Keep in mind, the first Splinter Cell was absolutely revolutionary and technologically ahead of its time. The pace was slow even back then, so I see how it is barely playable for people used to modern games. Here's a hint: the pistol is almost never meant for you to kill people.
yeah. I just finished the game for the first time on hard difficulty and most of the times I used the pistol to either shoot lights or to lure enemies into places where I could grab them.
Yeah. Conviction has been compared to the Jason Bourne movies, and the Daniel Craig 007 reboot in that vein. Still, someone coming in after the fact once all of that is in the pop culture can be forgiven for not getting the timeline 100%.
You can play any splintercell game apart from conviction without killing or knocking any enemy out,its more challenging but once you mastered it,it is a pleasure to playthrough time and time again.
I play the first story non violent takedowns then second play through I kill everyone then third I go full guns loud now I'm gonna try not killing anyone or touching a soul
@@B4NDIT_12 okay I worded it wrong,the must kill sections you have no choice,so apart from them (kill)sections you can play the game without killing any one.
You can play a huge part of conviction without killing anyone and sneaking past waves of enemies silently. It actually makes for a really interesting challenge and is a lot of fun.
I used to play these games as a kid so for me the OG first three games are the best, with Chaos Theory being perfect. You missed the best time to play old Splinter Cell trilogy - these games made such amazing impression back in the time with lightning and gameplay. You can't really feel it anymore as newer games are much more "fluid". To fully appreciate it you had to play it back in the day.
Honestly I only discovered the series recently and I find chaos theory holds up extremely well no modern game I’ve played has better mechanics. It just gives you so much variety and options while you sneak around and snap necks. All the game needs is some modern touches, better graphics and improved AI is all it really needs to be perfect as well as some slight touch ups on the grab and alert mechanics for the enemies but those are simple fixes.
@@Brother8237 in my opinion there are two reasons why playing CT feels like that. First reason being obvious - it's a damn good game. Second reason is the downfall of stealth genre. We didn't have many good stealth games since CT was released, yeah there is MGS series but it does stealth in its own way. Most modern games have dumbed down stealth elements that are being used as a support mechanic rather than main gameplay theme. It's quite sad, imagine a proper stealth game making proper use of modern tech like ray tracing. RT is a visual gimmick but I've always dreamed of Splinter Cell game adapting this tech as gameplay mechanic on the hardest difficulty level with enemies being able to see your reflex or spot ray traced shadows. It won't happen tho untill every single console and PC is able to run RT.
Splinter cell conviction is what brought me to the splinter cell series and I beat that game countless times and still go back every now and again for a ops mission
I’m surprised he didn’t mention the thing that mattered most to me. In Chaos Theory you could finally kill someone up close with one hit even if they saw you. In the previous ones it took two painfully long hits.
Splinter Cell Conviction would have been better as a 24 game, playing as Jack Bauer. I can't remember if it was Chaos Theory or Pandora Tomorrow, but if you used the Xbox microphone, the NPCs could hear you and your buddy talking when playing Co-op. Normally we would just use one person to lure the NPC, while the other used a sneak attack on them. Fun times.
Personally, I'll place blacklist at the top. Hear me out. It's because I've completed every single thing there is in chaos theory. I can 100% bathhouse, I can ghost through all levels. Heck I don't even use quicksave a lot of times now. But in blacklist, I can pull out a loud pistol and just enjoy enemies die, cuz that's something different and better executed. I can be really badass, which is really fun. I'll admit, chaos theory has a better stealth, better mechanics related to a spy, but blacklist is just so damn cool
@@vgjunkie8386 Well I don't say that I'm totally objective :D. Essentials gave me great memories and at the time it was impressive to play a full Splinter Cell experience on a portable console. And it had some great missions of the older games :). But of course I know that it is not a "main" title of the series.
