This review strikes me as a little... shallow. I know gaming news sites probably all raced to get their reviews out at the same time, but doesn't a game like this warrant, at a minimum, three (at least partial) playthroughs to try each lifepath and different gameplay styles before forming your final opinion? That's what I would do before posting a review on Steam, and I'm not even being paid to review games.
Chaos Theory struck the perfect balance between stealth "puzzle" and action. You could shoot your way through the level, but you'd run out of ammo really quickly, and would probably die. Plus the inclusion of lethal and nonlethal options on all levels really expanded my ability to RP the character. Who deserves to die, and who deserves to be knocked out?
Also, playing Chaos Theory and Hitman: Blood Money right around the same time was pure magic. Two great stealth action games.
IMO, Crysis 3 still hasn't been topped as graphics king. While other games may be equally impressive due to their larger environments, AI tech, or art design, Crysis 3 remains the best looking game I've played (although Crysis 1 was a better overall game).
This does look like an improvement over Conviction, but that's a pretty low bar. Conviction was by far the worst Splinter Cell game ever made. Even if this game gets rave reviews from users and critics, it's an automatic bargain bin purchase for me, because of Conviction and to a lesser extent, Double Agent.
Very good news. I'm so tired of devs tacking on multiplayer modes to games that clearly don't need them. Spend that money and man hours on the singleplayer game.
It's refreshing to hear an interview with someone who clearly plays a ton, instead of with some spokesperson who may or may not be that hardcore of a gamer.
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