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[Arachnid]

wtf? RE6 is better in every way. better controller aiming, better movement, way more interesting and complex moveset and has so much more variety.

No, Conviction had much better movement. Sneaking, climbing/verticality, and better shooting mechanics and aiming (with tons of weapon types and customization that impacts shooting). RE6 is the same over the shoulder running around mixed in with the main character spazzing around on the ground in-between mobs. Animations and movement felt incredibly sloppy.

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

wtf? RE6 is better in every way. better controller aiming, better movement, way more interesting and complex moveset and has so much more variety

No, Conviction had much better movement. Sneaking, climbing/verticality, and better shooting mechanics and aiming (with tons of weapon types and customization that impacting that shooting). RE6 is the same over the shoulder running around mixed in with the main character spazzing around on the ground in-between mobs. Animations and movement felt incredibly sloppy.

 

[01011001]

No, Conviction had much better movement. Sneaking, climbing/verticality, and better shooting mechanics and aiming (with tons of weapon types and customization that impacting that shooting). RE6 is the same over the shoulder running around mixed in with the main character spazzing around on the ground in-between mobs. Animations and movement felt incredibly sloppy.

every single movement option you have in Conviction is automated and preprogrammed, with so little player decision involved it might as well just play itself.

RE6 is one of the best arcady coop shooters ever made, with parries, a fun dodge mechanic, fun melee mechanics, great boss fights and an abundance of different level themes.

what I'm saying is, RE6 is actually good at what it tried to be, an arcade coop shooter.

Conviction isn't doing anything well. the stealth mechanics are basically nonexistent, playing it like a shooter is boring and the only choice as a player is to either stealth to get that weird insta execution move, or just gun down everyone since that's easy enough anyways.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

It isn't just a straight action game, it's also a very super underrated and excellent stealth title also. But it's meant to be more guerilla and non government because he's not working for anyone but himself. It's one of my favorite games of the last generation consoles, and one of my favorite games of all time. Game is so fucking sick. The cover system is quite possibly one of the best I've ever encountered in games, and that lost of visibility mechanic, the execution mechanic and the amazing shit they do with the visual storytelling and lighting? Wow.

 

[brian0057]

Choosing between Splinter Cell: Conviction and Resident Evil 6 is like deciding if a bullet to the head would be less painful than the guillotine.
They both suck. And the faster we forget about them, the better.

 

[Strider7]

I've played every Splinter Cell game and while Conviction is pretty much an action game through and through and a big departure from previous titles , it is still a very enjoyable game that gets alot of undeserved hate. I mean its not like its Resi 6 bad or anything, I like action hero/no fucks given Sam.

Conviction and Blacklist are two of my most absolute favorite games. People can sling all the hate they want. To me, those games were stealth action perfection. I still go back and play Convictions Deniable Ops modes are least a few times a year.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I understand why folks go after Splinter Cell they feel it needs to be exclusive to match MGS4.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Honestly, I believe if you don't think Splinter Cell Conviction is good, you're probably not good enough at the game. I'm being serious lol. The shit I've done in that game, and how impressively I've done it made me feel like a badass action movie star. There's only one other game in my life that I've replayed as many times to achieve perfection and no mistakes, Metal Gear Solid on the PS1.

Even the part when Sam learns the big news (people who played know what it is) and then the game suddenly changes a dynamic that has been in place from the beginning of the game to give you unlimited access to it in response to Sam's emotional state.. that was just pure badass. That is the game's story connecting with the player, tying you closer to what the main character is going through. The rage had to be let out, and they found a perfect way to do it. Bow down peasants, Splinter Cell Conviction is an amazing, amazing game.

 

[Arachnid]

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Yeah, I feel like I'm comparing Nickelback and Imagine Dragons.

every single movement option you have in Conviction is automated and preprogrammed, with so little player decision involved it might as well just play itself.

RE6 is one of the best arcady coop shooters ever made, with parries, a fun dodge mechanic, fun melee mechanics, great boss fights and an abundance of different level themes.

what I'm saying is, RE6 is actually good at what it tried to be, an arcade coop shooter.

Conviction isn't doing anything well. the stealth mechanics are basically nonexistent, playing it like a shooter is boring and the only choice as a player is to either stealth to get that weird insta execution move, or just gun down everyone since that's easy enough anyways.

Conviction had a coop mode that was at least solidly built around it. It also had better designed sandboxes/levels and enemies with better AI (of course a stealth game would have to).

RE6s bosses all boiled down to bullet sponges mixed in with excessive QTEs. IMO they were some of the worst bosses in the series. I think the only bosses I actually enjoyed were Ustanak (the crossover battle) and the Chainsaw enemy.

The levels were all just a series of corridors so the game just boiled down to being a corridor shooter. The movement commands are responsive, but they still felt sloppy. It's like there was a transition animation missing between some of the commands, and others were just overdone. Mmost of them were also unnecessary at even higher difficulties. Even the normal running animation looked and felt sloppy, as did those emotes (like that weird overdone thumbs up animation)

Most of the mob enemy types weren't fun to fight. Zombies with weapons? J'avo with machine guns? All bullet sponges?

Compare the metacritics for both games. Conviction sits at around an 80 while RE6 sits at around a 60. I myself don't consider Conviction an 8/10, but that's also because I hate what it did to the series in relation to prior games. Most people at least consider it a fun experience (especially those who skipped older games; I've never seen anyone gush over RE6 the way SenjutsuSage did about Conviction above, for example). With RE6, I was bored partway into the second campaign of 4 and just pushed to the end. It's the only RE I could never bring myself to replay.

We can agree to disagree though. I don't like Conviction near enough to continue. Trust me, I could make a list about its shortcomings too. It just doesn't have as many as RE6 does IMO.

 

[Aion002]

People hate this game? I love it.

Enjoyed the whole sp and the coop mode.

Conviction and Blacklist are one of my favorite games from last gen.

 

[LOLCats]

Didn't bother reading anything just wanted to post, I really like that game so I don't know what you're fucking talking about bro

 

[ScarletSpider]

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[prag16]

It's a decent game, but not a very good Splinter Cell game. Blacklist was a return to form, and much better; it's my second favorite SC game behind Chaos Theory.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I liked it. I prefer the old gameplay but this was fun too. Sam Fisher wants revenge so the new action gameplay made sense.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

I enjoyed playing Splinter Cell starring John Wick. The knock I have for the game was it was too short.

 

[Barakov]

The reason there are some people that hate it is because it's not a stealth game. It's a third person shooter with stealth elements. While I enjoyed some of the story beats in the game I felt the gameplay was lacking from what I wanted out of a Splinter Cell game.

 

[Dane]

It's too much action focused, but gotta admit, looking back, it was a solid one.

 

[JTCx]

Only a decent game. It has its moments. Too much on the rails gameplay. Nothing holds a candle to chaos theory.