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A Ubisoft That Was: Splinter Cell (1) Retrospective
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Ubisoft has been in some trouble as of late. The French-based """AAAA"""" company has been on the decline for a few years now, but some of their recent blunders such as Skull and Bones, and Star Wars Outlaws have particularly put them on blast in the public eye. Some have been hopeful that Ubisoft may serve as an example to other big publishers, showing that we are getting tired of the same old copy pasted sequels and generally uninspired games. However, things were not always like this.
In this video, I want to focus in on Ubisoft Montreal in particular. This is a company that, at one point, had a very successful streak of introducing new franchises which have managed to remain relevant even to the present day. Specifically, this is a video about the first game they ever made: Splinter Cell - Stealth Action Redefined.
0:00 Ubisoft
3:39 Creating an Iconic Franchise
14:08 Stealth Gameplay Redefined
33:37 Stealth, or Action?
43:44 Outro
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  • @JustMaxior
    @JustMaxior 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Vtolvr is THE GAME that made me buy all of the dlcs… and i would do that again for 6 more steam accounts if i had the chance BahaD cook some more plz f-111 or su-24/34 plzplzplz

  • @kendakgifbancuher2047
    @kendakgifbancuher2047 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    deez nuts

  • @diapason89
    @diapason89 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Holy shit, I saw Parker's face for a moment 1:59:14 Also, I finally learned why Sawyer was discharged. In the wiki, it was stated that he resigned in protest to U.S. policy regarding Grenada.

  • @Alex_Guy1011
    @Alex_Guy1011 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Warchat? More like WarChan.

  • @JanisTreijs
    @JanisTreijs 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stopped watching at 4:30, could not stand the editing (quick edits) 🤷‍♂.

  • @tigerz5071
    @tigerz5071 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fat nato kids vs Soviet gopniks

  • @Scnental_official
    @Scnental_official 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Here is the automaton sympathizer officer

  • @littlesmallguy
    @littlesmallguy 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:59 what is that

  • @matteroftim3
    @matteroftim3 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This video is for de attention deficit kids? Almost no section is longer than 10 seconds.

  • @shakazulu301
    @shakazulu301 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Literally the BEST RTS game ever made… no one can convince me otherwise 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @Mozzarella_Sam
    @Mozzarella_Sam 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wtf is wrong with people in Wargame chat bruh? 😭 😂🤣

  • @parcirecords
    @parcirecords 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    you forgot a important game.. sudden strike.. that was de mid ... (,no base building ) but it was and still is a cool rts.. Cossacks was great i loved the way you felt like had armies and yes total war just came out but you didn't have that same feeling that you had by just grouping them like in Red alert or age of empires.

  • @neltymind
    @neltymind 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why is Gaston from Beatuty and the Beast of all fictional characters, on a thumbnail of a video about cossacks? That guy is clearly French and has absolutely not relation to cossacks at all.

  • @Faalsnor
    @Faalsnor 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    cossacks 2 makes me think of the game alexander, ive played it loads.. works a lot like cossacks 1 and has the same vibe as cossacks 2, i contacted gsc on fb some time ago if they had released an online copy of the game.. as i lost the disc of alexander, but sadly they didnt.

  • @SWGMurcielago
    @SWGMurcielago 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ok all i got was play cossacks 2 cya in a week lol

  • @BlumkinMaster123
    @BlumkinMaster123 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    God these games looked so much better back the.

  • @perasturiaadastra
    @perasturiaadastra 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i remember cossacks as fantastic jank with beautiful art and music

  • @ReichLife
    @ReichLife 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Best RTS campaign there is. Atmosphere is top notch.

  • @czarnykot6154
    @czarnykot6154 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This original Cossacks 1 intro is incredible, bring back memories

  • @tuskutin
    @tuskutin 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    was looking for ssx on tour, but somehow ended up here. cool video

  • @oOHoltbyOo
    @oOHoltbyOo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    got the collectors edition with a piece of the german wall. we played it at LAN parties and the nuke melted a friends graphics gard.

  • @Stealth86651
    @Stealth86651 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember my buddy "running" crisis on an eeePC lol. He also left it running on his new expensive laptop after falling asleep and it burnt a hole in his sheets plus melted the graphics card.

  • @Power-k7n
    @Power-k7n 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    5:28 😂😂😂

  • @jamesknight3070
    @jamesknight3070 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ubisoft Toronto were hiring for an untitled Splinter Cell game last month, only time will tell how it turns out but the fact they're bringing in new people gives some hope that the those with the recent paradigm within the company may have been purged due to the failure of their projects. 🤷‍♂

  • @leerobinson8491
    @leerobinson8491 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    use drafting to get better car handling to activate boost ... speed = better steering response ... slow = poor steering response

  • @liam-398
    @liam-398 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Much like Patrician 4, Cossacks 3 should have been named Cossacks Remastered. Same issue. Ah you clocked it.

  • @Saniteee
    @Saniteee 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    When I was a kid my Dad would boot this up on the PlayStation and let me watch a little. Good times 😊

  • @mahkhardy8588
    @mahkhardy8588 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There was a time when .... Ubisoft did not drag Tom Clancy's corpse across a room full of ghost writers.

  • @evenlessbraincells9582
    @evenlessbraincells9582 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do Tom Clancey's Hawx Next

  • @Denek_23
    @Denek_23 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:21 you should name the save polish nightmare :)

  • @earthbound9999
    @earthbound9999 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video! Only real complaint is the sound mixing (the music you use is like twice as loud as the voiceover)

  • @howardmctroy3303
    @howardmctroy3303 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The real life "Rose Revolution" took place in Georgia in late 2003 to 2004 and was a major event that impacted the country's trajectory. The Georgian flag was even changed to signal the event. The first Splinter Cell was made in the early 2000s and came out in late 2002, yet it coincidentally depicted major events occurring in Georgia in the year 2004. I like to imagine Kombayn Nikoladze and the Georgian Information Crisis as this timeline's equivalent of the Rose Revolution. Georgia goes through a process of national rebirth in the aftermath of Nikoladze, they become more pro-western and change their flag. But there's still that segment of Georgian society that idolize Nikoladze and his vision.

