Another Splinter Cell?
For first impressions, I was amazed by the graphics and how they achieved near realism with the lighting and shading. Obviously, this isnt Crysis but it looks quite good....(if you got the PC to run it.....mine sometimes had a few texture/lighting glitches but whatever). The game shouldnt have the minor bugs that downgrade the overall experience. I say this because after going on the third mission...and after 4 SC titles, they still have the same problems. One example is the AI is still not satisfying, sometimes I could be crouching in front of them by 10 feet, and they didnt detect me until they walked up close. At times, they would act like they should, but too many a times they act like robots. They only say the same couple of sentences, they always follow the same routine.....
I like the new change of the gameplay, getting to play as Sam is different now because there are two sides, and the trust system is cool. They allow you to have more freedom, and also still let you have some replayability in some missions because of the objectives, unlockables, and just to see how you could play it better.........or worse....hahaha...
For me, even for these new features I sometimes feel like im playing the same old SC again.
Controls are ok, some actions like picking a dial lockpad, hacking a panel, or knowing how to read the 3dmap, and small things like that might need some getting used to. Once you do, its all reflex. Although I wished they could implement them much better. The camera is good, it didnt get in my way or go crazy so thats nice.
Sound is good as usual, Sam Fisher's animations and movements are decent.....my only complain is that it feels like im controlling a clunky character at times.......I prefer the fluid movement found in Tomb Raider :)
Anyways, the main thing is that this game is totally different from the last 3. And thats a good thing, there are some annoying little bugs, the AI needs to be redone. There needs to be more environment interactions......more missions (only 15?).....im only on mission 3 and i feel like its going too fast, and.....basically if theres a SC 5......just make it better than our expectations and we'll be very happy.