10 Disturbing Easter Eggs in Video Games

01. No More Heroes -- Jeane's Story

Ordinarily Easter Eggs are something you not only want to discover but are happy when you do - just remember we did qualify that with the word 'ordinarily' okay?

In the classic combat game No More Heroes the protagonist - Travis - makes himself into an assassin in order to hunt down the evil woman who killed his parents. When he gets to the final boss battle as the battle is just about to start, the antagonist arrives (the woman) and kills the boss! That's not the Easter Egg... Bear with us.

After she kills the boss, Jeane - the antagonist - becomes the boss for the last boss battle. Or maybe she always WAS to be the last boss battle... Either way that is how it starts.

Jeane talks with Travis - the protagonist - and they have a chat. But Travis wants - no - NEEDS - to know why it all happened.

The problem here - and what becomes both an SEE and an in-joke while at the same time causes the two characters to actually break the fourth wall in the game and discuss the game itself - is her explanation that answers the question Travis is asking.

Let us clarify that for you - the antagonist and protagonist are having a conversation - dialogue - IN the game - that starts out well within the soul of the story but very quickly then violates the fourth wall, and acknowledges that it is a game!

What this is all about - and she even points that out - while turning it into a Duke Nukem joke - is simple enough. The game as rated by the ESRB got its M for Mature rating for containing Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, and Strong Language.

The thing is there was one small section of dialogue that, had they included it, would have pushed the game into the A for Adult Only rating. Yeah, you guessed it, if the game scored an A-rating it would automatically lock it out of sales for major chains like Walmart and other game sellers, who have a policy of not carrying anything rated above M for Mature.

To avoid including content that would push the game past the M-rating and get it an A-rating the wizards who created it used a compromise trick - they included the original content but they used fast forward so that the players could not understand what was being said, and so saved it from getting pushed to an A-rating... Seriously.

Here is when you should watch the video embedded above from start to finish if you did not play the game so that you can fully appreciate what they did and see where the Easter Egg is found.

So yeah, all we hear is this chipmunk voice telling her story so fast there is just no way we can understand it - and no way it can subsequently mess up the rating. Right? Well, yeah, but see THAT is the Easter Egg!

Now check out the video embedded below - it has that section of the game where they fast-forward slowed down so you can actually hear what she is telling Travis...

Ooohhkkaay! That was not just spooky, it was nasty. Nasty! If you find yourself - like us - really wishing you could take back the time you spent watching that second video, well... You can't!

Conclusion

And there you have our take on the Top 10 most disturbing Easter Eggs in video games. How did we do? How does our list stack up with yours? Have you seen a more disturbing one that you think better belongs in the countdown?

If so - and especially if you have your own list of your Top 10 most disturbing Easter Eggs in games, please feel invited to share it below using the comments system!

As always please keep your comments constructive - heck entertaining is good too - but try to refrain from drive-by commenting please, and keep the colorful metaphors PG?