Ubisoft blames the lukewarm reactions towards the Splinter Cell Blacklist trailers as being the fans fault for being "misinformed" more than the company itself not doing a good enough job hyping the game.
In an interview with Eurogamer, David Footman who is the director for the game states the current reception to the game is due to people having "knee-jerk reactions" while the company itself is deliberately being slow giving out information on the overall experience for the game.
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"Everyone can make kneejerk reactions to a vertical slice of the game that are really uninformed as to what the whole experience is like," director David Footman told Eurogamer. "We really have to be patient as we roll out each item about the game.
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Ubisoft is also aware about the E3 debut being the source of all the complaints with people worried the game is moving away too much from the series stealth style in order to favor a lot more action and violence moments. Ubisoft is promising there is stealth gameplay but also coincide they are pushing a lot more in the action direction for the game.
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"What we showed at E3 was very explosive, very violent. That kind of stuff tends to get shown, but as we roll out different aspects of the game you'll see a lot more diversity and lot more of what hardcore fans are expecting to see. There are two distinct styles of gameplay -- you can ghost a map, or you can go wild as well. There are some areas you'll have to play stealth, but there are areas where you'll find it hard if you don't use wide-open action."
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Footman stated complaints about the game going overboard with excessive violence and torture is justified because the same stuff happens in the real world regardless if it actually fits with the Splinter Cell style of past games.
Ubisoft is planning to focus a lot of the game's hype as being a "Hollywood blockbuster" which is the main reason for the emphasis on action and a potential new direction for the series future.
http://www.destructoid.com/splinter-...--235918.phtml
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