This is a great milestone for the franchise. Today, Ubisoft celebrates 20 Years of the original stealth action classic, Splinter Cell.
Tim talks about what he’s been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, X-Men ’97, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the Splinter Cell Remake, Gears of War 6, old games still being popular and more!
Announced in 2021, the ground-up remake has seen little to no updates this year. Check out some possible explanations here.
The game was announced much too early, but also people were hounding Ubisoft about Splinter Cell for years, so they wanted placate them by making the announcement.
It's normal for games to "go dark", no reason to worry about it. In our age of social media and glut of releases everyone has to turn everything into a big deal if they don't get what they want immediately. Just be patient and let them develop the game.
And let's hope they don't turn it into a modern Ubishit game, packed with mundane boring filler, and ways to artificially extend the length of the game. Experience points, skill trees, resource collecting, grinding for equipment upgrades. None of that trash belongs in Splinter Cell.
We are talking about Ubisoft. Of course all that crap will be shoehorned into the game.
Old Ubisoft was amazing. Modern Ubisoft I mostly ignore these days. It's a shame because they have so much potential.
Ubisoft and remakes seen to be cursed still waiting for Prince of Persia Sands of Time
well ... one thing's positive in that ... they're using the snowdrop engine for this remake, which looks better than Ubisoft's Anvil engine.
Snow drop is a stunning engine have been used in the Division series as well will be powering the upcoming Avatar and Star Wars Outlaws
It was an open secret, but that did not stop thousands of players from being excited with the confirmation that Splinter Cell Remake is a reality. This long-awaited return, developed by Ubisoft Toronto, gives us the opportunity to start over again one of the most iconic stealth adventures in the sector, and the celebration of the saga's 20th anniversary has been reason enough for its authors to reveal more information about the project.
Ah, two decades of the ol’ splits-jump, heh. It’s on my bucket list irl, lol!
Looking at what it took to pull off a headshot in the OG trilogy, and then seeing the “mark and execute” mechanics in action…. It’s the biggest shift in tone for any franchise, ever.
Go play Chaos Theory and dissect why it works. We’re waiting…
How much are they going to charge fans for the celebration?
I feel like it's weird to do a 20th anniversary celebration when you haven't had a game out since 2013, despite all the fans begging for it.
Yea we're getting a Remake... that I guess is going to be "politically correct," sounds great.
So, what do we get for this celebration? A round-table discussion of how awesome the games were? Gee, thanks.
Ever wonder what a multiplayer mode of 2-4 operatives would be like?