Splinter Cell Blacklist

[Cyper]

The United States has a military presence in two thirds of the countries around the world. A group of 12 have had enough and initiate a terror ultimatum called the Blacklist – a deadly countdown of escalating terrorist attacks on US interests. Sam Fisher is the leader of the newly formed Fourth Echelon unit: a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.

Operate without Restrictions
Sam is back in his tactical suit and goggles, and he’s more deadly than ever. He is the only secret operative with the power to act above the law, and uses ruthless methods to interrogate enemies in order to extract crucial information that will prevent the next Blacklist attack. Pursuing the terrorists to the far reaches of the world, Sam flies from exotic locales to US cities as he races against the clock to find out who’s behind the Blacklist. Thrilling gameplay is enhanced by full motion performance capture, creating a highly cinematic experience.

Kill in Motion
Always one step ahead, Killing in Motion lets Sam strike with lethal precision by marking and executing multiple enemies in one fluid motion. Active Sprint allows him to traverse the environment easily and fluidly, climb walls and leap over barriers in order to reach his next target while on the move.

Unleash the power of Fourth Echelon Prototypes

Infiltrate terrorist cells by using new gadgets such as the upgraded snake cam and micro tri-rotor drone which allows Sam to scout ahead, mark targets remotely, distract enemies, or explode with frag grenade force. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ is also bringing back fan-favorites like the sticky shocker, and for close quarters combat, players can wield the curved and brutal Karambit knife.

Build a New Echelon
With a mandate directly from the president, Sam is building a whole new Echelon unit; his team, his way. Anna “Grim” Grimsdottir is his technical operations manager, CIA operative Isaac Briggs brings additional firepower, and resident hacker Charlie Cole rounds out his support crew. Fourth Echelon is a fully mobile ops unit with unlimited resources and cutting-edge technology aboard the repurposed stealth airliner, the Paladin.

Enjoy a Fully Integrated Experience
Sam and his team are aware of terrorist attacks in real time thanks to the Strategic Mission Interface (SMI). The SMI allows the team to receive data about mission objectives while on the move. Players can earn money for completing missions and objectives and buy upgraded weapons and items from the SMI hub aboard the Paladin.

<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuhfD48VRGE" target=_blank>Splinter Cell Blacklist - First Gameplay Demo - YouTube


Personally, I have never played any of the Splinter Cell games but from the gameplay I have seen, and from the interviews, this is most likely a re-bot of the series with more focus on accessibility. Michael Ironside is for instance replaced.
I wonder how all this will pann out.

[Harb]

Loved the first three Splinter Cell games. Chaos Theory probably my favourite.

I played the old generation version of Double Agent and it wasn't great. Then came Conviction and I hated it. With new features like mark and execute and less emphasis on stealth and more on impact play.

This new one looks like a continuation of the gameplay from Conviction

[No0dle]

I spent countless hours with Splinter Cell 3 (and I also played 1 and 2) and Chaos Theory is still one of my favorite games, so I am extremely disappointed what the series has become. Splinter Cell 4 was crap, Splinter Cell 5 was extreme Crap, but Splinter Cell 6 looks like "Call of Splinter Cell's Creed", if you know what I mean ... this has nothing to do with what Splinter Cell originally stood for ...

For me this is definitely an E3 highlight, but in a very negative way :'(
But it's not just Splinter Cell, at this years E3 every game has the same action-cover-finish moves-explosions-climp up walls-gameplay ... Tomb Raider, Splinter Cell, Assassins Creed, etc, everything looks the same :/

[Nenjin]

I got about 15 hours of Conviction, and that includes MP, before I was done. I hated the stealth mechanic. "If the screen is black and white, you're a ghost." Basically the only way you could screw up was shooting a guy while another is looking in your general direction. Otherwise it was just going from one set of perfect darkness to another, mark, execute, repeat. Meh. Binary stealth systems suck.

[Murphy]

Looks pretty cool, imo. If it has a difficulty mode where GearsOfWar-ing won't get you through the levels and if the marking-and-letting-Sam-do-the-rest system isn't too overpowered it could be worth playing.

What really bothers me is this bit:

He is the only secret operative with the power to act above the law, and uses ruthless methods to interrogate enemies in order to extract crucial information that will prevent the next Blacklist attack.

Ergh.

[SMIFF]

Looks absolutely terrible.

[Esh325]

Looks mediocre. I didn't like Double Agent at all. I wish they had gone back to the traditional stealth gameplay. Chaos Theory was the best in the series. If they were smart, they would make a game in the vein of Chaos Theory. Might pass on it.

[hockeywarrior]

Looks like yet another "Hit X to Win" tactic00l shooter, with the false pretenses of being a realistic title.

[Harb]

Splinter Cell Blacklist - Extended walkthrough [UK] - YouTube

[Grobut]

Another one bites the dust.

Not that there was any doubt after Conviction, it was to Splinter Cell what R6:Vegas was to R6.

[Paajtor]

Looks like I'm watching an Assassin's Creed clip.

[Harb]

Mark and Execute was a terrible idea and they've not only decided to keep it but make it even more lethal.

Also no Michael Ironside

[Flogger23m]

The whole fun of the game used to be sneaking around, waiting for someone to make themselves vulnerable and positioning yourself properly for the appropriate action you wanted to take.

Look over shoulder, turn camera, press button when crosshairs are on bad guys, then pressing another button to kill them all defeats this purpose. I am not even touching the concept of keeping a low profile which is also destroyed.

[Comrade Kaizer]

The Splinter Cell franchise has been dead to me for quite awhile. I accepted the last game (Conviction), but this Blacklist title is ridiculously alien with subtle altered SC elements - not a Splinter Cell game in my opinion, it's a modern day Assassin's Creed.