Old Sam Fisher is old in Splinter Cell: Conviction

by David Hinkle { Jun 16th 2009 at 10:10PM }

Despite his comfy Jason Bourne-like turtleneck and new 'tude, Sam Fisher hasn't been able to reinvent himself as far as his aging body goes. Splinter Cell: Conviction will see our stealthy superdude slinking around in his 50s, an age mostly associated with dust and Werther's Originals. "He's pretty old, actually," a game dev told VG247 back at E3, further adding that Fisher would definitely be in his 50's for Conviction. Heck, we could only hope to look that good when we hit our 50s!

So, Sam, what's your secret? Centrum Silver?

Gallery: Splinter Cell Conviction

Tags: e3-2009, sam-fisher, splinter-cell-conviction, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

CAHLITO @ Jun 16th 2009 10:16PM

lol uphill bothways.. how is that possible

paperless @ Jun 16th 2009 10:21PM

You go uphill and then you go uphill downhill or whatever

lego91994 @ Jun 16th 2009 10:25PM

He lived in an MC Escher painting

DWells55 @ Jun 16th 2009 10:49PM

@lego91994:
Possibly one of the best comments I've seen here.

Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 16th 2009 11:03PM

nah, the best comment ever on this site was sheppy's "onion opinion SMB2" comment which was a reply to sprinkles. i think that was on january 1st this year...

CubeGuy @ Jun 16th 2009 11:44PM

Y'know, I've been using that "uphill both ways" line for as long as I can remember, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone else say it (aside from wherever I picked it up from, of course). So thank you. I'm not crazy.

IN regards to that SMB2 comment, I can't find it. Can you get any more specific than the date? I'm curious now. D=

CubeGuy @ Jun 16th 2009 11:49PM

Yeah. Nevermind. the 'site:' parameter on Google is my friend.

Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 17th 2009 12:47AM

cubeguy, here ya go. scroll down to LordVesper007's whited out comment.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/01/joystiqs-top-10-games-of-2008/

Drew -- PS360: uphillbothways @ Jun 17th 2009 1:35PM

Trust me, I've used it. It's my gamertag. :)

Random G @ Jun 16th 2009 10:28PM

News must be slow today.

MystileArmor @ Jun 16th 2009 10:30PM

Last time I checked, Joystiq was a blog. Not a news broadcast.

Random G @ Jun 16th 2009 11:54PM

Can't I joke around a little? It's nothing personal. I'm not expecting to see any big announcements when E3 was just a couple of weeks ago.

Caveman @ Jun 16th 2009 10:30PM

This game is going to be so sick. It definitely didn't get enough attention at E3. The thing I like about this game is it's story. Almost like that movie Taken. I love revenge!

Anticrawl @ Jun 16th 2009 11:20PM

At first I was really pissed at what they had done with Splinter Cell, but after the E3 presentation I cooled down a great bit. Even though there aren't any sexy gadgets and no longer a cynical jaded and somewhat humorous Sam Fisher the new style and gameplay elements make up for it. I chose the Ubisoft E3 Conference as my favorite when I voted, sure it was really slow and poorly put together but I don't care about the politics, I just loved the games.

ToRo @ Jun 17th 2009 1:58AM

The next Splinter Cell will either be a prequel similar to Splinter cell Essentials or they will end the Sam Fisher storyline and start up with a new character.

It pains me to say this but I am hoping for the latter. Sam Fisher is awesome. But after conviction, is he or the government really going to forget everything that has happened? He won't be able to go back doing field ops. They need to tie off Fisher and start fresh with a new character.

Jose @ Jun 16th 2009 10:33PM

50 isn't that old. You guys seen that bow flex commercial with that fifty year old lady with the huge fake rack. I'd still smash it like an Idaho potato, is all I'm saying...

Anticrawl @ Jun 16th 2009 11:22PM

Mmmmm potatoes. You can't go wrong with a potato, they are good for everything. Truely the most amazing vegetable.

NoughtSoClever @ Jun 17th 2009 9:43AM

I think you missed the point Anti. The dude was saying that he really likes the Bowflex.

abelpc @ Jun 16th 2009 10:33PM

Although Hollywood shaved his age by quite a bit, Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne was around 50 years old and he kicked butt.

Sam Fisher would be No different.. he will be an ass kicker into his 60's.. LOL

NoughtSoClever @ Jun 17th 2009 9:45AM

Jack Bauer. He's nearly 50.

Dave @ Jun 16th 2009 10:33PM

"Heck, we could only hope to look that good when we hit our 50's!"

Hey, we've seen the pics--you guys don't look that good now. You expecting the chiseled-jaw fairy to pay you a visit between now and then?

JXCgunrunna @ Jun 16th 2009 11:29PM

especially you Justin... always eating like it will be ur last meal. you know, since Chris is going to fire you :)

j.howlett @ Jun 16th 2009 10:39PM

how old will he be when this hits the ps3?

