No Spies vs Mercs in Splinter Cell: Conviction

Technology and Gaming
#41

One thing I see these days in games is that developers say that their game is going to require/need/revolve around co-op/stealth/strategy but they never actually integrate what they want into the game.

Usually it isn’t even part of the game like H3:ODST was supposed to be more stealth based and it completely failed to be a stealth shooter it wanted to be. Occasionally you will see a game that does what they want perfectly, a good example of this is L4D it’s called a co-op game for a reason, it’s not just your buddy tagging along with you, you actually need to co-ordinate with your group and work together.

The mere fact that some games don’t manage to do what they want correctly makes me be skeptical whether SP:C will actually involve stealth as much.

#42

ODST was never advertised as a stealth shooter. It was just a nice option Bungie added if you want to be Snake/Sam for a few brief moments between headshots (at grunts specifically.)

#43

You obviously didn’t see many of the interviews. I was quite excited when they said it was going to be more stealth-based but it was practically the same except this time you didn’t have regenerating shields.

#44

Don’t forget the wonderful music, atmosphere, storytelling, and Firefight!

#45

As far as gameplay goes, none of those have any effect on singleplayer.

#46

I agree.

#47

So why did you mention them in retaliation to a post saying the gameplay wasn’t stealth based?

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