Personally I haven't played any of them other than the 2002 one but It was for a brief moment. As of right now I have just purchased Chaos Theory and will be playing for the first time and will be my first to fully complete.
The 1st and 3rd one are the best of the trilogy! (Could live with the bodies going through the walls on 1&2) The second one doesn't allow you freedom of environment(pre-determined environment), you cant jump/ambush your enemy, and you can't climb boxes in many cases to avoid detection, and in a number of cases sets alarms off even with you completely being in the dark! It should be called 'Opening Pandora's Box Today'. LOL! I can see it's not so much the game as who is making it. You allow a clown your proffesional set of tools, you will get back a set of damaged tools from a Playskool set.
Pandora was great for me because it brought new uniqe levels to the series which ubi shanghai did again in double agent. The problem is that thdy make poor optimized games, but gameplay wise they are much more skilled then montreal who try to play it safe in all their games, by the time chaos theory came out i was sick of walking the same dark coridors over and over
@@Novodip V2 double agent is basically more of chaos theory with the new mechanics of double agent. Highly recommend playing it, ps2 emulators can run it fine
Splinter Cell 1 was great. Your complaints about the 3 alarm system and the pistol, are kinda childish. The game meant to be played stealthily and as Lambert said during a briefing, "the pistol is the last resort". You don't need to hide all the bodies at all just leave them in a dark area (check the light meter if you already knocked out someone in a darker area then you don't have to carry their corps into a darker place, just don't drop them on another enemy's patrol route) and the alarm won't go off and on later levels you can always use SCK2k's snipe mode by holding breath to kill the lights or any guard from a distance. Even if the rifle is suppressed, the guards close to you, can hear the rifle shots so it is advised that don't use it near any guard. The pistol is more suppressed though so in close range the pistol is always a viable choice. Just take your time with it. Keep the knocking and killings to minimal and you'll get the fun out of that game. In hard difficulty Splinter Cell 1 needs a lot of patience in some areas and I enjoy that tension.
Exactly my thoughts! But I think this was strongly influenced by starting with Blacklist. Back in the days you had 3 pretty great stealth games and then suddenly one that was bonkers. The series felt like it was going to die, but suddenly Conviction rejuvenated it by re-inventing it. But if you look at the series backwards it just looks like one game that doesn't fit in.
Not bothering to watch the rest after hearing you rate the OG as the worst. Its the game that introduced proper lighting and shadows and set the tone for the games that followed. Massive thumbs down
I'd recommend chaos theory to anyone. I love the 1st 1, but trust me. You'll struggle. Your pistol is all you have for the first few missions. The melee is horrible and he's not jk about the pistol accuracy. It's atrocious.
Have you not heard his criticisms of it? like the alarms going off although every guard was dead etc.? It was an amazing game for its time for sure though and still playable. but id rather play blacklist or chaos theory now.
A lot of people don’t realize that the Xbox version and 360/PC versions of Double Agent are completely different games. The Xbox version felt like a real sequel to Chaos Theory. Blacklist is my personal favorite though.
@@FortWorthRaised The xbox 360 version is superior to the xbox, its only in pc that double agent is unplayble, the xbox version is the same as chaos theory with darkness everywhere, the x360 version actually had uniqe levels in daylight
Double agent was the worst for me: it was all literally ALL bugs, i couldn't finish the game bc it wouldn't show the last cutsene - no bonus missions, also didn't get that scripted event with seduction because i left the boss's office where i entered it (was harder but not a bad thing), picklocking safe was sometimes impossible because of a glitch, my cousin sometimes couldn,t enter a room since there was a chance to be an infinite wall of doors to open after a random room door (you open a door and there's another door. You open the second door on top of the first one glitching it into the first opened door and there's a third door and so on into infinity. Idk how he beat the game)
My ranking of the splinter cell games I've played WORST to BEST. Any splinter cell game NOT in this list I haven't played and CANT afford to play. Double agent Pandora tomorrow splinter cell 1 What do you think of my ranking?
