I know about the 2 versions but I want to play both just to see what they are like and listen to its soundtrack since I own original xbox and PC.
Which one should I play first?
I won't be savescumming, worst case scenario just save per objective/checkpoint

>>11887412 (OP)
If you're coming off of Chaos Theory, play the next gen version first. Old gen is very much just Chaos Theory 1.5 mechanically, even if it was made by a different team from CT (and is thus more of a sidegrade than anything else). Narratively, if you care about such a thing, it's weird: the pre-rendered cutscenes shown in both versions were made to fit the old gen story (Sam looks like his PS2 self), but the canon version of events and the one where the antagonists have more personality (as in, at all) is the new gen one.

>>11887745
Why does it matter which ones technically canon if the next ones Conviction?

>>11887753
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>11887412 (OP)
Honestly I think the 7th gen version probably isn't even worth playing at all. They put more effort into that one allegedly but they were also trying to change the core identity of the franchise with that game. Meanwhile the 6th gen version is largely more of the same yet again just with a bit more gimmicks. The biggest one not really feeling like it was all that special or even worked right imo. You have to please both the JBS and NSA. Too far in one direction and then they force you to go to a PC to check in to see if you are still on their side and not going rogue. On paper it seemed cool but the execution was crap really. Then you realize the story revolved around this and DA as a game is kind of a mess for either version.

Overall though I still found the game to be fine. Its a good SC overall and is at least light years better than the crap they made after that (Conviction). People say Blacklist is good but I highly doubt that. I never like what I see when I try to wrap my mind around playing it. The game just does not feel or look too SC to me so I would rather not even bother.

Going back on the 7th gen version, as I said they tried way too hard to alter the franchise with this game but it does at least still feel in spirit at least like the previous games gameplay wise. Just think of it as an even further departure compared to the 6th gen version but yet not quite as far as Conviction. The stealth is done through a shitty meter on his back rather than what 1-3 and 6th gen DA did giving you proper meters.

Also if you care my rankings for the games:
CT > 1 > PT > gen 6 DA > gen 7 DA

And the rest of the franchise largely does not matter. I put gen 6 DA below 1 and PT despite it being basically like CT in gameplay feel because the story is kind of depressing both in the game and what the series becomes after this. Even with this game you can feel the desperation of trying to reinvent this franchise rather than continue simply making cool SC games.

>>11887412 (OP)
>and listen to its soundtrack
It is nowhere near as good as Chaos Theory. In fact I can't even really remember a good track from the game. Soundtrack wise it peaked quite hard with CT to the point I think CT has one of the best soundtracks in all of gaming. Its pretty leaps and bounds higher than even any other game in the series.

>>11887412 (OP)
Ignore people who praise the sixth gen version. They're losers who read about it on wikipedia or saw a youtuber cover it and now wanna come off as an in the know retro gamer praising crud they never played.

>>11887412 (OP)
DA HD >> power gap > DA PS2

HD version has better levels, story and cool mechanics and a realistic tense trust system.
PS2 version is toned down to barely connected levels, retarded trust system that doesn't make sense and it's just Chaos Theory reskin.

>>11889352
I'll have you know that I did in fact play it.

>>11887412 (OP)
Play the Xbox version first. Then try the Xbox 360 version. The differences are huge.

>>11889462
You didn't.

>>11887753
I'd give my left nut to play Conviction as it was originally intended in the alpha.

>>11889178
The color nvg upgrade was so poorly executed. It sounded neat on paper but it was useless whenever moving around, you couldn't deactivate it, and it was the most expensive upgrade, too.
>>11889352
I played both versions to completion before you were born, zoomoid.
>>11889192
>In fact I can't even really remember a good track from the game
NYC mission had kino BGM. It fit the melancholy mood of the ending of the game perfectly. Your superior and friend from the past four games is dead. Your cover was blown you're being hunted down by your terrorist former "friends." You have a glowie in your ear with an entire tree up his ass simultaneously barking orders at you and threatening to throw the book at you once you've completed the mission. Your daughter is dead. Is there really any future for you after neutralizing Dufresne?

>>11889398
I specifically remember people at the time praising the not-360 version as the superior version because it was more like the beloved Chaos Theory.

>>11889352
as someone who played both when they were new without any knowledge that they'd be different games, i think they're both shitty.
but i do have a strong strong soft spot for the 360 version and will gladly circlejerk it with anyone, it's a fucking mess and is all over the place but i enjoy it's early 7th gen jank. honestly gives me a sad sense of nostalgia

>>11889843
Social Engineering Sam probably works for a couple levels, but a whole game of that?

>>11889843
i remember being genuinely pissed when they overhauled it from the hobo sam trailer. i'm genuinely curious where they would've went with it. it would've at least been interesting to see the series go into even more darker territory like it seemed it would.
also i'm sure any splinter cell head knew this but the recently discovered scrapped DS conviction game that used hobo sam's design is hilarious to me, they clearly shat it out and mostly finished it in a few weeks while the hobo sam era was still in mind

>>11891447
Sam's story should have been over with at the end of this game. I would have preferred they killed his character off at this point or he just goes into hiding forever. Replace him with a new character. Especially now that we have seen what they did with the franchise afterwards. Another thing is the games don't feel the same without Lambert either so even if they made good ones it would feel a bit wrong without Lambert and Sam being a team.

Would people have mind all that much? CT and DA had co-op to ease people into the idea of new cells besides Sam. I would have much preferred new characters. Who am I kidding. This is Ubisoft. They were making shit decisions even back then. Two versions of DA showed right there they were just milking the franchise at this point.

>>11887412 (OP)
Keep thinking this says "Double Racist".

I still don't know that short sleeve body tight sweater Sam wears during JBA missions nor the purpose of a short sleeve body tight sweater.

>>11891447
>I played both versions to completion before you were born, zoomoid.
You didn't and you're trying too hard to fit in.
>>>/v/

>>11893390
I literally did and you're projecting way too hard, retard.

>>11887412 (OP)
The 6th gen version was done by the chaos theory devs and i find it more fun imo despite not having the undercover choices and a dogshit boss fight tacked on at the end.

the 7th gen version is done by the pandora tomorrow devs and has a different feel to the level design i don't like as much, but has moral choices for the player to make and attempts (with mixed result) to pull the series forward.

Also it's optimized like shit. i like that one less but both are worth playing, but never top chaos theory. (nothing from ubisoft ever will)

Pick your poison.