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Dragon Age: Origins Easter Eggs w/ Spoilers
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:32 pm
by BuckGB
I thought I'd get a thread going to see what easter eggs we can find in Dragon Age: Origins, and will start it off with two of my own. I'll try to leave the descriptions as vague as possible, but you should still consider this spoiler content:
- At the end of the Unbound quest (codex entry #319), you'll do battle with a spirit named... Gaxkang. An obvious tribute to our buddy from Baldur's Gate II, Kangaxx the lich.
- You'll kill a lot of cultists in the village of Haven during the Urn of Sacred Ashes quest, so I guess that's why there's a graveyard on a return visit. Two of the tombstones read "In loving memory of multiplayer" and "Great-great-great-grandfather Gygax".
Anybody else have any to contribute?
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:19 pm
by Crenshinibon
I'm not sure that they're easter eggs but an obvious one is when you're about to transition to a different area, the game asks you "Gather your party and venture forth?" which is an obvious refrence to the message from the Baldur's Gate series "You must gather your party before venturing forth."
One of the loading screen said: "If all else fails, go for the eyes!" which is a reference to a battle cry from Minsc, the ranger from the Baldur's Gate series: "Go for the eyes Boo, GO FOR THE EYES!! RrraaaAAGHGHH!!!"
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:32 pm
by Nightmare
The statement on the wall just inside the entrance to Soldier's Peak is signed by a lot of names, some of them rather funny and some that I believe are references to other things.
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:19 am
by Stilgar
My trusty wardog brought me a pair of pantaloons
I think I'll keep them, who knows what they can be used for in DragonAge 2
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:59 am
by Ragin Cajun
Nightmare wrote:The statement on the wall just inside the entrance to Soldier's Peak is signed by a lot of names, some of them rather funny and some that I believe are references to other things.
already to soldiers peak? wow..lol.
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:22 am
by Aqua-chan
Nightmare wrote:The statement on the wall just inside the entrance to Soldier's Peak is signed by a lot of names, some of them rather funny and some that I believe are references to other things.
I sensed that, too.
Given the affinity BioWare staff for having put their developers' names in the game content, I have no doubt there's a correlation there.
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:29 am
by fable
Aqua-chan wrote:I sensed that, too.
Given the affinity BioWare staff for having put their developers' names in the game content, I have no doubt there's a correlation there.
What are some of those names? They might trigger a memory or two.
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:54 pm
by Nightmare
fable wrote:What are some of those names? They might trigger a memory or two.
I didn't want to write down the entire list, but some of the more amusing names:
Chair-Thrower Lopez
Dustin the Colour-blind
Ebenger of the Bovine Brethren
Farrell the Feral
and the last being my favourite:
Jason sans les Argonauts
And these are signatures on a statement declaring war on the kingdom or some such.
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:38 pm
by fable
No, nothing there.
On the other hand, the Tower of Ishar is probably a reference to the trio of great Ishar RPGs that were years ahead of their time, with party members you could acquire that had different alignments, different goals, and their own comments. It was pretty much the way the BG series went, several years later.
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:41 pm
by stanolis
i was traveling from orzammer to the lake docks and a meteor fell out of the sky. a man and woman were looking at the impact crater saying "i don't know how a child could survive that. 5 finger and toes. our prayers are answered. let's go home marta." i found a superman cutscene.
so where bruce wayne then? omg. maybe it's me. i am the human noble with family slain.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:42 am
by Crenshinibon
Inside a tavern in Denerim, there is a woman by the name of "Edwina", which could be the reference to Edwin's accident with the Nether Scroll in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:56 pm
by GawainBS
Spoiler warning!
When you rescue Anora, and she comes out dressed as a guard, one of the lines you can say is "Aren't you a little short for a guard?" (Leia against Luke-as-Stormtrooper, in ANH.)
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:27 am
by Gauda
I found a note in the Dead trenches in some rubble. It's a "poem" named: Load limit reached, and goes like this:
"Mass will have an effect" he says.
As long as it lifts us out, I figure
Should have specified "within my lifetime"
"give us time to talk" he says
"how's a dwarf get named Shepard?"
Up yer shaft.
"No really, because blah, blah, blah"
Axe answers, but I still hear him
Drip... ground
Drip... ground
Worse than his talking
Think I'll drop out for some air.
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:07 pm
by Cyro
If you send your dog off to look for something interesting at Flemeth's hut, he'll bring back a pair of Dirty Pantaloons, to which you can respond "Ah, you can never have enough pairs of Pantaloons."
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:31 pm
by nocturn
In the Pearl, there's a guy standing by a door, whose name's Casavir. If I'm not mistaken, the paladin in NWN2 was named Casavir too...
Also, if you talk to the mistress and give her the "Surprise me" response, you may end up in a room with two nugs.
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:02 am
by Sayne
I'm definitely keeping the Pantaloons. You just never know.
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:28 am
by GawainBS
During the first part of the Gauntlet for the Urn of Andraste's Ashes, you have to answer the riddles of the spirits. One of them is "A lark might carry it, but a strong man might not. Of what do I speak?" One of the answers you can give it "A coconut." Obviously a reference to [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFXG3r_0B8"]this[/url].
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:12 pm
by pchefkent
dont know if this was added by patch 1.02 but i dont remember it from my other visits to Haven. In the area just past the rude guard is a graveyard with lots of names and quotes from the developers. There's even a tribute to Gary Gygax, may the stone keep him.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:07 pm
by skee2
i cant beilieve no one has seen this one before
when yhu save lady anora from that dudes place one option yhu can say when she comes out in a gaurds uniform is "arnt yhu a little short to be a gaurd" am obvios referance to star wars
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:46 am
by GawainBS
skee2 wrote:i cant beilieve no one has seen this one before
when yhu save lady anora from that dudes place one option yhu can say when she comes out in a gaurds uniform is "arnt yhu a little short to be a gaurd" am obvios referance to star wars
It's been mentioned already...