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[EverydayBeast]

This game pays respect to the stealth genre without being boring, fighting off enemies with straight up weapons matters, knowing how to hold a narrative through multiple chapters matters, and I 100% consider this a good game. Splinter cell I played blacklist prior to conviction and I think it's an answer to both action and the stealth genres.

Interrogation

An 85 means something.




Splinter cell conviction let's talk about it, what does the linear gameplay mean to you, and how an open world splinter cell could be a good time.

 

[KyoZz]

Ok game, bad Splinter Cell.

 

[kevboard]

the day Splinter Cell died.

Double Agent 360 was bad enough, but this was the final stab. it never recovered

 

[diffusionx]

Good attempt to modernize the formula. Second one was been better, wish they were ported to PS4 and cleaned up a bit.

 

[MMaRsu]

Better to play it on PC where you can turn off the grey saturation when entering stealth

 

[666]

Without a doubt the shittest shark jump game ever made.

Absolute fucken shite.

The story went from being about a small cog in a big political machine in a big world to being 12 year old cringe universe shrinking fan fiction.
"What if his daughter didnt really die but was fake dead and kidnapped by some guys and also Sam was a soldier in the middle east and we can do a flashback and he saves his longtime best friend who we just made up for this game"

Grinsdottir goes from being a support desk based analyst to actually being a top tier field agent all along.

The characters look and behave completely different to any of their previous depictions.

Who can forget the guards shouting every minute "BRO DO YOU THINK YOURE BADASS?"

This game and everything "Tom Clancy" after it is why Ubisoft should die.

 

[adamsapple]

the day Splinter Cell died.

Double Agent 360 was bad enough, but this was the final stab. it never recovered

The interrogation scenes were pretty cool tho.

 

[Gonzito]

Great game. Awful Splinter Cell

 

[ElFenomeno]

Absolute dogshit.

 

[Arachnid]

It's my least favorite Splinter Cell. I enjoyed it. I hope to god SC never has another game like it.

 

[Roni]

Momentum is a real thing. This game bombed so hard with the core fanbase while simultaneously failing to build a new one that Blacklist (which was actually great) didn't sell enough because people still had this in their minds when they thought of Splinter Cell.

 

[SnapShot]

Great game, I still play the Co-op campaign and Deniable Ops every now and then. I wish it had Spies vs Mercs

 

[MMaRsu]

Momentum is a real thing. This game bombed so hard with the core fanbase while simultaneously failing to build a new one that Blacklist (which was actually great) didn't sell enough because people still had this in their minds when they thought of Splinter Cell.

But it didnt have Michael Ironside

Now you play as young sam


Zzzzz

 

[Roni]

But it didnt have Michael Ironside

Now you play as young sam


Zzzzz

Ironside rejected the role for personal reasons, don't think throwing money at him would've worked since he was dealing with cancer.

 

[John Marston]

The interrogation scenes were pretty cool tho.

Amen!

Mark & Execute targets was also fun.

EDIT: Those objectives stamped on the environment were cool.

 

[schaft0620]

All of the Max Payne games and Splinter Cell games via Backcomapt are awesome.

 

[Loomy]

Ok game, bad Splinter Cell.

Great game. Awful Splinter Cell

This is where I'm at. I really like this game a lot, but it's not really what I want from the Splinter Cell franchise.

 

[corgiix3]

Literally the worst splinter cell game of all time.

edit* honestly you know what this game is just garbage overall

 

[AndrewRyan]

It's the last game in my 360 backlog. Enjoyed the first half with its interesting presentation style and fun gameplay.

 

[KyoZz]

This is where I'm at. I really like this game a lot, but it's not really what I want from the Splinter Cell franchise.

The saddest part is that Sam is now reduced to a mere skin for Ubisoft's shitty games like XDefiant (dead now, thank God). I swear the Guillemot are retards, Yves has gold in his hand and does nothing but taking awful decisions.

I'm so pissed at Ubi.

 

[Sticks]

Isn't Blacklist 4K60 now on Xbox?

 

[Js562]

What nobody liked it? Shit is good fun especially in coop. I still play it here and there with rainbow six Vegas

 

[corgiix3]

What nobody liked it? Shit is good fun especially in coop. I still play it here and there with rainbow six Vegas

I was a HUGE splinter cell fan and for me that game was a complete disaster. Biggest gaming disappointment of my life until Dragon age Veilgaurd came out

 

[ksdixon]

Better to play it on PC where you can turn off the grey saturation when entering stealth

Wut!? how?

 

[The_hunter]

The only splinter cell game I've played. Co-op on the 360 was great.

 

[MMaRsu]

Wut!? how?

Theres a mod for it!

Release Splinter Cell Conviction Fusion Fix · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack

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github.com

 

[crazyriddler]

I hated it because I'm a fan of the og splinter cell formula, but I also enjoy it because... it's a fun game

 

[ksdixon]

Theres a mod for it!

Release Splinter Cell Conviction Fusion Fix · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack

$${\color{blue}ⓘ}$$ Added an option to skip intro $${\color{blue}ⓘ}$$ Added an option to enable windowed mode $${\color{blue}ⓘ}$$ Added an option to disable negative mouse acceleration $${\color...

github.com

Holy shit, awesome, thanks man

 

[R6Rider]

This is the Hitman: Absolution of Splinter Cell.

 

[Artistic]

My least favorite Splinter Cell, but still a solid game.

 

[salva]

Tom Clancy's Michel Bay's: Splinter Cell

I was not a fan, was too hand holdy... Such a downgrade from Chaos Theory

 

[Durin]

It was a cool game that had a different approach to stealth that I appreciate, but I didn't want that to replace the direction of the original games, and the power fantasy angle devalues Sam Fisher's character a bit.

Given how many Tom Clancy franchises Ubisoft made, I would've preferred them still building on Chaos Theory, and made this a different franchise.

Going this more accessible direction also didn't keep the franchise going much longer, as we got Blacklist, and then nothing afterward.

I wouldn't mind an open-world approach, since sandboxes can make for great stealth, but I want the slower pace of Chaos Theory where I actually feel vulnerable and have to setup situations to work around that vulnerability like a good pure stealth game. That said, I'll take fucking anything at this point since Ubisoft dropped this franchise, and made a TV show instead.

 

[Polaris]

Yeah, it's so good it's the lowest selling game in the series.

This game pays respect to the stealth genre without being boring

It respects the genre by *squints at scribble* not being a stealth game at all.

You probably consider The Last of Us a stealth game, too.

Tourists, all around.

 

[Futaleufu]

What nobody liked it? Shit is good fun especially in coop. I still play it here and there with rainbow six Vegas

People dont like change, which also explains why remakes are so successful.

 

[genesisblock]

It's a linear action-espionage edgy game with the Splinter Cell name attached to it. I only enjoyed it because of the co-op feature. As a franchise, it definitely poops the bed. Are there cool elements like your memories and objectives being presented in a wall like an invisible projector? Yes.

But this was Ubi stuck between being an art-house and extracting the value of the IP. They can't stick with one so the design never go beyond the surface area. It has good mechanics, solid cover system, a debatable red dead auto aim kill. A larger sandbox would've made it tolerable but then again it's not really an advancement of the IP.

 

[RedC]

Isn't Blacklist 4K60 now on Xbox?

It was only 4k enhanced.

It was never FPS Boosted, so it's at a locked 30fps.