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Quick Look: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Jeff checks his list twice, and yep, those guys are definitely in the "blow up or snap neck" column.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Aug. 22 2013

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Drew

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Yeah sure, I'm ready for some more Conviction-esque gameplay.

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I like that Jeff doesn't use the ACOG because he doesn't like magnification. It's a third-person shooter, the only thing that matters with the scopes is the stat change. Except when playing as Mercs in SvM, of course.

ACOGs still tend to make most third person shooters switch to first person, I'd be surprised if that didn't happen in this game.

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@amafi said:

@pie said:

@sinkwater: it's a bummer that all "stealth" games are now expected to accommodate the whole dumb action play style but nobody expects straight up action games to accommodate stealth all of a sudden. There are people who still really enjoy more classic stealth.

Luckily this game has a setting that cranks up the AI, turns off mark and execute and feels very much like classic splinter cell. It's like bitching about instinct in Hitman when you can just turn it off. Pointless.

Is it balanced for it? Just throwing in an unbalanced mode with key features removed isn't the same as have a game built around stealth.

And Hitman Absolution doesn't work at all that way because it has been designed around all the handholdy shit.

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Why did they make Sam's green goggles blue and not green?

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the way I like to play these types of games is to sneak up to everyone and perform non-lethal takedowns on them. that was why I liked alpha protocol. it made it easy to play that way.

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this game looks awesome except for the part where it's like watching an episode of 24. they should make a dlc where you play as Jade from Beyond Good and Evil and dig up dirt on fourth echelon and release it to the media. sam fisher and his coworkers are unlikeable assholes.

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Man, this game is generic looking and sounding.

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This looks awesome! Of course, I suck at stealth games and shooters, so I probably wouldn't enjoy playing it.

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@protome said:

@sleepinglesson said:

I like that Jeff doesn't use the ACOG because he doesn't like magnification. It's a third-person shooter, the only thing that matters with the scopes is the stat change. Except when playing as Mercs in SvM, of course.

ACOGs still tend to make most third person shooters switch to first person, I'd be surprised if that didn't happen in this game.

It doesn't.

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Fisher really knows how to crouch. Do you think he is able to.. you know...?

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Hearing Brad be scared of self-piloting drones, isn't he excited for automated pizza and package delivery?

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Hearing Brad be scared of self-piloting drones, isn't he excited for automated pizza and package delivery?

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Why are these Iraqi insurgents speaking Farsi.... way to go video games.

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" A plane that never lands with an elite team going around executing missions with no overwatch..." that's where my tax dollars are going, I knew it!

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This is looking allright. I'm getting this with my new GTX 770 :) .

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This game is soooooo fun. I have already put like 40 hours into it and im still having a blast. Highly recommended if you liked Conviction at all.

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Bad dude - "We are past planning, we are on to execution"
Jeff - "So am I" *Kill*

Holy shit that was pretty bad ass.

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@deerokus said:

Is it balanced for it? Just throwing in an unbalanced mode with key features removed isn't the same as have a game built around stealth.

And Hitman Absolution doesn't work at all that way because it has been designed around all the handholdy shit.

Not really. Also there is a mission where the game turns into a FPS without the option to knock enemies out or sneak past them really. It's still fun and stealth works if you restrict yourself a lot. But I mean a lot.

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You can tell this game was made in Canada, because they outlined all the provinces and territories

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@derios said:

Why are these Iraqi insurgents speaking Farsi.... way to go video games.

its an iranian terror cell

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Not sure if Splinter Cell quick look or MGS4

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We're up to execution. "So am I" nice LOL.