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From someone who had never played the franchise and wanted to know a bit more: It felt a bit too much like all the reviews of all games glued together, and a few of them dragged for too long. It's the first time ever i wanted to fast forward in one of your videos, which is extremely surprising. Also, the historical and contextual information about the game's development or impact were not that strong or insider-y as other cases. Maybe this franchise doesn't have the most exciting history ever or not that much is known but... I'd shift the balance again towards this second angle.
@@guillermojperea6355 i respect your opinion and will take your suggestions into consideration for future projects, thank you for sharing! As for the info about the games development, theres only so much available info. I used anything and everything i could find - ubi only shares so much about the development of older games
Great video Nick can you also make a video about making Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory backwards compatible for xbox and Xbox one X enhanced in 4k I am a long time Splinter Cell fan and you did a great job
In Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, when Lambert said "You can't get a medal for this", and Sam said "Medals don't help me sleep at night Lambert", it showed that Sam cares more about people and partially the mission than medals. I really like that line.
I played Chaos theory on a few different ports and if memory serves me right on the PS2 version the only way to get that coveted hundred% was to save the pilots, where as in the Xbox and PC port it didn't matter and was solely a personal juice without award or demerit for saving/not saving them. Pretty sure it was the same with the assassination of Dallas Tahl in Pandora Tommorow which I first played on Xbox then PS 2, where the Xbox version held no sway but the in the PS2 version if you didn't kill her you got at best 99% depending on how well you finished the mission. That's something I actually like about titles being on multiple ports, depending on which one you play the game can be mildly to wildly different in not only game play but content though can and does get pricey lol. Sometimes it's worth it other times not so much.
The dialogue in the game is some of my favorite in all of gaming it felt so organic and wasn't cheesy. I especially got a good laugh when he called the blind date a boat lol
Yes double agent spies vs mercs was my absolute favorite I have wanted that feeling playing multi-player ever since man I wish they would bring that back ASAP
@@thehood6067 yea don't wanna play with bots want the multi player wit real people back is all....a whole other company are re doing spies vs mercs so hopefully it'll be good
@@LuisMorales-xc5ww the servers are done erased and reused for newer games. How you think they save money with newer games that require servers. That’s one advantage Peer to Peer matches has. As long as people are playing you can play. But no dedicated servers means you get shitty match connections.
If you interpret Conviction as Sam losing his humanity and going off the rails, the faced paced action makes a total sense as he utilizes every skill he has without nothing to hold him back
Chaos Theory looked awesome. It wrecked my pc though. It didn't play well with Radeons at all, and I was so jealous of GeForce 6/7 series owners because they got to use sm 3.0 effects, but my X800XT was stuck with the 2.0 render path. And this game looked so good on full settings. Those shiny rocks tho!
You can feel the love and care put into that product too. A rarity nowadays, and even back then really as Ubusoft got big on pumping out 'a solid 7/10' each year rather than a 9 or 10 every 5 years. A numbers driven business model that worked.
@@MisfitPunish3r I'm referring to what the ceo of ubisoft said a while back, not that twitter post you're referring to. Besides, them saying that post was a joke was 50/50 them backpedaling it so they can keep their stuff under wraps. Its happened multiple times before when a studio had to play some form of backpedaling when evidence of an actual future game leaked.
Mm gonna need confirmation on that one before I believe it. There have been rumors for years. When Sam appeared in Ghost Recon as a side mission everyone thought he was coming back, but it’s been years since that now too.
I was in the 8th grade when the first SC came out, I remember my dad buying it and we took turns playing after school. This is still one of my favorite franchises, I play the first 3 games at least once a year.
The gameplay of blacklist was pretty bad compared to OG first one, pandora tomorrow and chaos theory, I personally feel like splinter cell should be a slow paced game unlike Blacklist and conviction.
I downloaded a mod that makes the firearms all more realistic with one hit kills and a heavier lethality, and omg it breaths so much new life into the game that I got addicted to playing it and actually preferred playing this version of Blacklist so much that I wonder why it wasn't built from the ground up to be this way, I figured they figured it'd be "too easy" but they could easily fix this by making your health system and stealth just as unforgiving, but yeah, using a makarov and taking soldiers down with one or two shots to the chest is so satisfying, and 3 of them oblivious to your presence suddenly being mowed down with you emptying your 8 rounds from your Makarov is so realistic and cinematic feeling, the loud sound design is so much fun, and of course, now going loud and killing a platoon sized group of enemies is much more attractive. I found the default "6 body shots to take one standard guard down" and "Every pistol besides the final upgraded one being nerfed" always forced you to play the game one way and that was the slasher-movie stealth "wait in cover/shadows and melee or gadget takedown the enemies" and using your silencer-only weapons was just a gameplay loop that got boring fast, since the game wasn't Chaos Theory, where it was designed to be played this way but also with incredible mission design and unforgiving consequences to "going loud". Now with this "realistic firearms" mod (I think it's something that like that, if you go to Nexus page on blacklist, it's one of the few mods that exist for the game) it completely breaths new life into the game and make you want to actually go loud, and mixing it up now feels fun and energized, stealth feels less restrictive since your weapons don't need to rely on headshots, although enemy armor and helmets are still effective, you still feel like a badass putting your AK74U on single fire only and mowing down 20 guards who are trying to out flank you. I fucking love this mod and it makes me not even wanna go back to the old way of playing Blacklist. Highly recommend playing it, it's a simple drag and drop into the default folder I believe and works fine with ubisoft connect I believe.
