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Where the hell is Splinter Cell?
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Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Splinter Cell can absolutely work great as a VR game. Just imagine this sort of thing except with a high budget/high tech engine a la Half-Life Alyx (the first game is a pre-Kickstarter alpha, it's getting a lot better, the second is also ea). Question is, will Ubisoft do that or just half ass it? We'll see.
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Buyukbaba
Neo Member
What we knew all along was confirmed a few days ago:
After all these years, keeping it in the dark, not trusting it's core value and not having the guts to publish this gem because of profit hesitation, they decided to make it for VR. Is there something like high profit margin in VR games that we are not aware of, or did UBI suddenly turn into a fully dedicated idealist producer and decide bringing one of the most iconic game character to a very limited gaming habitat despite having a large demand from the regular gaming community.
I am not against having a splinter cell game for VR, it could be refreshing i admit but after all these years, i cannot understand this decision. May be ubi has great plans for VR in general in the future, who knows.
bender
What time is it?
Double Agent was dope if you booted two players and made it 2v2. I can't imagine my account rep on Xbox because of all the boots.
The Fuzz damn you!
Gold Member
Directional audio for multiple sources.
Improved CPU for AI and pathfinding.
Raytraced lighting and realistic shadows.
It's like this gen was made for stealth action games. We will definitely get them. Splinter Cell, Thief, MGS... Syphon Filter? New IP? I'm happy to wait a couple of years for devs to get a handle on the tech and deliver some gameplay that actually takes advantage of it.
I really want a Syphon Filter though.
Improved CPU for AI and pathfinding.
Raytraced lighting and realistic shadows.
It's like this gen was made for stealth action games. We will definitely get them. Splinter Cell, Thief, MGS... Syphon Filter? New IP? I'm happy to wait a couple of years for devs to get a handle on the tech and deliver some gameplay that actually takes advantage of it.
I really want a Syphon Filter though.
Wonko_C
Member
My bet is Facebook moneyhatted Ubisoft into making these.
Ozrimandias
Member
I think I'll make a thread talking about the future of splinter cell, or rather with the actual state of the tom clancy franchise.
I think going from games developed in unreal, to games developed in anvil next and even more so, the approach that Ubisoft is giving to a large part of its games, open world, with microtransactions, in episodes, and with a high multiplayer component, is what has produced the delay of splinter cell, and the future of it ... which I do not like, at all.
I think going from games developed in unreal, to games developed in anvil next and even more so, the approach that Ubisoft is giving to a large part of its games, open world, with microtransactions, in episodes, and with a high multiplayer component, is what has produced the delay of splinter cell, and the future of it ... which I do not like, at all.
Ozrimandias
Member
I thought we all know by now that the superior MGS killed it. No?
That emo soap opera with an overcomplicated plot that resumes in its "Nanomachines son"
Mista
Banned
Too complicated for your brain maybe
Do it. Its going to be very interesting.
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Ozrimandias
Member
I Was a big fan of Metal Gear some time ago, had every limited editiion that i could posibly get. But Splinter cell and Metal Gear Solid were similar in only agents that infiltrate, nothing more.Too complicated for your brain maybe
Do it. Its going to be very interesting.
In Splinter Cell you don't have a scene like Meryl and Johnny shooting the FROGS before Snake fights Screaming Mantis
Mista
Banned
Yeah thats called Kojima’s team trolling. I thought you were a big fan of MGS so this should’ve been known to youI Was a big fan of Metal Gear some time ago, had every limited editiion that i could posibly get. But Splinter cell and Metal Gear Solid were similar in only agents that infiltrate, nothing more.
In Splinter Cell you don't have a scene like Meryl and Johnny shooting the FROGS before Snake fights Screaming Mantis
Ozrimandias
Member
"trolling" lololol....Yeah thats called Kojima’s team trolling. I thought you were a big fan of MGS so this should’ve been known to you
He pays homage to the movies he likes, like Ocelot who is a representation of the spaghetti western that he likes so much. That scene (which is the same as Mr. and Mrs. Smith) is just that, a tribute to the cinema that he likes, the problem is that it breaks all emotion or involvement in that scene because of those stupidities so typical in it. I thought you knew Metal Gear more than I did.
He is no trolling, it's just Kojima being Kojima
Mista
Banned
And how’s that a problem exactly? Even the trolling is fun in all the games. Don’t see where’s the problem honestly
Ozrimandias
Member
I quote exactly what I wrote previously " it breaks all emotion or involvement in that scene because of those stupidities so typical in it" It's my opinion. Things like this and so many others, make again, incomparable in some aspects Splinter Cell with Metal Gear....and this is why Metal Gear didn't kill Splinter Cell....Ubisoft did.
FALCON_KICK
Member
Did Xbox one exclusivity affect it brand value compared to MGS?
Bragr
Banned
I loved Double Agent, then they made the more wacky action-oriented Conviction and Blacklist that actually turned out very well, but considering the direction the franchise was going, I highly doubt they are going for a more stealthy story-driven thing like Double Agent. I expect something like Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Splinter Cell fuckitty fuck fighting zombies in some gargantuan landscape where you need to drive 10 minutes back and forth listening to audio mission descriptions from some cuck who guides you through a revolution by taking over towers scattered around the map so you can lift the fog of war and find more towers.
hybrid_birth
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ScarletSpider
Banned
First time playing that in pandora tomorrow on Xbox live... one of those gaming experiences I will never forget
regawdless
Banned
Would love to have a good new Splinter Cell with all our new modern shaders, lighting and shadow tech. Raytrace it up.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
If Ubisoft made a $500 dollar console that only ran a next gen version of Spies vs Mercs, I'd buy it without hesitation.
IbizaPocholo
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MiguelItUp
Member
Stuck in some blocked cave with all the other IPs that fans would LOVE to see, but for whatever reason the companies that own the IPs just don't see potential success.
Efren is G.O.A.T.
Member
in our memories forever!
N1tr0sOx1d3
Given another chance
After what IO interactive with Hitman 3 and VR, I would love to see what could be pulled off with Splinter Cell VR.
Romulus
Member
Stealth is awesome in VR.
Decontamination Silo
Banned
If the leaks are accurate Sam dies in the intro sequence and is replace by a pan sexual trans women. It's a GaaS looter shooter as well.
Sybrix
Member
Ubisoft tired to fill the Splinter Cell gap with Watchdogs.
Unfortunately Watchdogs are mediocre at best.
I would love anew Splinter Cell game, a proper one, along the lines of Double Agent or previous.
Unfortunately I don’t think we’ll get it, a SC game in 2021 doesn’t have the financial opportunity Far Cry, AC or Watchdogs has.
I would be happy with a remake of any SC game pre Double Agent
Unfortunately Watchdogs are mediocre at best.
I would love anew Splinter Cell game, a proper one, along the lines of Double Agent or previous.
Unfortunately I don’t think we’ll get it, a SC game in 2021 doesn’t have the financial opportunity Far Cry, AC or Watchdogs has.
I would be happy with a remake of any SC game pre Double Agent