7 Shady Easter Eggs That Roasted the Competition

[@fakjbf3129]

Near the start of the Witcher 2 you can find a reference to Assassin’s Creed in the form of a corpse in a white robe near a hay bale who clearly jumped off the roof and missed the landing.

[@distractedFreek]

I thought he made the landing but died anyway, and Geralt said something like "That would've never worked." Or was that a different game?

[@fakjbf3129]

@@distractedFreek I just looked up the scene and the body is lying next to the pile of hay and Geralt says “Will they ever learn?”.

[@zhaley1980]

That's one of my favorite easter eggs. Gives you a backstab bonus, too.

[@consolescrub4031]

I believe this one has actually been covered on the channel long ago. There was also the reverse in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood where Ezio thinks a box was talking to him and you can unlock the Raiden skin. Presumably we just need a Splinter Cell easter egg which takes a dig at Kingdom come Deliverance and the circle will be complete

[@AzaiKang]

If I remember right, I think they already a video with the same topic as this. They mentioned The Witcher 2 tho. But on the list is concerned, the Witcher 3's shoot is way cooler compare to 2.

[@TechieSunset]

You know you have something great going on when your channel manages to hold our attention just from the cast/people that present the content. Yes, the content is great too, but what always makes me come back to see if Outsidexbox posted a new video is the cool vibes and energy that you guys always bring in with every video! Please always stay true to yourselves.

[@rikusschulze6249]

@@SimuLord less risque though.

[@definitelynotCmdrShepard]

Literally just last night I was thinking about how I can't remember the first Outside Xbox video I ever saw or how I even wound up finding them in the first place, but what I DO remember is how they made me laugh hysterically hard and THAT'S why I kept coming back

[@queenfree85]

Agreed!!!

[@chocolatefudgebrowni3225]

@@queenfree85Idk why I read you name as "QueefQueen"🤦‍♂️😂

[@Resimaster]

The fact they talk like they're American probably helps the views.

[@GreatFox42]

"Everyone involved in the production of this gun thought it was a bad idea, but the higher-ups made them build it anyway. Later, management shut down that gun factory for making a gun no one liked." Ouch, that one cut deep. I wonder if any of the devs of Gungeon were from one of EA's many sacrificed studios because that one feels bitter. Justifiably so, of course, but all the same.

[@cericat]

All 4 of the founders came from Mythic (Dark Age of Camelot), starting Dodge Roll right before the announcement came the company would be shuttered, they got lucky with timing. But almost everyone I know that's worked for an EA studio has a foul taste in their mouth over layoffs at other teams if not their own because of the interference from higher ups that have ruined projects and then been blamed on the teams.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Gungeon has some of the most creative, awesome and clever weapons and bosses..I beat it and unlocked robot and gunslinger twice and still love playing it, also has some incredible mods for totally new playthroughs. Gungeon is up there with Hades & dead cells for best roguelite

[@reoopc5060]

There was a dig at the Dragon Age games in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC as well! If you got to the Orlémurs cemetery outside of Beauclair, there is a tombstone that reads: Christophe Ch'oo, Traveled from Thedas to the Continent. Found it so much to his liking, he stayed until he died. Thedas being the name of the world in the Dragon age series and The Continent being the (very literally named) world of the Witcher 3. As someone who loves both series, I had a good laugh when I read this inscription.

[@BeanManolo]

Splinter Cell also did a 'roasting' nod to Metal Gear recently. In the Splinter Cell-themed mission for Ghost Recon Wildlands, we meet Sam Fischer again, and he mentions a 'Army Infiltration' operative who wore a bandana, and when he hears that operative retired he utters "Then it's only me..." Considering that came out after Metal Gear Solid V's launch, and Kojima leaving Konami, it's very likely a jab on how the Metal Gear series is basically finished (specially after the fiasco it were both Survive and the pachinko of MGS3).

[@justinroux1610]

Man thats depressing

[@LazzyVamples]

Bold words from a man who hasn't had a game in a decade.

[@Kefkaesque13]

@@LazzyVamples To be fair, IIRC the tone of the line wasn't pride or joy but a somber realization that time had left him as the last man standing. Less a jab at the state of Metal Gear, and more a nod of respect to what they had once been.

[@Levyathyn]

That was actually a sad Easter egg, respectful if anything. Sam seems really broken up about it in the scene.