I put splinter cell 1 first i.e. the best of the three I've played and double agent last ie the worst of the 3 games I've played. What do you think of my ranking? now then?
My ranking of the three splinter cell games I've played BEST to WORST. Any splinter cell game NOT in this list I haven't played and can't afford to play. Splinter cell 1 Pandora tomorrow Double agent What do you think of my ranking? Cravotato?
Keep in mind, the first Splinter Cell was absolutely revolutionary and technologically ahead of its time. The pace was slow even back then, so I see how it is barely playable for people used to modern games. Here's a hint: the pistol is almost never meant for you to kill people.
yeah. I just finished the game for the first time on hard difficulty and most of the times I used the pistol to either shoot lights or to lure enemies into places where I could grab them.
Conviction was before john wick. Yeah
Damnit. You beat me to it.
Max Payne too and it's better
Yeah. Conviction has been compared to the Jason Bourne movies, and the Daniel Craig 007 reboot in that vein. Still, someone coming in after the fact once all of that is in the pop culture can be forgiven for not getting the timeline 100%.
"Imitate John Wick"
Nope, Conviction Was a thing way before John Wick
You can play any splintercell game apart from conviction without killing or knocking any enemy out,its more challenging but once you mastered it,it is a pleasure to playthrough time and time again.
True..Its fun
Boring I'm stealth killing everyone dafuq
I play the first story non violent takedowns then second play through I kill everyone then third I go full guns loud now I'm gonna try not killing anyone or touching a soul
What about killing nicoladze in first one?
Killing Soth in pandora?
Killing hugo Lacerda in chaos theory?
@@B4NDIT_12 okay I worded it wrong,the must kill sections you have no choice,so apart from them (kill)sections you can play the game without killing any one.
2:30
That’s kind of the point. “Your gun should always be your last resort.” Lambert literally tells you that in the first mission.
SC1 is goated.
You can play a huge part of conviction without killing anyone and sneaking past waves of enemies silently. It actually makes for a really interesting challenge and is a lot of fun.
When i finished the game, this was how i played it after and I tell you, its a whole lot fun to play this way
Chaos theory >blacklist>pandora tomorrow>splinter-cell>double agent>conviction
dig it
I remember playing Chaos Theory online back on ps2 with my brother-in-law. We had so much fun I miss it 😆
here‘s mine:
6. Pandora Tomorrow
5. Double Agent
4. Splinter Cell 1
3. Conviction
2. Blacklist
1. Chaos Theory
I used to play these games as a kid so for me the OG first three games are the best, with Chaos Theory being perfect. You missed the best time to play old Splinter Cell trilogy - these games made such amazing impression back in the time with lightning and gameplay. You can't really feel it anymore as newer games are much more "fluid". To fully appreciate it you had to play it back in the day.
Honestly I only discovered the series recently and I find chaos theory holds up extremely well no modern game I’ve played has better mechanics. It just gives you so much variety and options while you sneak around and snap necks. All the game needs is some modern touches, better graphics and improved AI is all it really needs to be perfect as well as some slight touch ups on the grab and alert mechanics for the enemies but those are simple fixes.
@@Brother8237 in my opinion there are two reasons why playing CT feels like that. First reason being obvious - it's a damn good game. Second reason is the downfall of stealth genre. We didn't have many good stealth games since CT was released, yeah there is MGS series but it does stealth in its own way. Most modern games have dumbed down stealth elements that are being used as a support mechanic rather than main gameplay theme. It's quite sad, imagine a proper stealth game making proper use of modern tech like ray tracing. RT is a visual gimmick but I've always dreamed of Splinter Cell game adapting this tech as gameplay mechanic on the hardest difficulty level with enemies being able to see your reflex or spot ray traced shadows. It won't happen tho untill every single console and PC is able to run RT.
