NowGamer: "Most developers get excited to be working on next-gen games consoles with the promise of the future, but that's not to say there aren't frustrations on dealing with new hardware.
But compared to the frustrations of working within the limitations and confines of the current generation, is it really that bad?
We asked Laurent Malville, lead game designer on Splinter Cell: Blacklist, that very question."
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell has been out of action for a decade, so it's time to look back at 2013's Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
Sam Fisher is evidently the most skilled stealth operative because no-one has seen him in his own game for years
why make an inspired game that takes effort when you can half ass it with multiplayer gaas games and filler filled assassins creed games?
That question up there is the reason you don't see splinter cell games
The entire mark and execute system belonged in another game.
It’s cool, but the polar opposite to how Sam Fisher initially handled.
The original trilogy made shooting very, very difficult, yet a viable option, which ultimately motivates stealth.
The mark/execute system makes shooting stupid easy, to the point of why would you even bother trying stealth as an alternative?
Because Ghost is the method fans of the series actually prefer? IMark and execute is never forced upon the player you liiterally never have to bother using it even once throughout Blacklist.
The sad part is that I actually really enjoyed the last game, Blacklist. It may have lacked the iconic voice but the gameplay was excellent, and blended stealth, action and a mix really great compared to most games, where none of the three options felt like the wrong way to play. I really hope they either produce a remake of the original game or a proper sequel.
The stealth icon has gone too stealthy of late, but the best Splinter Cell games still rank among the best games ever made.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Ubisoft, we need to chat. Please, have a seat. Thanks. Ok, so I think you know why you’re here. No it has nothing to do with all those game delays, we’ll talk about that later. What? No it’s not about the Skulls & Bones and Beyond Good & Evil 2 falling off the face of the Earth, just listen. We need to talk about Splinter Cell. Don’t give me that look, you know this conversation needs to happen. The way you’ve treated the series, its fans and poor Sam Fisher himself is sad, infuriating and just plain disappointing and it needs to stop."
The Fish!!!
I'd love to see a remastered edition of those games as well as something new. It's about time.
MGS is done, at least as we know it so it's now or never Ubi, give Fisher the reboot it deserves. And for Gods sake, don't you dare turn Splinter Cell into another Division/Ghost reckon online abomination instead of a SP focused steath action game!
I would love a new splinter cell, maybe even a reboot at this point. Sam Fisher deserves it
I think reboot the entire franchise the games were great but every time they try to make him human like a father or something it comes of as unbelievable
They added damn near every SC game to Xbox1X back compat enahnced list. That is a lot of Sam enhanced and I am loving it, but Sam deserves a new next gen game.
At some point, you have to move on,
this is life,and we have to progress to survive...
This is common for the games Industry.... Every new gen, they need to work hard
I was expecting something about the difficulty of new hardware, but all he said was that they don't know the new hardware well enough to realize how to do some things they'll learn how to do later.
If it was easy, every developer would be making AAA+ games so frequently that we would not know what to buy, as nothing would stand out....We'd also have 1000 games on our machines that all played exactly like COD, ran as good as it, had as bad a story as it, & had the same quality of online....How would we pick?
Of course, if you move onto new pc hardware that is state of the art, then development is going to be a challenge also....
Stop whining all you crappy developers, & just make us awesome games & get rid of all the horrible ones like movie tie-ins & bikie games.
He's stating the obvious...but I believe that developers will grasp this next-gen hardware faster than they did last gen...for two reasons:
1. Their Architecture is much closer to typical PC architecture
2. Both XBox1 and PS4 have a similar architecture
This is the first gen that "kinda" standardizes gaming hardware...we, the consumer, should benefit from this by having more games since they should cost less/take less time to produce (feature for feature)...