Splinter Cell Needs a Rebirth

TheParanoidGamer Writes: If you were to think about some of top gaming franchises of all time you would think Halo, Zelda, Mario, and Final Fantasy. Another game that would make the conversation would have to be a franchise known as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell. There’s been five installments to this franchise as well as a few hand-held iterations. With the help of Michael Ironside, Sam Fisher has become one of the most iconic characters in the history of video games. Splinter Cell is a beloved franchise, but recently it has shown it has fallen afar from the greatness it used to have.

[xyxzor]

I'd love to see Jensen Ackles play a new up and coming Splinter Cell, and have Fisher train him. It will never happen, but it's a great idea.

[Nitrowolf2]

Lol i liked him in the show SuperNatural but i'm not entirely sure. I've notice that he is getting old now (Sam Fisher) and maybe the article is right or perhaps we will see a reboot to the series (not like DMC, but perhaps how tomb raider is doing it right)

[xyxzor]

Yeah the DMC series is such a mess right now.

[LastDance]

"Another game that would make the conversation would have to be a franchise known as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell"

Lol?

[Iroquois_Pliskin]

they need to come back to ps3... every sony platform gets f over by ubisoft, when it was the ps2 that made the splinter cell series famous

[Raines of Onyx]

It was actually xbox live that chaos theory did best on lol

[NYC_Gamer]

they ruined this franchise by taking the mainstream approach trying to pull in newer fans

[xyxzor]

I don't think going mainstream was the issue, it was the rampant design changes that really hurt the franchise. You can create a Splinter Cell title that caters to both sides, Chaos Theory was proof of that.

[coolboy221]

Yeah i agree. Maybe they can turn it around

[Sam Fisher]

i dont need to say anything more, splinter cell needs to come back.

[allyc4t]

They need to bring back that old 2v2 multiplayer that everyone loved.

[Nitrowolf2]

There is a lot of stuff that they can bring back from the old games. I just want to know where the series is going now and all after Conviction.

[Bathyj]

Um, they tried that. No one liked it.

Actually, it was a good game, it just wasnt a good Splinter Cell game.

[Mr Tretton]

...or a death. A lot of companies need to move on to making new IPs already.

[solidboss]

what splinter cell needs is conviction 2 =)

[Sam Fisher]

go f#$% yourself

[solidboss]

if it isn't my good old friend sam fisher...its been a rough time for you huh? being in jail and all and coming out to make a mediocre game, myself well i have gone to make such titles as METAL GEAR SOLID peace walker. you may have herd of it

[Nitrowolf2]

lol wtf i feel like i just walked in the Slaughter Shack

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Iroquois_Pliskin]

aww Sam, how are you? still having a hard time mastering the art of stealth?

[Valvatorez]

If they did get Ackles,he could even say 'Sammy' like in Supernatural.
Ackles-''Yo Sammy,two tango's ahead!''
Fisher-''Don't call me Sammy,dammit!'

[IHateYouFanboys]

nice try jensen lol

seriously though, Splinter Cell already got a re-birth and it resulted in a great game despite what this article says.

[xyxzor]

Compared to Chaos Theory it was garbage.

[yaz288]

compered to the first 3 games it was more than garbage

[ShinFuYux]

Am i the only one that loved convictions? It was a solid, sneak around game. Sadly it was so short...

[SilentNegotiator]

People who say "sneak around games" was probably the game's intended audience.

SCC was hardly stealthy. It pretty much gave away those auto-target kills, for one.

[Tapioca Cold]

They got all caught up in the stupid story. I can't stand these days where everything needs to be a giant epic soap-opera of a story. What ever happened to splinter cell agent goes and defuses bad guys bomb? Or splinter cell agant recons terrorist nuclear bomb development site?

They ahd his daughter all caught up in the story and stupid inside back stabbing. It was ridiculous.

Want MP back too. It was a blast! I always took so much pleasure in kicking a spies ass! ^^

[yaz288]

agree ,The story was ridiculous !!

I was really anticipating the game to see what happened after double agent ... but they really messed up ~_~

[Firstkn1ghT]

The last Splinter Cell was superb. Loved the new adult gritty feel to it. You can't make everybody happy. If it continued to be the same Splinter Cell than people would be complaining how it's the same SC and needs a change. People complain to much.

[CaptCalvin]

They had to do it. The market's too full of stupid and lazy gamers that couldn't even be bothered to press a button to bring up the objectives, let alone dragging bodies around.

[NoobJobz]

Chaos Theory 2 please.

[Soldierone]

As long as this exclusive BS goes away and Ubisoft actually makes a good version on both consoles...then do whatever you want with it. Otherwise Ill just keep play Metal Gear, hell unless they really amp up production value like the old Splinter Cells then even if that happens ill stick with metal gear.

[Raines of Onyx]

Conviction would have been better if they would have had.spy vs merc multiplayer, but it diddnt lol.