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Skyrim and Fallout devs talk about some fun secrets in their gamesSevered legs, Blackreef and headless horse riders
Severed legs, Blackreef and headless horse riders
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The group point to the jellyfish-filled Blackreach that was added toSkyrimin “very little time,” and the headless horse-riding ghost that treks through Skyrim to reach its grave. Lee mentions a fun bug fromDishonoured 2’s development that involved a group of severed legs that would chase after the player, but wouldn’t speak, as if the game thought “they can’t talk because they don’t have heads.”
But easily my favourite anecdote was the Easter egg that level designer Joel Burgess squeezed intoFallout 3. Burgess says that he created the game’s McClellan House as an homage to one of his favourite short stories in The Martian Chronicles - recreating an automated house after the homeowners have died. There are a ton of small, personal details in the house and the full video is definitely worth a watch.
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Skyrim and Fallout devs on their favourite creations
Lee’s other YouTube uploads mostly consist of game dev tutorials, but there’s also a full1-hour long talkbetween the four devs where they delve into more details on the development process. To celebrate Christ’s resurrection, devs from across the internet revealed theirfavourite hidden easter eggsback in 2021 - games within games, heavy foreshadowing, and random noises galore.
