Splinter Cell: Conviction can be completed in 12 hours on the Official Xbox 360 Magazine predicts the amount of gameplay to expect in the coming stealth/shooter sequel (thanks 1UP). Ubisoft's Maxime Beland explains this is in the context of "normal" difficulty: "And then we're going to have the normal mode for normal gamers, that are going to spend 12 hours playing our game and not 30 because they're dying all the time."