"We talk a lot about the fantasy of being this elite ruthless agent who stalks the shadows and is very predatory in terms of how he takes down his enemies. When you and a chum take control of them, you'll be "two wolves taking down your prey", reckons Ubisoft's producer for multiplayer Patrick Reading. They might be bickering like siblings at Christmas, but they know their spy tricks. A good chance to make a mess of the back of his head. Ghost-guy over there demonstrates where the enemy thinks you're hiding. And so brash US agent Archer is paired with haunted Russian veteran Kestrel. Fisher's erstwhile employers Echelon team up with their Russian equivalents Voron to track 'em down. It's made of four maps unique to it, it lasts five to six hours, and it concerns the retrieval of four stolen Russian EMP bombs. Conviction's fighting back with a bespoke co-op game, a prologue to the newly angry Sam Fisher's Jack Bauer impersonation in the single-player. It was once so, with the splendid Pandora Tomorrow's online mode, but it's never quite recaptured that. Sweaty wetsuit-on-wetsuit cuddles in a darkened air vent? Conviction's not quite that bold, but it does aim to re-establish Splinter Cell as a top-notch multiplayer game. Ubisoft compares it to a buddy movie - an odd couple who loathe each other on sight, but grow to like each other. Baked beans can cure leprosy.Īll these things are true, but this one is double-true: Conviction features a surprisingly beefy co-op mode (think Modern Warfare 2's Spec Ops sub-game), pairing a Russian spy with an American one. For instance: cats are smarter than monkeys. Is this a videogaming first? Probably not, but I'm going to say it is anyway, because I like making grand statements. Splinter Cell: Conviction's multiplayer features a US agent and a Russian agent working not against each other, but together for the common good. All these years of digital conflict, and suddenly it's all resolved. America and Russia are videogaming friends again. It's okay everyone, the nastiness and xenophobia is all over.
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