Splinter Cell: Conviction delayed - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 25th Jul 2008, 10:13

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/07...tion-delayed/1

Splinter Cell: Conviction has been delayed until April 2009 at least, according to a recent announcement from Ubisoft.

Paradigm Shifter · 25th Jul 2008, 10:30

I quite enjoyed the earlier ones, but they do seem to be moving away from what originally seemed to be the whole point of the Splinter Cell games. Maybe you're right; they've realised this and are trying to fix it.

cjoyce1980 · 25th Jul 2008, 10:36

i'm just hoping that this game should be well rounded and polished by the time its released

Paradigm Shifter · 25th Jul 2008, 10:41

Polished?

Isn't that what patches are for?

r4tch3t · 25th Jul 2008, 10:47

Never played a splinter cell before, Metal gear is much more to my liking from what I have seen.

sotu1 · 25th Jul 2008, 10:48

forgive me for being dumb, but how does it affect a company if a game is released in a different fiscal year?

r4tch3t · 25th Jul 2008, 10:55

It means that all the profit from the game is in that year instead of being split over two years. This makes it more attractive to the shareholders.

zimbloggy · 25th Jul 2008, 16:03

I liked the idea of them changing game concepts to 'Sam Fisher the Hobo fights with bins'

The point was that they were still keeping the game about stealth- just stealth in a different way. You would be hiding in crowds instead of shadows.

I guess people won't be happy until they redo the same old game concept over and over until people get so sick of it that they decide to play a game like unreal tournament.

Krikkit · 25th Jul 2008, 16:06

It's all very well saying "stealth in a different way", but the pinnacle of the series was the tactical stealth of the 1st/2nd/3rd, rather than the last game, which sucked. Alright, it might work, but we don't want that to be the only mechanic in the whole game.

pcgamez · 25th Jul 2008, 19:20

Hmm, quite frustrating they haven't release a splinter cell since 2005

glaeken · 28th Jul 2008, 01:20

I kind of liked the new direction that the game was taking. After playing the disasterous pos that was Double Agent, I was happy to see a new direction. But if they can bring back all the elements that made the original and Chaos Theory such good games, I guess I won't mind.

Timmy_the_tortoise · 28th Jul 2008, 11:49

The series fell as soon as they tried a sequel. The original Splinter Cell was great.. They should've left it at that.

Paradigm Shifter · 28th Jul 2008, 12:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

The series fell as soon as they tried a sequel. The original Splinter Cell was great.. They should've left it at that.

I dunno, I liked some of the things they added to Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory. Or I did at the time... I'm having trouble remembering exactly what things they added.

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25th Jul 2008, 10:30	#2
Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,210	I quite enjoyed the earlier ones, but they do seem to be moving away from what originally seemed to be the whole point of the Splinter Cell games. Maybe you're right; they've realised this and are trying to fix it.

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cjoyce1980 Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 343	i'm just hoping that this game should be well rounded and polished by the time its released

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Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,210	Polished? Isn't that what patches are for?

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zimbloggy Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 75	I liked the idea of them changing game concepts to 'Sam Fisher the Hobo fights with bins' The point was that they were still keeping the game about stealth- just stealth in a different way. You would be hiding in crowds instead of shadows. I guess people won't be happy until they redo the same old game concept over and over until people get so sick of it that they decide to play a game like unreal tournament.

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