I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time, but until now, it has simply been in the back of my mind. First off, gameplay wise, Splinter Cell Conviction is fine. Fantastic, a great reboot for stealth gaming.    
 
As a (aspiring) writer, I hold story as the key element of choosing my games (with a few exceptions), and Splinter Cell failed marvellously. If the story doesn’t hold me, if I have a major problem with the story, I’ll quit and that’s what I did. It’s simply a sad fact. Coming into Splinter Cell, I was eager for some espionage revenge. I was going to be Sam Fisher taking down the people who made the big mistake of killing his daughter.

But like most spy stories, there has to be a catch, a plot twist that captures you. And guess what? Sarah Fisher was alive. And I stopped playing soon afterwards. I felt cheated from my good story. We had been told that this was about Sam Fisher finding those responsible for his daughter’s death, dealing with his inner emotions as he went on and presumably coming to terms in the end. It wasn’t even that his daughter was alive that threw me off; it was that it was so poorly executed, like a slap to the face.

It was the third mission you find out about this plot twist and it felt as if the writers wanted to avoid any character development for Sam Fisher, once his daughter was alive, he didn’t need to change, didn’t need to come to any sort of terms. To me, it felt like a major cop-out from some actual character development, from an actual story. So I stopped playing, I had a lot of homework to do.    

I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time, but until now, it has simply been in the back of my mind. First off, gameplay wise, Splinter Cell Conviction is fine. Fantastic, a great reboot for stealth gaming.    
 
As a (aspiring) writer, I hold story as the key element of choosing my games (with a few exceptions), and Splinter Cell failed marvellously. If the story doesn’t hold me, if I have a major problem with the story, I’ll quit and that’s what I did. It’s simply a sad fact. Coming into Splinter Cell, I was eager for some espionage revenge. I was going to be Sam Fisher taking down the people who made the big mistake of killing his daughter.

But like most spy stories, there has to be a catch, a plot twist that captures you. And guess what? Sarah Fisher was alive. And I stopped playing soon afterwards. I felt cheated from my good story. We had been told that this was about Sam Fisher finding those responsible for his daughter’s death, dealing with his inner emotions as he went on and presumably coming to terms in the end. It wasn’t even that his daughter was alive that threw me off; it was that it was so poorly executed, like a slap to the face.

It was the third mission you find out about this plot twist and it felt as if the writers wanted to avoid any character development for Sam Fisher, once his daughter was alive, he didn’t need to change, didn’t need to come to any sort of terms. To me, it felt like a major cop-out from some actual character development, from an actual story. So I stopped playing, I had a lot of homework to do.    

Videogames are about gameplay. If you need a story or motivation to play a game, like it's a movie, you probally aren't a gamer. Ubisoft games doesn't have great stories, it mostly focus on the gameplay.
 
I'm not suggesting you aren't a gamer (I got this quote from pure pwnage jeremy, i'm sure your still a casual game if you like story over gameplay) however i'm saying gameplay is more important than story and presentation. Maybe you should play a bit more if you stopped right there at that story point. It's like saying I watched a movie and stopped watching it because I didn't like the first plot point.

Surprisingly... that was NOT the twist :P

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Videogames are about gameplay. If you need a story or motivation to play a game, like it's a movie, you probally aren't a gamer. Ubisoft games doesn't have great stories, it mostly focus on the gameplay.
 
I'm not suggesting you aren't a gamer, however i'm saying gameplay is more important than story and presentation. Maybe you should play a bit more if you stopped right there at that story point. It's like saying I watched a movie and stopped watching it because I didn't like the first plot point.

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" @FlyingRat: I always dread all your replies. Hey if ppl likes games that's all story and no gameplay, maybe the op should try heavy rain. If that's their preference, I can't say it's wrong, however not all games has a good story. Maybe mgs4 will be a better suggestion. "

WHY I DIDN'T BUY SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION:
 
Because it's lazily-made shit. Also, no new Crystal Method or Amon Tobin soundtrack, so they can go fuck themselves.

I loved Splinter Cell Conviction. True, the story wasn't "all that", but it was told in a great way, and the gameplay was beyond marveoulus (lol, spellcheck).  

I didn't finish SCC because by the penultimate mission I got bored of the story and gameplay.

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Videogames are about gameplay. If you need a story or motivation to play a game, like it's a movie, you probally aren't a gamer. Ubisoft games doesn't have great stories, it mostly focus on the gameplay.
 
I'm not suggesting you aren't a gamer, however i'm saying gameplay is more important than story and presentation. Maybe you should play a bit more if you stopped right there at that story point. It's like saying I watched a movie and stopped watching it because I didn't like the first plot point.

