They seemed to be listening, but there must have been copyright complications or something, because they didn't follow through.

Call him 'Girth Johnson' and his heroine Niagra Honeywell' just don't give him some pussy name like Samuel, or Dave. We told them: if you want cool and manly, call him 'Mandrake McFreeze’, or 'Colossal Balzac'. It practically screams: 'I’ve got a huge todger and there's nothing you can do about it.' macho (not in a Village People way, mind). To be honest though, what the hell sort of name is Sam Fisher? We told Ubi Soft: it's all very well having the best looking stealth game ever with your fancy Unreal engine and your real-time lighting and shadows, but if you want to beat Solid Snake, you’re going to need a hero that sounds just as cool, just as. This means you have less than two months to wait before stealth action gets a new name with the arrival of hero Sam Fisher. Splinter Cell May be the best looking and most anticipated game this side of Doom III, but an even more impressive fact is that it's actually running on schedule.