Splinter Cell Conviction
Demo is up on XBL.
Been hyped up about this game since it's re-imagining.
Any thoughts from you guys? I'm looking forward to the new mechanics, but really: black and white when hidden in a mainly stealth game? i don't see the point / logic of that.
Been hyped up about this game since it's re-imagining.
Any thoughts from you guys? I'm looking forward to the new mechanics, but really: black and white when hidden in a mainly stealth game? i don't see the point / logic of that.
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so yeah, it looks good you want to try and after 10 minutes of nothing happening you figure out it'll be like that for the next 15 hours.
just my opinion of course, best way is to try it
Thanks for the heads up indian_boy, I'll have to get this as soon as I get off work. I'll give my worthless opinion tomorrow
And with Ubi's new stupid DRM, it looks like I'm not going to be getting this one. I'll try the demo on the 360, but considering I hated the console versions of each SC game before, its not likely that this one will be different.
and:
the demo itself felt way too short. i was playing on the hardest difficulty, and finished it with only slight difficulty. can't really conclude if its buy-worthy or not.
that being said, the game looks, plays, and feels beautiful, for the most part.
plus, i love the new features, and had a great time flanking the enemy with the LKP.
oh and interrogating that dude was the shit!
One of the best things about conviction tho, is that Amon Tobin is returning for the soundtrack, and he did an amazing job on Chaos Theory.
Looks like Ubi has all the peices in place for a stellar title.
I'm still hopeful that the full game will be more enjoyable - I remember being similarly underwhelmed by the Arkham Asylum demo and that game was actually really fun. And yeah, it's great to see they got Amon Tobin back for the score. He is fantastic. I still listen to Supermodified and Foley Room all the time.
Amen. I'm also a little dismayed by the "1 click to kill everybody" features, but I played the demo through a second time and just didn't use it much/at all. Simple way to restore the fun/challenge, but the features are still there if things get too hairy later.
I enjoyed it and will have to give this one a thumbs up. :thumbup: The graphics looked pretty great, the sound and voice acting were complelling. It'll likely be a solid title in my opinion. Now if only I had some money to buy it...and a 360 who's DVD drive worked.
I still maintain that the 'black and white when hidden' thing was a terrible decision from an artistic perspective. Even if they'd partially desaturated the backgrounds or tinted them in some way (whilst upping the saturation/brightness on the enemies) I think the effect on gameplay would have been the same. As it is, I'm often purposefully staying in the light in order to appreciate the art and stop the game looking kind of crappy... Overall though, pretty damn good.
I also played about 2 hours of the coop campaign and holy shit is that fun. It's *so* gratifying getting sync-kills on guys.
I can't wait to get back to it.
Also, my pistol is up to 4 marked targets now.
Me = pistol ninja
Gotta say, the game really does well at allow me to keep playing as "stealthy Sam" but still allow for the occasional gun-fu. The stealth takedowns (B button kills) are so incredibly violent and quick that I'm often watching it and saying "daaaamn, fool got taken OUT". XD
Also.. the main menu... award for most awesome main menu ever? I mean, come on... they modeled out a blood spray for chrissakes!
It is totally awesome to mark 4 guys, take down a fifth at the edge of an area, then run into the middle of it to get LOS on all the guys and pop mark - just as they notice you and shout "Oh Fuck!" two are already down and you've got bullets enroute to 3 and 4.
My only wish was that with so many unsilenced weapons that there was a larger capability for "going loud" as it were. I can't think of a time where that ever would have been wise.
It's not Chaos Theory but its totally awesome, and the in-game titles are fucking glorious.
-Melee take down to earn your Execute.
-Loud noise
-Flank
-Mark
-Execute while they investigate.
Pick one of the dudes closest to you, get him right by where you're hidden with a silenced wall-shot, melee take-down, kill off the rest. This way you usually only have to worry about one guy looking into your location at any one time.
I know it's counter-intuitive, but I'm doing my best to avoid using the mark and execute unless I have to. Also, it's kind of annoying that you don't get any exp. points for being stealthy as I managed to sneak my way through a few areas without being spotted, but sacrificed possible upgrades as a result. I haven't played through the co-op missions yet, but I loved the ones in Chaos Theory so I'm sure they'll be great.
In other news...
http://kotaku.com/5518019/best-splinter-cell-conviction-glitch-so-far
btw. got the Collectors Edition
Luke, the single-player campaign depends on your play style. If you want to be really, really stealthy it would take you about 8-10 hours to finish. But there is also a pretty bad ass CO-OP campaign that you can play with a buddy.
Also, I'm sad
a white lab
iraq mission can go to hell, as well as the awful black and white idea.
but apart from that I love it. Pretty hard!
ImSlightlyBored - Iraq mission, does this mean a chance to wipe out some taliban?
What? Don't like backstory or a break from stealthin'?
Also, for anyone who has yet to do the Iraq mission I have to say this: Do not swap out your starting rifle for one of the AK's!
I have to completely disagree. This, combined with the marking system and the fact that items of interest remain in color, is sooooo much nicer than having to watch some silly UI (regardless of whether it's on-screen or on-Sam), and just goes to show how skilled Fisher is. It's a great visual tell that doesn't break you from the gameplay to look at some kind of meter or gauge.
mark and execute makes things too easy, maybe it should have been one execute per melee kill, and it's really annoying that if you only mark a couple of guys it empties the meter completely
the upgrades seem kinds of pointless, takes very little to upgrade a gun and i never saw much point in using anything but the fifth pistol after i had picked it up.
too many shooter bits, i don't want to have to be forced to take part in fire fights
it just wasn't a stealth game imo, there's little encouragement to stalk your prey or sneak past them when you can just yank a guy over a ledge, mark his buddies and move on to the next room.
still, was fun but not what i had hoped
Mark and execute is gone but doesn't tell you. It's a break from stealth but it's not a break from stealth, it still throws alot of cover at you which for some reason, now can't be chained until right near the end of the mission. Unjustly hard. Was nice for story, yes, but it was just all out there.
I agree the black and white is nicer than staring at a UI but at the same time it just feels pretty jarring. Personal preference I guess, but theres something about it I don't like.
The sonar stuff is awesome though. White lab or whatever it's called is a great level.
The thing that bothered me were some of the controls.
Get to the chopper let to jumping over the railing a few times, having to circle around and really take the time to get the action right, gettin one shotted unluckaly and having to do it all over again.
If that featuee or atleast the feature to drag bodies away was in there with all the current features id be one happy camper and also in co op, interigating a guy and then letting your friend have a whack at him and just taking turns at it is loads of fun.
Ill give it a 9 out of 10.
It's not quite the same as in the previous game, where yo could pick up bodies from the ground, but I still get the satisfaction of taking the time to get the kill and hide 'em.