That’s the pc version. PC games are almost always cheaper than console ones.

Yeah, I love old SC too, but a series has to evolve otherwise folk will moan

I thought the games was very good
– short, but im loving the deniable ops stuff

And yeah, fraggdolls may be satans whores but who cares?
They didnt make the game

ubi have made mistakes but im not gonna tar them forever

Maxime Beland, serial franchise murderer.

Mark + execute is great. It’s a simple mechanic that’s been applied from the ground up. On the base level, yeah sure just queue up a few guys in front of you and hit the fire button. But there’s so much more you can do with it, i don’t have time to go into it now but there’s lot of hilarious things you can do with it. You can setup great moments, pulling off completely impossible shots, and these moments are your reward for finding the perfect place to position yourself. As for marking people through walls, legit strategy, SC has never worried about being ‘realistic’ it’s just confident enough to wear some of it’s gameplay on it’s sleeve.

M+E, last known position, the indication of when you are hidden, and the suspicion meter gui are all fantastic, way ahead of all it’s rivals. And all of this stuff works just as well if not better in co-op (which you failed to mention at all).

You can still stealth, you can still avoid people (apart from near the end, which is why it’s weaker) and you can still have a great time messing with the ai.

I understand it’s not what you wanted, hey, I loved CT and the other guys too. But this does it’s own thing and it does it well. I think to suggest they’ve made a dumb cash in is a little harsh; just because a lot of things in it a simpler on the surface doesn’t mean they aren’t well crafted.

Amon Tobin did some work for this game too btw, it’s just not as in your face as it was in CT.

It’s a review of the 360 version so DRM isn’t really the issue.

Not his fault UbiSoft are horrible designers and rapists of franchises.

If you want one big happy incestuous family of industry circle-masturbation, you can always check out IGN or GameSpot. That’s what they’re there for.

What about the DRM stuff? This just looks like a review of a bad game.

You know, it’s largely coincidental. I bought this because I love the Splinter Cell series, and I was really hoping for it to be fantastic, it just wasn’t.

I definitely gave it a fair chance, and had it impressed me I would have been just as vocal.