Sam Fisher is back! But not Splinter Cell

[Bob_McMillan]

After two decades of sneaking his way across the world in numerous high-profile missions in the Splinter Cell franchise, video game icon Sam Fisher is coming to another hit Ubisoft property in the form of Rainbow Six Siege.

Can they just announce whether or not they're planning to release a Splinter Cell game? All this teasing is just getting annoying. Although I have to admit, I can't really imagine Ubisoft releasing a game that isn't an open world game.

I think a Splinter Cell game would actually do really well these days, proper stealth games are hard to find.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Eat a dick, Ubisoft...

Seriously, are they trying to piss me off? Like, is this personal?? I don't know what I did to deserve this. This is like a hot ex girlfriend who broke us up during a session of passionate sex to become a nun, and now, seven years later, she's driving by my house and lifting her habit to flash her tits at me. A Splinter Cell anime series, now Sam Fisher is in another Ubisoft game, yet no mention of the next Splinter Cell GAME. I could strangle a horse with my neck veins right now...

This once flagship franchise is set to have skipped an entire generation of consoles, and now they're dragging its corpse out every other week to tease that it might not be dead. Fuck off, Ubisoft. Article says he doesn't even play like the classic Sam Fisher, so traditional Splinter Cell fans might end up "having a less than ideal time." So what in every fuck was the point? Who're you fan servicing here, you fucking neutered dimwits?!? I legit cannot understand what the hell they think they're doing. I'm starting to feel like those of you waiting for Half-Life 3; I get it now, and I'm sorry I so readily dismissed your anguish.

Eat ALL the dicks, Ubisoft...

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

Prince of Persia fans: Hey, can there be some more Prince of Persia please? We miss those.

Ubisoft: Here's a shitty over-monetised mobile game, enjoy.

Prince of Persia fans: That's not, uh, that's not what we m...

Beyond Good and Evil fans: Hey, is that sequel still happening? We miss that and world and characters.

Ubisoft: LIVE SERVICE! and here's a shitty Netflix show none of you asked for. No more Jade either; females don't sell, haven't you heard?

Beyond Good and Evil fans: Huh? No, that's not what we...

Splinter cell fans: Hey, what's going on with this franchise? We would love to see more games, are there any planned?

Ubisoft: Haha! Oh, didnt see you there. Was just thinking of something unrelated and hilarious, here's a shitty mobile cash in, a Netflix show nobody asked for and a guest appearance from a strange Russia villain looking caricature in our other live service who we might as well throw a headset on a call Sam Fisher to shut you fuckers up. Scurry off now.

Splinter cell fans: Wha?

Women: Hey, can you sort out this sexual assault and harassment problem in this workplace please?

Ubisoft: *fingers in ears* Lalalalaalalalalaa! Oh shit, they're onto us...quick, everyone involved resign so you get to keep your bonuses and hiring potential unaffected. And, err, put a female in a trailer for once or something. Who said they didn't sell? Not us, no siree!

Women: Fffffs.

 

[BrawlMan]

Prince of Persia fans: Hey, can there be some more Prince of Persia please? We miss those.

Ubisoft: Here's a shitty over-monetised mobile game, enjoy.

Prince of Persia fans: That's not, uh, that's not what we m...

Beyond Good and Evil fans: Hey, is that sequel still happening? We miss that and world and characters.

Ubisoft: LIVE SERVICE! and here's a shitty Netflix show none of you asked for. No more Jade either; females don't sell, haven't you heard?

Beyond Good and Evil fans: Huh? No, that's not what we...

Splinter cell fans: Hey, what's going on with this franchise? We would love to see more games, are there any planned?

Ubisoft: Haha! Oh, didnt see you there. Was just thinking of something unrelated and hilarious, here's a shitty mobile cash in, a Netflix show nobody asked for and a guest appearance from a strange Russia villain looking caricature in our other live service who we might as well throw a headset on a call Sam Fisher to shut you fuckers up. Scurry off now.

Splinter cell fans: Wha?

Women: Hey, can you sort out this sexual assault and harassment problem in this workplace please?

Ubisoft: *fingers in ears* Lalalalaalalalalaa! Oh shit, they're onto us...quick, everyone involved resign so you get to keep your bonuses and hiring potential unaffected. And, err, put a female in a trailer for once or something. Who said they didn't sell? Not us, no siree!

Women: Fffffs.

Ubisoft can keep Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell, cuz I have not touched their games in years. The game I last enjoyed was Rayman Legends. I definitely don't want to deal with them after hearing the stories of protecting rapist, sexual harassment, and racism. All the people up top & those protecting them can go to hell.

 

[Samtemdo8]

Ubisoft and keep Prince of Persia in splinter cell, cuz I have not touched their games in years. The game I last enjoyed was Rayman Legends. I definitely don't want to deal with them after hearing the stories of protecting rapist, sexual harassment, and racism. All the people up top & those protecting them can go to hell.

Another one:

Rainbow Six Fans not R6-Siege: Hey can we expect a new Rainbow Six game that plays like the first 3 games where there was mission planning and commanding a squad.

Ubisoft: MORE UPDATES FOR SIEGE AND NO SINGLE PLAYER CONTENT, what's that? You want a new game, Here's Rainbow Six Zombies!!!

