Splinter Cell Blacklist: the king of stealth is back ?

[DalekFlay]

I'll say one thing for this game, it looks pretty and runs well on my aging rig. I guess I also like the whole ghost/panther/combat score thing, it's nice for a stealth game to reward lethal stealth, which is what I always enjoy playing outside of the Thief series.

That said these linear levels and checkpoint saves make me scream.

 

[dunno lah]

I'll say one thing for this game, it looks pretty and runs well on my aging rig. I guess I also like the whole ghost/panther/combat score thing, it's nice for a stealth game to reward lethal stealth, which is what I always enjoy playing outside of the Thief series.

That said these linear levels and checkpoint saves make me scream.

Play the side missions.

 

[DalekFlay]

Play the side missions.

I just did one, and yes it was much better. No saving at all though? Fucking dumb.

 

[dunno lah]

Play the side missions.

I just did one, and yes it was much better. No saving at all though? Fucking dumb.

No saving? No problem. Either take your time or git gud. That being said, I played co-op with my brother on his ps3. Many fingers were pointed at who fucked up first.

 

[DalekFlay]

No saving? No problem. Either take your time or git gud.

I do take my time, I am a patient motherfucker, which is why when one slip-up makes me play the whole 20-30 minutes over again I want to throw your game in the fucking trash and light it on fire.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

No saving? No problem. Either take your time or git gud.

I do take my time, I am a patient motherfucker, which is why when one slip-up makes me play the whole 20-30 minutes over again I want to throw your game in the fucking trash and light it on fire.

That was my experience with Black List. I've always tried to do (almost) perfect stealth approach through levels but sometimes guard will see you or you will blow timing of your moves. Hell unleashes, a couple of bullets and you are dead. So when my rage meter was very high I just played via dance macabre mod. Kill quickly some guards and have my auto kill function and go all the way. The story of Sam Fisher Shepard isn't bad. What bothered me was way to opened levels. And sometimes I had a Ghost Recon Future Soldier deja vu when it came to the level design. For me, the favourite piece of game was near the end. Too bad it was so easy.

 

[DalekFlay]

Yeah, and for the record I chose the hardest difficulty, so a lot of random-ass shit happens, and being in the enemy's vision cone for even half a second alerts everyone, then you die in one shot.

So... yeah, quicksave would be nice. Velvet Assassin was another stealth game ruined by (among other things) lack of quicksave.

 

[Multidirectional]

I think hardest difficulty is supposed to be played with all upgrades unlocked, that is, not on first playthrough. I played through it one level below highest and it was alright. Challenging enough without being too annoying. Much better game than Conviction overall, but some sections were really dumb. Like the FPS segments or end boss QTE fight. They just can't make a decent game without interrupting it with moments of utter stupidity.

 

[DalekFlay]

I think hardest difficulty is supposed to be played with all upgrades unlocked, that is, not on first playthrough. I played through it one level below highest and it was alright. Challenging enough without being too annoying. Much better game than Conviction overall, but some sections were really dumb. Like the FPS segments or end boss QTE fight. They just can't make a decent game without interrupting it with moments of utter stupidity.

Could be true about the difficulty. Now that I am pretty far in and have upgraded a ton of shit I'm fucking up less, which means screaming at the lack of quicksave less. So it's working out better. Also I have noticed with the side missions that once you get a pattern down you can quickly and easily get back to where you died or were noticed, so repeated attempts go much faster.

This game is, dare I say it, actually kind of good.

 

[DalekFlay]

Obviously no one cares but I just finished the game and overall I have to say it was pretty damn good, really. If you liked Chaos Theory this game is about on par, other than lacking quicksave. Some of the campaign missions are a little too linear and there's a few rare forced action moments, but overall it's very stealth focused with large rooms and sets of rooms and tough enemy patrol routes at times. Very satisfying.

Story is terrible of course.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

So this game is like £2 on Humble Store at the moment and it sounds like it might be worth that???

 

[Turrul]

So this game is like £2 on Humble Store at the moment and it sounds like it might be worth that???

Yeah, it is 2 bucks anyway.

 

[DalekFlay]

So this game is like £2 on Humble Store at the moment and it sounds like it might be worth that???

If you liked Chaos Theory and can deal with lack of quick saving it's worth much more than that.

 

[Silva]

I just replayed Blacklist from the beginning in a single go on normal difficulty and handicapping myself from some cheesy gadgets. It was a great experience. It's easily the best in the series after Chaos Theory.

 

[Zewp]

The game's aight. I'm still very butthurt about the new voice actor, the horrendous FPS sections and the QTE ending, which seems to have become the norm in Ubisoft games.

 

[DalekFlay]

The game's aight. I'm still very butthurt about the new voice actor, the horrendous FPS sections and the QTE ending, which seems to have become the norm in Ubisoft games.

I remember the end boss being about sneaking up behind him through on-and-off shadows, not a QTE.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

Press X to "exercise fifth freedom".

Oh the irony...

 

[Luka-boy]

I remember the end boss being about sneaking up behind him through on-and-off shadows, not a QTE.

It was both. The first half is all about sneaking around him to get closer, and once you finally reach him it's the usual cutscene and QTEs business.

 

[Turrul]

Press X to "exercise fifth freedom".

Oh the irony...

:kwafuckyeah:

That QTE was a big boner killer.

 

[Darth Slaughter]

You're free once you press that button.