Finished it.
Short but great. Story starts out a bit "who what, why am i doing this? Oh well its cool anyway", but ends up being the best effort ever in a Splinter Cell game.
The interrogations rock, one of the missions will give you good old Splinter Cell like gameplay. The rest is a fast, furious, stylish and badass ride till the end. The cat and mouse gameplay is ever present here, and dying never seems like a chore, cuz honestly it is fun to actually start from the checkpoint till you get the drop on every mfker in the area without getting a scratch on you.
Sam Fisher is more of a fully realized character than before, and i hope it's not too late for the franchise to turn itself into a success again on the back of this game. Ubisoft should really spend the cash here and build upon what they did with Conviction, because although i loved this game, i can clearly see the sequel being a total home run, because they have really turned the heat with this one.
Stealth king is back, Nathan Drake and Solid Snake will feel like total pussies after you play as Sam Fisher.
Welcome back Sam!
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More chase sequences please, yes go more bourne more more moaaaar
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only if youll let me have the green goggles
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(Third Eschelon)
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(Third Eschelon)
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According to the achievements there are 11 Chapters. Third Eschelon is the 8th chapter.
Much better than Double Agent IMO, but not the best game from the bit I've played so far.
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I just got back to my car from meeting Vic
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It's at the part where you shoot the Vice-President in the leg and then a flood of enemies comes into the room. I have been using the pipes to climb to the ceiling, and while there is the occasional enemy that looks up and spots me (seems to happen once every few tries) and then I'm basically dead, I can't seem to pass this area. I can clear out the first wave of enemies, but then the second set that comes after you start to go into the next room just kills me. Any advice?
This seems to be one of those parts where action is a MUST, and surprise, surprise-- it feels kinda weak. Fun dropping multiple chandeliers on people though. :lol
I don't understand why.
It seems like people still haven't understood that shooting in this game should be mostly, and i mean MOSTLY with the mark and execute.
Taking into account you'll get at least 3 marks with a pimped out gun, and 4 with Sam's favorite one, i have a hard time believing that when you shoot the vice president, you aren't able to right next to the door, let the guards pass by you, and mark and execute your way out of that situation.
That part is not "lame becuz of the action", jesus christ people. Use the fucking mark and execute feature.
I take it this means that you haven't played this part yet. You can't do that because:
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-The area right around the doors will "explode" from them busting in.
-There are a hell of a lot more than just four guards that come in.
-They come in from two different doors and immediately converge on each other.
-You can't hide anywhere (except the pipes on the ceiling, that worked for me most of the time) without being discovered quickly. Initially I would mark and execute, but that doesn't work since the guards all come rushing towards where their comrades died.
Did I mark and execute? Yeah, of course...who fucking doesn't do that? Executing will make Sam do other impossible shots that go through walls and such. :lol ::) You get to execute for shooting the chandeliers and having them fall on people. There's three of them in the room! You still have to deal with multiple waves of enemies though, including the "smarter" Third Echelon types. And even after you clear the room, more will come in again for a last go-round. It is inescapable. The door is also booby-trapped so you will alert them no matter what you do to get around it.
Maybe this is one of those parts where playing on easy or normal really is a lot easier. It wasn't insanely difficult or anything, just a little frustrating. I wanted to try to sneak past them all and avoid conflict entirely. Doesn't seem possible, and that's what's lame. Would love to be proven wrong.
There should have been a sweet fistfight involving Sam and Reed on top of the white house or something. That would have been awesome.
Moments like when you melee the guy at the beginning of Michigan Resevoir and he slow-mo dodges the knife, or when you stab Kobin with the flag at Third Echelon, are like... awesome. You dont even get that with Reed.
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I mean you shoot the vice president of the united states for god sakes.