Tue, Apr 13, 2010 | 14:29 BST

Splinter Cell: Conviction reviews sneak in, round up

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Splinter Cell: Conviction’s out today in the US, in case you didn’t realize. You all need to get it, going by the review scores coming in this morning.

The links below so far basically say you should all go and get it now. Like right now. Get rounded-up below.

IGN UK – 9.2
CVG – 8.5
Videogamer – 9
1UP – A-
Gamepro – 5/5
Strategy Informer – 9.0
Ve3tro – A-
HardGame2 – 7.5
Boomtown – 8
GameSpot – 8
Gamereactor Denmark – 9
3D Juegos – 9.1
Joystiq – N/A

If you have any links, add them below in the comments section.

Splinter Cell: Conviction releases in the UK on Friday for Xbox 360. PC version releases on April 29.

Stay tuned on Friday for an interview with creative director Max Beland.

14 comments

ReeceHeywood
13/04/10, 10:55 am

Ve3tro – A-

clopezi
13/04/10, 11:02 am

HardGame2: http://www.hardgame2.com/x360/articulo/4625/splinter-cell-conviction-analisis-review-ubisoft-xbox-360.html – 7.5/10

Harry
13/04/10, 11:22 am

http://xbox.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=19499 – 8/10

Sunshyme
13/04/10, 12:12 pm

Still waiting for the first honest 6-7 score pointing out that Ubisoft is shooting old SC-fans in the knees with this action-focused spin-off. They murdered the stealth genre in favour of a new “mass gamer” approach that fits their marketing/sales vision.

Perhaps still a nice piece of action but the real Splinter Cell died years ago…

/nostalgia mode off

Blerk
13/04/10, 12:45 pm

Seems to be doing quite well, looks like it’ll probably average out at about an 8.

I thought the demo was alright. Nothing to make me run out and pre-order it, but I might give it a whirl when it gets cheap.

endgame
13/04/10, 12:47 pm

ty Johnny, I was w8ing 4 u guys to round them up. looks awesome.

funny though how all the less know publications like “HardGame2 and Boomtown” (who the f**k r these?) rate the game so low. makes u wonder r they bad journalists or do they want some money to get the grade up? or maybe they just want some publicity.

anyway, even with all these good reviews i’m not going to buy this game just because it uses that draconian DRM. unlike some douchebags who will and therefor support Ubisoft and it’s methods of selling games.

daytripper
13/04/10, 12:50 pm

I’m getting it, i dont care for all the critical views on it, really enjoyed the demo and i’m sure i’ll enjoy the full game.

Yoshi
13/04/10, 12:52 pm

@4 Sunshyme it looks like you can still go the stealth way though if you really just wanted to do that.

Sunshyme
13/04/10, 2:04 pm

@6 It plays just fine on a console

@8 I know, they have the stealth options, but years back stealth was a must. You had to ‘master’ stealth to succeed and it felt rewarding. This time, you can get lazy and just go for a big shootout as an easy escape when stealth fails.

Of course will it depend on your type of play (your style), however it is obvious that they transformerd the series into something mainstream. Just bolt action as an option and that’s so not Splinter Cell. They made the use stealth look like just a complex/difficult alternative. That’s my point for a lower review score, although it still can be a nice action title.

#10

Elka
13/04/10, 2:13 pm

3d Juegos : http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/analisis/2531/0/splinter-cell-conviction/ 9.1

Gamereactor DK http://www.gamereactor.dk/anmeldelser/77493/Splinter+Cell%3A+Conviction/ 9

Gamespot : http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/tomclancyssplintercellconviction/review.html?tag=footer%3Blink 8

The marks are pretty surprising considering the feedbacks of the demo !

#11

Rikishi
13/04/10, 5:05 pm

Presstart: http://www.presstart.it/xbox-360/splinter-cell-conviction-recensione.html

#12

Sir Thomas
13/04/10, 7:18 pm

Xboxonly.nl 8.0/10: http://www.xboxonly.nl/reviews/1771/Splinter_Cell:_Conviction/Pagina1/