[@AlfredoGomez-kp4cf]

I agree with the others saying it isn't really a roast. I guess we can't know for sure but the tone doesn't real feel jokey considering Sam sounds sad when he says ut

[@BlackMageJawa]

The bit about collecting pants in the Snake vs Monkey intro might be a reference to the Japan-only Ape Escape spinoff Piposaru 2001, in which the protagonist does indeed steal monkey pants. With a vacuum cleaner. It's.... weird.

[@atoth62]

Not to mention there Metal Gear Solid-type mini-game in Ape Escape 3, where you play an ape trying stealth their way into an enemy base.

[@EduardoGBayod]

​@@atoth62 That was a legit collaboration, just like Snake vs Monkey.

[@drankydrank1]

*Mike showing up on screen with an actual new haircut* lmaoo Jane is savage

[@RoxxieRaeVA]

There is an extra layer to the Snake catching monkeys bit. If you complete the story mode in Ape Escape 3, you can unlock a mini-game called "Mesal Gear Soild" which is just MGS1 but with the Ape Escape Apes

[@linkLoverAG]

I'm so glad someone else said this, too.

[@WillisPtheone]

Also one of the Ape Escape games has you chase the Apes into cyberspace to get their pants so you can wash them. Thus the pants refrence.

[@OratoryJamesIV]

Valve and Capcom had a years-long one-upsmanship battle with each other using Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising's achievements. See: Zombie Genocide, Zombie Genocider, Zombie Genocidest each requiring one more total kill than the previous.

[@bjsdemon]

I don't think that really counts as one dev roasting the other. It seemed more like a friendly competition and neither of them made a big issue out of it publically

[@danielcook7975]

@@bjsdemon lot of people thought same with Capcom and Namco that they were trying to outdo one another in serious competition but Namco revealed that them and Capcom were actually on pretty good friendly terms and their rivalry is just for fun which not surprising if one knows of Street Fighter x Tekken, Namco x Capcom, and the fact that Capcom allowed Namco to put Akuma in Tekken 7

[@abydosianchulac2]

Not gonna lie, wasn't expecting Mike to have actually had gotten a haircut. It looks, um...it looks, Mike.

[@gwishart]

I'd like to think that the script was written first, then Mike went and got a haircut to make the joke work.

[@thewinterprince1731]

I know it's a movie instead of a game, but am I the only one that sees Sonic's dislike for mushrooms in the Sonic movies to be a subtle jab at his old rivalry with Mario?

[@christopherjones8448]

I mean if you spell subtle like this *EXTREAMLY SUBTLE ACTION!!!!!!!*

[@unkledoda420]

It's definitely a jab a Mario and not exactly subtle.

[@DannyScottyEnty]

There's a great on in DKC2, with the end DK Coin Total screen when you complete the game. Down in the bottom right corner is a trash bin with a sign saying "No Zeroes", next to Earthworm Jim's gun and Sonic's sneakers.

[@OratoryJamesIV]

My all-time favorite SNES game. Loved that dig at Sonic and EJ, despite loving both those series. 😅

[@CassBlackflame]

Mike: "Aiden is a capable zombie survivor" Also Aiden: *Shouts and makes loud noises in the sewers after seeing a Volatile, fully knowing that they are attracted to loud noises* Is he a capable survivor? I don't think so.

[@NeonKnightOA]

An entire list could be done solely with the examples from Duke Nukem 3D and the Serious Sam series. Duke finds a dead Doom marine in DN3D: "Looks like one Doomed space marine" Sam finds Duke's skeleton with a rocket stuck in the rear door in Serious Sam II: "Dude, you've been hanging here like... Forever" (in fact SS2 looks like it was made by spiteful former 3DR devs more than Croteam)

[@NeonKnightOA]

Duke finds a Halo armor in (can't remember if it's DN3D anniversary or DNF): "Power armor is for pussies"

[@NeonKnightOA]

Duke finds Sam's remains in DN3D anniversary: "Why so serious, Sam?"

[@jasminpelkey4370]

I haven't tried Serious Sam yet. I'm pretty sure I saw it on PS+ earlier though; is it worth checking out?

[@NeonKnightOA]

@@jasminpelkey4370 Depends if you like 90's era shooters like Quake or Doom but with more comedy thrown into it.

