10 Secret Video Game Easter Eggs Left By Developers
4. Resident Evil 4’s Mystery Man
One of the many keys to a great horror game is isolation and, whilst it amped up the action compared to its predecessors, Resident Evil 4 kept it’s cast small and tight and dropped the player in an environment that made them feel alone and outnumbered.
Nearing the final acts of the game, after helicopter pilot Mike crashes to his death to prove our earlier point, lay dormant a secret that took 12 years for players to find. By equipping the tricked-up sniper rifle with the extra powerful scope, it was possible to see a figure standing in a building in the far distance.
This surprising discovery led modders to break the camera of the game to go take a closer look. What, or rather who, they found still remains the topic of debate. The identity of the Japanese man in a fetching green parka throwing his two thumbs up, even several years later, is still a mystery.
Our best bet is a developer sneaking himself, or a colleague or friend, onto the disc as a prank. Still, he’s a happy fellow and his bright albeit odd appearance certainly brings some levity to a game all about body-transforming parasites and death.