Here's a better look at how the new game matches up to the previous installment in the Splinter Cell series:Ĭomparing Reviews: Splinter Cell: Conviction vs. Reviews are generally strong, with a lot of praise for the gameplay, though several critics feel that the new game is far too short. The first new Splinter Cell game in four years, Conviction finds protagonist Sam Fisher, formerly an elite government anti-terrorism agent, striking out on his own in search of his daughter's murderer.
The latter series - all stealth action titles - gets its newest chapter this week with Conviction for the Xbox 360 (a PC version also arrives in two weeks). Over the past 15 years, the Tom Clancy brand has appeared on over three dozen game titles, including the ongoing Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and Splinter Cell series, although Clancy's actual involvement in many of the releases is minimal. The developer was so successful that it was eventually acquired by publisher Ubisoft. Several of these titles also became movies, including the Alec Baldwin-starring The Hunt for Red October 58 and Clear and Present Danger 74 with Harrison Ford, further boosting the author's name recognition.Īfter conquering the worlds of publishing and film, Clancy moved into gaming in the mid-1990s, establishing the developer Red Storm Entertainment, which, among other titles, began churning out games based on Clancy properties. In the 1980s, Clancy first became a household name behind strong sales for books revolving around CIA analyst Jack Ryan. Indeed, while an older generation probably knows him best as a best-selling author of spy and military fiction, and Baltimore residents may think of him as a co-owner of baseball's Orioles, the Tom Clancy name is most closely associated these days with the world of videogames. This week's major videogame release, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, is the latest in a long line of games endorsed by Tom Clancy. He's operating under the radar the game sure isn't
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