[@BeanManolo]

old 3D FPS games had a lot of those, specially on the games with talking protagonists. In 'Blood' you can find Duke's body hanging from a chain, and if you interact with it Caleb says "shake it baby"

[@simongoj]

Chris and Leon didn't have electric arm blades but Chris punched the shit out of a boulder

[@danielcook7975]

Leon went all John Wick on Zombies in Vendetta, and is a Specially Trained Government Agent that fight Bioterrorism so is Chris so actually Dying Light's Hero has nothing on Leon and Chris just don't let Leon drive during a Zombie Outbreak lol

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

@@danielcook7975 To be fair to Leon, if Racoon City's roads are designed like most cities, they are probably almost unnavigable without a zombie outbreak or some other emergency, let alone with.

[@MikayaAkyo]

@@danielcook7975 Would be much more impressive if Leon and Chris actually showcased the level of Parkour Skills that Aiden has.... and survived for idk how many years traversing a Zombie-Infested World only armed with Melee Weapons and the occassional Bow. Leon and Chris both are less impressive as all they had to brave was a single Zombie/Infected infested City and they're armed with Guns, expertly crafted knifes and literal rocket launchers. The settings are way different here: In one you have a Virus Outbreak in a single place that supposedly gets dealt with ASAP and then they chill until the next Virus breaks out, are armed to the teeth with Guns and such and pretty much lead a life where they know they're somewhat safe while sleeping. In the other you're dealing with the whole world that has gone to shit and nobody is going to safe you because EVERYONE is infected, there's little time to chill as a single technical malfunction or sabotage can kill you, and all you can use to fight is whatever Melee weapon or Bow/Crossbow you can find/craft because all Guns have been confiscated and were destroyed prior to the game starting. I have no strong feelings towards either series, but Aiden seems more impressive to me. EDIT: Yeah i purposefully ommited the fact Aiden has shown that he can Semi-Transform into a berserker State and literally rip people apart, as he has little to no control over himself in that state.

[@Creshosk]

@@danielcook7975 Dying light's jab has the same energy as "I drew you asa wojack so I win!"

[@gazsharpe3871]

Mike describing sex as "doing it" has inexplicably made me howl. Or perhaps it's entirely explicable, who knows? Anyway, Petition for Mike - on the next occasion of him having to refer to sex - to use the phrase "having it off" or "how's your father" to complete the 70's euphemism set.

[@outsidexbox]

Bumping uglies

[@gazsharpe3871]

@@outsidexbox Making the beast with two backs

[@NehnBellanaris]

Speaking of collecting pant, that's also a line from Sera in Dragon Age: Inquisition when you do the quest to gain her as a companion. (Behind her in a bag of pants that you can collect also.)

[@daviddaugherty2816]

I don't know if that's just part of that "lolsorandum" thing she has going on or a reference to the Baldur's Gate trilogy (also by Bioware). In those games, there are metal pants, one in the first one, one in the second, and one in the Throne of Bhaal expansion. It's really elaborate and there are references in both the other DA games.

[@z3rotollranc3]

I've been around the internet way too long. Having Chris Redfield's unit number listed as 404 feels like a shot at the fate of the other S.T.A.R.S. members.

[@MC-yt1uv]

Most Devs: We are going to have a slightly subtle nod to another game. Dying Light Devs: We are just going to use their full names.

[@filmandfirearms]

You should make a list of equipment that expends currency to operate. It's a surprisingly long list. The magic armour from Zelda, the Plan B from Cyberpunk 2077, the microtransaction gun, the bottlecap mines from Fallout. That was just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are plenty more

[@SMTahmid]

New Vegas also had the coin shot that literally shoots money, and Junk Jet can fire pre war money for a literal money shot. Then there's metro where all guns get boosted when using the currency ammo (military grade bullets)

[@atoth62]

There's the Gil Toss skill from the Final Fantasy series, but that's not exactly a weapon exactly.

[@cericat]

Payday 2 even. Borderlands, Ratchet & Clank... they'd be there all year trying to narrow it down to just 7 examples worth mentioning.

[@RedSpade37]

"Cast from Currency" is an interesting concept, for sure.

[@AlexSamaras]

CDPR didn't stop at throwing shade at DLC in the Witcher 3. Check out the quest "The Tower Outta Nowheres" in which you have to find "Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire" to open the tower by bypassing its "Defensive Regulatory Magicon". Yes, you read that right: GOG is the solution to DRM. 😉😁

[@MarkDeSade100]

They already covered that in another video.

