It's very difficult, but it can be done, use smoke grenades and knock guys out. Having every mission in the dark was getting played out, I'm glad they had more cover and line of sight stealth this time.
I suppose it's really a matter of personal taste. I really liked it a lot more in the dark. It just seemed a lot more appropriate for numerous reasons. For example, like I was saying, sneaking through a warzone seems a little difficult in reality. I suspect smoke grenades would attract a lot of attention, and knocking guys out probably isn't as easy to do i reality as it is in the game.
Although maybe I don't think having every mission in the dark was getting played out because I had only joined the franchise at CT. I'd never played Pandora Tomorrow or the first Splinter Cell.
It's a similar affect of using the OCP to mess up machinery or black out a light to create a distraction, only you can use it in lit up areas. I thought it was an awesome tool, useful and fun to use.
The difference is, the chances to use the OCP are, while common, a little more difficult to pull off than the sonic emitter. The OCP is largely dependent on you being able to aim at an often very small target (often a lightbulb), and there is a slight penalty if you miss. The sonic emitter, on the other hand, is a point-and-shoot-at-wherever-you-want-enemies-to-go gadget, and there was almost no cooldown between shots. It made the game ridiculously easy.
Cleaning up the gene pool, one jackass at a time.
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Rex_Rocker
15 years ago
The difference is, the chances to use the OCP are, while common, a little more difficult to pull off than the sonic emitter.
The Sonic Emmiter was a key tool in some situtions. I think it was more dangerous than the OCP because you could attract even more attention with it and it doesn't darken an area so you can hide while you move. It was more about having people turn their back on you while you make your move which can be very risky. But it was a key tool in daylight situations.
The thing I didn't like about the current gen DA is regenerating health, it just doesn't belong in Splinter Cell because part of what makes SC good is survival. I liked being able to survive an encounter by the skin of my teeth and trying to finish a mission with low health, or at least until I come accross a health station.
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