@@GinsengStrip-wt8bl that would be very interesting
1. Chaos Theory
2. Pandora Tomorrow
3. Double Agent Xbox
4. Splinter Cell
5. Blacklist
6. Double Agent 360
7. Conviction
Splinter cell conviction is what brought me to the splinter cell series and I beat that game countless times and still go back every now and again for a ops mission
Chaos theory- single player, co-op
Double agent - spies vs Mercs
Are S tier
Best Splinter Cell from worst to best:
6. Conviction
5. Double Agent
4. Pandora Tomorrow
3. Blacklist
2. Splinter Cell 1
1. Chaos Theory (BY FAR)
6.Conviction
5.Blacklist
4.Splinter Cell 1
3.Double Agent
2. Pandora Tommorow
1. Chaos Theory
Pretty funny since chaos theory was the first game I played
Hiw can Conviction be inspired by johm wick when Conviction csme out first?
I’m surprised he didn’t mention the thing that mattered most to me. In Chaos Theory you could finally kill someone up close with one hit even if they saw you. In the previous ones it took two painfully long hits.
Splinter Cell Conviction would have been better as a 24 game, playing as Jack Bauer. I can't remember if it was Chaos Theory or Pandora Tomorrow, but if you used the Xbox microphone, the NPCs could hear you and your buddy talking when playing Co-op. Normally we would just use one person to lure the NPC, while the other used a sneak attack on them. Fun times.
That was chaos theory. Sooo ahead of it's time
og ps2 / xbox version of Double Agent was actually a hidden sequel of chaos theory.
The more I look at conviction the more it reminds me of Hitman absolution
Nahhh absolution is a good game, conviction is garbage
Personally, I'll place blacklist at the top. Hear me out. It's because I've completed every single thing there is in chaos theory. I can 100% bathhouse, I can ghost through all levels. Heck I don't even use quicksave a lot of times now. But in blacklist, I can pull out a loud pistol and just enjoy enemies die, cuz that's something different and better executed. I can be really badass, which is really fun. I'll admit, chaos theory has a better stealth, better mechanics related to a spy, but blacklist is just so damn cool
My Ranking - - 6. Splinter Cell Blacklist, 5. Conviction, 4. Chaos Theory, 3. Double Agent and Essentials, 2. Pandora Tomorrow, 1. Splinter Cell 1 (by far, ever since 2002 and forever! :))
splinter cell 1 is the best
How the fuq is essentials at number 3? It's easily the worst!
@@vgjunkie8386 Well I don't say that I'm totally objective :D. Essentials gave me great memories and at the time it was impressive to play a full Splinter Cell experience on a portable console. And it had some great missions of the older games :). But of course I know that it is not a "main" title of the series.
@@c.s.-lebenskunst3171 fair enough then
@@vgjunkie8386 thanks :-), greetings
Personally I haven't played any of them other than the 2002 one but It was for a brief moment. As of right now I have just purchased Chaos Theory and will be playing for the first time and will be my first to fully complete.
I hope you had a fun experience
Its a legendary title.
Playing blacklist now.
1. Chaos Theory
2. Double Agent
3. Splinter Cell 1
A new splinter cell game is coming
The 1st and 3rd one are the best of the trilogy! (Could live with the bodies going through the walls on 1&2) The second one doesn't allow you freedom of environment(pre-determined environment), you cant jump/ambush your enemy, and you can't climb boxes in many cases to avoid detection, and in a number of cases sets alarms off even with you completely being in the dark! It should be called 'Opening Pandora's Box Today'. LOL! I can see it's not so much the game as who is making it. You allow a clown your proffesional set of tools, you will get back a set of damaged tools from a Playskool set.
Pandora was great for me because it brought new uniqe levels to the series which ubi shanghai did again in double agent. The problem is that thdy make poor optimized games, but gameplay wise they are much more skilled then montreal who try to play it safe in all their games, by the time chaos theory came out i was sick of walking the same dark coridors over and over
Quality video, event though I completely disagree with the list. Have you played v2 of Double Agent?