[@tyrannicpuppy]

Jane delivers the saveage roasting so professionally every time. I know I should expect them, but I am always taken by surprise with the savagery as it appears from nowhere on a number change. Sublime. All the cracks in this one were pretty damned high quality team. It's what keeps us coming back. That and Ellen's puns.

[@andyw5078]

I thought Jane was being mean, but she's just being accurate.

[@civeros]

No nooo.... you can have both. Like If I said you were a dumbass, It would technically be correct when we all know this KZbin channel wouldn't EVER do anything to be 'mean' as according to KZbin Policy, it would be considered a strike (or more). She was being accurately mean, _so stop mincing words_

[@RandalfElVikingo]

She is a realist.

[@philippegauvin-vallee9371]

Let's be honest. Her delivery of the shady intro was perfect.

[@insaincaldo]

@@philippegauvin-vallee9371 I was just sitting there thinking it would be so fun, if she had been just randomly shooting the shit, without his knowledge. Then they go and joke about that being the scenario.

[@robertlambert4712]

Written by Andy "W" yeah, right

[@ZackRToler]

Serious Sam 2 had an Easter egg of the Duke Nukem. Where he's a skeleton in a tree where Sam will comment that he's been hanging there forever, in nod to the game Duke Nukem Forever and how it was still in development at that time. Just as well. In Duke Nukem 3D 20th Anniversary World Tour has an Easter egg of Sam's corpse.

[@irishbob26]

Her insult to mike is so deadpan it made me spit my tea.

[@trustyourforce4041]

In Immortals Fenyx Rising, you can hear a soldier complaining about his weapons constantly breaking which is a dig at BotW.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

I think that may be a dig at just the concept of weapon degradation in general since it is a semi-common trope in games.

[@trustyourforce4041]

@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor Fenyx Rising did borrow a lot from BotW which is why I think it was more of a direct dig at it.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

@@trustyourforce4041 Okay. Hadn't played Fenyx Rising so I was just assuming. Thanks for clarifying.

[@supervegito2277]

On the topic of nr 5. I remember seeing a scene with ghost recon wildlands, where Sam Fisher comments on Snake having gone quiet ...not that we have heard from Sam since either...

[@Matt-md5yt]

Also you can find the suit of Agent 47's in a closet in one mission

[@scottfoster8681]

The first one I ever saw was "Here lies Eldrick" in the original Final Fantasy.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

The question now would be which Hero it is since DQ11 revealed it's a title passed down all the way from the Luminary and not an actual name.

[@bigbaddawg101]

I still like the Duke Nukem 3d jab at Doom. Open a secret room in a church, the cross flips upside down, and you find the dismembered corpse of Doomguy to which Duke says: "That's one doomed space marine."

[@BradHann]

In Duke Nukem 3D you could find a certain dead body, at which Duke would quip "That's one doomed space marine."

[@TheAID23]

I love the Easter Egg in The Witcher 2, in the opening mission you can find a body dressed like Altair from Assassin's Creed in a broken hay cart

[@LivingGuy484]

9:50 "I'd rather be collecting pants" is actually a reference to Ape Escape's 2001 Japan-only release called Piposaru. In this spin-off, you collect pants instead of monkeys, which can be pretty chaotic Thank you to Gamechamp for the challenge video that covered the game, which is the only reason I know this

[@PlebNC]

Correction: Naked Snake wasn't a genetic super soldier. You're confusing him with his sons, Solid, Liquid and Solidus, and even then their genes were manipulated, not enhanced.

[@IanWatson]

The Sunset Overdrive DLC, "The Mystery of Mooil Rig," the final boss is the "DL Sea Monster.'

[@gracej7083]

I remember the MGS snake eater and Ape Escape crossover, the final cutscene is played straight with tells you the Devs knew how to have a laugh. If I remember right Ape Escape 3 itself has references to other characters of the time in the monkeys but it's been a long time.

[@ArcanaMaxima]

This has been going on for a long time; in the original Final Fantasy; there's a tombstone in Elfheim for Link in the Japanese version. Nintendo published the game in America, and for some reason, the tombstone then referenced Erdrick.

