Splinter Cell fans tried to calculate exactly how many confirmed kills Sam Fisher has Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Splinter Cell fans tried to calculate exactly how many confirmed kills Sam Fisher has And yes, Conviction has the most. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 11 Jul 2020 10 comments How many people has Sam Fisher killed? That's a question a group of Splinter Cell fans have tried to answer. The answer, according to a reddit post from user TK-576, is 493 - and 472 of those are from the divisive Splinter Cell: Conviction. Here's the breakdown: Splinter Cell (2002): three kills Pandora Tomorrow (2004): 10 kills Chaos Theory (2005): three kills Double Agent (2006): five kills Conviction (2010): 472 kills Blacklist (2013): 0 kills Now, of course the methodology is important here - and is already a point of contention in the thread. According to TK-576, this kill count is supposed to reflect Fisher's canon kills. So, the original Splinter Cell's kill count is three because in that game Fisher is forced to kill three people. All other enemies can be avoided, if the player wants. It's a similar deal for all the Splinter Cell games except Conviction, which stands out like a sore thumb as Fisher's John Wick moment. Over to TK-576: "In prior Splinter Cell games, you have the option to avoid killing NPCs completely, except non-optional targets like President Nikoladze in the first game, Norman Soth in the second game, etc. Canonically, these are Sam's only confirmed kills. "But Conviction has multiple sections where the game doesn't even allow you to progress unless you kill everybody in the area. To date, it's the only Splinter Cell where pacifist runs and ghosting aren't possible." TK-576 went for consistency in the approach to Conviction, they said, and avoided enemies where possible: "If we could consistently play and replay sections and reliably avoid enemies each time, then we avoided those enemies in our 'official' count. This happened in four sections across three chapters, where hordes of guards appeared and the safest choice was to simply dash like a madman to the exit!" There's also the insistence that Sam's takedowns in Conviction are always "magically lethal" (except in Lincoln Memorial). In Conviction, TK-576 explains, a takedown usually results in a John Wick-style bullet to the head of Fisher's enemy. But while you can holster your gun before a takedown, other NPCs will call out their unlucky friends as dead once Fisher's had his way with them. "Canonically, the only time takedowns aren't lethal is Lincoln Memorial, when President Clinton Caldwell tells you to use non-lethal takedowns to avoid killing police officers," TK-576 says. The video below documents TK-576's Conviction kill-count. It's quite the spectacle. The work highlights the change the Splinter Cell series underwent from its inception to where it is today, which appears to be cameo appearances in other Ubisoft games. It began as a hardcore stealth game in which Sam Fisher could and should avoid confrontation. By the time Conviction came around, Splinter Cell revolved more around playing as an apex predator who would hunt down and kill his enemies. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store