10 MORE Video Game Secrets That Took YEARS To Find

HMCS Bitter, an obscure location seemingly removed from 1996's Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain, was only discovered in 2010 when the team behind fan remake Blood Omnicide dug through the original game's files during development.

A surprisingly large and detailed location, players using no-clipping cheats were taken to the deck of a large sailing ship replete with Heart Of Darkness artifacts, with several pirate type enemies waiting to attack. The player could venture further, being teleported to another largely destroyed ship, surrounded by floating debris and with more artifacts and enemies present.

This wreckage was housed in a large lagoon type area, with items hidden in cliffs and a fully accessible beach where even more enemies and treasures could be found. It was widely speculated that this would have been some kind of pirate-related scenario, and may very well have been removed as its tone was inconsistent with the rest of the game.

Earlier this year, however, it was found that the area could actually be accessed legitimately rather than with cheats - activating 4 hidden switches in the game world would open a (still hidden) door behind a building, taking Kain down a corridor that would then teleport him to the ship.

Multiple layers of discovery!