I can still fondly remember the day I picked up DOOM 3 and Chaos Theory for my Xbox. They were both so mind blowing it was near impossible to play just one of them for an extended period of time. Great times.
@@Progger11 Because outsiders always ruin everything. Better were the days when nerds were made fun of for the things we liked (never thought I would say that, but that represents the times we now live in).
Absolutely. I remember playing the demo in February 2005 and couldn't fuckin wait for the full game. Easily the best game in the series from visuals, to gameplay.
Personally, for Double Agent, I think a dual trust meter makes more sense. Theres going to be some objectives that will conflict like killing an undercover agent. But some objectives, like gaining information on the terrorist cell without them knowing shouldn't really affect their trust of you.
I guess in some cases you could say that something leaking out gets discovered, but they dont really know who, so a general trust for everyone drops, but then, if I go there, why not a third meter for how your actions affect how one group sees itself...
Timestamps 0:10 Intro 0:56 Explanation 1:48 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 12:06 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow 20:36 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 33:33 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Version 1 (SC: DA's Xbox 360 & PC version. SPOILER WARNING) 44:15 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Version 2 (SC: DA's old-gen console version. Again, spoiler warning at 44:54 50:29 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials. (AGAIN, spoiler warning at 50:44. Spoilers stop at 50:54, resume at 51:17, and stop at 51:25.) 52:08 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - development 54:53 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Spoilers, although you probably figured out the premise of the game from the subtitle. All you need to know is that it's a deviation from the stealth-action elements of the previous games, but is still kinda fun. (At least, it *looks* kinda fun.) 1:02:01 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist 1:13:18 Outro
Critical Nobody's video got me into this series and made me play through the entire series. Nick930's video made me want to play through the series again. Damn both videos are incredibly well done!
Awesome documentary. All the Splinter Cell Games are now backwards compatible with Xbox One. Chaos Theory looks amazing on the Xbox One it's one the finest wines in gaming
Double Agent V2 was my first introduction to the series and has a place in my heart, but after playing them all, I did enjoy Chaos Theory a lot and Blacklist is a guilty pleasure of mine, specially the cutscenes and villain
100% agree with this, specially now that MGS is done and Dishonored is on (I hope) a temporary hiatus, only Hitman and Deus Ex (although not so well as of late) are left to carry the torch for triple A stealth driven experiences. Sure there are great stealth hybrids, like Ghost Recon Wildlands that merge stealth and action gameplay well enough that it creates an interesting dynamic between the two. There just aren't enough fully stealth driven games anymore, and this trend could potentially mean now would be the perfect timing to reboot the franchise. I wish Ubisoft could pull a reboot as great as the one Santa Monica did with God of War, a boy can dream... BOY! Chaos Theory was my first stealth game back in the PS2 era, so I was spoiled with one of the greatest games of the genre and I was none the wiser hahaha :D
@@SimpleArt93 I want a new Deus Ex badly, shame they put the series on ice after meddling with Mankind Divided. Still, with all its problems, it still puts most AAA games to shame.
@@joshuak5798 Yeah that's the thing, Mankind Divided is just like Wildlands, they have their quirks, but overall they provide pretty unique experiences for those willing to look past the reviews and minor criticism. Here's hoping this E3 gives us not one but two or three returns to the stealth genre from any franchise, I'll take anything at this point hahaha
That's for sure, I just replayed Chaos Theory (which actually is the only one Splinter Cell I really played), and daaamn I enjoyed it. For a 2005 game it's still amazing compared to recent games in all aspects : graphics, AI, gameplay, ambience and scenario... this game is pure gold :D
I can't imagine how much work went into this. Thank you for a great Splinter Cell retrospective! I got the feels seeing the early games again. I played the original after playing the demo on a CD ROM disc included in PC Gamer magazine. That's a long time ago. Great gaming memories from a great title. I hope Michael Ironside appreciates how many fans loved his voice acting fleshing out one of the greatest American action characters. Bravo!
This is one of the most impressive videos I’ve watched based around a games entire franchise. Your hard work and passion shines bright. You’ve gained a sub from me. Great work!
god damn if this is not the best way to spend my night, with some snacks and a good cold beer, you my man... you're just making it perfect, also, how can you not see what a true fan of Splinter Cell you really are. I'm glad I've found your video.
I watched both; can confirm they're both breathtaking 😍👌 Thank you so much for making them, I'm actually playing Double Agent V2 for the first time because of you two! 👏 Fantastic so far!
I basically grew up with the series, loved everyone of them, if there wasn’t a change in gameplay I think it would have fallen flat years ago. I’m patiently waiting for another installment, hopefully with Michael Ironside!
well, I mean, it DID fall flat - following the original triliogy, the sales and critical reception have been downhill, if not necessarily in a general sense, then in a "we spent X and only got back Y" sense.
Think you’ll be happy with the news of a remake, although since Michael Ironside didn’t return for the Sam Fisher cameo in siege I doubt he will for the remake.
I first watched the history of 007, that video I believe was over an hour, now this one I watched start to finish, anybody who can gain the attention of UA-cam viewers for more than 10 minutes is doing a great job.
