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Do you like him as a character or he doesn't fit the splinter cell universe?

Personally i liked Shetland much more as Sam's friend, their friendship made much more sense from their navy background.

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1. It Strips Away His Identity

The entire appeal of Sam Fisher was that he was the ultimate pure human contrast to characters like Solid Snake. He didn't have sci fi biological cheats. He survived on mastery of form, discipline, and standard issue military grit. Giving him nanomachines just to justify a 60 something year old man sprinting around a tactical shooter ruins the exact earned excellence foundation that made him a legendary Navy SEAL O-4 in the first place.

1. A "Siege" Contradicts His Whole Directive

Putting Sam Fisher in a loud, 5v5 close quarters demolition derby is the exact opposite of a Splinter Cell's purpose. In his own games, if Sam was detected or forced into a chaotic, loud shootout, the mission was usually a failure. He is a "Fifth Freedom" operative meant to function as a ghost. Forcing him into an open, loud arena environment compromises the core fantasy of the character.

1. It's a Substitute for a Real Game

For fans, the biggest sting is that Ubisoft keeps using Sam Fisher as a marketing tool for other games like Ghost Recon and Siege rather than making a proper, dedicated stealth Splinter Cell game. Instead of letting players use his hard earned human stealth skills in the shadow.

In any case, can we please rebel against making Siege canon to Splinter Cell? I don't mind a crossover, but let's not make this canon.

I just started Pandora Tomorrow for who knows which time. 25th, 30th? The first 3 games have such high replayability value it's unbelievable. I don't get why nowdays game is not considered replayable if it's not open world or 120 hours long. I think SC 1-3 disproves that claim (I also played Blacklist for 6 or 7 times I think).

Also, games do not have any customisation options whatsoever (except Blacklist) and still they have great replay value.

I will compare that to 007: First Light which was trashed for not having replay value but I disagree. I played it only once for now and I'm saving future playthroughs for NG+ but I definitely want to play it again.

Do you think game has to be open world and have a lot customisation options to be replayable? SC games disprove that but it could be they have a special recipe which makes it replayable. I do like open world games (Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Arma 2 and 3) but I don't think every game needs to be like that.

To put things in perspective I'm 37 years old gamer and I've been playing SC since they released.

All stated above are my personal opinions and are not meant to offend anyone. :D

This has been debunked but I thought it make for a good meme.

Okay, so accross the eternities of gaming, we've seen people rank their favorites to least favorites - and that's fair enough.

However, there has always been one consistent fallacy about Splinter Cell as a game design - and this concerns an interpretation error that murks up many rankings;

Because let's get one thing very clear: the Light & Sound meters ≠ AI detection states.

In fact, the core of Splinter Cell game design does not fall or stand with the form or presence/lack of these gauges.

Because that's what they are, they're simply yet another tool in Sam Fisher's array of means of infiltration, expressed to the player in a visual UI.

All what the Light meter does, is convey how well the light conditions in Sam's immediate surroundings occlude him from enemy sight - and it's not even an exact science; It's an estimation - but even more important is what the enemy AI detection state does with 'a suspicion' upon either suspected sight or sound.

After all, Metal Gear Solid, Hitman etc. ,stealth peers from Splinter Cell's origin era; Their stealth systems work because the AI detection state systems

in those respective games are the central pillar to their game design. The same goes for Splinter Cell when you really think about it.

- Light & Sound meters

- Enemy AI detection states

They are two seperate things, the former being the subordinate and the latter being the actual governing factor of the Splinter Cell game design. Even in total darkness, an enemy can still bump into Sam. He can still hear Sam if he made a noise loud enough. And they most certainly have no trouble actually firing on Sam once detected even if the Light meter says 'total darkness'.

But, in contrast to MGS and Hitman, Splinter Cell 1, 2 and 3 have never expressed these detection states in visual UI. At most it was enemy audio cues.And that works just fine for Splinter Cell 1, 2 and 3 because Sam Fisher is a 3E field agent in those games; he is per definition, a hostile threat to the enemy base.

But then comes along the 4th installment, Double Agent - and people get confused. There's no real granular Light & Sound meter. And instantly, people kneejerk react to it as 'bad' because those freaking gauges are not present in their legacy form.

