Double Agent Campaign

Lore & Background

The game's story is divided into two portions. The main campaign puts the player in control of Sam Fisher three years after the events of Splinter Cell: Double Agent. The prologue, accessed through multiplayer co-op, puts two players in control of agents Archer and Kestrel 10 days before the campaign starts. In the prologue, Archer and Kestrel are deployed to Saint Petersburg, Russia, to halt rogue elements of the Russian military from selling advanced warheads.

They later go to Baku, Azerbaijan, to gather intelligence on an arms deal, and eventually infiltrate the Yastreb Complex under Moscow's Red Square and the Mozdok Proving Grounds. During extraction, Third Echelon director Tom Reed orders Archer to kill Kestrel; the canon ending has Kestrel fatally shooting Archer, then being shot in the head by Kobin. In the main campaign, Sam Fisher investigates the hit-and-run death of his daughter Sarah, learns from Anna 'Grim' Grímsdóttir that Sarah is still alive, and infiltrates locations including Kobin's mansion, Price Airfield, and White Box Technologies.

Reader's Guide

Splinter Cell: Conviction introduces new gameplay features including 'Mark & Execute' (marking targets to shoot them in rapid succession), 'Last Known Position' (a visual silhouette where a guard thinks Sam is after losing sight), real-time interrogation, and environment-based takedowns. Sam uses Sonar Goggles (see enemies through walls) and the SC3000 assault rifle. Pistols have unlimited ammo and suppressors. The game does not include hybrid night/heat vision goggles, the SC-20K assault rifle, light sensor, moving/hiding dead bodies, knocking enemies unconscious, lock picking, or hacking minigames. Multiplayer includes split screen, System Link (Xbox 360), online co-op, and 'Deniable Ops' modes: Hunter, Infiltration, Last Stand, and Face-Off. The game does not contain 'Spies Vs Mercenaries' mode.

Did You Know?

• Key members of the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas team, such as creative director Maxime Béland, worked on the game.
• The game had sold 1.9 million units by July 2010.
• A sequel, titled Blacklist, released in 2013.
• Features such as blending into crowds, improvising gadgets, and interaction with the environment were scrapped because the development team decided they were too risky.

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