Watched the whole thing. I loved them all but Chaos Theory gave me goosebumps of nostalgia. Conviction was a favorite too, I felt the anger that Fisher had with going after his daughter. Gave you that "Let's go take them down" type of attitude. Thanks for the good trip down memory lane!
All the Splinter Cell games have been good. It's been a high standard. I even really liked Double Agent. The scrapes he kept getting out of were thrilling. Remember JBA 2? Where you sneak into Emil's office, only for Emil to walk in on you? So quickly dart under the table and empty his safe whilst his back is turned. Then Fisher sneaks into Erica's quarters just as she walks in. I remember it fondly. Stealth done right.
I love all your videos, but this one is really close to my heart! Splinter Cell is probably my favorite game series of all time and I think you have made a great dedication to the series right here. I really hope we see another entry for this epic franchise soon. However I can see how developers might be frightened. There hasn't been a real failure in the main games and that is really difficult to live up to. Nonetheless I really hope we get another one.
You managed to keep an exiting documentary about a stealth game for more than an hour. Awesome work, really enjoyed it. I am Downloading black list to play it again after 5 years. It is crazy how we hadn’t heard anything about a sequel for so long.
well put together video! Splinter Cell is a classic game. When I had the bonus mission on Ghost Recon Wildlands, I kinda freaked out with excitement. Brings back my childhood with these games. Awesome!
This was an extremely ambitious and well realized video. From the second this popped up in my feed I knew I needed to put aside an hour and 16 minutes in my day. Congrats on this! Definitely made me want to go back and play some old school spy vs. mercs.
I love them all, I still revisit them often. Chaos Theory was the best, but I liked the multiplayer from PT the absolute best. Double Agent was fun, but was probably my least favorite of the series. I played SC 1 through dozens and dozens of times, and I am one of those people that achieved the 100% marks in every gameplay style, and mission. Splinter Cell has been my all time favorite franchise, and I hope they make another. Conviction is still probably my go to for just logging in and filling my SC fix. Deniable Ops is still fun. Blacklist sucked me in for hours, and made me not quit until I unlocked, and mastered EVERYTHING. Im going to go play some more SC now.
@@Batonaz No dummy, not everyone had the privilege to play Peak Splinter Cell like me 😎👌. Everyone will agree atleast the majority that Chaos Theory was Peak Sam Fisher with ACTUAL STEALTH.
You have a perfect voice for this type of review, I could listen to you review the splinter cell serious for hours and hours haha! Awesome review man!!
This is like a documentary that shoulda been on G4TV or something.... amazing work man, Splinter cell holds a special place in my heart, Thank you for your hard work 👍👍👍
Thanks for this awesome video, it brought me right back to all my experiences of this awesome series. I really hope that there will be a new Splinter Cell some day.
Fantastic doc, Nick, huge congrats. Really well-integrated commentary and visuals, not as easy as it looks and the quality of the writing is high. I've played through all the PC iterations except Double Agent and loved them all, wasting many hours in map recon to compete effectively in Chaos Theory's Spy vs Merc mode. I am even considering re-installing Blacklist, which I enjoyed but found that the scripted missions, such as the final face-off with the villain were over-linear, tedious and unavoidable. Thanks again for the excellent work.
My favourites were the very first Splinter Cell game and Conviction. I feel like I'm the only person who actually really liked the monochrome effect to show when you were in the shadows in Conviction. Although I loved the original night vision goggles too, once I had played Conviction I actually found it hard to readjust to the green and fuzzy vision in the first game. Great video for a great franchise!
This was a really well conceived deep dive into the franchise. The editing matching the narration must have taken ages, great job, you can be very proud of this.
This is a really well conceived and constructed essay. Nice editing too on the narration and game-play of the various installments of the SC series. Huge amount of work went into this, so thank you very much for your efforts, I really enjoyed it.
Chaos Theory is my favorite game I ever played. I spent the whole day shoveling driveways in a snowstorm to buy it. We need a complete stealth focused remake to honor how great it really was.
My favorite game, been waiting for this since it was announced, great work and way to get me itching for a new splinter cell, after playing through the old ones.
I absolutely loved playing blacklist. It truly felt like a modern interpretation of Chaos Theory. If it had Ironsides, it would have been damn-near perfect.
I didn't expect to watch the entire video... But I did! Great Jon. I hope the remake can capture the greatness of the first Splinter Cell while keeping in mind that people's gameplay style has evolved over the years.
Oh sh!t i got a heart from Nick, my girlfriend will definitely f*ck me tonight cause... Ya know... Nothing is more attractive than a man got hearted by Nick
cant even immagine how much work whent into this , jez man you are very good at this for real. i only played chaos theory , conviction, blacklist , loved the last 2 tnx for the refresh and the nostalgia trip xd GG man keep up with the awesome work
Splinter Cell, along with NFSUG2, were among the first games I played on PC and hooked me to PC gaming. Still have chaos theory installed on my pc today..
Really appreciate the huge amount of work and energy you put in to this video. Definitely you are a big fan of this franchise too. Well done. Keep up the good work mate !!
What a great video! I am a fellow Splinter Cell fan, and my favourite is actually Conviction(dont be angry plz) I am also thinking of making a video, regarding the Soundtrack of the Splinter Cell franchise. Long Live Splinter Cell, lets hope the Best for the new one!
