Mass Effect 3
Nine years ago Mass Effect 3, the concluding chapter of the Shepard trilogy, was released. Yet, so far, it would seem that no one has ever come across a very special easter egg. To unveil it the cinematic designer Richard Boisvert, who worked for BioWare from 2010 to 2016, or from Dragon Age 2 up to Mass Effect Andromeda. On the reddit of the series, the designer wrote: "10 years ago I inserted an easter egg into the ME3 mission to Mars and, as far as I know, no one has ever come across it."This is a Martian rover on which users are now formulating different theories to find out which one it is. Of the three rovers present on the soil of the red planet at the launch of the game, only Opportunity was the only one active and in motion. Although Boisvert did not specify the model of inspiration, it is probably the latter. To be excluded, however, is Curiosity, which reached Mars several months after the release of Mass Effect 3, ie in August 2012. But how is the easter egg activated?
At the beginning of the mission on Mars, you will have to follow a path between the solar panels (this one). Then there is nothing else to do: a rover will appear and approach Shepard. As soon as he gets close to the protagonist, the cute robot will nod his head, wanting to greet his fellow explorer. Apparently, however, in April 2020 a user was able to discover the location of the rover thanks to a photographic mod, but not to start its movements. You can see some pictures of the rover right here below.
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Mass Effect 3 Easter Egg Revealed After Nine Years
© Screenshot: BioWare / Kotaku You can find this Easter egg during the Mars mission of Mass Effect 3.Nine years since the release of Mass Effect 3 and just a couple of weeks after the release of its shiny new Mass Effect Legendary Edition remaster, a long-hidden Easter egg has been revealed.
On May 18th, Richard Biosvert, who appears to be a former BioWare developer, posted on r/masseffect about an Easter egg he hid in Mass Effect 3. “Ten years ago I put an Easter egg in the Mars mission of ME3, and as far as I know no one ever stumbled upon it,” he wrote.
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To activate the Easter egg, Commander Shepard must walk a specific route between a collection of solar panels at the start of the Mars mission. (Biosvert, who was a cinematic designer at the time, provided a handy guide on Reddit.)If executed properly, Shepard is treated to a neat little sight: A Mars rover will appear, roll up to the Commander, and nod.
Biosvert’s post doesn’t say which of the Mars rovers this one is modeled from, but there’s a good chance it’s Opportunity. Of the three rovers that were on Mars at the time of Mass Effect 3’s release in March 2012, Opportunity was the only one still active and roving around. It could also be the Curiosity rover, but that one didn’t reach Mars until August 2012—several months after ME3’s launch.
Biosvert’s assertion that no one’s ever found the Easter egg isn’t quite true. In April 2020, a user on Reddit posted that they found the rover while playing with a free camera mod on PC, but they were only able to locate it, not trigger the little robot’s movement. Now that the secret’s been revealed, Legendary Edition players have the chance to meet the 174 year old rover and exchange a warm greeting between fellow space travelers.