Splinter Cell - Blacklist

Announced at E3.

Good news: New Splinter Cell.

Bad news: No Michael Ironside. The guy playing Sam now is Eric Johnson, from Rookie Blue, Flash Gordon and Smallville.

YMMV: It will have Kinect support.

Videos:

http://kotaku.com/5915510/sam-fisher-returns-in-splinter-cell-blacklist

http://kotaku.com/5915675/watch-sam-fisher-stab-terrorists-in-this-splinter-cell-blacklist-trailer

http://kotaku.com/5915764/michael-ironside-isnt-sam-fisher-anymore-this-other-guy-is

I love the gameplay so far. And hopefully it'll still remain true to Splinter Cell's roots and have some stealth segments, and not be pure action. I'm also glad they brought back the knife and takedowns you didn't have in Conviction. As for the moving Mark & Execute...that was just great and Sam is fluid enough to match the great graphics.

I hope they'll bring back the interrogation, beat someone to near death portions.

I'm really sad about no Ironside though. Is this gonna be a thing? Iconic voices who've been the voice of characters for years being replaced for no good reason? That's the same thing they're doing in Absolution, and I hate it to be honest.

Maybe it because Michael Ironside didn't want to do the voice.

I assume there must of been a valid reason because it doesn't look like they did it to refresh the series. Conviction was that game and Ironside is in as well.

I assume it was a mutual decision between both parties. If it wasn't, why would Ironside narrate the game.

Good news: none

Bad news: New Splinter Cell

The gameplay at E3 must have been the biggest bait and switch ever though "Oh my, playing on the Middle Eastern side of a conflict, that's groundbreaking, I need to play this ga....oh...oh I see, just same ol' same ol'"

Originally posted by Smasandian
Maybe it because Michael Ironside didn't want to do the voice.

I assume there must of been a valid reason because it doesn't look like they did it to refresh the series. Conviction was that game and Ironside is in as well.

I assume it was a mutual decision between both parties. If it wasn't, why would Ironside narrate the game.

He's been Sam Fisher in every game ever. Why would he suddenly not want to do the voice anymore?

They said it's because he is too old to do the mo-cap.

I don't like it, but I accept that as a valid reason. Can't wait fo rthe game still.

But why does he have to do the mo-cap?

Sam Fisher doesn't look like Ironside and there is plenty of games out there where the voice actor does not resemble the mo-cap actor.

Maybe he's just tired of doing the job after a decade.

I haven't seen him do much of anything over the past few years.

Maybe.

I don't mind the voice actually.

It's not that the new guy does a bad voice. It's just I'm used to Ironside as Fisher and want his voice as Fisher. Like Nathan Drake is Nolan North. Agent 47 is David Bateson.

It was their whole desire to have him completely motion captured, I guess. They wanted this guy to actually play Sam Fisher in every possible aspect, and Ironside is just too old for the physical stuff.

I remember the days when you could go through an entire level without killing anyone.

Those were the days...

Release date - August 20th. Much later than I'd hoped.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=72784

Been getting into these games of late starting off with the first game which i brought off Steam during those sales.

Conviction is my favourite, personally.

They Don't have Pandora Tomorrow on there, Something about it being broken because of the projected lighting

so i went and found a copy on ebay.

Originally posted by Kazenji
They Don't have Pandora Tomorrow on there, Something about it being broken because of the projected

so i went and found a copy on ebay.

Nice. Hope you enjoy it.

I've tried it out the lighting seems to be pretty good

not sure what the folks on Steam are talking about.

Splinter Cell can be a pretty polarising series, tbh.