My first and most favourite is Pandora Tomorrow. I love game soundtrack. Feeling in some missions (especially LAX and Cryogenics) is awesome. Btw we are still playing SCCT Versus in 2020 at LAN party and we still love it
i wish i could go back to the days when hitman 2, splinter cell 1 and vice city was out. these 3 games brings back memories. i remember i used to turn the lights off when i used to play splinter cell
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From someone who had never played the franchise and wanted to know a bit more:
It felt a bit too much like all the reviews of all games glued together, and a few of them dragged for too long. It's the first time ever i wanted to fast forward in one of your videos, which is extremely surprising.
Also, the historical and contextual information about the game's development or impact were not that strong or insider-y as other cases. Maybe this franchise doesn't have the most exciting history ever or not that much is known but... I'd shift the balance again towards this second angle.
@@guillermojperea6355 i respect your opinion and will take your suggestions into consideration for future projects, thank you for sharing!
As for the info about the games development, theres only so much available info. I used anything and everything i could find - ubi only shares so much about the development of older games
Great video Nick can you also make a video about making Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory backwards compatible for xbox and Xbox one X enhanced in 4k
I am a long time Splinter Cell fan and you did a great job
I legit no joke searched for a video like this teo days ago🤯
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In Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, when Lambert said "You can't get a medal for this", and Sam said "Medals don't help me sleep at night Lambert", it showed that Sam cares more about people and partially the mission than medals. I really like that line.
I played Chaos theory on a few different ports and if memory serves me right on the PS2 version the only way to get that coveted hundred% was to save the pilots, where as in the Xbox and PC port it didn't matter and was solely a personal juice without award or demerit for saving/not saving them. Pretty sure it was the same with the assassination of Dallas Tahl in Pandora Tommorow which I first played on Xbox then PS 2, where the Xbox version held no sway but the in the PS2 version if you didn't kill her you got at best 99% depending on how well you finished the mission. That's something I actually like about titles being on multiple ports, depending on which one you play the game can be mildly to wildly different in not only game play but content though can and does get pricey lol. Sometimes it's worth it other times not so much.
And also when he said its fishering time
Yea I hated that mission so much but that part was pretty cool
@@southpawlibranine3511and fished all over the place
The dialogue in the game is some of my favorite in all of gaming it felt so organic and wasn't cheesy. I especially got a good laugh when he called the blind date a boat lol
The Spies vs. Mercenaries mode is and always will be my favorite online experience. It was clever, unique and a blast to play with friends!
Yes double agent spies vs mercs was my absolute favorite I have wanted that feeling playing multi-player ever since man I wish they would bring that back ASAP
@@niccomakk you can play with Bots on ps3
@@thehood6067 yea don't wanna play with bots want the multi player wit real people back is all....a whole other company are re doing spies vs mercs so hopefully it'll be good
Someone should resurrect the old servers so that people can play they're favorite games again..
Wonder if hackers can do that?
Or why haven't they?
@@LuisMorales-xc5ww the servers are done erased and reused for newer games. How you think they save money with newer games that require servers. That’s one advantage Peer to Peer matches has. As long as people are playing you can play. But no dedicated servers means you get shitty match connections.
I don't care how many Splinter Cell retrospectives I have watched, I will watch another
TheEliteNinja honestly wish they’re were more that weren’t just “evolution of splinter cell” lol
Yes brother!
Cannot wait for a new one
one of the best stealth action game i ever played
@@Preston_Hudson what should they be instead? A deep dive into it or something like that?
If you interpret Conviction as Sam losing his humanity and going off the rails, the faced paced action makes a total sense as he utilizes every skill he has without nothing to hold him back
I interpret it as ubisoft ruining a good franchise.
@@loubloom1941Separate from the series and it might be the best one.
@@loubloom1941that was the first game in the series i played and I say it’s canon tbh
Conviction, Chaos Theory, and Blacklist are easily the best.
Damn, Chaos Theory still looks good after all this years.
Chaos Theory looked awesome. It wrecked my pc though. It didn't play well with Radeons at all, and I was so jealous of GeForce 6/7 series owners because they got to use sm 3.0 effects, but my X800XT was stuck with the 2.0 render path. And this game looked so good on full settings. Those shiny rocks tho!
You can feel the love and care put into that product too. A rarity nowadays, and even back then really as Ubusoft got big on pumping out 'a solid 7/10' each year rather than a 9 or 10 every 5 years. A numbers driven business model that worked.
I've played through SCCT a few days ago, and it still amazes me: it looks like a modern title at 4K 60FPS and a wide FOV
@@jokerzwild00 Get a console! If computers were good for gaming, consoles wouldn't exist! 😅
All ofem do
My God, Fisher! Have you gone insane? The mission is over!
SKWEEZY XD I got so nostalgic
I do...sometimes;)
@@samfisher2306 Sam you’re a legend bruh
I love this line and also "Good lord Fisher, have ya gone mad? I dunno know what to say... The mission's over, get outta there you're FINISHED". XD
This gave me chills!
Brilliant video, deserves waayyyy more views. thank you for this
yooooo i love your videos
I agree
😜
Wayyyyyytyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more views
@@mansaneekttv8661 I love you
Splinter Cell Fans: "Please sir, I want some more."
Ubisoft: *"Nah."*
I think it's for the best, I don't want from ubisoft to ruin one of the last remaining game series even more than they already did...
"Here's a roller derby fortnite style rocket league clone! Enjoy!"
They have confirmed to be making a new one, and if the GRW dlc is anything to go by, Michael Ironside will be back in it too.
