conviction?

Conviction on the PS3??

Never gonna happen - if it was going to it would have been here by now.

If it ever will (which I very much doubt), then it will be a good few years away, and it may be another one or two generations of game machinery away too - best you could hope for is a PC port for the PS5!! Maybe!!
They want to be sure to cash in on nostalgia value, and that means there is likely to be a very long wait. (See Splinter Cell HD Trilogy)

Besides, imho it strayed too far from the original premise of Splinter Cell, and Blacklist is set to stray even further - I wasted my hard earned cash on Conviction for the PC and was hugely disappointed, I've learned my lesson and I won't make the same mistake again.
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Thanks for the link cancanmanstan - it's an interesting read.

Without straying too far off topic, I'll just say that it does indeed look a little more positive now - seems like they are ready to address some of the issues they had with Conviction.

Although the interview I saw with Michael Ironside discussing his reasons for not coming back for any more Splinter Cells, (~1:10) said that he didn't like the direction the game was going in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL8aqy1z6c4

This interview was done before Blacklist was announced however, but nevertheless, it's disappointing that he won't be voicing Sam Fisher - but granted, he had no knowledge of what that article said - it was published in September 2012 which isn't that long ago.

I won't get all misty-eyed and 'ranty' about how I think that Sam Fisher cannot exist without Michael Ironside - but it sure won't be the same.

I just wish game companies would have the courage to say that something has come to an end, and they will try something new, instead of stretching something out way past it's 'sell-by' date - they did a lot of damage with Conviction, and it will take a lot to recoup fans of the genre in my opinion, so Blacklist will have to be phenomenally good!!!

The article hints at a step in the right direction, but is it going to be as successful as the first Splinter Cells? I guess we'll see this August, but I won't be rushing out and spending any money until I'm sure it fits my preferences.

I suspect Ubi know that a lot of gamers feel this way, which is another reason (back on topic lol) why Conviction will probably not come to the PS3 any time soon.
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Wise words cancanmanstan and You_Need_A_Life - it's worth waiting to see what happens before making a firm decision, rather than writing it off entirely.

Mark and Execute made Conviction too easy, but evidentally it's been refined for Blacklist, and besides, in professional mode it's switched off and you also lose the infra-red search and footstep trace feature too - which is shaping up to be very Chaos Theory-like.
And besides, we don't have to use these features anyway.

It will apparently cater for three gameplay styles - ghost, panther and another which I cannot remember the name of, but basically it covers all play styles from super stealth to full, open combat.

I know where I will be spending most of my time, if I buy this!!

See you in the shadows SC fans!!....Maybe!!
;-)
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

You're absolutely right - it's debates like this that restore my faith in the internet.
Great stuff!

I guess I started out on this thread a little negative, but I am indeed warming to it - if only a little as yet - but I'm sure I'm not alone in my disappointment with Conviction.

It is nice to read that they have actually listened to the gamers.

When the Digital Download of Splinter Cell HD Trilogy was released, there was quite a few problems with it, chiefly the lack of an invert Y feature. Now, I'm not saying that gamer-pressure actually worked on that occasion, but there was a campaign to 'harass' Ubi until something was done.

I can't remember the name of the guy who spear-headed this drive, but you know what?....it worked!! The patch they issued did indeed include the invert Y option, plus a lot of other fixes too - which it definitely needed. It's the first time I heard anything like that happen before - although maybe it happens all the time and I just don't hear/read about it!! lol (Which is more probable actually! lol)

Maybe they had planned to do this all along, maybe not, but it is encouraging to see Ubi do some good.....(I was going to put '...for a change...' but that's my negative side coming out....I gotta watch that!! lol)

Anyway, it's back to the waiting game - not my favourite game, but whaddyagonnado??

Lets keep the healthy discussion going :-)
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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)