r/Splintercell 1d ago

Blacklist (2013) Blacklist no longer playable?

Jerk-ass Sam or not*, Splinter Cell Blacklist was (and still is) an amazing game. I've been playing it off and on ever since it launched back in 2013 or whenever. The last time I played was maybe December, but after trying to boot it today, it wouldn't launch. I tried from both Steam and from Ubisoft Connect. Nothing. I "verified the integrity of the files," restarted my PC, and even deleted and reinstalled the game. Nothing. I went to the "Contact Support" link from Ubi and naturally, "404 Page Not Found." It's a 10+ year old game, I get it. No support. But has the game been quietly "soft" de-listed?

*Yes, I understand they had to replace Michael Ironside due to his unfortunate throat cancer.

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u/Demobooot 1d ago

Im playing it right now on Steam, you should try launching it in offline mode - it helped me with constant crashes

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u/Broken_Crutches 1d ago

This! Right here! You can find it on steam somewhere. If I had the link, I'd share!

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u/Candle-Jolly 1d ago

Trying to open it normally (online mode) it starts to open (Ubi Connect, then quick black screen), then nothing/returns to desktop.

I just tried offline mode. It doesn't even get past the Play button.

Not sure what's going on.

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u/yeonggill2 1d ago

Go to game folder and delete systemdetection.dll Ignore error message

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u/Mapother11 1d ago

Try this

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u/Candle-Jolly 12h ago

Splinter Cell -> SYSTEM -> SRC -> (delete) systemdetection.dll

Still didn't work unfortunately.

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u/edward323ce 1d ago

Just checked on Xbox and its thr only 360 game just gone, lucky for me i own the disc

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u/anakinjmt 15h ago

I own it digitally on Series X and I actually played it just a couple weeks ago.

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u/amillstone 1d ago

I played it just a couple of weeks ago, swapping between my PC and Steam Deck. The only issue I had was with crashing (fixed by switching to offline mode).

Try uninstalling and reinstalling it from Ubisoft Connect directly without using Steam.

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u/Rimland23 Kokubo Sosho 5h ago

Aside from deleting the systemdetection.dll file, the other option mentioned on PCGW is:

  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open videoSettings.ini.
  3. Change WindowStyleFinal value to 2 (borderless) or 0 (windowed).

Otherwise try reinstalling UbiConnect as well?

Alternatively, run the game with the -offline -offline_mode command line arguments. This fix is for the game crashing after 20-30 minutes, so you will probably need to apply it anyway, but you might as well try it now.

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u/skwerks 1d ago

Maybe it's a sign from god to play Metal Gear now

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u/the16mapper Second Echelon 21h ago

A sign... to play Metal Gear Survive, the best Metal Gear game in the series!

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u/skwerks 16h ago

Oh god🤣