Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist vs Vendetta Online
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the latest game under the Splinter Cell franchise and it is possibly the best one yet. As opposed to the more disappointing Conviction, Blacklist manages to combine the best of both the original and Conviction titles and added in all the features that players have complained the sequel lacked, including actual stealth-based gameplay where you can avoid an enemy instead of forcing you to engage him, as well as performing non-lethal takedowns.As usual, you'll have access to an arsenal of impressive gadgets which does make your job a whole lot easier, but this time around, certain unique enemies are able to counter your devices, forcing you to come up with new alternative plans rather than simply sticking to the "distract-and-take out" routine. This is very unlike Conviction where the gadgets had made the game too easy.
The storyline is also pretty good since the protagonist, Sam Fisher, now has free reign to do what it takes to take down a group of terrorists called The Engineers and their ultimate terror attack plan to launch escalating attacks on US interests around the world, codenamed Blacklist. Your mission? Flush out their leader and take him down.
Aside fromt he campaing, the game has cooperative missions that you can play with friends online as well. However, the servers have long since been taken down and thus, you either have to play those coop missions alone - it's possible, thankfully - or you can try LAN.
Vendetta Online
Vendetta Online is a truly cross-platform space MMO where you'll get to pilot your very own spacecraft and set off to explore the vast galaxy. Despite looking rather old-school, the gameplay has a really nice feel to it especially when you're shooting down enemy ships due to its physics-based mechanics. You can also customize your own ship down to the very fine details.Vendetta Online may not be as great as EVE Online, but it has some really cool game content that will keep you engaged for hours... that is if you're into this type of games. Best yet, the game is available not only on PC, Mac and mobile, but also on VR devices, and you can interact with other players from these platforms in the same game world. That's something amazing, isn't it?