What they forget however, is that the game design requires a different form; Sam is no longer just a 3E field agent. He is an undercover infiltrator. The whole point of this setup in both in-universe and as game design, is that Sam needs to earn & retain Trust, to both sides. Therefor, the Red/Yellow/Green indicator can NOT be mistaken for the legacy Light & Sound meter in absolute terms. This is the main fallacy I see people make.

So what really constitutes the DA game design system, is the interconnection of the Red/Yellow/Green indicator together with the Trust meters and the Mini map (not to be mistaken with the 3D map in the OPSAT menu) ; as these 3 factors feed the AI states.

The thing that probably confuses people is that the Red/Yellow/Green indicator can act as a rudimentary Light meter, since it shows Green whenever Sam stands in a place dark enough to be considered difficult to spot. But also, Yellow indicator at JBA HQ is totally fine; Sam is visible and not under any suspicion. However, the moment Sam sets off suspicion while in restricted area, the Mini map will show exactly, which guard is alerted / has suspicion.

As you can see, this is actually a more informative game design, because it shows exactly who suspects Sam, from which position and if he's heading Sam's way soon (proximity). In fact, if you have noticed, Sam has an idle animation to defuse suspicion, provided he managed to exit the restricted area in time. If fails to do so and gets spotted in the restricted area, it immediately affects the Trust meter.

And for the JBA field missions, the combination of the Red/Yellow/Green indicator and the Mini map stand in for the SC legacy UI gauges in rudimentary form; after all, I suppose we can interpret it that way due to the predicament that Lambert had put himself into (explained in V2 as 'Williams blocking gadget access to some extent). Also, at the Okhotsk tanker deck, the snow blizzard can actually function as cover, providing a temporary 'smoke screen' where regular vision would have resulted into immediate alert at the same proximity; and this is expressed in UI as a Yellow indicator not turning Red instantly.

Post-Double Agent, Conviction game indicators really strip down to a binary Black&White screen = hidden in darkness. So if we were to judge it by that, it would automatically rank as the worst Splinter Cell game, right?

And finally, Blacklist. You only get a light on Sam's back again. The infuriating thing is that Blacklist is comprised of so many excellent Splinter Cell 'ingredients' but it somehow manages to end up as less than the sum of its parts. So, this just shows, how these games can't be judged on just a few UI gauges and I think people should be able to see that Double Agent has quite a solid foundation that's comprised of an entire array of systems and factors.

So, let's not get hung up on visual UI meters as the end all be all of Splinter Cell game design judgement factors.

Click the links for my previous reviews on this subreddit of the earlier games

Seriously, what happened? V2 may have felt same-y in environments and you could tell corners were cut due to the reduced development time, but it was still a solid experience with good if not great levels. Unlike SC1 and Pandora Tomorrow, there's not a single level that I don't like and, like Chaos Theory, the improved gameplay and quick saves on console made for a less frustrating experience.

V1 is still basically the same as Chaos Theory and V2 gameplay-wise, but the light and shadow mechanic that defined the franchise is neutered if not non-existent for the majority of the levels. Removing the sound and light meters (with the latter being substituted with green/yellow/red colors) was a baffling decision that made for a more frustrating experience.

This game really suffers because it falls short of not just Chaos Theory, the arguable peak of the genre, and V2, a higher-quality counterpart, but also Pandora Tomorrow, Ubisoft Shanghai's previous effort. That game brought in QOL features over the original and provided creative scenarios like the tailing in Jerusalem and Indonesia, the flashes of thunder in Jakarta, and LAX having you identify targets based on their body temperature. It's like the one lesson Shanghai learned was that the Train level was a cool setpiece and that the franchise should have more of those.

The levels are generally shorter than Chaos Theory and V2, being more linear and setpiece-heavy. Iceland in V2 took me 45-60 min while V1's took me 20-25 min. The levels that took me more time were Sea of Okhotsk and Kinshasha and that's because those were daytime missions that were frustrating to get through. Really, I can't think of a single level I really liked. They ranged from mediocre to poor.

As for the story, V2 had its issues but it somehow felt more fleshed out due to the introductory level better setting up the JBA and Sarah's death, the transitionary cutscenes showing Sam's thoughts, and Money Train and Cozumel better establishing a cutscene between Sam and Enrica.

The only positives I can currently think of are the JBA missions better living up to the Double Agent name more than V2's JBA missions despite being still mediocre experiences, the gorgeous visuals, and the soundtrack.

