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Splinter Cell Blacklist (anti)hype thread | Experience All 5 Stages of Ironside Loss
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How is the HD remake esp compared to playing the old school xbox version.....
HD is like 17 and the game alone is 5 (for OG) but I already played through the first 2 Splinter Cells
What do you suggest?
Googling the wikia: http://splintercell.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Clancy's_Splinter_Cell_Trilogy looks like a typical Ubi HD rerelease which is just port the PC version assets instead.
maybe stick with the OG version, the PS3 HD trilogy doesn't have MP (I assume that means you also lose co-op from Chaos Theory). The game looks fantastic regardless.
bigboss370
Member
honestly gameplay sounds cool and all, but I'm just completely turned off by the story,characters, dialogue, etc.
Could the PC version have (slightly) different content?
after watching this German Ubsioft video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXhYv38hNY
I saw that the cosnole versions (WiiU, 360, PS3) are rated USK18 for Germany, while the PC version has no rating yet. And now I wonder, why the PC version wasn't rated together with the other versions. Or is it just running late?
after watching this German Ubsioft video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXhYv38hNY
I saw that the cosnole versions (WiiU, 360, PS3) are rated USK18 for Germany, while the PC version has no rating yet. And now I wonder, why the PC version wasn't rated together with the other versions. Or is it just running late?
normalmode
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Adding a 5-minute highlight clip of a co-op level based in an Opium Farm in Afghanistan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ_x1pwS2aE&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ_x1pwS2aE&hd=1
Gun Animal
Member
I've never played a splinter cell game before but I love Metal Gear. The main thing that turns me off of Splinter Cell is that the plot seems like the usual American jingoism that you'd see in COD or something. Is the story really as bad as it looks from a distance? Is it worth getting into the series this late?
Same reason for Snake - they needed the person doing the voice to also do the motion capture.
Anyways, +1 for the WiiU version
So it's pretty much been confirmed the single player campaign is 13 missions. So pretty much on par since other SC games have sat around the 10-12 mission format, so expect maybe similar mission lengths. Hopefully longer than Conviction, which was actually 11 missions but didn't really feel that long.
http://gamingbolt.com/splinter-cell-blacklist-biggest-splinter-cell-game-weve-ever-created-ubisoft
So each part of the game is about the same size. 13 SP, 14 Co-op (with maybe 9 or so playable solo) and 6 SvM maps (12 if you count their different variations for BL and Classic modes).
http://gamingbolt.com/splinter-cell-blacklist-biggest-splinter-cell-game-weve-ever-created-ubisoft
So each part of the game is about the same size. 13 SP, 14 Co-op (with maybe 9 or so playable solo) and 6 SvM maps (12 if you count their different variations for BL and Classic modes).
This is actually probably a better preview of Blacklist than I could ever come up with.
http://www.pcgamesn.com/hands-splinter-cell-blacklist-sort
http://www.pcgamesn.com/hands-splinter-cell-blacklist-sort
I have to admit, the more I'm hearing about this game the more I'm sold by it. I'm actually looking forward to it now.
Still baffling why they didn't ditch Sam Fisher for a new character. He's not going to feel like Sam Fisher anyway and at least that method would open the door for a cameo in the future.
Still baffling why they didn't ditch Sam Fisher for a new character. He's not going to feel like Sam Fisher anyway and at least that method would open the door for a cameo in the future.
SporeCrawler
Member
Preordered wiiu version. Hope its good.
damn that's nice
Junior Member
graphics.
revolverjgw
Member
Nanomachines
This is hilarious. "We are the Blacklist" Give us the Blacklist or we'll release the Blacklist!"
Glad to hear SvM is holding up even if you're in a delirious, near-death state. Single-player Splinter Cell stopped being good after Chaos Theory, so it'll be a nice bonus if Sam and his Aeroplane Friends actually provide some entertainment while I wait for my buddies to get hold of this.
MaximusPrimus
Member
I'm sooo happy this game is free with my new Geforce GTX 760 
If you want spoilerish stuff about them in Blacklist:
-Vic
is injured in Guam which is why Fisher is back with 4E to begin with. Other people say he flies the Paladin which doesn't sound right though
-Kobin
has info on the Blacklist targets or attacks or people who are supplying stuff to them or whatever which is why the first mission after the tutorial involves you rescuing him
Huh, fair enough I guess. Thank you.