@@CHRISCAMPO-wq8bi Google and catch up to the rest of us. Twitter post was a joke, it's all been confirmed NOT to be development.
@@MisfitPunish3r I'm referring to what the ceo of ubisoft said a while back, not that twitter post you're referring to. Besides, them saying that post was a joke was 50/50 them backpedaling it so they can keep their stuff under wraps. Its happened multiple times before when a studio had to play some form of backpedaling when evidence of an actual future game leaked.
It's happening!!!! Splinter Cell Remake is FINALLY being made at Ubisoft Toronto!
*loud party noises!*
Sam Fisher: I am the Shadows.
I think a movie would be cool idk
Hold up? What? They finally decide to do something?
Mm gonna need confirmation on that one before I believe it. There have been rumors for years. When Sam appeared in Ghost Recon as a side mission everyone thought he was coming back, but it’s been years since that now too.
@@Hostilehippie13There are at least two videos confirming it. They haven’t done any teasers yet.
I was in the 8th grade when the first SC came out, I remember my dad buying it and we took turns playing after school. This is still one of my favorite franchises, I play the first 3 games at least once a year.
The gameplay of Blacklist mixed with the atmosphere and characters of the old Splinter Cell games would be a dream come true for me.
So a remake of the original trilogy then
Bartu Kula YOU ARE NOT ALONE!✌🏼🤲🏼☝🏼
Nah, just a spiritual successor to chaos theory would make it the (2nd) best stealth game ever. (Nothing will ever come close to chaos theory though)
The gameplay of blacklist was pretty bad compared to OG first one, pandora tomorrow and chaos theory, I personally feel like splinter cell should be a slow paced game unlike Blacklist and conviction.
@@Anu-YT394 But that's the thing Blacklist allowed you to play it slow or fast-paced.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist remains one of my absolute favorite games and I miss it. I wish there was more!
I downloaded a mod that makes the firearms all more realistic with one hit kills and a heavier lethality, and omg it breaths so much new life into the game that I got addicted to playing it and actually preferred playing this version of Blacklist so much that I wonder why it wasn't built from the ground up to be this way, I figured they figured it'd be "too easy" but they could easily fix this by making your health system and stealth just as unforgiving, but yeah, using a makarov and taking soldiers down with one or two shots to the chest is so satisfying, and 3 of them oblivious to your presence suddenly being mowed down with you emptying your 8 rounds from your Makarov is so realistic and cinematic feeling, the loud sound design is so much fun, and of course, now going loud and killing a platoon sized group of enemies is much more attractive.
I found the default "6 body shots to take one standard guard down" and "Every pistol besides the final upgraded one being nerfed" always forced you to play the game one way and that was the slasher-movie stealth "wait in cover/shadows and melee or gadget takedown the enemies" and using your silencer-only weapons was just a gameplay loop that got boring fast, since the game wasn't Chaos Theory, where it was designed to be played this way but also with incredible mission design and unforgiving consequences to "going loud".
Now with this "realistic firearms" mod (I think it's something that like that, if you go to Nexus page on blacklist, it's one of the few mods that exist for the game) it completely breaths new life into the game and make you want to actually go loud, and mixing it up now feels fun and energized, stealth feels less restrictive since your weapons don't need to rely on headshots, although enemy armor and helmets are still effective, you still feel like a badass putting your AK74U on single fire only and mowing down 20 guards who are trying to out flank you.
I fucking love this mod and it makes me not even wanna go back to the old way of playing Blacklist. Highly recommend playing it, it's a simple drag and drop into the default folder I believe and works fine with ubisoft connect I believe.
What a metric f**kload of work this must have been. Great job!
4 years
I can still fondly remember the day I picked up DOOM 3 and Chaos Theory for my Xbox. They were both so mind blowing it was near impossible to play just one of them for an extended period of time. Great times.
Ah, yes, the good old days when games were made for video game fans.
I miss the days when games where made for the gamers, and they listened to feed back. Unlike now where they only listen to UA-camrs, and streamers.
@@tjjordan4207 Why the gatekeeping?
@@Progger11 Because outsiders always ruin everything. Better were the days when nerds were made fun of for the things we liked (never thought I would say that, but that represents the times we now live in).
Chaos Theory has to be the best stealth game ever tbh, it still blows my mind
Double Agent OG - the best
Plus it stills looks amazing on PC
Absolutely. I remember playing the demo in February 2005 and couldn't fuckin wait for the full game. Easily the best game in the series from visuals, to gameplay.
It's been awhile, I may have to revisit it. Gotta say though Blacklist has got be spoiled.
True
Personally, for Double Agent, I think a dual trust meter makes more sense. Theres going to be some objectives that will conflict like killing an undercover agent. But some objectives, like gaining information on the terrorist cell without them knowing shouldn't really affect their trust of you.
yeah. Its wierd since some objectives should give you trust for both sides.
I guess in some cases you could say that something leaking out gets discovered, but they dont really know who, so a general trust for everyone drops, but then, if I go there, why not a third meter for how your actions affect how one group sees itself...
I personally really like the 360 version, I truly felt like I was trying to keep trust with the agency and with the terrorists.
