The Escapist Presents: Starcraft 2: Easter Eggs

[OmegaXzors]

Two of them were already said but I'll repeat them.

1) Night Elf dancer in the top right of the cantina in the Hyperion.

2) On "Piercing The Shroud," where your reinforcements arrive, if you go all the way north then you'll find a Murloc Marine.

3) If a Battlecruiser engages into battle while your screen is off of it, the unit goes, "it's a trap!" to alert you it's in combat.

 

[no one really]

Wow, Diablo?
Now I'm driven to seek more easter eggs.

 

[The_Prophet]

Well, definitely have to mention iPistol and iCruiser (or iBattlecruiser, or iBattleship, I'm not sure). The iCruiser is on a bilboard in the first mission.
Then there's the Terrible, Terrible damage, that even appears in the challenge missions if you kill a lot of at the same time using the High Templar storms.
And of course, Grunty The Murloc Marine.
One of the things that really made me giggle madly was in the lost viking arcade. "HE DOES NOT LIKE YOU!!!" *in flashing red letters*
Oh, I can't believe I forgot the "It's a trap!".

 

[Chal]

Repost from an earlier thread:

The armory in game has a giant "Bay 12" sign. I believe that it's probably a reference to Alien, but with the chief engineer having a few quips about drinking and mining (and a stout appearance to boot), I like to think it is also a nod toward the site that hosts Dwarf Fortress. Entirely possible, there is an undeniable reference to it in WoW.

Spoiler: The Armory

Spoiler: WoW Conversation

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

"Terrible, terrible damage!" made me laugh.

I also liked the Ghostbusters reference, as well as the out-house taking off.

 

[Dr_Roxo24]

dancing night elf in the top left in the cantina

 

[KarmicToast]

2 for you:

1) The portrait face for the Spartan mercs is the face of the lead SC2 developer

2) When you first find the Diamondback in single player, you may notice that it's the "Cobra" from the alpha release of SC2 which was cut before the beta. When it shows up the armory guy says: "Oh my god, that's a Diamondback! Thought that baby didn't make it out of prototype!"

:-D

 

[Jared]

I love how the Bansee quotes the "Aliens" film by going "5 by 5" and also...the Medic..."Please state the nature of the medical emergency" XD

 

[FightThePower]

The final boss in The Lost Viking arcade machine is Blizzard's April Fool's Joke from 2009.

 

[Wolfram23]

Some cool easter eggs I totally didn't see! Tho I think the scientist's collar as a Horde reference, and the BSOD on the lazer are a bit of a stretch...

Also, the TAUREN LEVEL 800!!!!!! ad on the TV was hilarious.

 

[Tortoiseloz]

/its a trap!

seriously though you know that you see animals walking around well you can click on them then in the 3d unit closeup there's the animal

 

[pyorman154]

1)frozen Marine in the "Havens Fall"
2)Diablo 3 play advertisemen on "media blitiz"

 

[ManiacRaccoon]

I love how the Bansee quotes the "Aliens" film by going "5 by 5" and also...the Medic..."Please state the nature of the medical emergency" XD

Those were in the original Starcraft, but yeah, those are pretty cool. I suspect the video would have been incredibly long if they had included the quotes if you keep clicking on the various units. Then again, those aren't hard to find so maybe they don't count as Easter eggs, even if you don't own the game there are always videos on the internet of them all. I don't know what the Raven does, but I already like it because of the way it talks and the numerous AI character refs it makes. If only it told you to bite it's shiny metal exhaust pipe I would've bought this game already.

 

[VincentX3]

Diablo made me WTF!?!! big time.

 

[David Gravely]

on the super secret mission "piercing the shroud" you can exit the secret laboratory on the landing pad and scout the rock that is outside the building. you'll be able to see, not go to, a small rock cluster with murky the murloc marine dancing and shooting up a storm.

also in that underground mission "belly of the beast" right before you enguage battle with the large queen zerg, you'll be given a side mission to save some marines from an ultralisk. if the ultralisk breaks the rocks the marines say "oh no...game over man. GAME OVER!"

 

[deth2munkies]

1) Murloc Marine in "Piercing the Shroud" just after the 2nd reinforcements arrive (he's on an asteroid in the background), Metroid in a tank later in that mission.

2) "TerribleTerribleDamage" also happens to be the god mode cheat

 

[gibboss28]

Its not much of an Easter Egg but theres the L80ETC song "Terran Up The Night" on the Jukebox.

 

[zombays]

You forgot that in the Cantina there's the little hologram on the upper left balcony and that's actually a dancing blood elf chick, and you left out the Secret mission of secret proportions

 

[RN7]

Level 800 ETC made me lol.

 

[Aenir]

The Thor also does the /dance
Marines, Marauders, and Thors also have a /cheer

Also when I was first playing through and heard the Terrible Terrible Damage, I couldn't help but laugh and clap. It was pure genius.