That sounds terrible. No, really. Because they pretty much assured the fans that Benghazi's "finale" could be played stealth so either 1) it wasn't compiled for this preview build and LOL it's just almost 30 days to release, where is it? or 2) the staff didn't know or let any press know about it. How is there supposed to be a no-kills achievement/trophy if they face you off with waves on the first real mission?
Benghazi is supposed to be the first actual mission, so I'm not entirely worried about it being a poor mission if it's any indicator (Chaos Theory's first mission was a fairly linear affair too). That being said if later missions the spaces don't open up, that will be a damn shame, but looking at the recent July 1st previews it seems okay since those are a bit later into the game. (Chicago, Panama from SP were previewed)
There is a mission in Panama that involves you breaking into a panic room in an estate and dragging that person out. If they cannot pull that off to even be as half as good as the Bank mission in Chaos Theory then I guess, well ... poop. By that I mean have the mission be completely almost entirely open as fuck and involve you basically running around retrieving information and stripping away at the security systems bit-by-bit to get to the chewy center. Have that without too much gating of areas in the map (which was one of the wonders of SCCT levels like Bank, Displace, Hokkaido, Bathhouse)
That being said Splinter Cell levels have been fairly linear affairs even if they were really open in Chaos Theory. A few of them were just one open environment you could play around with but most of them were mostly a bunch of connected sandboxes instead of a much larger one. As long as they keep that mix or change the pace with a big hefty open mission it should be okay even if for all intents and purposes we all know they will be bookended by linear affairs because **~cinematic hollywood storytelling~**
Jaded Alyx
Member
I want to finish Conviction before I get this. I think I'm near the end..I think I'll just put it on Easy and run through to the end.
I'm outside the White House..Am I close?
I'm outside the White House..Am I close?
Jaded Alyx
Member
Excellent. Might just watch it on youtube if I'm lazy.
Amazing!
Mustainium
Banned
So basically just more complaining that it's an action game.
While I'm really disliking everything I've seen, heard and read about this game so far I think I'm too big a Splinter Cell fan to let this latest iteration pass me by: Do we know yet whether this game will be part of the PS3 "Day One Digital" program? Or is it retail only for the time being.
Jaded Alyx
Member
New trailer! Have some more helpings of that Hollywood sauce!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTARYvWRWac
Honestly I think it is hilarious watching the official forums just go absolutely batshit insane with the latest previews. I think ubi's plan to try to appeal to them isn't working as they had hoped because they all live in their own little bubble. There really isn't any perspective there when they get their panties in a wad when RockPaperShotgun of all places wrote a less than favorable preview (seriously some of them suggested they should just ignore RPS altogether). Or when a preview video shows up and it isn't played the way they would because ~my special snowflake brand of stealth~. That and they really aren't trying to argue anything else anywhere but on their forums, so anything worth talking about ever leaves the forums.
I think they had plenty of content that was specifically tailored for them. Sure there are those who actually have tried it in person who still are enthusiastic about it, but it seems like even that isn't enough to keep most of them happy. Trailers too action-y? I dont think they know how video game trailers work. Right now they are super pissed off because only one mission has you wearing balaclavas or that the trailers showed off too much action stuff where the enemy spots you through cutscenes. Then they start making up some ridiculously bad gameplay style names because Ghost/Panther/Assault wasn't enough and they have to name every point on the gradient.
So there is maybe some legitimate complaints in there somewhere but having to find it is extremely tedious when 90% of the previews out there for public consumption isn't tailored for them like that Sneaky Bastards article was or literally everything they've done for their expense on the forums/at their events.
Verdict is still out for me though; obviously you don't really take any impressions the general gaming press too seriously on say, the actual merits of the moment-to-moment stealth gameplay and how it is implemented but if they have issues or are a bit self-aware of the obvious RPG-ness of the game or making Mass Effect comparisons with the way the hub works, well because it is pretty obvious. Each version of the same vertical slice of the game is entirely different and each side has their blind spots (some intentional, some not) when looking at the game. Just no one has tried to stitch them together yet. Well, I've tried to anyway.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTARYvWRWac
Honestly I think it is hilarious watching the official forums just go absolutely batshit insane with the latest previews. I think ubi's plan to try to appeal to them isn't working as they had hoped because they all live in their own little bubble. There really isn't any perspective there when they get their panties in a wad when RockPaperShotgun of all places wrote a less than favorable preview (seriously some of them suggested they should just ignore RPS altogether). Or when a preview video shows up and it isn't played the way they would because ~my special snowflake brand of stealth~. That and they really aren't trying to argue anything else anywhere but on their forums, so anything worth talking about ever leaves the forums.
