It's been a long time since we last sat down in front of Splinter Cell Conviction; so long, in fact, we're beginning to wonder if we really saw it at all. Did we really see Sam choking policemen, battering terrorists with chairs and putting foes through tables? Was it actually a mirage? Does Sam really have a beard now?
Yes, we did and yes, he does. With every delay a fresh torture, we've been kept waiting an age to get our hands on Sam's latest mission, and are instead left to reminisce about what we saw on our visit to Montreal last June.
Two years on from Double Agent and Third Echelon has become a bloated beast, making them the absolute last people to call when Sam's former team-mate Anna Grimsdottir is threatened - leaving it to the man Fisher once again to fix it all; this time in daylight.
Any suggestions that the mixed reviews for Assassin's Creed might have contributed to the delay of Conviction are unfounded; the delay has been on the cards for a while and Ubisoft factored the bump into their November investors' report. So what is the deal?
Middle rages Clearly a lot of problems need ironing out, but it's safe to assume that some Assassin's Creed staff have been shifted over to Sam's game, so we'll start to see their expertise put to work on a whole new brand of social stealth, and smarter NPCs wandering around the world.
And just because the various grumbles about Assassin's Creed didn't directly delay the game, don't think Ubisoft aren't paying attention. Even back in April, the Conviction team were focused on making a hugely open-ended game, and since the number one Assassin's gripe regarded the linearity of Altair's missions, we'd expect them to re-double their efforts to make every mission a whole lot more open than Creed. You probably shouldn't expect Sam to go wall-running though - the fifty year-old's feet are planted firmly on the ground.
When last we saw it, Conviction was the most ambitious game we had ever seen. Even nine months on, that remains the case. With the old Chaos Theory team working alongside the best Ubisoft has to offer, if it doesn't deliver in the most epic manner possible, we'll consider it a COMPLETE failure. Oh yes.
Looks more like a jason bourne game than splinter cell, i hope its good but i dont feel very optimistic, 1 was awesome, pandora was crap, chaos theory was ok, double agent was average, i cant see this being much better im afraid.
is this game out on ps3 or what cus all sites seem to say its only out on crapbox360 cus ive played all the splinter cell games there all aces and dont slag mgs4 its way better than all splinter cells put together
so this preview is in fact nothing but an admission that you haven't seen the game since the last preview, haven't got any new details and haven't got anything to write this new preview on?
cheers for the preview devoid of preview. i hope someone gets smacked in the face for this pathetic attempt at whipping up a story out of old news.
so this preview is in fact nothing but an admission that you haven't seen the game since the last preview, haven't got any new details and haven't got anything to write this new preview on?
cheers for the preview devoid of preview. i hope someone gets smacked in the face for this pathetic attempt at whipping up a story out of old news.
lol so true. I mean there's no point u lot(the ppl hu deliever the news) ranting about it, there's little that we(the readers) here can do, we're not the journalists. I mean I'm all for new screenshots and news on Conviction but u lads&gals r the ppl that can get that info.
Anyways as for me I cant wait for this game! Ubisoft Montreal made Splinter Cell and Chaos Theory, and they were grt. Ubisoft Shanghi made Pandora Tomorrow and Double Agent, which were average at best.
Although part of me quite enjoyed Double Agent, I'm nt sure why ther was jst sumthing about it that i liked...
So I've gt real hopes for Conviction, since it seems they're aiming to evolve the stealth genre with Ubisoft Montreal at the helm I reckon they can do it.
Now enough talk of metal gear solid, this is the true evolution of stealth
I don't recall anyone ever saying that MGS was better in terms of Stealth, which is why MGS is classed as stealth/action. However, generally, MGS is a far better series.
Shame, this is supposed to be an XBOX exclusive. I really wanted to get this aswell...though not as much as MGS4.
Double Agent proved the series stale, in my opinion. i'm afraid Conviction doesn't appear to be the juice the series needs to get revitalized either. considering the improvements MGS4 seems to be making over previous entries, i'm thinking the stealth-pendulum is starting to swing back in its favor. hopefully Ubisoft will deliver, though i think Assassin's Creed may have stolen the crown as the better console game of the two from the developer.
I would much prefer for Splinter Cell to go back to its roots of acrobatically sneaking about in the dark stylishly infiltrating terrorist fortresses, unlike in all other spy games going in all guns blazing was not an option.
I though all the Splinter Cell games were equally stunning. I didnt think average when with any of the games
you and me are on the same planet. i also thought that all the games were amazing. all these other people just dont appreciate the great games they get anymore because its the norm for them. thats why they use words like "stale" and "disappointing" etc. everyone needs to be put back into that fresh perspective on everything. and why is everyone comparing splinter cell with metal gear solid like they're in some kind of war over an imaginary stealth-game crown? they are the ones who made all this up, because the developers/publishers don't see it that way AT ALL. it just makes me think even less of them.
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cus ive played all the splinter cell games there all aces and dont slag mgs4 its way better than all splinter cells put together
