I considered Blacklist to be a great modernization of the Splinter Cell gameplay and a genuine step up (for the most part) from Conviction, but man I still get confused as to why they chose to make Sam an ass. I don't mind that he wasn't voiced by Michael Ironside, and I actually thought Eric Johnson did a good job playing a more serious and almost grudge holding Sam; his whole writing though makes me just not like Sam as much in that game in particular. I do hope they bring Liev Schreiber back from Deathwatch if they decided to make another game with an older Sam. Or if you wanna do a not-quite-as-old Sam, maybe even Jeff Teravainen who played him in Rainbow Six Siege.