[@scottkamps1270]

They changed it back to Link in the Origins collection released on the PS1. Not sure what they did for the other ports/remakes.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

@@scottkamps1270 All subsequent ports are based on the PSX version (actually I think the Wonderswan Color version came first, but the point is that all versions of FF1 have been based on the same version with some modification for aspect ratios and colour palettes). Tombstone def still references link in GBA port and I'm 99% sure it still references Link in the 2006 PSP ports. Erdrick in the NES (NA) version is itself a reference to the canonical name of the protagonist in Dragon Quest, although IIRC it can't be used in the NA version because Dragon Warrior had a 6-character limit on names.

[@sacrilegiousboi]

Andy is so scared of horror he can't even eat booberry cereal boom roasted lol

[@scorpiouskrimson]

That's not really an issue since Booberry isn't sold in England.

[@sacrilegiousboi]

@@scorpiouskrimson you can buy things on this cool thing called the internet 😋

[@docette2015]

To be fair -- I'd watch Sam and Gabe do the monkey-catching mission. Hell, put them in an arena with Snake and make it a competition! XD

[@Kalah_]

In The Witcher 3, there is actually a second reference similar to the one mentioned here. In the quest "The Tower Outta Nowheres", the tower is guarded by the "Defensive Regulatory Magicon" (DRM). The way to beat this thing is to find the book called "Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire" (GOG). :)

[@cericat]

The history on that one is related to the history of the Witcher as well, for all their faults CDP have no love for DRM, which was pushed on them by Atari with the retail release of the first game. We have that in part to thank for the existence of GOG today.

[@xxarcangelxx143]

Naked Snake wasn't genetically enhanced or engineered, that was solid snake.

[@SakaGames]

Shadowmere was cool to see in KCD. The stable keeper mentioned an "odd French fellow".

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

Got a question to someone who played "Kingdom Come- Deliverance": what was the description of a horse named "Kelpie"? I'm wondering if that was another reference to the Witcher, or to Scottish folklore:)

[@WTFmybacon]

According to the wiki, the description for that one is "I'll sell you that one cheap. She's a good enough mount... only, there's a fishy smell about her."

[@sebastianwlodarczyk]

@@WTFmybacon So, a water spirit then:) thanks for the reply!

[@TwoWholeWorms]

The irony of the DLC jab in _Blood & Wine_ when that DLC is one of the best made and crafted bits of game I've ever played. xD

[@Giga-lemesh]

I’m pretty sure they still call them expansion packs for the Witcher 3, not DLC. I feel like at one point they meant different things, like a dlc was smaller, but now dlc is used for pretty much everything

[@sacrilegiousboi]

I like Mike's haircut

[@Wiseman108]

Honestly if they wanted to, Capcom could probably sue Techland for using Chris' full name in that little "Easter Egg". Oh I'd like to also point out you get to crush Geralt with a boulder in Graveyard Keeper, it's a blink and you'll miss it moment, but it's there. xD

[@Jedi_Nemo]

Earliest memory of an easter egg in a game was in Duke Nukem 3D, where you find a dismembered Doom Guy body.

[@GreatFox42]

The remains of the Dragonborn wasn't the only shout-out in Doom. You could also find the skull of id's own Commander Keen mounted on a pike (You could also find a similar easter egg in Doom 2). Really, that whole thing has been a tradition of all the old guard FPSes. In Duke 3D you could find the corpse of Doomguy hidden away in a satanic death row chapel (along with the body of a fire death monk from the dev's earlier FPS Rise Of The Triad), as well as Duke saying "I ain't afraid of no Quake," in a later level, since both games came out in the same year (1996). Blood Serious Sam took it to the next level and made tons of references to other shooters, including finding the corpse of Duke Nukem in Serious Sam 2. Duke would later fire back in the World Tour rerelease of Duke 3D, where you could find Sam in, of course, the Egypt level. "Why so serious? ...Sam." Blood had a shot at Duke when it came out, too. Doom would also return the favor in Doom Eternal, where aboard the Fortress of Doom, you could look at the Slayer's book collection, one of which is "Why I'm So Great," by _Dork_ Nukem. ("Why I'm So Great" is the name of Duke's autobiography). For whatever reason, taking potshots at each other's FPS games has been a thing for almost as long as the genre itself. It's a cute little tradition that I'm glad is still going on. DUSK and Ion Fury, both throwback shooters, also made sure not to miss out on the shotout game.

