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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (X360)

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Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Publisher: Ubisoft
Game Details: Unleash the force of the most lethal agent to ever exist. You are Sam Fisher, and you've been
Unleash the force of the most lethal agent to ever exist. You are Sam Fisher, and you've been granted the ultimate license to protect innocents against an array of global terror attacks known as Blacklist - the freedom to use limitless power, to bend or break virtually every law, and to rise to the level of the world's most lethal operative. If you are successful, the President of the United States will deny your existence. If you fail, millions will likely face their deaths.
Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre(s): Action Adventure Modern General Modern
Number of players: Up to 8
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Rating: M
Official Site: http://splintercell.us.ubi.com/
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Critic Reviews
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82
Metascore Generally favorable reviews
51 Positive Ratings 87%
7 Mixed Ratings 12%
0 Negative Ratings 0%
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NZGamer
Aug 26, 2013
"The melding of Conviction’s third person shooter elements and more traditional Splinter Cell gameplay are more than the sum of their parts here. No doubt about it, this is the definitive Splinter Cell experience. I’d even go as far as to say it’s the best stealth game of this console generation. Sorry, Kojima." ... Read full review
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Multiplayer.it
Aug 14, 2013
"Blacklist is made with great care and full of content, whether online or not, for countless hours of fun. A package that's truly commendable, although slightly reduced by not very exciting AI, a factor that prevents the Ubisoft production from becoming a classic." ... Read full review
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Gamer.nl
Aug 19, 2013
"Blacklist has it all. Perfect controls, highlights from all the previous games, a perfect focus on multiplayer fun without sacrificing the enjoyment of the single-player and a great presentation to finish it all off. It has it all, unless you’re looking for innovation. You won’t find that in this best of compilation that manages to feel like a new product." ... Read full review
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Games Master UK
Sep 18, 2013
"Meaty chunks of great stealth game book-ended by identity breaking flourishes. [Nov 2013, p.56]"
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Gameplanet
Aug 27, 2013
"Blacklist should be the best Splinter Cell yet, but it’s held back by some unperceptive AI, the odd gameplay quirk, and a sub-par story. Even so, it’s still a great game, and both those put off by or attracted to Conviction’s action focus will find much to love here." ... Read full review
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Metro GameCentral
Aug 15, 2013
"Viewed on its own merits it’s a highly entertaining and feature-packed video game, and that’s all that really matters." ... Read full review
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Edge Magazine
Aug 14, 2013
"By the time you reach the end of Blacklist everything has grown so big and so explosive that you’re left exhausted but not entirely satisfied, and maybe after all that incoherent action you’ll recall the time when a single flashlight in Chaos Theory’s Panamanian bank made you hold your breath." ... Read full review
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7.6
User Score Generally favorable reviews
293 Positive Ratings 69%
64 Mixed Ratings 15%
63 Negative Ratings 15%
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salaciouscrum
Aug 21, 2013
I hadn't been into the series in a while but, man, this game. It's like they cared. Like they made it for people like me. Forget COD run andI hadn't been into the series in a while but, man, this game. It's like they cared. Like they made it for people like me. Forget COD run and gun jocks barking into your ear, Blacklist requires thought if you want to be elite. Favorite game of this year easily.… Expand
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MarvelGuy
Jul 24, 2014
I've been playing splinter cell games since they came out. I remember playing co-op mode with my dad as a little kid on chaos theory. It's notI've been playing splinter cell games since they came out. I remember playing co-op mode with my dad as a little kid on chaos theory. It's not the same game it used to be, but it is still amazing. It's way better than cod or battlefield. As a multiplayer experience not so much, but it reminds players of a time before multiplayer gaming. It takes actual thought and skill, and sometimes patience. It's a great game overall and i can't wait to get the next one.… Expand
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MohsenHK
Sep 17, 2013
Splinter Cell Blacklist, Ubisoft's next installment in the Splinter Cell franchise takes it further than any of it's predecessors. The gameSplinter Cell Blacklist, Ubisoft's next installment in the Splinter Cell franchise takes it further than any of it's predecessors. The game includes a good single player campaign with a nice variety of side missions which can be done in both Solo and Coop, a few separate missions requiring two players to initiate and last but not least the addicting Spies Vs. Mercs multiplayer mode. The Single player and Coop is enjoyable for a larger audience this time around, as players are now able to either play "Assault" and run and gun everyone in the mission or play "Panther", killing all hostiles in a stealthy manner without alerting anyone. The hardcore fans can play by Sam's rules and "Ghost" meaning that they sneak through the entire mission without taking down unnecessary hostiles and leave absolutely no trail behind. Additionally, the single player and Coop now feature a point system which rewards players based on their play style and the players can purchase upgrades for both multiplayer and single player modes.

Splinter Cell Blacklist also features a new difficulty level called "Perfectionist Difficulty" which basically disables all the various assists you normally have such as the thermal vision see-through ability and the "Mark & Execute" ability making the game much more of a challenge and making stealth the key to success. However those are not the only differences, the A.I also becomes much more realistic spotting you easier than it did on lower difficulties while doing so legitimately. The different NPC Archytypes added to the game in general add a lot more depth to the game, forcing you to change tactics and adapt to the circumstances. For example we now have an engineer NPC which uses recon robots to scan the area for hostiles while disabling your thermal vision with his jammer backpack. Another example of the new NPCs is the armored guard. These guards wear bomb defusing suits and bulletproof vests making them much more difficult to take down compared to the average hostile, forcing you to change your approach on the go.

