The sequel to State of Decay is finally out, and fans of the zombie survival genre are
stoked to see what surprises this open world game has in store for them – or, what bugs,
are early reviewers are claiming.
But who says zombies are a dying trend?
I mean, they’re physically dead, but…you know what I mean.
So today, we’re taking a look at the new open world survival with our list of the Easter
Eggs You Missed in State of Decay 2.
Since the game is brand spanking new, there’s A WHOLE LOT of Easter Eggs we don’t mention
in this video, so this is by no means a comprehensive list.
That being said, if you want us to do a part two, give us a shout in those comments below!
Now onto the Easter Eggs!
For Microsoft Fans Found by legendary player Stallion93 aka Ray
Cox the 4th – the player who holds the world record for most achievement points – posted
two screenshots of Easter Eggs upon getting his hands on the game.
The first is found within one of the houses in the game – yes, super vague, we know
– where you can find an original Xbox controller and a Duke controller.
It also features what looks a whole lot like an original Gameboy, but with buttons the
same colours as the ones on an Xbox controller.
Fans of the series may recognize a similar easter egg that could be found in the first
game, but with an Xbox 360 controller.
Halo The second of the Easter Eggs revealed by
Stallion93 is a Halo reference.
One of the passive actions you can do in the game is called Console: Game Tourney, which
gives you an additional 15 morale for the duration of an hour.
The caption beneath the action though is the Halo reference – “Anyone up for some 1v1
on Blood Gulch?
No pistols.”
This is a nudge at the original Halo game, with the Blood Gulch being one of the most
well-known and popular maps within it.
As a few critics have noted, it seems that Undead Labs, the developer of the game, are
fans of Microsoft’s gaming history, which is kind of neat.
Never Ending Ladder Fans of the Metal Gear Solid series may remember
a moment in the game after defeating The End in the forest that involves Snake climbing
a massive ladder in a cave.
AND IT TAKES FOREVER.
That ladder sequence has stuck with a lot of players, mainly because it serves no apparent
narrative purpose – which has also led to many other players theorizing that it’s
got some abstract metaphorical meaning that we all missed out on.
Anywho, those playing State of Decay 2 were eager to point out a moment in the game with
a similar long trip up a ladder – a moment that one YouTuber uploaded to the site with
the video title reading “Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake of Decay: Ladder Edition.
Whether or not this was actually an intended Easter Egg or just a mere coincidence is still
up for debate.
Achievements Speaking of labeling, there’s a few great
Easter Eggs including in the game in the form of Achievement names.
One is a My Little Pony reference – the achievement, Friendship is Magic, which you
can get by assisting 5 neighbouring settlements over the course of a campaign.
Another one is called Puppies and Kittens, which is a reference to the television show
Z Nation – that was the title of the show’s first episode, . To get that one, you need
to kill 100 zombies.
Mad Max As noted by YouTuber Southern Exploring, there’s
a Mad Max Easter Egg you can find in the game – there’s a vehicle that’s called the
Mega Max.
It looks a whole hell of a lot like the car that Max drives in the original Mad Max films
– the Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe 1973 aka the V8 Interceptor.
But what’s cooler is that the car in State of Decay 2 is pretty much an exact reproduction
of the car in the Mad Max video game prior to the car’s upgrades – and of course,
it’s colour.
Plants Vs Zombies Another Easter Egg pointed out by Southern
Exploring is that there’s an Easter Egg referencing Plants Vs Zombies in the game.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Plants Vs Zombies is another zombie video
game, but of a much more PG nature – it’s a tower defense game that was originally published
by PopCap Games for both Microsoft and OS X, and these days, it’s become a pretty
big franchise.
In State of Decay 2, you can occasionally spot a zombie wearing a traffic cone over
its head – a hilarious reference to the traffic cone wearing zombie that appears in
Plants vs Zombies, and is one of their more iconic characters in the series.
When you kill the zombie in the game, the cone goes flying off its head.
Worth noting that this isn’t the first time State of Decay has popped in a Plants Vs Zombies
Easter egg – there was one in the first game, too.
There we have it friends!
Which of these Easter Eggs have you managed to find so far?
Let us know all about your thoughts on the game in those comments below!
And, as I said in the top of this video, if you want us to do a part two with even more
easter eggs, give us a shout about that as well!
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