Sam Fisher was once a member of the Third Echelon and aimed to infiltrate enemy strongholds, gather intelligence, and eliminate threats to national security when necessary.
The circumstances are shifting, and America’s adversaries are exploring new opportunities and looking for methods to make themselves deadlier. The third Echelon is undergoing its transformations to stay one step ahead of the target it is pursuing. At the same time, as Sam Fisher’s enemies develop and his allies shift Fisher’s own life will go through several significant and irreversible shifts. And if it does take place, nothing will ever be the same again.
Fisher’s life has been flipped upside down, and as a result, he has been given a new assignment that is unlike any other he has ever been shown before. Now that he is on the inside, working with those he has sworn to destroy and discovering adversaries among his allies, he used to penetrate defenses and acquire information from the outside. However, he is no longer able to do these things. He is prepared to sacrifice everything for the cause of the greater good, even if it means losing his life or his identity in the process.
Every time you play the game, you will have a unique experience because you may choose how you want to approach it, whether with stealth or guns blazing. It is best to sneak up on the adversaries and eliminate, interrogate, or otherwise dispose of them without drawing attention to yourself. Your decisions during the game will lead to one of three distinct conclusions. Throughout the game, you will travel to various locations, including a prison, a boat in Cozumel, Africa, and many other places.
You will acquire various tools, including weapons and equipment, to assist you in your quest. Utilize gadgets to turn off the lights, utilize devices to electrify enemies in the water pond, and scan the surroundings using your many visions (electric, night vision, and heat vision) to identify potential gameplay objects worldwide.
This version differs significantly from the one released for Xbox 360 and Windows, and they use the same engine (even though it is not multi-threaded). Still, this updated release adds a single-player campaign with an alternative ending, a new Spies vs. Spies online mode, 14 co-op missions that can be played offline (also playable online for the Xbox version), LAN, and 8 minutes of additional cinematics. There are also some alterations made to the overall plot. Only cooperative multiplayer is available for the Wii and GameCube versions.
The multiplayer component of Spies versus Spies features a variety of game variants, including Team Hack, a game that is played similarly to capture the flag; however, instead of grabbing the flag, players must hack their opponent’s computer and protect it on their own.
- Regular matches are referred to as death matches.
- Regular team matches are known as team deathmatches.
- Key Run is a form of hacking analogous to Team Hack but includes adding a key that must be obtained to get into the adversary’s computer.
- Sam vs. All is a game in which a single player, Sam Fisher, is tasked with breaking into computers guarded by an entire team.
- The Countdown is a multiplayer online game that plays similarly to Deathmatch but adds a time limit that can only be removed by eliminating other players.
