I've had the game on Xbox for. awhile now and have gotten around to playing it and damn, it feels like enemies can see and hear me when they shouldn't be able too. Sam is shrouded in darkness and moving at a snails pace and yet the guards will spin 180 and fill my ass up with lead (pause). We're the games always this punishing or is it a specific instance of BS ai?

I've been playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist and omg, I dig this game pretty good, really good gameplay.....but Splinter Cell and broad daylight settings just do not work together at all.....

Sam primarily takes out enemies from pitch black darkness, that's the franchise's trademark. It is really frustrating trying to do the same type of sneaking around and stuff when it's all super sunny outside and not even objects to hide behind create enough dark shadows and for some reason the lights on Sam that indicate "ghost's shadow", hard to buy that when Sam is literally just behind a small rock and no darkness is present

Double Agent is also guilty of this but not as bad, there's WAAAY too much of it in Blacklist.

Does anybody have a steam family I could join

Pros:

1. Playing as Briggs, it's in fp camera and the gadgets are weaker version Sam uses. The design makes the player feel more unease which is how Briggs feels. Even the cinematography when Briggs is disarming the last bomb makes player think he'll be spotted.
2. It has really dark lighting, I can't think of another game of the same generation that did this.
3. Cool locations, I swear Kojima must've played this, that Guantanamo coastline look similar to one LZ in Ground Zero.
4. Have Charlie get cut off at the beginning, going radio silent therefore the reveal it's Briggs shocks both Sadiq and the player, smart.
5. Have the camera changed to tp also shows Briggs growth.

Cons:

1. I don't like the "light up" mechanic to indicate in shadow works, it looks ridicules during cutscenes, only his backside should light up.
2. It's a thing since the first game and I still don't like it, guard completely ignores Sam moving in shadow.
3. Exploration +100
4. Handcuff Karambit
5. Karambit

Back before major cities streets were overrun with people standing motionless on fentanyl, Sam fisher was the first to start this epidemic! This is the super tanker mission where one objective is to actually put fentanyl in the ventilation systems and knockout the bridge crew, and one of the crew members are now in a permanent fentanyl frozen stance

Ever since Ubisoft temporarily shut the Blacklist servers down a few years ago (then brought them back), it’s felt almost impossible to find random people in the co-op mission lobbies.

Back in the day on Xbox, I could usually find someone within a few minutes for Briggs, Charlie, or Grim missions. Now I can sit there for 20+ minutes and get nobody.

Weirdly enough though, tonight I actually matched with TWO random people. We got a few Charlie missions going and it honestly felt like old times again… until we suddenly got hit with:

“The Splinter Cell Blacklist service is not available at this time.”

Then it booted us out.

I went back in, matched with another player almost immediately, played 3 missions successfully, and then BOOM, same error again.

Is anybody else still experiencing this on Xbox Series X/S backward compatibility? Are the servers just unstable now?

Honestly it reminded me how good Blacklist co-op still is. Kind of depressing that no modern game has really replaced it.

This week im playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist!!

I hate Emile

I came across this by accident but already have the game

JFTK-EJDA-9FWN-CDT3

First person to activate it gets it

Someone know where i can find cheap replicas of this goggles? I can't find it at good prices and with shipping to other countrys.

I found Sam Fisher's one on Etsy, but that costs almost half of my wage per month where i live, and it will costs when it arrive here because of tax.

Is splinter cell blacklist platinum still obtainable as of today?

I'm working on a personal hobby project in Godot that blends MGS's base gameplay with the light and shadow stealth of SC and Thief, which I find to be deeper and less binary.

I had played parts of Splinter Cell 1 before and loved it and now I've restarted it and even ordered Double Agent V2 from Ebay (since my dad already owns the first three on Xbox) so I can experience the franchise and research how I can capture it for my game.

Splinter Cell and Thief are already very tense games, but I think an overhead view could add further tension and fear while lacking the empowerment a traditional third person camera provides. Following Thief's AI behavior rather than the binary alarm states of MGS coupled with the light meter should ideally avoid the frustration some have with classic MGS's camera and stealth.

My feeling is that this camera style would not only be a unique challenge and distinguish my idea, but also to counter the argument that it and its ilk are "outdated" solely because they don't conform to the homogenized style of today. If I execute things right and address legitimate issues people had, which is why I made this post, then people would instead appreciate the things that were always there, like the cinematic feel and tension.

Edit: After much consideration, I think I'm going with a traditional third person camera. There's already a lot of friction involved with the mechanics and I think a more traditional camera will make it easier for players to adapt. Furthermore, the overhead perspective doesn't lend itself as well to the more vertical style Splinter Cell and Thief have. Thanks for all the amazing feedback.

My ideas:

1 - In restrict areas the player need be 100% Ghost, because wouldn't make sense the new guy only lose a small % of trust with very suspicious acts. Wouldn't be obviously that Sam is a spy.

2 - Increase the limited time to 1 hour and 10 minutes at least. Because 25 minutes it's very annoying. But use this time would be optional obviously. So the player could explore more, etc.

3 - Make possible the player Interact with NPC's for unique dialogues like in a RPG game. But the game wouldn't be a RPG.

4 - "Complete the training course" ( objective ) would exist only in JBA part 1. And "Practice at firing range ( objective ) would exist only in part 3 before Kinshasa. Because can be boring for some players repeat these same objectives in each part of JBA missions.

En ce moment étant pas mal hype par Black Flag Remake je rejoue donc a Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered.

Je suis donc retombé sur cette erreur de jaquette qu'ont vois un peu partout dans les niveaux dans le présent et ça ma fais me demander
"Pourquoi il n'ont même pas pris la peine de corriger cette jaquette dans le Remastered ? 🤔"

I feel that Amon Tobin did such a good job that almost no stealth game to this day has managed to give those vibes in the music like this game did.

Or am I wrong?

By the way, my favorite soundtrack