 

[SilentPony]

As someone who played the shit out of Splinter Cell multiplayer in high school, this announcement can go fuck itself and eat a really used dick.
Either give SC to Konami to make a pachinko machine, or make a new installment.

 

[Xprimentyl]

...give SC to Konami to make a pachinko machine...

Even jokingly, PLEASE don't tempt them, because at this pace, this is a very real possibility...

 

[Samtemdo8]

I guess they did listen to Prince of Persia fans:

Prince of Persia Remake Listing Appears Online - The Escapist

A Guatemalen retailer has leaked listings for a Prince of Persia remake rumored to be releasing later this year in November.

www.escapistmagazine.com

 

[CriticalGaming]

FucKonam......wait.....Oh....Ubisoft.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Seriously, they annouced a netflix anime show.

SC is literally anything but a video game now. I wouldn't be surprised if they announced broadway musical at this point

 

[Gordon_4]

Seriously, they annouced a netflix anime show.

SC is literally anything but a video game now. I wouldn't be surprised if they announced broadway musical at this point

Can Michael Ironside sing?

 

[Xprimentyl]

SC is literally anything but a video game now. I wouldn't be surprised if they announced broadway musical at this point

This is far funnier [to me] than you probably intended. Thank you for helping me find SOME humor in this atrocity.

Ubisoft, if you insist on kicking me in the balls, at least strap on a steel-toed boot and take a running start to make the offense worth both our whiles.

Can Michael Ironside sing?

I could see him as a white Barry White; hitting those low tones and making panties moist.

 

[FakeSympathy]

Can Michael Ironside sing?

If Russel Crowe was casted to sing in Les Miserables, why not Michael Ironside?

All jokes aside, I have to agree with everyone here; This seriously is a dick move

 

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[Xprimentyl]

My guess is that they are testing the waters for a future Splinter Cell. The way Sam Fisher and Third Echelon has appeared in a bunch of games now, including both of the latest Ghost Recons, seems to suggest that UbiSoft is reintroducing Sam Fisher as a protagonist for the eventual reveal of the game. Coupled with a TV show, it seems as if they are doing a lot of groundwork to have a new generation of gamers know who Sam Fisher is when the reveal hits.

Or, the more cynical likelihood, they're cashing in on Fisher's likeness without putting in the effort to make an actual next installment of the Splinter Cell franchise.

I mean, I wish I had your optimism, but what kind of marketing strategy is that? Give the people everything EXCEPT what they're asking for?

 

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[Xprimentyl]

Careful marketing. The last few Splinter Cells got mediocre reviews and did not meet sales expectations, yet there still exists a decent core fanbase that's bordering on rabid. As was pointed out in this thread, the last Splinter Cell was released on the previous console generation and there's a new generation of gamers today that barely played games when Blacklist was released in 2013.

A lot of gamers today don't know that they want a Splinter Cell game, us old grognards that remember playing the first three games do for sure but we're also a minority. So by seeding Sam Fisher and Third Echelon where they can Ubisoft is testing the waters to see if the current market is receptive to a new Splinter Cell game. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if Ubi has some form of Splinter Cell being prototyped right now. Nothing else really explain these insistent cameos or getting Michael Ironside back for the voice work, because Splinter Cell is niche and old enough that most people who played GR: Wildlands/Breakpoint or R6S won't get the reference or appreciate it.

I didn't ask for a well-reasoned response, thank you very much.

But seriously, I guess you could be right, but that then begs the question, if it's the diminishing minority that are the ones that remember and are rabid for another game, then why bother? They made it an entire generation without a Splinter Cell, the same generation which saw 4 Far Cries, a whopping 12 Assassins Creeds and hell, a new IP in The Division which itself saw a sequel; who over there actually cares enough about Splinter Cell to attempt seeding newfound interest if, as you've said, the last three titles over the past 14 years all under performed? The industry today, particularly devs/publishers like Ubisoft, are all about making all the money, and dusting off a franchise that peaked two generations ago doesn't seem like a move they'd make with [at least] 3 hot irons already on the anvil...

 

[Gyrobot]

I didn't ask for a well-reasoned response, thank you very much.

But seriously, I guess you could be right, but that then begs the question, if it's the diminishing minority that are the ones that remember and are rabid for another game, then why bother? They made it an entire generation without a Splinter Cell, the same generation which saw 4 Far Cries, a whopping 12 Assassins Creeds and hell, a new IP in The Division which itself saw a sequel; who over there actually cares enough about Splinter Cell to attempt seeding newfound interest if, as you've said, the last three titles over the past 14 years all under performed? The industry today, particularly devs/publishers like Ubisoft, are all about making all the money, and dusting off a franchise that peaked two generations ago doesn't seem like a move they'd make with [at least] 3 hot irons already on the anvil...

Well it would be a thinly veiled Assassin's Creed clone but definitely not Assassin's Creed. You said it quite clearly, either Splinter Cell becomes an Assassin's Creed with guns and fancy stealth gear or it becomes another Breakpoint/Wildlands style game which goes against the the spirit of the series.

Hitman shows us what stealth games as a service would look like but Splinter Cell needs something to call it's own to not get obvious comparisons

 

[BrawlMan]

For you.