{"id":1053,"date":"2014-03-26T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2014-03-26T18:55:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T17:55:40","slug":"splinter-cell-blacklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shadowcovenant.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/26\/splinter-cell-blacklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Splinter Cell: Blacklist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Finished playing \u201cSplinter Cell: Blacklist\u201d the other day.<\/p>\n

Point one: although traditionally I play 3rd-person action games on the consoles, I bought a Logitech controller, and I bought this one on Steam, and even with my 3-year old video card, the game looks and plays very well. More and more I\u2019m questioning the use of a console (except for exclusives, of course).<\/p>\n

This one is the logically extension of \u201cSplinter Cell: Conviction\u201d, which I loved. All good things about the first one are there: multiple paths in missions (stealth all the way, or just shoot everybody), stealth that actually works and it\u2019s not boring (looking at you, MGS) and a nice espionage story (not ground-breaking, but competent).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s some glaring balancing issues, in my opinion (missions range from stupid easy to insanely difficult and back to stupid easy really fast), and the emphasis on co-op detracts of my gameplay experience (I\u2019m not a social player, so I don\u2019t want to play with anybody in this sort of games). The co-op becomes mandatory to unblock certain stuff, which annoys me\u2026<\/p>\n

Anyway, it\u2019s a very competent game, very well executed (even if you might feel that it\u2019s a little bit \u201cstale\u201d, not enough innovation going on, but to be honest, not all games need to be ground-breaking in that sense).<\/p>\n

My major criticism of the game is the stupid Ubisoft UPlay software that has to be installed. This really annoys me, I already have Steam, don\u2019t need to have another game launcher system. Steam gives me a tangible benefit for my usage type, UPlay doesn\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n

So, if you liked Conviction, you\u2019ll like this one, the story even has some surprising moments! \"Smile\"8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Finished playing \u201cSplinter Cell: Blacklist\u201d the other day. Point one: although traditionally I play 3rd-person action games on the consoles, I bought a Logitech controller, and I bought this one on Steam, and even with my 3-year old video card, the game looks and plays very well. More and more I\u2019m questioning the use of […]<\/p>\n

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