Holly crap, the Splinter Cell demo is awful

In posting this topic, I was hoping that people would disagree and convince me that I'm missing something and that the demo was actually good.

But most people are agreeing with my view.

This is really crappy.

I think I will just wait a month extra and get Alan Wake.

This was my most anticipated game of the year and after playing the demo, I am now not even going to buy it.

I realize that it's just the demo but it revealled enough about the game that I feel I can decide that the game will suck:

-You can't control your pace with the analog stick other than either moving fast or moving slow - completly ruins the game!

-It's all about going from cover to cover - no real opportunity to move where you want in any smooth manner.

-They got rid of the ability to press a button to focus in our your aim and now there is just a dump zoom botton option.

-Graphics are even worse than past Spinter Cell games like Double Agent!

Anyone else hugely dissapointed like me?

Meh, I was expecting more. The stealth is alright but the gameplay in general is funky. Not a good thing at all. :|

i havent played the demo yet, but im starting to wonder if people paid any attention to all the vidocs out there. its been obvious for a long time the game is different from past SCs and is more action oriented. hell they say it in every vidoc. it seems like if you went in expecting old school SC youre setting yourself up for dissapointment.

ill have to play it myself before i can judge the controls tho. still looking forward to the game.

im still lookin forward to it. i liked the demo just the cover controls are just gonna take getting used to. i thought the presentation was good though why is everyone not liking the acting? what was wrong with it?

[QUOTE="Jason_A"]

This was my most anticipated game of the year and after playing the demo, I am now not even going to buy it.

I realize that it's just the demo but it revealled enough about the game that I feel I can decide that the game will suck:

-You can't control your pace with the analog stick other than either moving fast or moving slow - completly ruins the game!

-It's all about going from cover to cover - no real opportunity to move where you want in any smooth manner.

-They got rid of the ability to press a button to focus in our your aim and now there is just a dump zoom botton option.

-Graphics are even worse than past Spinter Cell games like Double Agent!

Anyone else hugely dissapointed like me?

Jaysonguy

Everything above is a lie

It's not even like you're describing it poorly, you just flat out lied about every single thing about the game

You can control the pace of your walk to a run depending how far you push the thumbstick

You can crouch behind any part of cover while you keep on moving through the game, you just have the option to lean against any of it so you can be still while you look around or attack

You can most certainly focus your aim and the mechanic you're talking about needs to be activated by making a stealth kill before you can use it.

The graphics are stellar with them finally having the perfect dark tones for the games with zero pixelation

Wow if the demo is a actual represitation of the game...

When it gets released i can see SW imploding.

That bad huh?

This plus Ubi's DRM makes for an amazing experience!

I played it a couple more times, and it just didn't grow on me:( I'll pick it up when it's 29.99 or cheaper I guess.

damn , I couldnt wait for the day this came to the PS3, but youve just changed my mind TC haha, i bet this game will still get great ratings tho, since theres soo much hype around it.

From what you said, it seems like they made it toooo noob friendly.

After playing the demo I must say the game is looking to be pretty goddamn good. I don't see what there is to complain about, half the crap the TC said was flat out lies.

Graphically it looks good, controls are tight and flow well, voice acting could be better, but it's still not bad enough to complain about, the game flows well and is fluid. I may actually buy this game now.

After playing the demo I must say the game is looking to be pretty goddamn good. I don't see what there is to complain about, half the crap the TC said was flat out lies.

Graphically it looks good, controls are tight and flow well, voice acting could be better, but it's still not bad enough to complain about, the game flows well and is fluid. I may actually buy this game now.

Jamiemydearx3

Edit: And to whoever said double agent looks better go back and play it, and then play the Conviction demo.

It was a desapointment to me aswell :( Poor Ubisoft....they took too much risks changing the gameplay like this.

It was a desapointment to me aswell :( Poor Ubisoft....they took too much risks changing the gameplay like this.

PAL360

Wow, here I was expecting a bunch of insults to TC calling it an amazing demo or whatever, and a lot of people don't like it? Jeez, what a way to fall.

I am a huge stealth fan so I still want to get it, but I feel similarly. From a stealth perspective, it sucks.

I thought the demo was great. It shows you how to get into cover and do a close up kill, then you get a mark and exicute, then you are on your own to do whatever u want.

I thought the demo was great. It shows you how to get into cover and do a close up kill, then you get a mark and exicute, then you are on your own to do whatever u want.

baby_kicker

[QUOTE="ironcreed"]

To me, it felt like a hand held guided tour of Jason Bourne's greatest hits where the enemies are constantly shooting at where you were instead of where you are. Not to mention the objective projection that goes so far as to even tell you where to climb a pipe. Splinter Cell, this is not. They basically took Sam and made him into a bad copy of Jason Bourne. Hell, even the voice acting was horrible. If this was not such a serious game, I could live with that, but this is supposed to be Splinter Cell. Come on!