I think they had plenty of content that was specifically tailored for them. Sure there are those who actually have tried it in person who still are enthusiastic about it, but it seems like even that isn't enough to keep most of them happy. Trailers too action-y? I dont think they know how video game trailers work. Right now they are super pissed off because only one mission has you wearing balaclavas or that the trailers showed off too much action stuff where the enemy spots you through cutscenes. Then they start making up some ridiculously bad gameplay style names because Ghost/Panther/Assault wasn't enough and they have to name every point on the gradient.
So there is maybe some legitimate complaints in there somewhere but having to find it is extremely tedious when 90% of the previews out there for public consumption isn't tailored for them like that Sneaky Bastards article was or literally everything they've done for their expense on the forums/at their events.
Verdict is still out for me though; obviously you don't really take any impressions the general gaming press too seriously on say, the actual merits of the moment-to-moment stealth gameplay and how it is implemented but if they have issues or are a bit self-aware of the obvious RPG-ness of the game or making Mass Effect comparisons with the way the hub works, well because it is pretty obvious. Each version of the same vertical slice of the game is entirely different and each side has their blind spots (some intentional, some not) when looking at the game. Just no one has tried to stitch them together yet. Well, I've tried to anyway.
Yeah..not impressed.
Looks like the achievement list is up. Spoilers abound, obviously. The list also reveals some new SvM modes, Uplink and Extraction but no one has talked about it yet. C''mon guys, one month to go. Show us something substantial now ....
List looks a bit incomplete, doesn't seem like there are the same number of SP story achievements as there are confirmed levels (13) which is a little odd.
Otherwise looks like some pretty standard fare. The no-kills achievement is on the list (no kills in SP) and there is a no detection one (but just for a single mission) so whatever that could mean, add some hyperbole to that!
They were also doing SvM tournaments at SDCC this weekend but not much in terms of videos have come up. Gonna see if I can dig up anything decent to post.
List looks a bit incomplete, doesn't seem like there are the same number of SP story achievements as there are confirmed levels (13) which is a little odd.
Achievements list said:
Otherwise looks like some pretty standard fare. The no-kills achievement is on the list (no kills in SP) and there is a no detection one (but just for a single mission) so whatever that could mean, add some hyperbole to that!
They were also doing SvM tournaments at SDCC this weekend but not much in terms of videos have come up. Gonna see if I can dig up anything decent to post.
New trailer about different playstyles - http://uk.ign.com/videos/2013/07/23/splinter-cell-blacklist-ghost-panther-assault-trailer
Here's a YT link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJPKhwTFgy4
Good find. Maybe now that official promotional materials say you can finish missions without killing anyone and shit people will shut up about where the stealth went. Still baffling this comes out so late in the marketing cycle though.
I don't know why but maybe they should've gotten the R* lady that narrates their videos instead, lol
Being able to finish the game without killing anyone doesn't in any way necessitate this being a good stealth game. This information is probably coming out so late in the marketing cycle because the game won't be a very good title for stealth enthusiasts such as me. I'm going to get this game day one, but hopes are not very high.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I'd say that trailer is new thread-worthy.
You are not wrong in saying that, but I guess this is a AAA game in a sense and marketing pure stealth is never going to work out anymore these days.
There are literally maybe two or three articles off the top of my head that is either specifically focused on the stealth aspect of the game (the Sneaky Bastards preview from earlier this month) or actually is about the devs talking about the specifics about designing a game around stealth that (ironically that article is on Gamespot), at least to me, give me the impression they know what they are doing.
I'm not going to either be a stupid naysayer up until the end nor do I really feel like advocating too much because it could flop just as bad (bomba is a discussion for another day). Because that is pretty much the feeling on the official forums where everyone is prepared for the Worst Thing Ever.
Do it! I don't think I have any energy left in me :lol
Jaded Alyx
Member
Well that went well. :/