No
@@Novodip V2 double agent is basically more of chaos theory with the new mechanics of double agent. Highly recommend playing it, ps2 emulators can run it fine
You tweaking with that Conviction rating, easily in the top 3 for me
Placing blacklist at 2 is absolutely wild.
You deserve more subscribers
Splinter Cell 1 was great. Your complaints about the 3 alarm system and the pistol, are kinda childish. The game meant to be played stealthily and as Lambert said during a briefing, "the pistol is the last resort". You don't need to hide all the bodies at all just leave them in a dark area (check the light meter if you already knocked out someone in a darker area then you don't have to carry their corps into a darker place, just don't drop them on another enemy's patrol route) and the alarm won't go off and on later levels you can always use SCK2k's snipe mode by holding breath to kill the lights or any guard from a distance. Even if the rifle is suppressed, the guards close to you, can hear the rifle shots so it is advised that don't use it near any guard. The pistol is more suppressed though so in close range the pistol is always a viable choice. Just take your time with it. Keep the knocking and killings to minimal and you'll get the fun out of that game. In hard difficulty Splinter Cell 1 needs a lot of patience in some areas and I enjoy that tension.
What do you think of the rumored Splinter Cell 2002 remake
"kill non-lethaly" never thought I'd hear that, but okay xD
Lol
Guess it's supposed to be knock out xd
My man just put conviction below double agent with no shame 💀
Exactly my thoughts! But I think this was strongly influenced by starting with Blacklist. Back in the days you had 3 pretty great stealth games and then suddenly one that was bonkers. The series felt like it was going to die, but suddenly Conviction rejuvenated it by re-inventing it. But if you look at the series backwards it just looks like one game that doesn't fit in.
@@brkenppt2222 💩
conviction is dogshit
Double agent(both of them) are better than conviction imo.
Love chaos theory. One of the greatest games of all time
Very overated game, double agent is better
@@DracoMeteor91nice joke
Great video! I hope you get more subs
Thanks man
"From your underwear to your fucking sunglasses" had me rolling xD
Not bothering to watch the rest after hearing you rate the OG as the worst. Its the game that introduced proper lighting and shadows and set the tone for the games that followed. Massive thumbs down
I've only played Blacklist. Can I play Chaos Theory after it or should I start with the previous ones?
I'd recommend chaos theory to anyone. I love the 1st 1, but trust me. You'll struggle. Your pistol is all you have for the first few missions. The melee is horrible and he's not jk about the pistol accuracy. It's atrocious.
good tier list. Thanks a lot
I thought the review was PG13, apparently not. Seriously, Blacklist is the best for me and I bought it for my XB1X.
how about PS2 version of Double Agent? It's a completely different game compared to PS3/X360/PC version, not just improved graphics
Youve been blessed to not be stuck with essentials.
All splinter cell games are Epic except for the Ubisoft Shanghai ones and there are only two of them pandora tomorrow and double agent v2
Nope. Double Agent v2 (for PS2) was made by Ubisoft Montreal. The one Ubisoft Shanghai made was version 1 that was on PC.
Well were getting another one... "re-written for a modern audience". When have you ever heard that, and it's gone well?!
I appreciate what you do
You are welcome mate
Splinter cell HD trilogy fixed all the first splinter cell games problems
The best splinter cell in the entire franchise will always be the first one in my opinion that game is perfect in every aspect 😍😍 💖💖
Have you not heard his criticisms of it? like the alarms going off although every guard was dead etc.? It was an amazing game for its time for sure though and still playable. but id rather play blacklist or chaos theory now.