MystileArmor @ Jun 16th 2009 10:42PM

OH HAI GUY!!
I SEA WAT YU DIT THAR!

HAR HAR HAR!

Xa31nov1s @ Jun 16th 2009 10:41PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2557484172_a1a4cab058.jpg?v=0

MystileArmor @ Jun 16th 2009 10:47PM

http://blogsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kiefer-sutherland-pants-front.jpg

Xa31nov1s @ Jun 16th 2009 10:52PM

Tightie whities, huh?

Judd @ Jun 16th 2009 10:58PM

There's definitely some sort of brown stain on Kiefer's undies.

ToRo @ Jun 17th 2009 1:50AM

Kiefer wears Tightie whities. So that means their cool, lol. And yeah there is a stain somewhere there.

chris.rackley @ Jun 16th 2009 10:43PM

I watched it and could see his age in the video. They're staying true to form. To me, he reminds me a lot of Bruce Willis' John McClane in Live Free and Die Hard. Dude was old . . . but dude was ripped.

Daniel @ Jun 16th 2009 10:53PM

Anyone notice another MGS parallel with the age progression?

MystileArmor @ Jun 16th 2009 11:03PM

They totally ripped it off from Star Wars! First Anakin is a little boy, then he's a teenager and then he's like all old and shit in a black suit!
Geeezzzz...

Daniel @ Jun 16th 2009 11:18PM

Clever...

The SC series has drawn comparison to the MGS series since the first game

Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ Jun 17th 2009 1:17AM

Totally brah. Because MGS is the only fictional series that had a main character grow old. Kojima invented that.

K1LLER HORNET @ Jun 17th 2009 6:23AM

@ Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta)

of course he did... didn't you know :P

NoughtSoClever @ Jun 17th 2009 9:48AM

Daniel is right! It will finally be revealed that Fisher is a clone, which explains his accelerated aging.

DeepFriedSushi @ Jun 16th 2009 10:56PM

i liked hobo fisher, he seemed more interesting and complex.

Sly [PSN SniperChameleon] @ Jun 16th 2009 11:05PM

unlike drunk hobo pedo max payne...

MetalBLACKFOX @ Jun 16th 2009 11:01PM

they need to make a full coop game for agent 1 and agent 2

MuToiD_MaN @ Jun 16th 2009 11:07PM

Well at least he hasn't let himself go like Max Payne ...

Shashwat @ Jun 16th 2009 11:12PM

oh yeah guess what little sammy, i had to walk 1 mile up and down a himalayan slope in a forest infested with dangerous monkeys all while the path's covered with 1 inch thick ice which makes the 60 degree slope dangerous. yeah that's my old school. your school can suck it you pussy ass spy with no respect for us himalayan veterans.

This_Time @ Jun 16th 2009 11:14PM

The Bourne Comparison #2:

Jason Bourne was in his Fifties in The Bourne Ultimatum. (book, not movie)

Bobs @ Jun 17th 2009 12:24AM

but Matt Damon is an awesome super soldier who shows no sign of age,

or emotion,

or pain,

or hunger,

or mercy!

shadowbender @ Jun 16th 2009 11:40PM

If Sam Fisher where in his seventies, I bet he could climb Mt. Everest, jump off of it, get hit by 10 cars at once, be in the middle of a nuclear bomb, be dipped in acid, fight 15 Mafia gangs at once, swim across the Amazon and get bitten by a hundred deadly fish, get hit by 5 B-52 bombers, and the whole time 20 machine guns being shot at him---But he's SAM FISHER, and he would survive all of that. There wouldn't be a scratch on him, and he wouldn't even break a drop of sweat...Because he's SAM FISHER.

Alex McKee @ Jun 17th 2009 1:42AM

Pretty sure you're confusing him with Chuck Norris, Gordon Freeman, Master Chief, and/or other random gaming deities.

Bravo6 @ Jun 17th 2009 12:08AM

Liam Neeson in Taken. 'nuff said.

Michael K. @ Jun 17th 2009 12:44AM

an old sam fisher? its kinda cute that they're trying to be like metal gear

Weaver Fever @ Jun 17th 2009 1:15AM

It's cool though. See, Sam Fisher doesn't have a mutation in his blood caused by another mutation, that's mutated further to maybe cause mutation among the populace. Did I mention it's mutated? Guess what, hero's age. It's not like it's a new invention.

Michael K. @ Jun 17th 2009 1:24PM

Wow, that was an even whinier reply than I ever expected to get, which probably deserves some sort of prize. First of all, not all heros age in the videogame industry (look at Mario, he hasn't aged a day in twenty years or after 50 or so games). I was just pointing out the irony that splinter cell, which has ripped off metal gear since the beginning (and has not done it well) announced a game with an old version of the character a year after MGS4. Showing that the year since MGS4's release gave them time to play MGS4, take some notes, then start work on the splinter cell.