Most spy thrillers and games take place in exotic locations, partly inspired by the ‘travelogue’ aspect of James Bond films. What I also love about Splinter Cell is the…mundanity of the locations. This quite nicely leads onto my third point… High-security buildings and compounds are Splinter Cell’s bread and butter, it doesn’t need a whole country to explore.
Splinter Cell is all about sneaking and stealth, unseen and unheard. While Ubisoft would want to get another open world extravaganza out of their properties, it would not work for Splinter Cell.
Everything from Assassin’s Creed, The Crew, Far Cry, and other Tom Clancy properties The Division and recently Ghost Recon have all been set in expansive environments, ranging from cities to entire countries. The company in charge of Splinter Cell, Ubisoft, are known for their open worlds. Is it time for him to retire and give his goggles to a protege? (Source: dailytech.page). It looked like in Blacklist they were going to do that with the character of Briggs, but it is unclear what they will do now. So there are two compromises Eric Johnson (or another actor) returns to give us a younger Sam, essentially rebooting the series, or Sam moves into a support role with Ironside voicing him and a new Splinter Cell agent steps into the frame. I think it would break the laws of physics to see a pensioner taking on heavily-armed militias all around the world. Sam is a superman, but his is still only human. Sam is fifty-five years old in Blacklist, and in his most recent appearances sees him going grey and wrinkled. This puts Sam in a precarious place though.
Ironside however has voiced Sam during his last two cameos in the Ghost Recon games, so it seems as if Ironside is returning to the role. Lots of fans were angry over the change, seeing Sam losing a big part of his character with Ironside being replaced. There was a big row during the release of the last game, Blacklist, as Michael Ironside, the iconic voice of Sam Fisher, was recast with Eric Johnson. He is the face of the franchise and cannot be allowed to be absent from the game. Play It Again Sam – What I Would Like To See In The Next Splinter Cell GameĪn easy one to start with, Sam Fisher needs to be in Splinter Cell. Well, as a fan who has waited a very long time for a new game, I thought I would have a go at what I would want to see in a new Splinter Cell game.
Why would there be all this push for the series if no new game was to be announced? Talking of those other games, Splinter Cell has been keen to get involved, with leading man Sam Fisher featured as a special guest in the most recent Ghost Recon games ( Wildlands and Breakpoint), as well as a leaked Splinter Cell-inspired operator for Rainbow Six: Siege.
Indeed, it has been seven years since the last full game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist hit our shelves, with nearly every other game in the Tom Clancy pantheon getting regular updates. There have been recent rumours of a new Splinter Cell game coming in the near future. Every game brings something new to the table, with ethical tales of the horrors of war, torture, war profiteering and the US government spying on its own people, with the series rarely dropping into po-faced American jingoism. I’ve loved every game in the series, from the hard-as-nails original game to the modern and fluid games like Blacklist. I am a massive fan of James Bond and spy stories in general, so the main crux of Splinter Cell, being a super secret stealthy agent, greatly appeals to me.