[@Dr__97]

In S.T.A.L.K.E.R you find Gordon Freeman's corpse and a log entry about him having a horrible time and having had to trade away his crowbar for food

[@gnackered]

It's not shady but in Hitman 2 and 3 (not sure about the others) standing on a scale gives you the number 47. Not sure what measurement system would allow for a grown man to weigh 47 and still be alive, unless Agent 47 is hollow on the inside.

[@ayajade6683]

47 kg is 103 lbs however he is 6ft 2 so not likely.

[@Regolith86]

Maybe it's stones, and he's actually a robot. 47 stones is 658 pounds.

[@alternatecheems8145]

It works in the himmapan hotel's agent 47's room in hitman 1 too btw

[@Phyrespark]

In the old Duke nukem game, there's a secret area with a corpse and Duke says 'that's one doomed space marine'

[@Icam_here]

i remember in Duke Nukem Forever game that Duke is given some green power armor that Master Chief wears that he decides to roast saying how he doesn't need it if i remember correctly. there was also the dead space armor and a borderlands mask to find but i don't recall what Duke had to say about them

[@cericat]

Well Borderlands belongs to Gearbox so not shade on another dev. Leeroy Jenkins got a reference right at the beginning, honestly about all the game had going for it referential humour to properties that players had actually enjoyed.

[@briarpelt2333]

"If you were to name a character even more deadly than the Dragonborn, it would probably be--" Me: "Luigi."

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

I'd say Kirby personally.

[@budgetcoinhunter]

"Don't get grabbed." -'Sakurai'

[@chriswest6988]

Spiritfarer taught me that if you really want to kill a hedgehog, you don't need any fancy robots or tanks or even a bonfire. You just have to wait for it to get dementia, let it get confused and scared when it flashes back to a day at the beach from years ago and can't figure out how it got on your boat, and then dress up as its daughter and tell it you're taking it home. Jesus Christ that game was sad; I'm tearing up just joking about it.

[@gunbladelad7772]

There was also the bit in Ghost Recon Wildlands, where the mission which includes Splinter Cell's "Sam Fisher" references the fact that Solid Snake has "retired", leaving only Sam Fisher standing in the stealth genre.

[@ReaperShadow23]

I feel the Aiden and Leon interaction should have had Leon call out "Aiden, wait!" As "Ada, waaaaiiiiit!!" is certifiably Leon's most memorable quote in the series.

[@dynostretch9215]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Within each level of the game is a secret "Hero Coin" that Cranky Kong hid for you to find. Often they're off the beater path, invisible, or require some bizarre timing to grab. Unlike most of the items, they serve no practical purpose for you to find, I don't think they even contribute to the % rating. But when you beat Kaptain K. Rool on board his flying airship, Cranky will evaluate you on your progress in finding them. You'll also see a number of other video game heroes have taken the challenge, with Mario in first place, and in second place Yoshi, and third place Link. But there's also a bottom place standing, a trash can left to the side with a sign labeling it for 'No Hopers'. Next to the trash can, you can find a pair of red high tops that you might recognize as belonging to a certain blue hedgehog, and even a red ray gun that looks just like the one a certain mutant worm in a supersuit typically wields.

[@obieldenook1142]

'Shady' isn't the same term I know as shady is more like something that seems dark or creepy but I still enjoyed this video. We call those back-handed or sarcastic comments or compliments as well as roasting. I love this channel. It is so fun to watch.

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

This usage is related to the slang “throwing shade”

[@obieldenook1142]

@@nightmarethrenody8232 People don't really say that around here so I've never really heard it that way before. Thanks for letting me know.

[@rjlab742]

In Serious Sam 2 (I think) there is a part on a level where, if you explore a bit, Sam finds a skeleton clad in an 1800's officer uniform and Sam says something along the lines of Duke you look like you have been here forever. Clearly poking fun at Duke Nukem Forever which was at that stage still stuck in development hell.

[@angelshade00]

What what? No Duke Nukem finding Doomguy's corpse and stating "Mmmm, that's one doomed space marine"? Or when a building (which is meant to be id Software's HQ) gets destroyed and he says "I ain't afraid of no Quake"? That game is full of references and burns, enough to fill an entire such vid.

