This is usually impressive, but is this really changing the core experience if we compare with games developed for previous consoles? Rarely." Conviction is looking to change that core experience. According to Mathieu Ferland, Senior Producer for Conviction, "The first game to ship will usually focus on better graphics, or animation, or more detailed characters, or simply on more NPCs to be displayed. Ubisoft Montreal knows that we're beyond the first generation of games for today's hardware. Conviction has been developed with a "Mature" rating in mind from the get go. A fugitive can't be held back by the ESRB. Along with the old mechanics went the "Teen" rating. The shadow based style of stealth was ditched in favor of a more active and improvisational gameplay. More powerful hardware was on the horizon and simply creating the same game again with better looking graphics would not be enough. Rather than looking to further polish a critically acclaimed franchise, the team wanted to make something new. After working exclusively on refining the light and dark stealth gameplay for years, the Ubisoft Montreal Splinter Cell team went back to the drawing board.Ĭonviction has been in the makings for two years already with work beginning shortly after Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was finished. In a way, the company is also taking itself out of its comfort zone. With Splinter Cell Conviction, Ubisoft is taking Sam Fisher out of his comfort zone.
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