Nightmare Fuel / Splinter Cell: Blacklist

• Blacklist takes this up to eleven with one of the largest US military bases in Guam being burned to the ground effortlessly and a hostage having his throat slit in Iraq.
  • The Blacklist attacks also count because of the things the attacks target such as transport and utilities, their ability to be sped up if one is stopped, the large scale damage they can do and their sophistication and worst of all, the fact that they're highly plausible.
    • After Sam stops the American Consumption attack where the Engineers targeted Chicago's water supply, the news reports state that 2 million people would have been killed if it had been successful. American Freedom takes this up to eleven with VX nerve agent dispersal units being placed through Philadelphia's train network. To put this into perspective, without the proper protection, VX, one of the deadliest chemical weapons in existence, causes instant death to anyone exposed. And then American Fuel succeeds in targeting the U.S.'s vulnerable coastal refineries, nearly setting fire to much of Louisiana and resulting in gas rocketing up to seven dollars a gallon.
• The Engineers are also Nightmare Fuel themselves. They are the most sophisticated terrorist organisation in the world with capabilities that make them a N.G.O. Superpower. This is seen when they deal a devastating Curb-Stomp Battle to the legendary Delta Force when the latter tries to storm their training camps in Iraq.
• The torture of the Secretary of Defense. His subsequent Neck Snap could almost be considered a Mercy Kill as well as a Shoot the Dog.
• The speech the Engineers have prepared after they've captured all the VIPs in Site F.
  Speech: Hello America. My name is Majid Sadiq. And I am the leader of the group you call The Engineers. And I want to thank you. Today, you and your president have given me everything that I ever wanted. That will come with time... No. Today, you have given me something greater. Through your panic, your foolishness and your greed, you have given me the key to all of your secrets. Your launch codes, the names of your spies, your secret bases. I have them all. And I use that information, I will sell that information, I will take that information and bring you and those like you to your knees! You have spent centuries subjugating the world! It is time you felt the sword to your throat! Do not try to find me! Do not try to stop me! We and your secrets are already in the wind! In the meantime, sleep well America. I'll be seeing you again... soon.
• Kestrel when he is discovered the end of the co-op arc. If his own agency, Voron considers an induced coma as imprisonment, it's a bit of Fridge Horror when Reed back in Convictions authorises the use of drugs to interrogate Sam. Would he have suffered a similar fate had Anna not been working against Reed?
• Majid Sadiq is very unsettling. Sadiq's voice actor, Carlo Rota does an excellent job making him sound like an Affably Evil British gentlemen, willing to kill and torture innocent people without a second thought. His character also subverts the stereotypes that many Westerners hold towards Arabic terrorists. Yes, he is Arabic, and HELL yes he is a terrorist, but his motives are far more sophisticated than some Jihadist zealot, though no less radical. His accent and mannerisms evoke a sense of familiarity in a very scary way. But the worst thing about him is his competence. In previous games, Sam and his friends were able to outwit and destroy most of the opposition against them. Sadiq, on the other hand, with his experience as a MI6 officer manages to stay one step ahead, nearly killing Sam several times during the game and dreams up several very plausible and properly horrifying terrorist attacks which he nearly manages to implement.