VG247: Sam Fisher made a return appearance at this year's E3, sparking the announcement of Splinter Cell Blacklist. VG247 rappelled in with the guys behind the green lights to discuss this 'blacklist' of theirs.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has been out of action for a decade, so it's time to look back at 2013's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
Sam Fisher is evidently the most skilled stealth operative because no-one has seen him in his own game for years
The entire mark and execute system belonged in another game.
It’s cool, but the polar opposite to how Sam Fisher initially handled.
The original trilogy made shooting very, very difficult, yet a viable option, which ultimately motivates stealth.
The mark/execute system makes shooting stupid easy, to the point of why would you even bother trying stealth as an alternative?
The sad part is that I actually really enjoyed the last game, Blacklist. It may have lacked the iconic voice but the gameplay was excellent, and blended stealth, action and a mix really great compared to most games, where none of the three options felt like the wrong way to play. I really hope they either produce a remake of the original game or a proper sequel.
The stealth icon has gone too stealthy of late, but the best Splinter Cell games still rank among the best games ever made.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Ubisoft, we need to chat. Please, have a seat. Thanks. Ok, so I think you know why you’re here. No it has nothing to do with all those game delays, we’ll talk about that later. What? No it’s not about the Skulls & Bones and Beyond Good & Evil 2 falling off the face of the Earth, just listen. We need to talk about Splinter Cell. Don’t give me that look, you know this conversation needs to happen. The way you’ve treated the series, its fans and poor Sam Fisher himself is sad, infuriating and just plain disappointing and it needs to stop."
The Fish!!!
I'd love to see a remastered edition of those games as well as something new. It's about time.
I would love a new splinter cell, maybe even a reboot at this point. Sam Fisher deserves it
I think reboot the entire franchise the games were great but every time they try to make him human like a father or something it comes of as unbelievable
They added damn near every SC game to Xbox1X back compat enahnced list. That is a lot of Sam enhanced and I am loving it, but Sam deserves a new next gen game.
Sam Fisher was at his best during Chaos Theory, this empty shell of a former badass is nowhere near "his best".
So Sam Fisher likes to kill people alot huh? Too bad he's no where near the legendary Solid Snake. Stealth is not about frickin killing people around and starting a gun fight, it's about sneaking and bypassing enemy patrol undetected and if necessary, put them to sleep or knock them out but not kill them and leave a mess! That's not what the father of stealth Hideo Kojima taught us.
IDK...I understand people lambasting the "new" fisher. But throughout the series we knew he was a badass. But through all the stories his stress over double crossings, thinking his daughter was dead and all that jazz had pushed him passed being the stealthy man we once knew. I understand really, but he has grown an IDGAF attitude through all these stories and has stated he'll kill anyone in his way. So I understand peoples omg the old fisher is gone but we've been led up to this point within the stories.
Dumbed Down gameplay for r tards.
I think everyone should calm their tits. I too enjoyed the first three splinter cell games and I too was a little disheartened at the e3 gameplay but I think they did make the game to be played both ways. We live in new times. Pew, pew explosions sell nowadays and if they hadn't catered to the majority at e3 this game would not sell.
The stealth is still there as the devs said if you so choose to play it that way. MGS4 did the same thing and that was still an amazing game in my opinion.
On another note it does go with the lore as above poster has said. Sam really could give less of a crap right now. He's no longer bound by third echelon like in the first three. Considering how decent Conviction was I'd say give it a shot before you utterly denounce it.