Zero Punctuation: Splinter Cell: Conviction

[zombiesinc]

Lovin' it.

 

[Knight Templar]

I can't belive he doesn't like any Splinter Cell game, well I can I just don't want to.

Yahtzee makes fun of America at every opportunity he gets, even when it is hardly topical. It is an easy target because America is not beloved oversees, but I expect more from him; I expect the same inventiveness he showed in earlier reviews, and not insipid jokes about America just because it is easy to target

To be fair most games involve the US to a very large degree, and this is a Tom Clancy gameso things are taken up a level or five. If most games revolved around French culture I bet he'd rag on the French a lot.

 

[Fordo]

Good vid. Yes, I will be buying your book. Can you kiss me on the mouth now?

 

[OceanRunner]

So, is this game like an RTS or is Sam just that slow to react to inputs.

 

[Baradiel]

I have always loved Splinter Cell. To me it is more of a stealth game than Thief, which I found boring to play.

Good point about it being too easy. However, I was surprised he didn't mention the CO-OP aspect. I know he hates multiplayer, but it can be done split screen and it does require some tactics and communication.

Also, in co-op meleeing when they're detected isn't always an instant kill. You can be put in a choke hold, and need your partner to free you. Just thought to mention it.

Funny vid.

 

[ExileNZ]

I hope nobody's mentioned this in the last 11 pages (hahaha) but in Thief you don't actually have to "imagine the guards impotently stomping on their hats in fury", you can stay hidden and listen to their reactions when they discover that the loot they were guarding has just been stolen!

Priceless...

 

[tkwelge]

relax hey you live in a country where you're convinced you have 50 states, even though it's 46 states and 6 commonwealths. Americans have managed to count the same guy twice as president, so while obama is the 44th president, he's actually only the 43rd person TO be president.

hehe.. got to love yanks

so glad the health care reform went through though, i mean jeez... some of the media were reacting like it was the black plague.

What president was double counted? I don't get it. What makes those "commonwealths" not states?

I believe 'deplorable' has been watching too much QI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QI

Oh, har har. I looked it up and Cleveland was counted twice. I couldn't think of any other tidbit of information less important, though.

THe whole commonwealth vs State thing is pure semantics, though. Their is nothing more annoying than people who believe that they are intelligent for knowing seriously unimportant fun facts.

 

[AcidAlyss]

I'm just going to point out that Yahtzee said Sam Fischer was 5'8", but in the pic that was shown right afterwards (the mug shot), it shows him closer to 6' just felt I needed to say that. Not disn' Yahtzee b/c I'm sure somewhere in the splinter cell world it probably says Sam is 5'8". Just gave me a giggle.

 

[papalazarou]

Not a game I'd buy anyway, but always enjoy the reviews.

@Frederick II, you're such an easy mark. Hook, line, sinker, and copy of Angling Times. Get off your high horse ya whining baby, you're sucking all the fun out of it.

 

[f0re1gn]

The final analogy deserves an Oscar.

 

[Lasharus]

Personally, I feel that Yahtzee has masterfully summarised the United States there.

Good show, as always.

 

[Terrorpaw]

When's the next video? I know it's today but WHEN

 

[asgardmothership]

When's the next video? I know it's today but WHEN

5pm GMT, as always. Also, welcome to the escapist!

 

[Terrorpaw]

When's the next video? I know it's today but WHEN

5pm GMT, as always. Also, welcome to the escapist!

Oh god, where's my time zone chart...

 

[Abedeus]

When's the next video? I know it's today but WHEN

5pm GMT, as always. Also, welcome to the escapist!

Oh god, where's my time zone chart...

Next hour. Don't ask questions like this. Also, you can tell when the videos come out by looking at the hour of the previous video.

 

[johnzaku]

But splinter cell chaos theory WAS open-ended... there were literally dozens of ways to proceed through a level, and they aren't always anticipating you. that was only in conviction. you were supposed to get in and out without killing everyone. that was the point. This new one is the first one where you actually HAVE to kill everyone and I thought that kind of stole from the game's original charm.

 

[sazzrah]

Oh, har har. I looked it up and Cleveland was counted twice. I couldn't think of any other tidbit of information less important, though.

THe whole commonwealth vs State thing is pure semantics, though. Their is nothing more annoying than people who believe that they are intelligent for knowing seriously unimportant fun facts.

I'm not really sure what your argument with 'deplorable' is; all I know is that he got what he knows from a BBC TV programme in the UK called QI (stands for Quite Interesting). It's basically a show built on obscure facts and myth busting. I personally find it bizarre to mock someone for not knowing something about their country when the information came from watching a TV show exclusively about information that hardly anyone knows. In short; I wouldn't get too stressed about it.

Here's an example of the TV show QI anyway: it's an interesting extract - and particularly interesting to British audiences because this is something very few foreigners understand about the US (and I suspect there are many Americans who didn't know this stuff either).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwT6CisM0mU

 

[Jed Petty]

not all Americans are fat lazy slobs nor are all of us stupid and everything else Europeans say about us...get tired of being generalized.

 

[DoomBlackDragon]

I will agrea the SC series has been very weak on it stealth game play. As you said it only one thing to do in the game not very big on options and Sam does play very sluggies. Great review. Glad I am not the only one wjo has a brain and can see the flaws in the game as clear a day.

I disagree. Splinter Cell does a lot more for stealth than some people give it credit for. It takes into account not just line of sight but "sound" and "lighting" as well. Obviously cover plays a factor in it.

And by "flaws", you mean by your bias and preferences which, by the way, you are entitled to but by no means law or fact. Some people will disagree with you and they have every right to. Doesn't mean you're wrong but it definitely doesn't mean you are right.

FYI you or anyone should every quote to what I say cause I do not care what dripple comes out of your mouth. It just a pain to go in my mailbox and delete your message with out reading it. So no one reply cause I do not care.

 

[TylerC]

There is so much wrong with this video. Redd never planned on becoming the president...he wanted the VP to be the president after he had killed the president. He did this because he had the VP under his control, and "Megiddo's."

Tom Clancey doesn't even write Splinter Cell, he just endorses it.

"Free" Healthcare isn't free.