    • @alassionn
      @alassionn 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There is interesting moment of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001) too, they predicted Russo-Georgian war in 2008, which is kinda crazy

    • @howardmctroy3303
      @howardmctroy3303 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alassionnIn the game, the invasion of Georgia takes place in Spring 2008 as opposed to the Fall. It also ends differently with all of Georgia falling to the Russians.

    • @alassionn
      @alassionn 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ yeah, they still predicted year correctly, despite the fact that there were constant tension and clashes between Georgians and separatists in that region. Im witness of that war btw

  • @TristenTheArgonian
    @TristenTheArgonian 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    36:52 Its even funnier on defense ministry when I'm hanging out the window while the soldiers are clearing the room before giving up after 15 seconds.

  • @bobsbigboy_
    @bobsbigboy_ 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    this takes me back

  • @Magnusdespain1
    @Magnusdespain1 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cossacks 2 is a banger game. I completely disagree with your assessment of cavalry in Battle for Europe. While flanking isn't a thing like in Total War with shocks to morale. Cavalry is invaluable for catching units that fired and are vulnerable to melee. I would argue that there is still flanking in the game too. Cavalry are wack fast moving around the map, and just one unit of cavalry moving onto the flank of an enemy unit can change a stalemate into an untenable situation. Even the AI reacts to the balance of power shifting in this way. You didn't mention the "dug in" mechanic which I think cavalry are again super useful in baiting out formation changes that can drastically change the way a battle progresses. Cossacks 2 is awesome, like an arcade version of Total War Empire or Napoleon. Not as deep mechanically but truly almost better because of that.

  • @chavkata
    @chavkata 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Made my parents buy me this game because it has an "encyclopedia" 😂

  • @TheButterAnvil
    @TheButterAnvil 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    First video I've seen that brought up What I'm presuming is a bass drum in the soundtrack. God I love this game so much

  • @jimbo2revengeance
    @jimbo2revengeance 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You can actually talk to Grimsdotir in the training level, at the end of the first section is a door you can pick, behind it is a code to one of the doors up at the start of the section.

  • @AlexLazor
    @AlexLazor 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm surprised how well the Persona 5 soundtrack fits this video. An outstanding video by the way, great job!

  • @toxicwar
    @toxicwar 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As i;m watching along this video which hits my nostalgic feels. Hearing rimworld background now makes me wanna watch every single one of your videos and subscribe. This is a god-tier channel holy shit lmao. i love your editing and choice of music.

  • @Nagrachlp
    @Nagrachlp 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Biggest plus for me in this game: I can reduce my birth town to rubble. Making Germany a more beautiful country by a big margin.^^ Also: Its a must have if you want wargame, but hate PVP. ITs just so much more fun against AI. Means... it is fun against AI, what wargame never was. Man I wish they would make Act of war 2

  • @Nagrachlp
    @Nagrachlp 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wonder what your therpaists says that my favourite video game characters ant the age of seven were Minsk and Kane. I think the first game i can remember with Situation Adaptle Music was X-wing from 1993.^^

  • @RealAp6ahob
    @RealAp6ahob 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Upcoming RTS "Breaking Arrow" looks much better than Warno.

  • @Reaching8
    @Reaching8 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The intro is right on. I used to really like Ubisoft’s games, especially the Clancy stuff, until about GRAW and Assassin’s Creed 2. The wheels really fell off later during the 360 era and I haven’t been excited for Ubisoft games since. I’m not sure I’ve played a Ubisoft game since the early/mid XB1/PS4 gen, and I’ve missed nothing. None of the games even look good, let alone exciting to me.

    • @Nagrachlp
      @Nagrachlp 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      High Point for me was probably FC3 and AC: Black Flag. Last game i really enyoed was Ann 1800, but i barley play it because of the shitty launcher that anoys me sooooo hard. Wildlands i played a lot with my Soon-to-be wife but it felt always like there was so much wasted potential...

    • @Reaching8
      @Reaching8 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Nagrachlp It's not that I didn't enjoy Farcry 3, but the formula changed a lot from 1, 2, instincts etc. You could kinda see that that the 'peak Farcry' existed in either 2 or 3, and it'd just be down hill. I did play some Ubi games at the very beginning of the XB1 gen, and I didn't hate them, but if I compare that to something like Chaos Theory, Rainbow Six 3, the Ezio games(or even AC1 for being kinda unique), something like Farcry 4 doesn't look favorable. Ubisoft kinda fell to shit, suffering from their own success after AC2, the Splinter Cell games, and GRAW. It wasn't the names that were selling those games, the games were amazing, that's what gave Ubisoft the reputation for being a good publisher. Ubisoft didn't make the games good, they just made good decisions on what to publish, and as their eye for talent/management wore off, the Ubisoft name has meant less and less, to the point that today, I legitimately see it as a reason to *not* buy anything with their stamp on it.

  • @michadomeracki5910
    @michadomeracki5910 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can you give us the music used in this video?

  • @iurikich
    @iurikich 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A game that is the spiritual successor to Splinter Cell is Intravenous 1 and Intravenous 2. They are simply excellent, especially considering they were made by just one developer.

  • @Greenday5494
    @Greenday5494 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like your channel! Great content !