I really liked the first three mainline Splinter Cell games (plus the original Xbox version of Double Agent) and had fun with Conviction for what it was, but this one never clicked with me. Merging the playstyles of Chaos Theory (referred to here as "Ghost") and Conviction (dubbed "Panther") sounded awesome on paper, but trying to stealth through levels non-lethally made it feel like I was continuously fighting with the mechanics. The rail shooting and FPS sections felt tacked on, and the storytelling and characterization (even by Tom Clancy video game standards) ranged from boring to obnoxious.

The funny thing is that I did enjoy Grímsdóttir's stealth-focused side-missions. If the whole game had been like the Billionaire's Yacht DLC level, I probably would regard it as highly as most people do.