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16 Jun 2009 at 16:26:19 by Staff Writers

Best Games of E3

Splinter Cell: Conviction

It was a hard choice this year, there were so many games on offer which proved to me more engaging once you sat down and played them, or even watched them being played.  Of course there were others that weren’t as impressive, or were complete disappointments.  But for me this year it was all about Splinter Cell: Conviction.  Sam Fisher is back, and this time he’s not pulling any punches.

Not only did the game look visually impressive, it did what fans of the franchise hoped it would, and drive the story and the character to a darker place and really taking advantage of this hard-ass character.  Using Fishers abilities, acquired with his time at the agency, and the drive to find his daughter, Splinter Cell is a game which promises to re-vitalise the franchise and introduce you to a Fisher you've always wanted to play.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

While the stunning CGI trailer - shown during EA’s pre-E3 press conference whet my appetite for TOR, the behind-closed doors gameplay demonstration induced quite the nerdy lob-on. Not content just to talk about making the narrative the “central pillar” of the game, the Bioware guys showed us exactly how they are going to achieve it, demonstrating the fully-voiced cast of NPCs and a great action“flashpoint.” The assembled press were even asked to make an in-game decision, whether to kill orspare the captain of a ship who had disobeyed an order. Despite my protestations that we should smoke the fool, the Yoda-loving lentil jockeys won out and he was spared. WWVD?

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