Timestamps
0:10 Intro
0:56 Explanation
1:48 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
12:06 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
20:36 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
33:33 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Version 1 (SC: DA's Xbox 360 & PC version. SPOILER WARNING)
44:15 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Version 2 (SC: DA's old-gen console version. Again, spoiler warning at 44:54
50:29 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Essentials. (AGAIN, spoiler warning at 50:44. Spoilers stop at 50:54, resume at 51:17, and stop at 51:25.)
52:08 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - development
54:53 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Spoilers, although you probably figured out the premise of the game from the subtitle. All you need to know is that it's a deviation from the stealth-action elements of the previous games, but is still kinda fun. (At least, it *looks* kinda fun.)
1:02:01 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
1:13:18 Outro
Not the hero we asked for, but the hero we needed.
@@bfj2048 I'm the hero the UA-cam comments need me to be
By the way, do you know the song in the intro? It is a banger.
Aww man, I just finished watching CriticalNobody's video!
...welp, here goes another hour.
Same here
Critical Nobody's video got me into this series and made me play through the entire series. Nick930's video made me want to play through the series again. Damn both videos are incredibly well done!
@@thegamingpesant2880 i watched so many history of splinter cell videos that i decided to try it myself and i can say i do not regret it
Awesome documentary. All the Splinter Cell Games are now backwards compatible with Xbox One. Chaos Theory looks amazing on the Xbox One it's one the finest wines in gaming
This is going straight into Ubisoft's vault. They should felicitate you for this. Great video and I being a Splinter cell fan, loved it.
Double Agent V2 was my first introduction to the series and has a place in my heart, but after playing them all, I did enjoy Chaos Theory a lot and Blacklist is a guilty pleasure of mine, specially the cutscenes and villain
Blacklist is a nice mix of new and old gameplay elements. They found a nice middle ground then never made another game which is the way it goes.
God damn, this is the perfect upload. If there's one thing i want it's a new Splinter Cell in the vein of Chaos Theory. C'mon Ubisoft.
100% agree with this, specially now that MGS is done and Dishonored is on (I hope) a temporary hiatus, only Hitman and Deus Ex (although not so well as of late) are left to carry the torch for triple A stealth driven experiences. Sure there are great stealth hybrids, like Ghost Recon Wildlands that merge stealth and action gameplay well enough that it creates an interesting dynamic between the two. There just aren't enough fully stealth driven games anymore, and this trend could potentially mean now would be the perfect timing to reboot the franchise.
I wish Ubisoft could pull a reboot as great as the one Santa Monica did with God of War, a boy can dream... BOY!
Chaos Theory was my first stealth game back in the PS2 era, so I was spoiled with one of the greatest games of the genre and I was none the wiser hahaha :D
@@SimpleArt93 I want a new Deus Ex badly, shame they put the series on ice after meddling with Mankind Divided. Still, with all its problems, it still puts most AAA games to shame.
@@joshuak5798 Yeah that's the thing, Mankind Divided is just like Wildlands, they have their quirks, but overall they provide pretty unique experiences for those willing to look past the reviews and minor criticism.
Here's hoping this E3 gives us not one but two or three returns to the stealth genre from any franchise, I'll take anything at this point hahaha
@@SimpleArt93 honestly same mate - just no more of this multiplayer stuff, give me something solid with good direction. God imagine mercs v spies now.
That's for sure, I just replayed Chaos Theory (which actually is the only one Splinter Cell I really played), and daaamn I enjoyed it. For a 2005 game it's still amazing compared to recent games in all aspects : graphics, AI, gameplay, ambience and scenario... this game is pure gold :D
I can't imagine how much work went into this. Thank you for a great Splinter Cell retrospective! I got the feels seeing the early games again.
I played the original after playing the demo on a CD ROM disc included in PC Gamer magazine. That's a long time ago. Great gaming memories from a great title. I hope Michael Ironside appreciates how many fans loved his voice acting fleshing out one of the greatest American action characters. Bravo!
This is one of the most impressive videos I’ve watched based around a games entire franchise.
Your hard work and passion shines bright. You’ve gained a sub from me.
Great work!
god damn if this is not the best way to spend my night, with some snacks and a good cold beer, you my man... you're just making it perfect, also, how can you not see what a true fan of Splinter Cell you really are.
I'm glad I've found your video.
I think it's safe to say my video on the subject comes across as grade school CliffsNotes in comparison to this
I have deep respect for your own project and the care and effort you put into it. Glad you enjoyed my own version :)
I watched both; can confirm they're both breathtaking 😍👌 Thank you so much for making them, I'm actually playing Double Agent V2 for the first time because of you two! 👏 Fantastic so far!
I have watched both. Both quality
No way. Both of your videos rock.
Both. Both is good.
I basically grew up with the series, loved everyone of them, if there wasn’t a change in gameplay I think it would have fallen flat years ago. I’m patiently waiting for another installment, hopefully with Michael Ironside!
well, I mean, it DID fall flat - following the original triliogy, the sales and critical reception have been downhill, if not necessarily in a general sense, then in a "we spent X and only got back Y" sense.
Think you’ll be happy with the news of a remake, although since Michael Ironside didn’t return for the Sam Fisher cameo in siege I doubt he will for the remake.
@@markleonard. but he did come back during both Ghost Recon games Wildlands & Breakpoint…there’s hope haha
No, the gameplay changes are largely what caused the fall. The series probably would've done better if it stayed mostly similar.
Loved this documentary. Thank you for your quality work!
The world needs another Splinter Cell.