[@ernstpapenfus2593]

Long ago,Sierra on-line,kings quest,Larry,Space quest often made cross referances,which sometimes suggested lines of progression..which was fun if you knew it.!..Meaningless this comment,but nostalgic..love

[@FireStormHR]

All these videos are always SO BRIGHT

[@codmanout9861]

I don't know if it fits into this category exactly, but there is a great line in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 where one of the characters makes a derogatory reference to Call of Duty MW2. It's small, but memorable if you are a Battlefield fan.

[@NexeL_NKC]

Shady easter eggs roasting the competition is just special to me. Just imagine the next generation of game devs throwing in easter eggs that roast other game devs just for fun and it all becomes a running joke, like how the Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead games did it with their achievements and even in-game.

[@heathernicol3026]

1:13 Andy, noooooo! T__T (… I’m sorry, when he said that I gasped, and then I laughed really, really hard. ‘Cause he’s not wrong. xD)

[@assassinfan1000]

The last Easter egg, didn't multiple dog tags of characters from the resident evil series be found? Also I think the recently got changed so the names weren't the exact names anymore

[@ahabsbane]

My favorite is a pistol modifier word in borderlands 3, I believe the one I got was the moaar shuddupkate splainer. Couldn't resist, had to look that one up. Turns out the lead mission designer's name was Kate. 🤣

[@actiaslunatn7729]

Wow, Jane being an absolute savage from the jump. Edit: I have never wanted to see a remake of Seven so badly as I do now.

[@MegaOriginalFlavor]

I think the "collecting pants" bit is referencing the early 2000s Piposaru game that never made it to stores - it was about vacuuming up those same monkeys' pants.

[@joltrail3588]

On the topic of very specific bodies that can be found as a reference: in one of the Stalker games (I think it was the first), there is in one location quite the reference to Half Life on the ground :D Could be reason why there is no new game ;P

[@N8dogg107]

From what I understand, Naked Snake (Big Boss) wasn’t a genetically engineered super soldier and, while genetically engineered, his 3 clone “children” aren’t super soldiers either. They’re just super badass dudes, especially Big Boss and Solid Snake.

[@Lord_Brocktree]

Enter the Gungeon is talked about in the book Press Reset. It goes deeper into what happened with Dungeon Keeper.

[@Veladus]

Doom 2016 also has a Vault-Tec logo on one of the vault doors. Which is amazing, because in a universe with actual demons, Vault-Tec may still be the most evil thing going.

[@Feasco]

13:23 "UNIT 404" team not found, probably on account he keeps losing all his teams

[@breensprout]

i haven't thought about ape escape in a million years. used to love that game as a kid!

[@annana6098]

There was a Japan-only sequel to Ape Escape in which you collected monkey pants to do the laundry, I think. That explains Snake's comment, but not the monkey laundry game. The answer to that is just "Japan".

[@marcelzimmermann4681]

Some probably know but it seems like you didnt know when doing the videos. The bit of "catching pants" in the Snake Eater-Point is another reference to Ape Escape in various ways as they have a full game spinoff series thats entirely about....collecting pants....thats it

[@tb0neguy426]

Witcher 3 also had a DRM side quest! They have a whole conversation about how totally secure it is and disabling it. Turns out the solution is another acronym for GoG.

[@katfromthekong414]

The hair burn was savage 🤣

[@AwkwrdPrtMskrt]

Just Cause 3. The villain Sebastiano di Ravello has a personal army unimaginatively called the Di Ravello Military - abbreviated as DRM. As in "digital rights management".

[@chibiprussia5574]

You can actually encounter Leon as a turned zombie when his wife asks you to collect the dog tags from Leon's unit

[@dbfzato-1327]

I think naked snake is the original snake no genetic cloning or anything. Unless I missed something?

[@WeTheWounded]

My favorite is from Path of Exile, where one of the NPCs will shout at the player "DO YOU NOT HAVE NETS EXILE?!", which pokes at Blizzard announcing Diablo Immortal to a booing crowd and saying "Do you not have phones?!"

[@RainWelsh]

“… Got ‘im” I swallowed a grape, that was brutal yet excellent

[@goofyfurball7311]

So, speaking of Kojima. Wondering if Andy was aware that the US military has been developing an ai motion detector for security systems that is supposed to filter out non-human activity like rodents and such. As part of testing they gave it to the Marines to see if they could get past it. One of the several methods that worked involved hiding under a cardboard box and creeping directly past it. *edited for phone auto correct

[@goofyfurball7311]

And yes, the audio apparently caught a lot of marines giggling

[@jaredcrabb]

Maybe they should allow for things that shouldnt move.

