Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™ Reviews

iconic and nostalgic game. way ahead of its time for sure.

Сплинтер селл ли это? Да. Похож ли он на предыдущие? Нет. Отличная игра на вечер, боевка хорошая, интересная, не надо слушать что она плохая, если не сидеть на трубе весь замес, а, о Боже мой, ДВИГАТЬСЯ, то играть весело

**Splinter Cell: Conviction - More Action Than Stealth, But Damn Satisfying** Splinter Cell: Conviction takes the series in a more action-packed direction, moving away from the stealth-heavy gameplay fans were used to. While it leans more into combat and fast-paced gunfights, it’s undeniably satisfying to channel your inner John Wick as you methodically take down enemies with precision and style. The game’s innovative mechanics, like the Mark and Execute system, make combat feel fluid and rewarding. The narrative, focusing on Sam Fisher’s personal mission of revenge, adds emotional depth to the experience, and the game’s slick visual style and tight controls make the action even more immersive. While the focus on action may disappoint traditional stealth enthusiasts, there’s still plenty of room for strategic play. You can still sneak, knock out enemies silently, or use the environment to your advantage, but Conviction is more about delivering intense combat sequences than methodical stealth. Overall, if you’re looking for a thrilling, action-packed experience where you can mow through enemies with the efficiency of a seasoned operative, Splinter Cell: Conviction does not disappoint. It may not be the stealth game fans expected, but it’s definitely one hell of a ride.

Splinter Cell Conviction was pretty snappy doo when it came out. You still play as Sam Pepper a few years after the events of Double Agent. The story was alright, but not much to write home about. Not too big a fan of some segments like the "YT clout arc" where you have to grind to get equipment in the game by groping some juicy rumps. Other than that, the game aged well gameplay wise. 6.3/10

So Splinter Cell...yeah...coolest game-series, Ubisoft ever created/published, right!? You know, they say, there's a "black sheep" along each family? This is the - mostly - rotten to the bone offspring, of a very great game-series, by a very experienced and - at least in theory - capable game-studio and developer. I bought it on discount, because when playing Blacklist i noticed some "flashbacks", that seemed unfamiliar...and when i tried to remember, which ones i already had played, this one didn't seem familiar. The game: With nowaday's technology, the game can be played halfway with full details (but even then, some settings still cause frames dropping like heck, which though might also be an issue of the operating system and new hardware unknown to the game (shouldn't bother, because proper games are downwards compatible, but o.k.). It didn't crash - though accessing some content, closes the game, tries to reach uplay-servers (which have been shut down) and then automatically restarts the game. The controls often didn't work correctly and got you stuck/let you die in very decisive moments, which can turn into a pain in the neck, especially, when you're trying for some of the ingame-achievements, to unlock the scores, needed to upgrade your stuff. With not even 11 hours of ingame-content on "realistic" (not sure, where it is realistic, when early enemies, have wallhack, aimbot, wall-piercing bullets and don't get hit by your frag-grenade, but the rest of the shockwave, reaching Sam, kills him instantly, but o.k. - we all define "reality" differently...and the programmers seemingly have a surreal "Skynet"-reality as a reference) the game is pretty short and - as noticed by others - barely feels like Splinter Cell at all. You'd consider this a cashgrab after some good games and before the awesome finale, just to keep fans busy, while put on hold. The wait (for Blacklist) was worth it, this game though puts shame onto the series. It's more a 3rd-person-shooter with stealth-elements, than a successor of the great stealth-game. The story: Supposed to be the last but one episode of an awesome game-series, the story among Sam Fisher continues in a very uncommon way. It filled the gap of knowledge, i had, when Sam encountered Kobin in Blacklist and they were talking about good old times (this game's content). To not spoil too much: Sam is being contacted by Grim from 3rd Echelon, requesting his support and baiting him with knowledge about his - said to be dead -daughter, so he plays along. Now it's up to you, to play him and save the day. PRO: - didn't crash; - halfway nice visuals on high details, referring to the age of the game; CONTRA: - needs "Ubisoft Connect", even for single-player-offline-gaming but doesn't even offer Steam-achievements; - servers have been shut down, so no coop-multiplayer (except for LAN); - stuttering and frame-dropping on high details, even with more than 3GB VGA-RAM (512MB recommended); - controls sometimes not working properly; - difficulty "realistic" is totally unrealistic...should be more named "nightmare-like"; So yeah, this is Ubisoft's adoptive step-child to a great game-family and fans of the series totally can feel that. Buy it for a handfull of bucks, if you want to know, how the complete series went, else spare yourselves time and pain. Instead of this game, you just as well can play "The Division" and "The Division 2"...similar gameplay, better story, missions etc., maybe this one was like a hidden "beta" for some approaches, that were used in these 2 games. Referring to Splinter Cell, i'm glad, they created Blacklist, that one truely gave Sam's story credit and really was a gem among the series, though other comments mention, even there content/servers have been cut down meanwhile. Many players request people to boycott Ubisoft for their game-politics among the past years. I'm not sure, that this would justify, to not play a game, that is good and likable. This one doesn't belong to the good ones, so it's up to you.

Controller friendly and works on Windows 11. Gameplay restricts player choice compared to other titles in the series, but it is a fun take on the Jason Bournes of the era. Coop servers are down, but can work with patches and additional software.

i just beat this game and i gotta say its underrated. i really loved this game the story was good and the gameplay was also very good. there are some glitches but you can easily avoid them

I hate Ubisoft so much. The CD keys for my Splinter Cell Conviction install are somehow linked to another account. I can no longer launch the game from Steam. This is on top of not being able to play the DLC that I paid for because Ubisoft shutdown their servers which have to be accessed from the game in order to install it. Never again will I ever buy a Ubisoft game.

John Wick The Game delete systemdetection.dll so game works

Great game, even better together. what a shame ubisoft completely cut out coop support. use scc-lan-restore on github to restore coop functionality and use ZeroTier instead of hamachi for emulating lan since its newer, faster, and more stable. Still looking for the time to replay this game on pc, just wanted to post this to help others who also enjoyed this game in coop on xbox 360 in the past.