Suddenly feeling the urge to play splinter cell. Thanks for all your hard work man. Some of my favorite multiplayer memories was spy vs mercs
I first watched the history of 007, that video I believe was over an hour, now this one I watched start to finish, anybody who can gain the attention of UA-cam viewers for more than 10 minutes is doing a great job.
Was waiting for a history of Splinter Cell since I've seen history of Tomb Raider. Great video.
Watched the whole thing. I loved them all but Chaos Theory gave me goosebumps of nostalgia. Conviction was a favorite too, I felt the anger that Fisher had with going after his daughter. Gave you that "Let's go take them down" type of attitude. Thanks for the good trip down memory lane!
All the Splinter Cell games have been good. It's been a high standard.
I even really liked Double Agent. The scrapes he kept getting out of were thrilling. Remember JBA 2? Where you sneak into Emil's office, only for Emil to walk in on you?
So quickly dart under the table and empty his safe whilst his back is turned. Then Fisher sneaks into Erica's quarters just as she walks in. I remember it fondly. Stealth done right.
Just a min late and already few comments are there
Your channel is growing fast. Good work man
Conviction and Blacklist are the best Mission Impossible games I've ever played.
I enjoyed playing both those games especially conviction
easily my favorite series on the channel, always appreciate the time and effort you put in for these thanks for posting
I love all your videos, but this one is really close to my heart! Splinter Cell is probably my favorite game series of all time and I think you have made a great dedication to the series right here. I really hope we see another entry for this epic franchise soon. However I can see how developers might be frightened. There hasn't been a real failure in the main games and that is really difficult to live up to. Nonetheless I really hope we get another one.
I’m getting Critical nobody flashbacks!!!
Seriously though, great video!
Lmao I having that too. his video was awesome just like this
You managed to keep an exiting documentary about a stealth game for more than an hour. Awesome work, really enjoyed it. I am Downloading black list to play it again after 5 years. It is crazy how we hadn’t heard anything about a sequel for so long.
Great friggin upload! Thanks for the hard work you put into this
well put together video! Splinter Cell is a classic game. When I had the bonus mission on Ghost Recon Wildlands, I kinda freaked out with excitement. Brings back my childhood with these games. Awesome!
Really appreciating your effort you put into this video. Great work and foremost besides being full of interesting information, fun to watch.
This was an extremely ambitious and well realized video. From the second this popped up in my feed I knew I needed to put aside an hour and 16 minutes in my day. Congrats on this! Definitely made me want to go back and play some old school spy vs. mercs.
I love them all, I still revisit them often. Chaos Theory was the best, but I liked the multiplayer from PT the absolute best. Double Agent was fun, but was probably my least favorite of the series. I played SC 1 through dozens and dozens of times, and I am one of those people that achieved the 100% marks in every gameplay style, and mission. Splinter Cell has been my all time favorite franchise, and I hope they make another. Conviction is still probably my go to for just logging in and filling my SC fix. Deniable Ops is still fun. Blacklist sucked me in for hours, and made me not quit until I unlocked, and mastered EVERYTHING. Im going to go play some more SC now.
Can feel the splinter cell love in your words. Really hope there is a new one someday
To this day, I still have the urge to replay Blacklist.
same
Trash why play blacklist when you can play chaos theory
@@SolorioV1Because blacklist is a good game and not everyone has an opinion like yours
@@Batonaz No dummy, not everyone had the privilege to play Peak Splinter Cell like me 😎👌. Everyone will agree atleast the majority that Chaos Theory was Peak Sam Fisher with ACTUAL STEALTH.
@@Batonaz You try playing Chaos Theory on hardest difficulty and that will give you a good taste of real Splinter Cell.
mate what a thorough and comprehensive video on an awesome series! really well done my dude you have got yourself a new sub :)
You have a perfect voice for this type of review, I could listen to you review the splinter cell serious for hours and hours haha! Awesome review man!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
This is like a documentary that shoulda been on G4TV or something.... amazing work man, Splinter cell holds a special place in my heart, Thank you for your hard work 👍👍👍
Thanks for this awesome video, it brought me right back to all my experiences of this awesome series.
I really hope that there will be a new Splinter Cell some day.
Loving the 60fps footage, makes the old games look like new
They still look and play great! (Except pandora multi... thats rough)
@@Nick930 Yeah, I noticed the choppiness of that mode. I've also heard that widescreen support doesn't work with multiplayer so it stretches.
I LOVED Double Agent's Online, some of the best times I've ever had
What a fantastic presentation. Great work mate!
Fantastic doc, Nick, huge congrats. Really well-integrated commentary and visuals, not as easy as it looks and the quality of the writing is high. I've played through all the PC iterations except Double Agent and loved them all, wasting many hours in map recon to compete effectively in Chaos Theory's Spy vs Merc mode. I am even considering re-installing Blacklist, which I enjoyed but found that the scripted missions, such as the final face-off with the villain were over-linear, tedious and unavoidable. Thanks again for the excellent work.
I loved the video You put a lot of effort in it keep it up and i hope your channel grows
Love this franchise so much. Thanks for this!
Fantastic analysis Nick, top notch as per the yoush. You've done a service to my favorite franchise mate, great strolling down memory lane... 🤩🤩🤩
One of my favorite UA-cam videos ever. Great job. Damn I miss Splinter Cell!
This was very entertaining and informative nice job man. Keep it up.
