Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Splinter Cell: Conviction at Comic-Con. It's hidden somewhere in this post. It's like finding Waldo, except Sam Fisher will f--king kill you if you can't find him. Oh, and I haven't actually made it difficult to find because it's in exactly the same place all the trailers posted are placed. Which is, to say, below the fold.
A good bit of the footage is recycled from the E3 trailer from last month, but stick with it through the first third and you'll see some new things. Not mind-blowing things or even particularly novel, revealing things. Just things that are new.
Everywhere I turned during E3, I kept hearing, "Splinter Cell." I pretty much ignored it because I'm miserable at Splinter Cell games. But, damn, the more I see, the more I feel that familiar itch for the tension of stealth gaming. I just know this is going to be another one of those situations where I spend $60 for a title the day it comes out, play it for a couple of hours, get frustrated at my lack of skill and put it on the shelf to collect dust.
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All this buzz for Conviction has inspired me to put Double Agent on my Goozex. I played all of the last-gen Splinter Cell games, but for some reason didn't grab that one when it was new.
Double agent was all-right, but right after the majesty that was Chaos Theory, it was severely lacking.... Still very excited for this new title though.
I have high hopes for Conviction, but the instant kill moves where you press a button and Fisher kills everybody in a room for you, seems to be worrysome.
But I don't want to forget what I know about Splinter Cell! I LIKE Splinter Cell - if this game's not like a Splinter Cell game then why's it called Splinter Cell?
I want my SC games to play like a superior version of Chaos Theory. I do NOT want massive writing projected onto buildings.
At least Ironside is still playing Sam. No-one else will ever do.
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10:00 PM on 07.23.2009
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you see that? That means everything else in my life no longer matters. From here on in, everything is about Splinter Cell.
Just looks like he's come out of the barbers because a Mullet doesn't cut it at a job interview.
I want my SC games to play like a superior version of Chaos Theory. I do NOT want massive writing projected onto buildings.
At least Ironside is still playing Sam. No-one else will ever do.
And FINALLY, A MALE PROTAGONIST WITH AN ACCEPTABLE HAIRSTYLE INSTEAD OF BALD/MARINE CUTS.