20 Clever Video Game Easter Eggs You Didn't Understand
Do you have the wits to find these clever easter eggs hiding in plain sight?
When people typically think of video game easter eggs, they think of some well-hidden secret that they have to search for.
However, not every easter egg needs to be somewhere hidden to be a secret. Some of them can hide in plain sight just by the virtue of being really clever.
Some games like to include easter eggs that you will only be able to find if you know what you're looking for. They can be a very subtle reference to a famous show or other video games, or they only appear if you figure out some smart trick that triggers them.
In either case, the easter egg doesn't have to rely on being hidden to stay a secret. You might be staring right at it and don't even realize that what you're looking at is an easter egg.
From subtle references to famous pieces of art to elaborate gags that take some serious thinking to activate, the following easter eggs require you to be clever to find them.
If you've seen them, feel free to consider yourself among some of the smarter kids on the gaming block.
20. Dead Witcher - Gothic 1 Remake
The new Gothic remaster is not only a graphical and mechanical improvement on the original title. The devs have also added some additional content in the new version, including some pretty clever easter eggs that can completely go over your head if you don't know what to look for.
Like the hidden reference to the most famous scene in the Witcher 3.
In one of the upper chambers of the Old Mountain Fort, you can find a skeleton lounging in a bathtub. Upon closer inspection, you can also notice that there is a giant bug between the skeleton's legs.
To the fans of The Witcher 3, the peculiar pose of the skeleton, with his feet prepped up on the tub, should already feel reminiscent, but the hidden bug is a dead giveaway that this easter egg is a reference to the iconic intro to The Witcher 3, in which Yennefer interrupts Geralt's peaceful bath time by pranking him with a magically summoned buglike monster.
The pose is identical to Geralt's, and the bug is obviously put inside there on purpose, but still, even the fans of the Witcher games might not notice this reference without stopping by it and taking the time to examine the skeleton more closely.