Splinter Cell Blacklist trailer doesn't kill all the men

The grand unveiling of Splinter Cell Blacklist at E3 involved an awful lot of man-shooting for a game supposedly in a stealth series but fear not, Sam can be sneaky too. A new trailer plays through the section showcased before, only this time Sam doesn't fill every naughty man he can find with knives and bullets.

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The grand unveiling of Splinter Cell Blacklist at E3 involved an awful lot of man-shooting for a game supposedly in a stealth series, but fear not, Sam can be sneaky too. A new trailer plays through the section showcased before, only this time Sam doesn't fill every naughty man he can find with knives and bullets.

Yes, Sam can knock people out and hide their bodies, close doors to cover his tracks, and ferret out alternate routes through the level which don't involve machineguns and airstrikes. Non-lethal animations haven't been added yet so he does straight-up shank one dude to demonstrate moving his corpse but don't worry, kids--in the finished game, he'll only be sleeping.

Splinter Cell Blacklist is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in spring 2013. This being an Ubisoft game, the PC edition will inevitably be delayed by a month or so without explanation.

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    August 31, 2012 9:00 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Splinter Cell Blacklist trailer doesn't kill all the men.

    The grand unveiling of Splinter Cell Blacklist at E3 involved an awful lot of man-shooting for a game supposedly in a stealth series but fear not, Sam can be sneaky too. A new trailer plays through the section showcased before, only this time Sam doesn't fill every naughty man he can find with knives and bullets.

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      August 31, 2012 9:35 AM

      so pretty much like Conviction. there really is no reason to stealth when going guns a blazing does the job well enough. this sort of makes a sequel pointless

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        August 31, 2012 9:54 AM

        I liked Conviction, and if you tried to go stealth, it was hard as hell, so it was great for me.

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        August 31, 2012 10:00 AM

        I don't see why the devs can't refine both stealth and action options to a point where they are both fun and viable options. Lets you chose how you want to tackle objectives and provides a solution to the "3 alarms and done" mechanic of the older games.

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      August 31, 2012 9:51 AM

      Hot, the game will own, I am looking forward to it, nice vid.

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      August 31, 2012 9:53 AM

      Or, or, Ubisoft will find a way to make this a f2p game :( and still release it months later.

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