OXM UK: "On one count, I'm ready to call it: this is strongest answer Splinter Cell's ever presented to the problem of how to make stealth work in an action game, or if you prefer, action work in a stealth game. And the happy consequence of this is that an eternal undecided such as myself can rest easy, able to wreak havoc without rousing the contempt of his own brain."
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
why make an inspired game that takes effort when you can half ass it with multiplayer gaas games and filler filled assassins creed games?
That question up there is the reason you don't see splinter cell games
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?
Because Ghost is the method fans of the series actually prefer? IMark and execute is never forced upon the player you liiterally never have to bother using it even once throughout Blacklist.
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.
MGS is done, at least as we know it so it's now or never Ubi, give Fisher the reboot it deserves. And for Gods sake, don't you dare turn Splinter Cell into another Division/Ghost reckon online abomination instead of a SP focused steath action game!
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.
So pumped for this game.
I am tired of hoping for a good SC game. This is one example of a great game that was destroyed by developers listening to whiners and reviewers. If people are buying the game you created, just create more of that and add to it.
Never take away what people bought the game for in favor of some guy on the internets bright idea (Oh SC punishes players too harshly for making and error, it is all trial and error; They need to let you save anywhere, check point are to far apart...). These comments came from reviewers. The whiners were mostly 12 year olds who thought the game was too hard (3 mistakes and you were pull off the mission).
Long time Splinter Cell fan going back to the first game and I can't wait for Black List. It looks really great. The PC version has a lot of extra graphical features such as tessellation, HBAO, parallax occlusion mapping, TXAA anti-aliasing, etc. It's going to look and run great on my PC.
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorow and Chaos Theory remain the most fun I've had with a multiplayer game. What an absolutely perfect introduction to Xbox Live, then I get Halo 2 and couldn't have been a happier gamer.