Vampyr is the latest game from developers Dontnod Entertainment – the people who brought
you Life is Strange and Remember Me.
This time, they’re diving into the world of 1918 London – a city consumed by the
Spanish Flu, with a plot that follows a doctor turned vampire named Jonathan Reid.
Rather than the story consisting of a vampire hungry for blood, Reid is more concerned with
saving people.
You have the option to play through the whole game without killing anybody to satisfy your
blood thirst, although some boss battles are mandatory in this semi open world game.
The game itself is inspired by a whole lot – the paintings of Phil Hale, history books
concerning White Chapel, the London Docks and the Isle of Dogs, and much much more.
So naturally, there’s a few great Easter Eggs and references that have popped up.
Now, this list is by no means a comprehensive one – the game just released, and we’re
all still traversing through it, so here’s what we’ve found so far.
So with that in mind, let’s jump into our list of the Easter Eggs You Missed in Vampyr.
Dr Tippets Perhaps the coolest of the Easter Eggs found
in Vampyr so far the striking resemblance between one of its characters and a famous
face in horror cinema history.
As the game’s official twitter pointed out, there are no nameless, faceless citizens in
Vampyr – sort of - everyone you encounter has a story, and throughout the game, you
gather information about your targets by studying their habits, finding clues and maintaining
relationships with the 60 inhabitants you can interact with.
Whoever you target has consequences in the overall game, too.
One of these individuals goes by the name of Doctor Tippets, a 54 year old doctor who
looks a whole lot like Peter Cushing from the 1958 Dracula film in which he plays a
different doctor – Doctor Van Helsing.
A nice little easter egg shout out to one of the most important Vampire predecessors
in pop culture.
Life is Strange Naturally, Dontnod Entertainment has slipped
in a few Life is Strange easter eggs into the game.
One of these Easter Eggs comes in the form of an achievement titled Unlife is Strange
that is unlocked by saving a plant.
Ah yes, how very Max of you, Vampyr.
It happens in four steps, the first being to find pure water in the West End district,
the second being to water the plant at your office at Pembroke Hospital, the third being
to sleep for three nights in a row, and the last being to interact with the plant after
it has grown leaves.
The second Easter Egg has undergone a bit of debate as to whether it’s a Life is Strange
Easter Egg, or a Buffy the Vampire Easter Egg.
Now, for context, Dontnod entertainment are clearly fans of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
tv show – I mean, who isn’t?
Sure the first season is a little rough, but once you get into season two, there’s some
golden stuff!
Anywho, the developers slipped in a Buffy Easter Egg in Life is Strange – a license
plate that spells out Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The whole school parking lot in the game is filled with plates that are references to
famous tv shows.
Back to Vampyr though - reddit user Maczime noticed that there’s a scene in the game
that was also featured in some artwork that reads Caulfield.
In the comments, players debated whether this is a shout out to the name of Life is Strange
character Max – whose full name is Max Caulfield, and is believed to be named after Holden Caulfield
from Catcher and the Rye.
The other argument is that it’s a shout out to one of the cast of Buffy – Emma Caulfield,
who played Anya in the show.
Bloodborne And lastly, there’s a nice little Bloodborne
easter egg that can be found in your inventory once you’ve acquired Old Blood.
The description of the item reads “we are born of the blood made vampire blood undone
by the blood”.
This is a reference to Master Willem of Bloodborne, and a piece of dialogue that he says in
the game.
There we have it friends!
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