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Sam Fisher Wearing Night Vision Goggles

Also, a release date announcement for the next Splinter Cell.

Some might call this the final conclusion of the bet between Vinny and Ryan regarding Sam Fisher's ability to see in the dark in the upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction.

 This is what a 50 dollar bill looks like.
 This is what a 50 dollar bill looks like.
It even has the potential to settle what could have been a great "double or nothing" bet by showing him rocking one with three lights... or eye sockets... or whatever the hell they call those things that NVGs have.

The shot was yanked from a trailer announcing the game's release date, which is February 23, 2010. That... just to be extra-safe... will be when we can finally put this bet to bed, since the game will be out and absolutely finalized. It's merely a formality, of course. But we might as well drag this out to its official end before Ryan pays up. Here's the trailer:
    
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Order of war? what the hell?

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@natetodamax said:
" @LiquidPrince:  Vinny: Sam Fisher will use night vision goggles in the game Ryan: Sam Fisher will not use night video goggles in the game "
The stakes I said. As in does someone have to drink Gin again?
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watch this game get pushed back a year.
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@TheMustacheHero said:
" Wow, that picture looks like a N64 game. "
Haha yes. I'm putting it down to the trailer compression though.
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Haha!

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@LiquidPrince: 
Vinny: Sam Fisher will use night vision goggles in the game
Ryan: Sam Fisher will not use night video goggles in the game
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bummer 
does this mean that hes gota pay out 50 or 100 
and also if it is a flash back it cant count

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Well I read a hands on at IGN and they said that they're sonar goggles or something (a la the end of The Dark Knight) and not night vision proper... so do they still count?

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Can't wait! A little worried they're making it easier to play with tagging etc. hope I can play the old-fashioned way, double agent was a bit dissapointing...
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@JellyFish_Gsus: hahaha, ahhh that's awesome
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I will say that at the time the bet was made, I will agree that it seemed quite plausible that he wouldn't have the signature goggles.  Maybe next time Ryan.

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Damn... Ryan... What were the bet stakes again?

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my god will they ever just fuck off with the damn pre-order bullshit  
 im going to buy this game cuz from what iv seen its awesome, but i don't like the fact im missing out on some cool stuff if i dont pre-order it 

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Damn. I wanted Ryan to win so bad! I agree, Sam Fisher shouldn't use his old goggles in Conviction. Go all-out with your change of tone,

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game of the F'in year, just wait

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@Protome:  Ya, I agree this looks nothing like the E3 hotness, I'm a little concerned....
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Vinny's the fuckin' mahn
AND EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IT!

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@Protome said:
" Wait wait wait wait wait. That trailer. The graphics are terrible. This game looked GREAT at E3, what the HELL happened? "
The E3 demo was a small highly polished chunk of the game. This looks to be shots from a wider variety of the game so its not all as polished. At least i hope so. Ether way I'm getting this game for the online play. The last games multiplayer is one of my all time favorite online experiences.
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Wait wait wait wait wait.
That trailer.
The graphics are terrible.
This game looked GREAT at E3, what the HELL happened?

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I HATE GAMESTOP. STOP MAKING ME PREORDER YOUR GAMES TO EVEN HAVE A CHANCE AT GETTING THEM.

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i fucking hate preorder bonuses and GameStop alltogether

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@Jeff:

Cha ching Vinny!
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@CL60:
Very true my friend, but it still shows ryans impending passover :-D
I'm going to download that video so fast my finger will hurt. 
I enjoyed jeff's gin bet with dave, so I can't wait for the inevitable result of this one. lol. 
 
Unlucky Ryan. Smart man on the whole not taking a "double or nothing" addition to this monkey business.
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Hot.

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@Haethos said:
" @Hermie said:
" I made this for you guys:
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lol epic "
LMAO that is some sight
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Eh, we already knew he was going to lose

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Pay up Ryan.  You lose!

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lol epic
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I have to say, this game is looking better and better every time I see it.

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I made this for you guys:

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@JohnnyMcmillen said:
" This is looking less sharp than it did at E3 "
Its strange but it really doesn't look as pretty.  They still have almost 5 months till the finished product.
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Sam Fisher's blank expression is quite blank.

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sam appears to be getting younger.

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Ubisoft should put Sam Fisher at the very end saying, "Yes Ryan, I will be wearing night vision goggles."

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This is looking less sharp than it did at E3

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i dunno, im still holding out that Ryan can take this bet
during that whole trailer he has the goggles on his forehead in like 2 scenes but never technically "wears" them 
probably a long shot, but it would be hilarious if Ryan won

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I was with Ryan on this and behind his reasoning when this all first came up, oh well! =D

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@superpope said:
" Looks like Sam bought the ultra-limited edition of Modern Warfare 2. "
Thats what he was doing all these years. Fragging noobz on Xbox Live. Nice
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I knew Ryan was going to loose. lol
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Looks like Sam bought the ultra-limited edition of Modern Warfare 2.
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@c1337us said:
"The screenshot is awful. If it weren't for the trailer as well I would doubt its legitamacy. "

I think the screenshot looks bad simply because the photo was enlarged and looks like it has very heavy compression artifacting.
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WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

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@Dirty_Harry said:

" Vinny, you dont need the money, make a horrible drink for Ryan. "

$50 worth of horrible drinks! Serves Ryan right. To claim that Sam would loose his trademarked goggles is like suggesting Windows drops it's windows symbol or Apple starts using a banana. On second thought though I don't want GB to degenerate into a Japanese TV-show with people being forced to drink and eat yukky stuff. 
 
Maybe force him to play an endurance run instead ^^
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The trailer looks bad. Where are the graphics from E3? 
 
Of course they are night vision googles! He doesn't work for the government anymore, but he got the Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 2 on eBay or something. 
 
One silly thing about the screenshot: if you can be identified by your (stupid) tattoos, why would you even cover your face?
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MICHAEL FUCKING IRONSIDE on a side note i hope the game looks better then that it looks like total shit.

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Game looks good. 
 
 Hope they make another video of settling the bet. 

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You ever wonder what Ryan losing a bet looks like? Wha bam! There it is.