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Comment on Splinter Cell series - Chaos Theory, Conviction, and Blacklist

Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I played all of them until Double Agent.

I remember really enjoying the part where you were doing spy missions in your QG in double agent and the way you had an objective with your organisation and another one with your agency.

I don’t know why I never played the following ones, but now I don’t think I could enjoy certain political aspects of the story where the americans sre the good guys…

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If it helps, the developers all hated Tom Clancy’s books and the conservative politics they pushed. They basically made the first splinter cell as a parody of them (it actually casts the US in a pretty bad light, showing that it’s propping up dictators who are friendly to capital).

It’s also a running joke in the series that Sam Fisher hates Ronald Reagan with a passion.

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- Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That was an interesting read, thanks!
  
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tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

now I don’t think I could enjoy certain political aspects of the story where the americans (the government, not the people) are the good guys…

As an American, I feel you on this.

All I can say is that Conviction is a personal story for Sam, and in that one there’s a terrorist threat, but it’s domestic terrorists.

In Blacklist, the Engineers seem to be global and evidence points to the Middle East, but it’s a misdirect. And while 4th Echelon is working to stop the attacks, I don’t think the American government is painted in a good light in that one either (the stated goal of the Engineers is to get US troops out of other sovereign nations and bring them home). It’s actually feels like a relevant and nuanced plot in the modern day.

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- Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Oh, thanks for the deep analyse.
  
  I guess I might play these games one day then🤞
  
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