Hahadouken

damn i don't have an xbox 360 i just have ps3 but i actually wished this was goign to be on PS3..

now i just feel bad for you guys lmaooo

i will say in the game's defense that the co op is pretty sweet, i got to play it at pax and its a lot of fun

i will say in the game's defense that the co op is pretty sweet, i got to play it at pax and its a lot of fun

CaptainHarley

[QUOTE="Jamiemydearx3"]

After playing the demo I must say the game is looking to be pretty goddamn good. I don't see what there is to complain about, half the crap the TC said was flat out lies.

Graphically it looks good, controls are tight and flow well, voice acting could be better, but it's still not bad enough to complain about, the game flows well and is fluid. I may actually buy this game now.

VinxVince

Edit: And to whoever said double agent looks better go back and play it, and then play the Conviction demo.

[QUOTE="CaptainHarley"]

i will say in the game's defense that the co op is pretty sweet, i got to play it at pax and its a lot of fun

donalbane

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="Jason_A"]

This was my most anticipated game of the year and after playing the demo, I am now not even going to buy it.

I realize that it's just the demo but it revealled enough about the game that I feel I can decide that the game will suck:

-You can't control your pace with the analog stick other than either moving fast or moving slow - completly ruins the game!

-It's all about going from cover to cover - no real opportunity to move where you want in any smooth manner.

-They got rid of the ability to press a button to focus in our your aim and now there is just a dump zoom botton option.

-Graphics are even worse than past Spinter Cell games like Double Agent!

Anyone else hugely dissapointed like me?

LP4EVA2005

Everything above is a lie

It's not even like you're describing it poorly, you just flat out lied about every single thing about the game

You can control the pace of your walk to a run depending how far you push the thumbstick

You can crouch behind any part of cover while you keep on moving through the game, you just have the option to lean against any of it so you can be still while you look around or attack

You can most certainly focus your aim and the mechanic you're talking about needs to be activated by making a stealth kill before you can use it.

The graphics are stellar with them finally having the perfect dark tones for the games with zero pixelation

Wow, here I was expecting a bunch of insults to TC calling it an amazing demo or whatever, and a lot of people don't like it? Jeez, what a way to fall.

SPYDER0416

After playing the demo I must say the game is looking to be pretty goddamn good. I don't see what there is to complain about, half the crap the TC said was flat out lies.

Graphically it looks good, controls are tight and flow well, voice acting could be better, but it's still not bad enough to complain about, the game flows well and is fluid. I may actually buy this game now.

Jamiemydearx3

what a unfortunante turn of events.

It seems like an attempt at explaining the different elements of the game. If the levels open up later on then it could be good.

Is everyone here serious? I love this demo, been playing it over and over...I think it may be because it was only a 5-10 min demo, can you really decide if you like a game in that amount of time? I personally love feeling of being like the assasin Sam should be, it's not AS stealthy but i've found that being in shadows the whole time is ALOT of fun, everyone must be playing it like a shooter, or they're hurt because it's not the Splinter Cell they loved, it's a new and very cool direction for stealth games.

[QUOTE="Justinge3"]This demo didn't give you enough information on how exactly to play. OMG it was terrible. Didn't even say what each buttons did. inb4justinge3isstupidJamiemydearx3

EDIT: I've never seen more fail in my life then in this thread, flat out lies left and right. Just because you aren't intelligent enough to figure out the controls, don't blame the game developer for something that is wrong with you, YOU are the one who isn't smart enough to figure out how to use their control scheme. WHICH works very well with this game. Maybe it's not as great as the older Splinter Cells, but it's still an amazing game. Realize they refreshed the series, compare it to RE4 if you want. It's a good change IMO, change for the better. Also remember...It's a goddamn tutorial demo. Not even an actual level....So take the demo with a grain of salt.

this guy clearly works for microsoft ... lol you going to this game's defense as if ur gettin a cut of their sales...

i think the majority of people think the game failed them as much as you think this thread failed you sir...

damn i don't have an xbox 360 i just have ps3 but i actually wished this was goign to be on PS3..

now i just feel bad for you guys lmaooo

MonkaTG

[QUOTE="MonkaTG"]

damn i don't have an xbox 360 i just have ps3 but i actually wished this was goign to be on PS3..

now i just feel bad for you guys lmaooo

Anjunaddict

What? that doesn't even make sense... they're going to get a disappointing game that's still A+?... From the feedback in this thread it seems that popular opinion thinks its going to be an epic fail -_-

So yeah, i do feel bad...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

The demo was awesome. Played it through so many times, came up with many different ways to get through it.

I remember the rewarding feeling I got when I planted a sticky cam near an enemy, marked three enemies, deployed a portable emp, detonated the stick cam, dropped down from the ceiling onto an unmarked enemy and killed him, and executed the three marked enemies. 5 enemies dead in 5 seconds.

Why were people expecting something similar to the old splinter cells when it was obvious that it had become more action orientated when they showed it LAST E3

[QUOTE="Anjunaddict"][QUOTE="MonkaTG"]

damn i don't have an xbox 360 i just have ps3 but i actually wished this was goign to be on PS3..

now i just feel bad for you guys lmaooo

MonkaTG

What? that doesn't even make sense... they're going to get a disappointing game that's still A+?... From the feedback in this thread it seems that popular opinion thinks its going to be an epic fail -_-

So yeah, i do feel bad...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa