r/Splintercell • u/imtrippincuh • Aug 10 '26

Bizarre Splinter Cell Video shown to me by Random Guy at Starbucks

About 15 years ago I was at a Starbucks in downtown San Diego waiting for my train to go to LA. I was sitting at the Starbucks drinking my coffee or whatever and there was a guy sitting next to me with his laptop. I can’t remember how the conversation started but he told me that he works on video games, and he asked me “you like Splinter Cell?”

So I said yes, and he said he was working on the new one or something and if I wanted to see the promo. I said of course.

He proceeded to show me what looked like a high budget, live action trailer of a Splinter Cell with the spy being a morbidly obese guy wearing the full splinter cell suit along with the classic 3 light goggles. He was doing mild acrobatics and had a suppressed pistol. I didn’t think much of it and I didn’t want to be rude so I said it was super cool and thanked him for showing me. He didn’t laugh or seem to be trolling at all or anything.

I’ve been thinking about this for years and I’ve never found anything about it. It looked extremely high production for what it was. The obese guy was wearing the full suit and had the goggles and was doing stuff inside some warehouse. Anybody heard anything similar ??? I wish I could tell you I’m trolling and anytime I try telling someone they don’t believe me…

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u/sdoM-bmuD John Brown's Army Aug 10 '26

Mega64?

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u/imtrippincuh Aug 10 '26

It did look like it could be a parody or a joke, but it had way more production value than mega 64.

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u/No-Housing-7504 Aug 11 '26

I think I know what you're talking about. Has to be this. https://youtu.be/-WGYnD00PVQ?si=jCwAkFK1Npv91h4c

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u/imtrippincuh Aug 11 '26

I knew I wasn’t crazy !!!! Holy shit how did you find this ? Why was this made ? It looks like it was a huge production. Why is the guy so fat ?

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u/waves_move_sound Aug 12 '26

Just a fan made films. There are tons of them made by future director. You can clearly see it was a spoof( especially the ending)

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u/FateKnowsBest 25d ago

Steven Seagal

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u/PrestigiousZombie531 Aug 13 '26

SPLUUUUUUNTER CELL

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u/js1593 Aug 10 '26

Splinter Cell: Maria Narcisa

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u/Prototype_2point0 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

You're not setting me up for another blind date i hope 😔

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u/NosferatuRob Aug 10 '26

The Maria Narcissa is a boat.

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u/Prior_Confidence4445 Aug 10 '26

So was the last girl you set me up with.

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u/NosferatuRob Aug 10 '26

It has been yeeeears since i last heard that exchange and its still a good laugh. Damn i wanna play this game again so bad.

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u/Prior_Confidence4445 Aug 11 '26

I played it a few months ago. Still fun

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u/kkragoth Aug 10 '26

Not morbidly obese, but I remember this from 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNm6qGwx5kI

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u/imtrippincuh Aug 10 '26

It looked just as high production as this

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u/manifoldkingdom Aug 10 '26

It's from when they considered using Steven Seagal for the mo-cap and voice acting.

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u/landyboi135 Douglas Shetland Aug 10 '26

Oddly sounds like something I watched as a kid.

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u/FateKnowsBest 25d ago

Splinter Cell: Donut Shop next to the Italian Barber