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Splinter Cell Conviction will take around 12 hours to beat photo

In a conversation with Official Xbox Magazine, creative director Maxime Beland, said Splinter Cell Conviction will take around twelve hours to complete on the “Normal” difficulty setting. And those twelve seemingly orgasmic hours won’t be filled with “Game Over” screens -- Beland reckons players won’t be eating baddie bullets often.

“We’re going to ship with difficulty levels,” Beland said, “at least a normal mode and realistic mode -- like we did on Rainbow Six Vegas. And ‘Realistic’ is going to be really f--king hard -- you’re going to need stealth, two bullets is going to kill you, the enemies are going to be super-lethal.”

Beland then noted that in Normal mode players “are going to spend 12 hours playing our game and not 30 because they’re dying all the time.”

Twelve hours of Conviction sounds good to us, however, we wouldn’t mind more time with Mr. Fisher. He seems so lonely.

[via 1UP]








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Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 17:38
Darren Nakamura
I can dig it. I'll probably play through a second time on realistic just to see if I can.

@Platypus: somebody's been sippin' on the Haterade, eh?
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 17:38
Drack48
Take it easy Platypus, it's just a story about the length of the new Splinter Cell. It's not going to hurt you.
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 18:17
HiddenAHB
Only 12 hours?
I wanna take my sweet time and kill all those guards.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 18:20
Chris Carter
Platypus

Remember when I told you that any tidbit that one person might find interesting is considered news? Well this is news. 1UP.com considered it news before dtoid, and the Official Xbox Magazine (I think they know what they're doing) before them.

@topic
This is the exact average of a typical action game: I'm not surprised. Will it have mercs vs. spies is the question.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 18:21
Maurice Tan
Going to play this on normal then, I hate stealth sooo much.
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 18:36
munkee
im going to try and hold my breath from intro till end and if i do then i am more of a man than sam fisher, who i expect will have to breathe
accidentprone88's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 19:11
accidentprone88
*sigh* PS3-only envy for certain...
Jin Champloo's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 19:19
Jin Champloo
This is going to be my first Splinter Cell game. I am trying to expand my horizons.
ration's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/03/2009 21:30
ration
Im so happy about Realistic mode, its sounds challenging. Im fucking hyped
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2009 01:20
Chronic Logic
Only 12 hours? Bummer. But then, if they're doing it to make the game really good, then all is forgiven.
Jawmuncher's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/04/2009 01:41
Jawmuncher
Nice, 12 hours (or around there) seem to be the sweet spot for these kind of games. Since you don't want them to long or they just end up feeling dragged out.

Plus doesn't this one still have the acclaimed Merc vs Spy MP?
I just hope they fixed a few things here and there and added some new stuff as well if its still in.
Since isn't double agents MP area a lot more empty than it should be
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