10 Most Important Video Game Easter Eggs Of ALL TIME

3. Destiny 2 - Rasputin ARG

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Back in the Dark Ages of Destiny 2, Bungie, in need of help to deliver content to a hungry player base, enlisted the help of High Moon Studios to create Warmind. Fortunately, the second DLC proved a much-needed kick up the backside after Curse of Osiris failed to excite. Much of the former's success comes from an incredible ARG (augmented reality game) Easter egg that sent the community into a tizzy.

Truthfully, the entire saga is far too complex to relay here. The tl;dr is that players had to collectively decipher numerous cryptic messages and codes plastered across monitors and walls in-game. These disparate pieces of information needed to be made legible with a cipher, yielding a set of coordinates leading to a real-world location. With no knowledge of what they'd find, Reddit user I_love_science ventured to the marked location — Sleeping Beauty Mountain in Albany, New York.

For their efforts, I_love_science was rewarded with a cache of Destiny-themed booty and a logbook for others willing to make the journey to sign. If you're interested in reading the full story, see here.

 
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