My favourites were the very first Splinter Cell game and Conviction. I feel like I'm the only person who actually really liked the monochrome effect to show when you were in the shadows in Conviction. Although I loved the original night vision goggles too, once I had played Conviction I actually found it hard to readjust to the green and fuzzy vision in the first game. Great video for a great franchise!
YES!!! After you ended your 100 games stream with CT I was begging for this video!!!
This was a really well conceived deep dive into the franchise.
The editing matching the narration must have taken ages, great job, you can be very proud of this.
Great job man🙌 that bring back memories 👍🏻
This is a really well conceived and constructed essay.
Nice editing too on the narration and game-play of the various installments of the SC series.
Huge amount of work went into this, so thank you very much for your efforts, I really enjoyed it.
Wait! An Splinter cell video with all the games on it? Subcribed!
Chaos Theory is my favorite game I ever played. I spent the whole day shoveling driveways in a snowstorm to buy it. We need a complete stealth focused remake to honor how great it really was.
Great video, very detailed. Pandora Tomorrow was my favorite, I enjoyed sneaking through the jungle.
hell ya, brother. and the multiplayer is so damn good
Absolutely loved this! So much attention to detail. This has gotten me in the mood to play thru the series again!!
Absolutely Nobody:
Nick930: Uploads a 1.5hr video
Me: Grabs popcorn and diet cola
im sick of these ''Absolutely Nobody: comments
@@liammiddleton3064 Understandable my friend. We are all just here to have some fun
@@liammiddleton3064 absolutely nobody:
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Ah my childhood, excellent video, I agree with everything you've said about each game
still my all time favourite stealth series, loved the first 3 splinter cell, even double agent on PS2, not the xbox 360 and ps3 version
Here in 2024 still waiting for a new Splinter Cell..
By modern Ubisoft? Good Lord PLEASE NO.
Such a quality content type video! Great job!
These history videos are so informative, indepth, and well produced! Keep up the great work!
One of the best protagonists in video games... the series definitely needs a return
I would kill for a chaos theory remaster
I would kill for a whole series remaster
@@christianrashotte1605 Oh yeah so would I!
It would be cool if Ubisoft made another and had a cameo of nomad or a ghost
Watched it till the end. Keep up the great work man!
My favorite game, been waiting for this since it was announced, great work and way to get me itching for a new splinter cell, after playing through the old ones.
absolutely some the best video game documentaries I have seen. Love the detail. Great work.
I actually really loved Double Agent. I always like the idea of putting a beloved protagonist in that "nothing left to lose" mindset
I love the old Splinter Cell games AND the new(er) ones. The co-op story mode in Conviction and Blacklist was the best in the series
I absolutely loved playing blacklist. It truly felt like a modern interpretation of Chaos Theory. If it had Ironsides, it would have been damn-near perfect.
I didn't expect to watch the entire video... But I did! Great Jon.
I hope the remake can capture the greatness of the first Splinter Cell while keeping in mind that people's gameplay style has evolved over the years.
Looks like Sam is finally getting that gadget launcher in Siege
I’ve only played chaos theory and blacklist, but man I wish I’d played the franchise sooner, it ticked all the boxes for me.
The creeping walk Fisher does reminds me of the times I try and walk up the stairs without waking up my cart and dog around 12am-3am.
Double agent online on the 360 when its first came out changed my life man.... pure feels
I was going to have dinner with my girlfriend but Nick uploaded a video so...ya know 😁
Oh sh!t i got a heart from Nick, my girlfriend will definitely f*ck me tonight cause... Ya know... Nothing is more attractive than a man got hearted by Nick
Ah good ol' Nick930. Pissing off girlfriends since 2007 😂😂😂
cant even immagine how much work whent into this , jez man you are very good at this for real.
i only played chaos theory , conviction, blacklist , loved the last 2 tnx for the refresh and the nostalgia trip xd GG man keep up with the awesome work
Splinter cell was an awesome series. Way ahead of it's time
Excellent video brother, highly detailed, I dont think it gets any better than this.
Holy shit that first game had amazing lighting
Splinter Cell, along with NFSUG2, were among the first games I played on PC and hooked me to PC gaming. Still have chaos theory installed on my pc today..
Amazing work. Loved watching this.
Really appreciate the huge amount of work and energy you put in to this video. Definitely you are a big fan of this franchise too. Well done. Keep up the good work mate !!
What a great video!
I am a fellow Splinter Cell fan, and my favourite is actually Conviction(dont be angry plz)
I am also thinking of making a video, regarding the Soundtrack of the Splinter Cell franchise.
Long Live Splinter Cell, lets hope the Best for the new one!
I appreciate the amount of work you must have put into making this video.
My first and most favourite is Pandora Tomorrow. I love game soundtrack. Feeling in some missions (especially LAX and Cryogenics) is awesome. Btw we are still playing SCCT Versus in 2020 at LAN party and we still love it
i wish i could go back to the days when hitman 2, splinter cell 1 and vice city was out. these 3 games brings back memories. i remember i used to turn the lights off when i used to play splinter cell
I honestly can't believe how Chaos Theory still looks in 2019. I still remember when it came out being stunned by the graphics.
Jose A. Ramirez Moya it was and is pretty amazing. I remember playing it back in high school haha
I loved Splinter Cell, and first / third person stealth was my favorite genre for a LONG time.
Thanks for the reminder!