The multiplayer mode is very well done, consisting 6 different modes including a separate playlist for the hardcore fans called "SVM Classic". No matter which class you choose you never feel overpowered as each class has benefits and disadvantages making them balanced and interesting at the same time. Each class has different and numerous upgrades and equipment available to them allowing the player to improve their character according to their play style. For example the Mercs have upgrades like jammer, armor and etc. and heavy machine guns while the Spies have upgrades such as gadget belts, proximity jammers, various goggles and etc.

Like every game we know of, Splinter Cell Blacklist is much more fun when you have a buddy along for the ride. While the game doesn't require you to have a coop partner for 80% of the side missions it still rewards you for playing with a mate by offering quite a few different opportunities only available through cooperative gameplay such as dual executing and dual breach which add another dimension to the levels.

I've waited for the game for three years and it has been completely worth it as the game has much to offer to both multiplayer and single player fans considering that it is also very polished and bug- free contrary to most of Ubisoft's releases. The only reason I don't give this game a 10/10 is that the plot scenario and ending could have been more interesting and although the new voice actor is good he doesn't do Sam justice like Micheal Ironside did in the previous installments.… Expand
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Yoman0
Dec 24, 2020
Not as good as i remember, but it's still one of the finest games i I've ever played.
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CheckGamesList
Aug 25, 2013
The latest game in the Splinter Cell series does an acceptable job continuing the series, but doesn't make it better. The graphics were prettyThe latest game in the Splinter Cell series does an acceptable job continuing the series, but doesn't make it better. The graphics were pretty standard, the story was quite intriguing despite repetitive scenes, and the overall gameplay was fair.
However, a couple of the negatives would be that enemies usually could only detect you when you were in front of them, and in one extreme case walking two feet behind an enemy didn't alert him one bit. Also, here and there, an animation was slightly off.
In the end, Blacklist is a pretty good game, with a nicely designed multiplayer in addition. But in the end, it's not a groundbreaking one.… Expand
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Locimento
Aug 27, 2013
Massive disappointment for fans of the series like me. For one Ubisoft butchered Sam Fisher, his face looks like an entirely different person,Massive disappointment for fans of the series like me. For one Ubisoft butchered Sam Fisher, his face looks like an entirely different person, and most of his personality from the previous games has vanished. The biggest problem with the game to me is the voice of Sam Fisher is no longer being done by Micheal Ironside but by Eric Johnson, who fails to sound anything like Micheal or even portrait the character correctly. Seriously, I was unable to take the first couple missions seriously hearing a different voice, it just felt so out of place! It almost feels like a Batman movie without Batman in it.

Just like Conviction, the game has too much of a focus on action rather than stealth. Since Im a stealthy player I absolutely hate it when they force you to mark and execute targets, even if it is just showing you how to do it i should have the freedom as the player not to. Story and gameplay wise its great.

But probably the best part of the game is the multiplayer. Spies VS Mercs was totally awesome, and is absolutely worth playing. Playing as a merc and constantly scanning your surroundings for the lurking spies was very fun and trying to hack terminals as a spy was totally cool as well.

I would say go ahead and pick up the game if the absence of Micheal Ironside doesn't make you cringe inside like me, or if the multiplayer sounds like your thing i would recommend picking it up just to play it.… Expand
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Silenteagle7
Feb 3, 2014
Me and a friend bought this game together in order to play through the co-op and mercs vs spies together, but Ubisoft's notoriously badMe and a friend bought this game together in order to play through the co-op and mercs vs spies together, but Ubisoft's notoriously bad combination of Uplay and poor server connections made it near impossible for us to play together. As we scrambled to find solutions, sure that no company could allow an ongoing issue as big as the inability to connect to any friends on THEIR MANDATORY GAME DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM our hearts sank as we found out that people have been reporting this problem for around 6 or 7 months now. Obviously no headway was being made by the devs, so we set about to find a solution ourselves. About 2 hours of work later we both said screw it, no game is worth this much work when for years we haven't had issues playing any previous games together. There are about a hundred different forum posts about this, so I know that the problem is widespread, but Ubisoft forum managers always just claim that customers should contact customer support, which simply tells you to mess around with your firewall settings and the like, which is just general speak for 'we don't know what's going on, try some basic stuff to try and fix it while we do nothing on a more complicated level like trying to rewrite any game code or fix how our modems and servers work'. The software for smooth, clean co-op connection has been around for like a decade, only adding to our incredible frustration at not being able to fulfill the primary purpose for which we bought the game. Sure, you can fix the issue with a combination of firewall exceptions, port forwarding, deleting certain programs and a whole lot of other work, but it just isn't worth it when literally no other game has made me do this before. I feel cheated, and almost like I should be refunded for the unfinished product which no one is doing anything about to fix. While looking up fixes I found people claiming that this very issue happened with previous Ubisoft games for years and NO ONE FIXED THEM. I rate this a 0 not because it is a bad game, but because it was literally unplayable and unfinished to the point that I felt that I deserved my money back because I didn't want it going to a company with such terrible customer support or response to such issues.… Expand
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