Both games which would beat this game hands down in entertainment, graphics, sounds, and value.

The NPCs on this game aren't as smart as Wolfenstein and especially Brute Force. They're none too smart about dodging, hiding and firing back. Somehow, you feel like you're not playing an Xbox game because it's such a setback from the really good FPS games like Wolfenstein, Halo, and Medal of Honor.

If you are a huge huge fan of this series, you probably won't be too happy about what I had to say but if haven't played SOF before, I'd advice you to rent this game first or get Wolfenstein instead.

2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

SAVE YOUR MONEY! THEY DESTROYED A GOOD GAME!Jun 18, 2003
By TGH DrDeath
OMG, if you haven't bought it yet, save yourself. Go rent it at least. I played it for 5 minutes and here are my complaints...

1.You have to play as your gamertag.
2.When you look up and down the cursor moves left to right also.
3.The graphics look like an N64 game.
4.You can't choose any options as far as map rotation, weapons allowed in the game, etc, like you can on PC.
5.You have to push the white button to talk to people even if they are on your team.
6.The triangle shaped indicator on your radar (top right on screen) isn't defined well enough for you to actually tell where you're going. 7.They dumbed down the accuracy of the weapons from the PC version also.
8.Only 12 people at a time no matter what. On PC you can play with up to 60 with no lag issues and easily 30 times better graphics that look borderline real at some points.

This was one of the biggest videogame let downs of all time. They took an awesome game and butchered it and made the graphics look like a gameboy advance.

I have played PC and console games since the early 90's. SOF2 on PC is an awesome game. Great graphics, nice interface, the game physics are nice, the weapons are accurate, just all around great. The Xbox lacks any really good hardware so they have to dumb every PC port down. And they really butchered this one. Do yourself a favor and stick to your PC. Even Halo is due out for PC soon, with every aspect of it far superior to the xbox version.

The only reason I gave it one star is because it is in fact a video game, and I love video games, so the more the merrier, but this one serves no purpose other than to act as a coaster for my beverage while I play the PC version.....

8 of 11 found the following review helpful:

A Scar on the xbox's good reputationJul 22, 2003

first of all, I want to begin with a quote from someone's review:
"this game is a complete insult to the gaming capabilites of the xbox"

The Artificial intelligence, AI, are actually ARTIFICIAL IDIOTS

The weapons are good, and I've only played single player. However there are serious issues with this game and other activision games. They are a terrible company in my opinion, and the only thing they have to boast about is return to castle wolfenstien.
The craphics...err...graphics are ps2 standard. The characters' mouths dont move when talking. The missions dont have depth. And the entire game isnt much but a mess thrown together in a few days. The enemies die VERY unrealisticly, not in the sense of Damage, individual body parts are affected, but in the sense of ragdoll. I shot a soilder and he fell with one hand on his head and one on his his side, which looked like someone relaxing on the beach. I shot him 15 more times and his arms and legs dissapeard. Crouching makes the same amount of noise walking: L a m e!

thats the summary, here are the pros and Cons:

Pros:...let me think...

*Many weapon choices
*relistic sounds (weapons only)

Cons: will it end?

*unrealistic ragdoll
*AI in this game is not Artificial intelligence, its Artificial Idiots
*you can kill one guy in a pair of 2 patrolling, the other wont notice
*Terrible graphics
*random mission Generator has the SAME missions!!!
*Explosions are like flashes of light
*music lack

Those are the big points. This isnt a game for the market, Try again Activision....or dont if youre gonna make another game like this.

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