It has been revealed today that the much anticipated Splinter Cell Conviction title is set to include a co-op campaign portion, that will not only act as a prologue to the main storyline but also be of a sizeable length at around six hours.
Placing players in the roles of Daniel Sloane-Suarez (callsign Archer) and Mikhail Loskov (codename Kestrel), the pair will initially not get along at first. “They don’t really like each other or trust each other,” says Patrick Redding, Co-op Game Designer before continuing “but you’ll hear in their dialogue, moving through the missions, that their trust is slowly building.”
The emphasis on such a co-op portion is based upon communication, tactics and looking out for each other.
Alongside its freshly unveiled six hour co-op campaign, Splinter Cell Conviction is also set to include a number of standalone challenge modes.
These will currently being referred to as Third Echelon Missions, and will be spread across a variety of six maps. These are based upon four levels seen within the co-operative campaign, and two that will be exclusive to the mode.
At the time of writing, four modes have currently been confirmed;
Hunter – Clear the map of enemies,
Infiltration – Clear the map of enemies, without being detected,
Last Stand – Protect an EMP warhead from waves of enemies,
Face Off – Two players go head-to-head, includes a number of customisable AI enemies spread throughout the map.
Sounds hot, 2010
