from a new comer
I´m new to this series, I played the original Splinter Cell on the gamecube back in the day, and I never finish it, and I enjoy it, at least what I played.
now that I played Conviction, I can tell, that it´s faster, but a lot simpler, but that´s not bad think, in fact, I like more this splinter cell, it have the same trail and error kind of gameplay, just a lot smoother, and the storyline caught me till the end, it remind me of Modern Warfare, but, what make this game a truly awesome game, is it multiplayer, bought coop, and deathmatch (sort of), it really took advantage of the gameplay, more than the singleplayer do.
from a new comer of the series, I highly recommend this game, is action pack, challenging, and the multiplayer will get you busy, the only downsides where some technical issues, but it didn´t drag me from the storyline.