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"Surprisingly... that was NOT the twist :P "

It doesn't mean splilnter cell conviction failed because of ubisoft's style of story telling. These are game directors, not movie directors and the medium doesn't have to be as well told as movie scripts. I don't know a ubisoft game where it had a great story, or a story that is told well. My quotes are from the video above, so it's not entirely my opinion, rather I agree with what the pwnerer said and his definition of a gamer.

@LlamaLlama:

Nice spoilers bro, good thing I don't give a shit about splinter cell.

I'm confused, if the gameplay was fine, why did you stop playing? I agree that the story was poor, but if you liked the gameplay, then you should play more... Or by fine, do you mean that it was not something you wanted to play more? If so, that's OK. I for one liked the gameplay quite a lot. That's why I've finished every Splinter Cell released and will continue to do so. Then again I finish all my games. Even the ones I don't enjoy. I have a lot of free time...

" @FlyingRat: He has a good point though, games are about gameplay, and I find the OP's statement odd seeing as MOST games don't have a great story. "

Wow, this post just reminded me that I haven't finished Conviction either.  It's a shame, as Splinter Cell is one of my favorite series.  I guess I just blacked it out in my mind and now that you've reminded me that it exists, I still have no desire to go back and beat it.
 
The story was contrived, but that's not the reason I didn't like it.  They changed Sam Fisher into Jason Bourne.  Thanks, Ubisoft, this franchise used to be really unique.

" @FlyingRat: watch that video I just posted, it said the same thing. I quoted that video from a pro gamer, then again you usually skip my videos and tries to find other ppl to rag on with half of your post. "

@FlyingRat:

@FlyingRat: You don't even know who jeremy is, from the t.v show pure pwnage, not suprising. His opinion > yours or the op's. Honestly giving up on a game because they didn't like a part of the story? He just made a claim these ppl are noobs, or unskilled gamers. When I said your not a gamer, I quoted a part of that video. I'll edit that post to reflect that.   "

His opinion > yours or the op's.   

" @FlyingRat: I would be careful with slagging off Pure Pwnage, the source of that video. The mockumentary and satirical views on the somewhat narcissistic nature of pro-gaming, or gamers in general, has won over quite a few souls. "

Story was crap, and the gameplay was rather crap to be honest. Perfectly fine mechanics, just no challenge. Ubisoft knows their audience.

" @FlyingRat: you said the same thing about my religious videos I posted. You are just a bunch of canned response trying to negatively rag on others as a way of venting. Next time you see me post on the forum, if you don't like my post, just ignore it. I don't need more of your negativity and canned responses. I mean the last new user I argued with had some mental problems I later figured out, so you shouldn't call me insane out of nowhere. "

"His opinion > yours or the op's. "

" @HitmanAgent47 said:

"His opinion > yours or the op's. "

Surely, you can't be serious?   Right? "

" @HitmanAgent47 said:

" @FlyingRat: you said the same thing about my religious videos I posted. You are just a bunch of canned response trying to negatively rag on others as a way of venting. Next time you see me post on the forum, if you don't like my post, just ignore it. I don't need more of your negativity and canned responses. I mean the last new user I argued with had some mental problems I later figured out, so you shouldn't call me insane out of nowhere. "

First of all, what the hell are you talking about with the last part. Secondly, i'm not the only one who's annoyed by your incredible attitude of thinking you're always right, i just happen to be the one calling you out for it at the moment. "

@HitmanAgent47:
Don't like someone's post on a forum, don't reply; this is how forums work.

" Hitman is a professional troll dude, just stop replying. "

"satire Pronunciation: /ˈsatʌɪə/

noun

[mass noun]

• the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

You should have mentioned spoilers. I just got this game for a cheap price on Ebay so I am playing it soon and got part of the story spoiled for me. It's not a huge deal though since I am not that interested in the story in the first place... I just enjoy a good stealth game.

" @FlyingRat: I argued with someone else because he said the same thing, that he was annoyed I thought I was always right. He said something about calling you out of your arrogance or something. Later on I found out he was schozophrenic and has anger problems. Most of his post was negative and to avoid the fighting, let's say I dealt with someone like you in the past. I will never speak to you again if you are like the last new user I argued with non stop. If you have self esteem issues and thinks i'm arrogant or think i'm always right, well that's your problem. Good bye. "

I agree, the story was a letdown. Maybe they couldn't get any emotion out of Michael Ironside besides drunken slurring, so they rewrote the script?

This rivalry between FlyingRat and hitmanagent...it needs more hype!
 
 

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Videogames are about gameplay.

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" @Binman88 said:

" Hitman is a professional troll dude, just stop replying. "

He can't be though, he has almost 5000 posts. This is just honestly how he thinks "