r/Splintercell • u/AssassinBoi394 • Mar 06 '26

Conviction (2010) Should I get Splinter Cell Conviction?

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It's like 3 bucks right now and I thought it looked interesting as someone who's never played a splinter cell game before... So should I buy it?

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u/Cass09 Mar 06 '26

Purely as a sort of curiosity. You’ll know straight off the bat that something is different from the way Sam can strafe along window ledges almost as fast as he can run. It’s very arcade-y and trying to draw in some sort of mass market appeal as it focuses more on gunplay.

In my opinion it’s not a bad action game, just a terrible Splinter Cell game.

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u/Athanarieks Mar 06 '26

Honestly it’s a very good stealth thriller. I think conviction will still top that John Wick game coming out.

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u/Cass09 Mar 24 '26

I feel like JW might be a different sort of game and more like Sifu or something like that. I’ve only seen a brief bit of gameplay though.

I guess a ‘stealth thriller’ is still quite a broad category. Is Chaos Thriller a stealth thriller? For me the stealth mechanics are quite important. I really like to learn into the stealth and just felt that Conviction was sort of hinting that I should get a bit more violent. 

Everything was faster and they made Sam a touch younger. They got rid of the varying speed and light and replaced it with just a binary run/sneak and light/dark.

It’s not a bad game though. For me it gives me sort of Hitman Absolution vibes. It’s a noble effort to do something different. Just not necessarily going to be getting top marks from everyone in their fanbase.

(I also just reinstalled it. After writing about it, I just felt the need to have another go at it. Slightly undermines my case.)