[@travisspaulding5835]

Perhaps a regional thing, but where I come from being “shady” and “throwing shade” have two distinctly separate meanings. “Throwing shade” is to publicly insult or criticize someone (which is the context it’s being used in this video), whereas being “shady” is more like a person who is acting suspicious or like they might be up to no good.

[@HungSuhLow]

You had me at "shotgun shell that shoots shotguns" and the microtransaction gun is the greatest thing I've ever seen. Satire or not I'd buy the dlc just to have ut and never even use it

[@niceguy169]

Okay, what the hell? Duke Nukem 3D is the ORIGINAL at this, and you skipped it entirely? I remember noticing SO many but I can only think of two off the top of my head. In an early level as you're walking by an earthquake happens, collapsing a building, and Duke quips "I ain't afraid of no Quake" (I know early in Episode 1, mission 2 you demolish a building, I feel like there's a Quake reference there, too?). And in a secret in another episode you encounter a Doomguy in mid death sequence as part of the set dressing, and Duke quips "That's one Doomed space marine!".

[@kralik394]

There's the grave in the GBA version of FF1. It says "Here Lies Link." The OG version of the grave named Erdick(?) from Dragon Quest, though.

[@CowKirbo]

The Skyrim skeleton is just a Bethesda thing. Every Bethesda game I know has references to other Bethesda games.

[@kylepeters8690]

not quite competition, but 100% worth mentioning is Bloodstained ritual of the night roasting it's roots/avenging with Castevania. You can pick up a collection of little side quests to kill x number of x monster to avenge on of the people who died when the demonic castle appeared. Almost every single name on that list is a character from castlevania. From big names like adrian(the real name of alucard) mathias (the human name of dracula) simon, trevor, sypha, to minor characters who only popped up in one game. on top of that, the optional boss the revenant is just an undead simon belmont.

[@sethmoyer]

How about the multiple times in BFBC2 where the characters make fun of CoD: MW2? They make fun of the heartbeat sensors as well as the snowmobile race.

[@KratonWolf]

Jonah Scott's voice talking to RE's Leon Kennedy and killing zombified Chris Redfield is just hilarious to me.

[@cody9058]

The Egg HCV could also be a nice Robo-Cop reference as well.

[@TheAngelAquila]

...Naked Snake wasn't a genetically engineered super soldier, he was the blueprint for genetically engineered super soldiers.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Ooooooohhhh

[@SMTahmid]

GTA series had atleast two roasts of its rivals to my knowledge, one in GTA 3 where Claud takes out a cowardly undercover cop called Tanner and in SA, the garbage collection company is called True Grime with same font and color as True Crime series's logo.

[@tendiesoffmyplate9085]

That hedgehog disposal method was too deep not to be personal.

[@LadyOnikara]

I may be reaching here, but speaking of DLC and Elder Scrolls, I think there might be an Easter egg with the horses the armored guys were riding in that Witcher 3 DLC. The armor on the horses themselves looks suspiciously like the infamous Oblivion horse armor.

[@Darkman9000]

Could probably fill an entire list with just Rockstar games, given all the digs they made back during the 6th generation of consoles and many competitors trying to get in on the sandbox genre while taking shots at the GTA series. Rockstar hit back at just about every single attempt, primarily the Driver and True Crime series

[@SLChaiThai]

It’s a little more overt than just an Easter egg but people know that Dan from Street Fighter is a parody of Ryo from Art of Fighting. But Ryo’s sister Yuri parodies Street Fighter back, stealing many of their iconic moves for herself. She could even do Akuma’s raging demon at one point.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

I think it's fair to say that Dan's existence is throwing shade at SNK - not only is his design mocking Ryo after Capcom realised Ryu and Ken's gi were too common to copyright, but they deliberately made him weak with a one-handed fireball that doesn't cover the full screen, a dragon punch & hurricane kick with less coverage and a gi that's baby pink. Sure, Dan's attacks match how shotos fight in SNK games and SNK shotos wear pastel gi but that just makes the mockery all the more sweet.