I recently finished playing Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory after many previous attempts. I had all sorts of problems with the horrible DRM and system requirements at the time of its release that I never got much further than the first level.
I finally ended up buying it again on Steam and was able to play it all the way through. I enjoyed it quite a bit and thought the very ending was kind of nutty but fun.
At the same time I bought that I bought the Double Agent and Conviction. I started playing Double Agent, but found all the little gameplay systems that I liked in the first three games were no longer present. I played it until it felt like one of those stealth games where the lack of information makes you feel like a really bad spy, and constantly replaying bits to get it right. So I couldn’t get into it.
Obviously based on its reviews other people really liked it, but it just wasn’t what I enjoyed in the past games. I’m definitely one of those people who would prefer a new adventure using the same mechanics and updated graphics than a systems overhaul to be like other games in the genre.
So I decided Splinter Cell was a wonderful trilogy and dropped those two into my “maybe play at some point” category. On to other adventures!
