by staff - 06.07.09
I was so caught up in gathering my own opinions at E3 last week that I simply had no time left to sample the reaction from the Internet - that large, sometimes gruesome opinion beast with more bias than earnest opinion. And yet I felt a little blind at times without that pulsing line of knee-jerk reactions, trapped as I was within the bubble that was the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Having time to catch up on the free-flow of feedback today, I’m partly surprised at the reaction I’ve encountered regarding Splinter Cell: Conviction - which is being cited as an example of how 2009 is shaping up to offer derivative titles filled with brooding anti-heroes and stereotypical revenge narratives by some. And the reason I’m surprised is because I hadn’t even expected that much from the game going into E3. I certainly never imagined that I’d return and suggest that sampling the game with Ubisoft would prove as important for me as it did. But here we are, so let me tell you why.
