For instance, special forces unit Third Echelon is no more - Sam is now a member of the growing Fourth Echelon unit headquartered inside a stealth airplane called the Paladin.
While it doesn’t outright ignore events of previous entries, the game streamlines as much of its fiction as it possibly can for those who haven’t ever approached a Sam Fisher joint before.
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The series is wholly a Ubisoft creation, allowing the publisher free reign over the franchise’s creative direction to best suit whatever purpose it would like.Ĭreative license is exactly what Ubisoft chooses to take in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist: the sixth entry in its military stealth series cuts loose a lot of its fiction to create a smoother point of entry for newcomers, while taking a few liberties with the franchise’s gameplay and structure.īlacklist is what you might consider to be a soft reboot of a complex franchise. With the GamePad bringing you even closer to the action, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ on Wii U is an engrossing action-adventure title.American espionage author Tom Clancy may have his name plastered all over the box, but he hasn’t written a single Splinter Cell book. Which team would you rather be on?Ĭustomise Sam’s weapons and tactical suit to make sure he’s ready for whatever his enemies throw at him. The spies are out to steal data, and it’s up to the mercs to protect it. Whatever your play style – assaulting your enemies with superior firepower or using stealth and the shadows to strike quickly and quietly – there’s a team for you. Agile spies are at home striking from the shadows, whereas heavily-armoured mercenaries prefer the light, and have torches to try to flush out their opponents. Choose your side, but remember that each has its own strengths – and weaknesses. Gulf Coast.īattle your buddies in the intense multiplayer Spies vs. Over 90 different takedown moves mean there’s something appropriate to every situation, whether you’re infiltrating a terrorist nest somewhere along the Iran-Iraq border, or working hard to stop an attack on the U.S. Take control of the many gadgets at your disposal, such as tri-rotor drones and the sticky-cam, mark and eliminate enemies, and reload and switch weapons in real-time.Ĭhoose how you want to play – would you prefer to stick to the shadows, rendering the bad guys unconscious one by one? Do you want to rush in and assault your enemies in a firefight, in the hopes that your advanced weaponry will win the day? Or perhaps you'd rather play somewhere in between – well, with different weapons, gadgets and goggles to suit your playing style, you can do things your way.
The OpSat – a special device built into his tactical suit – is now in your hands thanks to the Wii U GamePad.
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Sam’s full arsenal of advanced gadgets is at your fingertips on Wii U. You’re the last line of defence – can you avert disaster before it’s too late? When a group calling itself The Engineers launches an escalating series of deadly attacks, Sam and his team are called in. This highly realistic stealth action-adventure puts you in the shoes of the master spy in his new role as the head of Fourth Echelon – a newly-formed counter-terrorism organisation, answerable only to the President of the United States.
Special operative Sam Fisher sneaks onto Wii U in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™.