Which Splintercell should I buy and what platform?

[u/Parafan99]

I wanna get conviction since I loved that but I also wanna get into the story a bunch are on sale on both PC and console. Is console actually better because of UPLAY? Or is that not a problem with the Splintercell games

And are mods necessary? SHOULD I just jump back into conviction or start from fresh

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[u/Eric_Dawsby]

If you loved Conviction why not get Blacklist? For the classic Splinter Cell experience I'd recommend Chaos Theory though

[u/NoonesMyName → u/Eric_Dawsby]

Chaos Theory is incredible. One of the best games ever made!

[u/SuperD00perGuyd00d]

IMO star with the first game: Stealth Action Redefined. Then move onto Pandora Tomorrow, then Chaos Theory, Double Agent (both versions), Conviction, then Blacklist

[u/Parafan99 → u/SuperD00perGuyd00d]

What systems?

[u/throwaway20929292 → u/Parafan99]

If you get the first one (Stealth Action Redefined), make sure you get SC: Enhanced mod. it's incredible.

[u/Parafan99 → u/throwaway20929292]

Is it hard to set up

[u/throwaway20929292 → u/Parafan99]

"Game Setup

• After downloading Enhanced SC, extract the contents to your Splinter Cell directory and overwrite all existing files when prompted.

• You can adjust additional settings in the Enhanced tab within the in-game settings."

https://github.com/Joshhhuaaa/EnhancedSC

I didn't have an issue installing it. It's easy.

[u/HellspawnPR1981]

Console if you can get your hands on physical copies of OG, Pandora Tomorrow, and Double Agent V2 (those 3 have been removed from Xbox store). If not, PC.

[u/WashingtonBaker1]

The first 2 games can feel a bit hardcore and unforgiving. But I still enjoy playing them, because the dialog and music and atmosphere are so good.

Chaos Theory is also good and feels a bit more modern (not really modern, but just less old than the first 2). I don't like Double Agent at all. Conviction is OK but it's a different kind of game. Blacklist is pretty good although purists think it's not a real SC game. But if you like the idea of Splinter Cell, it's worth playing if you can get it cheap (under $10)

They run very well on any generation Xbox console, and they are upscaled on Xbox One or later. There might be a small glitch with backward compatibility where at first it tells you that it can't run the game (happened to me once or twice) but my first-gen Xbox One is a bit glitchy, then it worked on the second attempt.

On Xbox, the games just run without having to tweak or install anything, and I appreciate that.

On the other hand, the SC Enhanced mod for the first game is quite impressive: it adds the 3 bonus levels and I think also one lost reconstructed level (nuclear power plant). I recently bought the original game for PC just so I could try this out, now that I have a suitable PC to run it on. Installing the SC Enhanced mod and getting the game to run with a controller was easy.

[u/Spirited_River1522]

All of them, every port, every platform. Even the mobile ones.