Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist Upcoming Game

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Release Date: August 20, 2013.
Genre: Action Adventure

Minimum System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7

* CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 1.8 GHz/Athlon X2 64 @ 2.4 GHz

* RAM: 2 GB

* HDD: 12 GB free disk space

* Graphics: 512 MB Graphics Memory

* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible

* DirectX: Version 9

Recommended System Requirements

* OS: Windows 7 / 8

* CPU: 2 GHz quad core processor

* RAM: 4 GB

* HDD: 12 GB free disk space

* Graphics: 1 GB Graphics Memory

* Sound Card: DirectX 9 Compatible

* DirectX: Version 9

Supported Graphics Cards:

Minimum – NVIDIA GeForce 8 / 9 series or ATI RADEON HD 4000 / HD 5000 series

Recommended – GeForce 9800 S  or Radeon HD 4830

Splinter Cell Blacklist’s Perfectionist difficulty will punish even the most talented of franchise purists. While the traditional challenge of hard mode presents adept AI that demand Sam Fisher think carefully about his next stealthy step, Perfectionist puts him at an even more familiar disadvantage:

Enemies deny melee attacks from the front.Sam’s goggles don’t see through walls.Mark and Execute doesn’t work.

Much of what we’ve been trained to expect by Conviction vanishes when playing Perfectionist – delightfully so for series veterans. Suddenly, Blacklist slows down, becomes more methodical, and makes players consider how they approach each locomotive infiltration. Or, at least it does when Fisher learns important lessons the hard way.

Perfectionist isn’t for everyone, but it’s one of many options in Splinter Cell Blacklist that help it define its distinct identity within the franchise. Yes, it draws on Conviction. Yes, it draws on Chaos Theory. Blacklist meets somewhere in the middle, dragging classic Splinter Cell into a modern era more so than falling back on its old ways.

What separates Blacklist most is the Paladin, Sam Fisher’s aerial base of operations and the home of his newly founded Fourth Echelon agency. Paladin is the excuse for spreading Splinter Cell missions across the world, but it serves another purpose. This is where you’ll talk to crew members, learn more about the threats of a terrorist cell called The Engineers, and take on Blacklist’s substantial number of side missions. Each key player in Fisher’s life offers additional objectives, all of which support the mainline story or the upgrades each character offers. Charlie Cole, for instance, is a hacker who helps with Sam’s gadgets. Do a favor or two and you’ll be well on your way to better gear. On the other hand, Sam’s most trusted advisor, Anna Grimsdottir, manages The Paladin’s well-being; buying improvements from Grim gives Sam an advantage in the field, such as adding radar. Exactly what these characters’ side missions entail remains a bit of a mystery, like a lot of Splinter Cell Blacklist’s extracurricular content.