Topic

Surveillance

Being watched at scale, usually for a service in return.

4: in games
9:45: average
39 min: in total
21: across the network

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9:45

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game)

Ubisoft Montreal · 2002

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002) is a stealth action-adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, built from assets of the cancelled third-person shooter The Drift. It establishes light as a core gameplay stat via a persistent light meter, forces players into shadows, limits ammunition, and ties all vision modes—including night and thermal—to that same visibility logic. It was Ubisoft Montreal’s breakout title and a direct competitive response to Metal Gear Solid.

9:59

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist

Ubisoft Toronto · 2013

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist is a 2013 action-adventure stealth game developed by Ubisoft Toronto — its debut project. It gives players three clear paths: silent infiltration, aggressive stealth, or direct combat — each supported by tools like the Tri-Rotor drone, light destruction, corpse hiding, and sensor goggles. It runs in third-person. Players rotate the camera, crouch, run, and scale ledges. Killing alerts enemies who see corpses — so hiding bodies is essential. The game’s strength is its tight, readable cause-and-effect loop. Its weakness is the separation of its systems: stealth, action, and progression never fully converge.

9:23

DayZ (video game)

Bohemia Interactive · 2013

DayZ is a multiplayer online survival game set in fictional plague-ravaged countries where players scavenge, manage health, evade infected, and negotiate threat from other players in a persistent world.

9:53

Resident Evil 2

Capcom · 1998

Resident Evil 2 is a third-person survival horror game released by Capcom in 1998. It is the second entry in the Resident Evil series, which launched in 1996. Players control either Leon S. Kennedy or Claire Redfield as they attempt to escape Raccoon City during a zombie outbreak caused by a biological weapon. Gameplay revolves around exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat under strict resource constraints—including limited ammunition and tight inventory space. Tank controls govern movement independently of camera angle. Health is communicated visually through character posture and gait rather than numerical indicators. The Zapping System links the two protagonists’ scenarios, creating four distinct playthroughs. Safe rooms serve as the only locations for saving and item storage.