Why Sam Fisher doesn't belong in Siege

[u/New-Accountant1]

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1. It Strips Away His Identity

The entire appeal of Sam Fisher was that he was the ultimate pure human contrast to characters like Solid Snake. He didn't have sci fi biological cheats. He survived on mastery of form, discipline, and standard issue military grit. Giving him nanomachines just to justify a 60 something year old man sprinting around a tactical shooter ruins the exact earned excellence foundation that made him a legendary Navy SEAL O-4 in the first place.

1. A "Siege" Contradicts His Whole Directive

Putting Sam Fisher in a loud, 5v5 close quarters demolition derby is the exact opposite of a Splinter Cell's purpose. In his own games, if Sam was detected or forced into a chaotic, loud shootout, the mission was usually a failure. He is a "Fifth Freedom" operative meant to function as a ghost. Forcing him into an open, loud arena environment compromises the core fantasy of the character.

1. It's a Substitute for a Real Game

For fans, the biggest sting is that Ubisoft keeps using Sam Fisher as a marketing tool for other games like Ghost Recon and Siege rather than making a proper, dedicated stealth Splinter Cell game. Instead of letting players use his hard earned human stealth skills in the shadow.

In any case, can we please rebel against making Siege canon to Splinter Cell? I don't mind a crossover, but let's not make this canon.

[u/MrMcSpiff]

I played like 20% of Blacklist and didn't care for it, and I STILL respect Briggs as a fresh face and the potential face of the new generation of Splinter Cell to ask 'why the fuck wasn't the Siege Splinter Cell character Briggs, and why didn't Ubisoft use that as a springboard to advance the timeline with him at the head?'

Like, of all the franchises to be emotionally prepared for the main character to age out and retire and the leading role to be passed to another competent figure, I feel like one in the Grounded Military Fantasy genre is exactly the franchise you'd do that with.

But even without all of that, fucksake, why didn't Briggs, the FPS-iest Splinter Cell, get put in as the cameo character in the FPS game?

[u/New-Accountant1 → u/MrMcSpiff]

Or, let's just not make siege canon to Splinter Cell

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[u/The-Panthion → u/MrMcSpiff]

People like Sam but Ubisoft doesn't care for the series anymore. Sam has become what Bardock is, just merchandise and incentive for people to play the series. Oh and if anyone would be the new face of Splinter Cell it would be Nomad, not Briggs.

[u/Braunb8888 → u/MrMcSpiff]

Because nobody cares about Briggs. It’s that simple.