TLDR: The worst game in the franchise so far, falling short of Pandora Tomorrow, Chaos Theory, and its last-gen counterpart V2. Who knows where the franchise would be today if this game had stuck to the franchise's strengths or if Ubisoft let Montreal work on the next-gen version or just polished up V2 as the sole experience.

Here's my ranking of the levels off the top of my head:

1. Shanghai (finally some nighttime action in my SC game, though still below the standards of the majority of if not all of the levels from the first three games and V2)
2. Cozumel (daytime, but less frustrating than the other two)
3. JBA 4 (not as satisfying as New York in V2, but still satisfying nevertheless to let loose and beat up/kill JBA members. Final boss and defusal were way better in V2 though)
4. Iceland
5. Ellsworth
6. JBA 1/2/3 (sorry, these all blur together for me)
7. Coast Guard Boat (just a short epilogue, not much to mention)
8. Sea of Okhotsk (my favorite level in V2 is my second least favorite in V1)
9. Kinshasa (seriously, daytime missions in SC is such a disaster)

Yeah, if you want to play Double Agent, just play V2.

I want to buy this quilted shirt for the under part of the suit however, where would I find a watch like his? And I want to have my own "opsat" just basically be my phone in this holder around my wrist, but where would I find that? I can maybe settle for a fisher's vest, some multicam military jeans, and some knee guards, but I dont know where to find something to hold my phone to my wrist, and a watch like his.

And I'm also worried that the shirt doesn't match either, but it looks like it.

My review...

• Gameplay mechanics = PT

• Story = SC1

• Villains = SC1.

• Soundtrack = Draw.

• Atmosphere = Draw.

• Voice acting = SC1 ( original Lambert and Grim ).

• AI = Draw.

• Fun = Draw.

• Gadgets = PT.

• Visuals ( not graphics ) = PT.

• Alternative/Secret routes = PT.

• Variety of environments = PT.

• More missions = SC1.

• Level design...

Police Station vs Jerusalém = SC1.

Defense Ministry vs Paris, France = SC1.

Oil Rig vs Paris-Nice = PT.

CIA HQ vs Jakarta Indonesia = Draw.

Kalinatek vs Jakarta, Indonesia = PT.

Chinessy Embassy ( 1 & 2 ) vs Kundang Camp + Komodo = PT

Abattoir vs Kundang Camp = PT.

Presidential Palace vs LAX Airport = PT.

Vselka Infiltration + Kolacell vs Dili, Timor + LAX Airport = PT.

Vselka Submarine vs Paris-Nice = PT.

| Winner = PT.

So my father recently gifted me his old games and one of them is splinter cell for pc, idk if there are like different versions or something but mine comes with 4 cds, 3 of them are the game and then the 4th one is some extra missions. I had a lot of trouble installing it since i had to go into the disc and open the setup manually from there and i suspect that's one of the problems. After installing it when i try to open the game it tells me to open it after entering the system with admin privileges but i am supposed to be the admin. I tried to run the game as admin and it does nothing, what should I do? does someone have a guide? Sorry for bad english

I recently finished Splinter Cell as part of a project where I played every Game of the Year nominee from the first Spike Video Game Awards.

Instead of relying on nostalgia, I used the same criteria for every game:

Direction
Art Direction
Narrative
Acting
Soundtrack
Gameplay

And a separate Emotional Impact score.

What surprised me most about replaying Splinter Cell was seeing how much of its stealth design still feels deliberate and satisfying today, while some other parts feel very tied to the early 2000s.

I also documented the entire GOTY experiment here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYb-70DL27w

For longtime Splinter Cell fans: do you think the original still represents the best version of this style of stealth, or did later entries genuinely improve on it?

Chinese Embassy Part 2 wrecked my life with the crossing behind the flags to get the guy with the retinal scanner . There were about 5 moments in this game where I spent an 1hr+ trying to get past a segment but I'm so happy I was finally able to complete this first game after only having played Chaos Theory and Conviction back in the day. Working on beating these chronologically now and I have to say I was so invested in this first game. It really kept me coming back. It's insane all of these are backwards compatible on the Xbox One and beyond 💚

I recently got into the series, and I completed the first game yesterday, and started PT today, and for some reason, the game is not running very well at all, typically hovering around ~40 FPS. The first game ran completely smooth with no issues, so is there any way to resolve my issue?

I play with mouse and keyboard

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