@@SmokingBirds never had those problems with the alarms maybe his game was glitching or something
@@samfisher9661 I see. Yeah it is too long ago that I played the game to judge it now. ✌🏼
Nice video
8 Essentials
7 Conviction
6 Double Agent v1
5 Pandora Tomorrow
4 Double Agent v2
3 Blacklist
2 Spilnter Cell
1 Chaos Theory
A lot of people don’t realize that the Xbox version and 360/PC versions of Double Agent are completely different games. The Xbox version felt like a real sequel to Chaos Theory. Blacklist is my personal favorite though.
@@FortWorthRaised
The xbox 360 version is superior to the xbox, its only in pc that double agent is unplayble, the xbox version is the same as chaos theory with darkness everywhere, the x360 version actually had uniqe levels in daylight
what about essentials?
1-sc chaos theory
2-blacklist
3-pandora tomorrow
4-double agent(original xbox)
5-splintercell 1
They are you legendary games 🔥
It’s Moss. Fisher is lame. I’m the real deal.
Double agent was the worst for me: it was all literally ALL bugs, i couldn't finish the game bc it wouldn't show the last cutsene - no bonus missions, also didn't get that scripted event with seduction because i left the boss's office where i entered it (was harder but not a bad thing), picklocking safe was sometimes impossible because of a glitch, my cousin sometimes couldn,t enter a room since there was a chance to be an infinite wall of doors to open after a random room door (you open a door and there's another door. You open the second door on top of the first one glitching it into the first opened door and there's a third door and so on into infinity. Idk how he beat the game)
Great review, I agree 100%
Nah blacklist was way better we jsut needed more dlcs and maps
splinter cell conviction should have been called Sam fisher conviction 😅
Are you Indian?
my list from worst to best:
6. Double Agent
5. Conviction
4. Splinter Cell 1
3. Blacklist
2. Pandora Tomorrow
1. Chaos Theory
Finally someone else who likes pandora tomorrow as much as me (maybe even a bit more)
@@poopoo69000Pandora tomorrow is my favourite by far
You rank stealth action redefined last? Your opinion aint valid at all.
My top 3 are : 1.sc chaos theory 2.sc pandora tomorrow 3.sc double agent ( both of them).
Anybody that hates on conviction can’t be trusted
conviction is ass my guy
Don't kill anyone don't K.O anyone you'll have fun 😉
Conviction was just down right terrible
splinter cell 1 was the best game till chaos theory. Absolute disrespect!!
Splinter Cell is awesome!"
Gee, I wonder which is best
The very first game to me is the very best ever
Abbititor is made by a sadist
nah conviction is clearly top 3
Shooting in Splinter Cell?? 🤣 This is the whole point, to don't use guns. Try Doom instead.
You good
Damn your voice
You liar, you didnt include mobile versions of Splinter Cell...
My ranking of the splinter cell games I've played WORST to BEST. Any splinter cell game NOT in this list I haven't played and CANT afford to play.
Double agent
Pandora tomorrow
splinter cell 1
What do you think of my ranking?
It's a crap. I can barely guess which one you put first 😂
I put splinter cell 1 first i.e. the best of the three I've played and double agent last ie the worst of the 3 games I've played. What do you think of my ranking? now then?
@@shawncanning9981 Well actually I'm here searching about the best Splinter Cell game, so... I can't answer.
Only played Blacklist.
Please never do any lists ever again
Double Agent best
My ranking of the three splinter cell games I've played BEST to WORST. Any splinter cell game NOT in this list I haven't played and can't afford to play.
Splinter cell 1
Pandora tomorrow
Double agent
What do you think of my ranking? Cravotato?
Double agent and conviction are the worst in my opinion dude.
meh still console trash
nah bro just old games if they made a new one you’d most likely play it
@@GUY-on-Earth no I never liked them
@@sinephase i’m not crazy about them but it’s a good stealth game
worst game ! very tough,,gaming should be fun...not irritating!
Can you say that to dark souls?LOL
@@Novodip never played one
@Rajneesh Bairwan ok boon...
Poor kid
these games arent hard. theyre not supposed to be