Wow, Check Out One Of Wolverine’s Secret Places
In the frozen wastes surrounding the Akali Lake Weapon X facility, Wolverine stumbles upon an artifact of untold power from another world… of Warcraft.
I’m placing the main image below in case the spoiler warning tag isn’t enough to keep you from peeking inside. It really is one of the more humorous little cross-title nods I’ve come across lately, and I certainly wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise for anyone else. Let’s just say that millions of people across the world will recognise what they are seeing immediately upon finding it and leave it at that. Now go away now if you don’t want to know. Seriously.
Given you plenty of time to leave now. Without further adieu, here’s a shot of the hidden area I stumbled upon while playing X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Not only did this discovery nearly make me piss myself laughing, it also scored me an achievement, aptly titled, “WoW!”. with the description, “You feel cold as you examine the skeleton and read the name “Arthas” etched into the nearby sword.”
Technically not a spoiler really, seeing as it’s been outed on achievement lists all over the internet, but nonetheless an amusing little nod to one of Activision Blizzard’s slightly more popular franchises.
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@BenettaPacilus: The frostmourne is kinda cool but OMG IT'S THE HATCH!!
@Mishotaki: Did you really have to hum before typing that?
hum.... frostmourne is from Warcraft 3... way before world of warcraft....
@Eruanno:
Same here.
That´s pretty fucking random.
@sweetie55:
Right, but WoW is supposed to be silly and self-deprecating...I don't know, it just annoyed me...
wait, is there any marvel easter egg in WoW...?
dumanue
You know... that is really cool. I wonder how many more "cross-IP" things we can expect to see now that Activision and Blizzard have become Actard?
On another note - I'd really like to explore Wolverine's secret places, especially if said Wolverine looks like Hugh Jackman.
dur.. i found the hatch and spent 5 mins trying to figure out how to open it.... now i see its just a fun joke.. durrr
neoxbomb
@avprox777: I'll join avprox777. Wah wah wah.
cyrax08
Clearly Colonel Stryker has been embezzeling Army funds in order to feed his otaku tendencies. A replica of Frostmourne is probably just the start.
Waiting to be discovered: a polystone bust of Wally Wood, a mint in-box Death Star trash compactor set, and a Xena RealDoll.
allium
@fdisk: buy of us! buy of us!
a.g.a.b.
@PatrickF**kingStar: Well, he obviously didn't play it ALL day. He took twenty minutes out of his gaming session to bone your girl.
masterdingo
@fdisk: Wah wah, its only an easter egg. Be happy they didnt try to magically make it a part of the whole game (I'm looking at you SC4, with your Vader and Yoda).
avprox777
@BattleBee: awesome
a.g.a.b.
@Dead Giveaway: You'll cry when you see...=(
@PatrickF**kingStar: I'd Heart-click you for that if I hadn't already Heart-clicked you for something else.
@PatrickF**kingStar: Way to hold a grudge over a high school girlfriend. We all know how important those are...
@Modus_Operandi: All of his claws change to resemble mini versions of the sword once you touch it.
Raziel66
@thewafflecult: /cough BLOOD SPEC DEATH KNIGHTS /cough
Iwilechu
@Duin: That's called college.
Raziel66
So they threw Mournblade...I mean Frostmourne... into this game as a campy game reference? Lame.
I'd rather there have been something substantial added than a lot of cheesy pop-media references that have no relevance to the game I'm playing.
Awww, disappointed by misleading title.
Was expecting a Maximum Risky Chris Redfield-esque flash game.
Kieran Teasdale
@chirokitsune: to kill wolverine you need to pull him apart and put him in different boxes
starwind-hawking
@Esper_tricks: Duh to kill saber tooth and if you dont know what im talking about get lost
starwind-hawking
@scudly: I found that as well, but the reference was Lost on me.
@Ghetto-Cornetto: The game is EXTREMELY bloody. With chulky sounds.
@BarbeQueQ: No, but the whole Arthas and the sword thing was the main story of WCIII.
@Modus_Operandi: why would wolverine use a sword? He already has those awesome claws.
@BattleBee: Oh good grief! No! I'd rather take on Arthas rather then Wolverine as the Lich King!
@[i217.photobucket.com]
But minus the suit and the humour.....
There's also an area right after you start the game where you find a mysterious hatch in the ground that has some light emanating from it. You get an achievement for it as well.
Is it good or bad that I had no idea what the sword was from?
@fdisk: My guess is this will probably be an on-going trend from now on in any of Activision Blizzard's games. Blizzard does these kind of easter egg deals in most if not all of their games. I for one will embrace the goofiness.
sweetie55
@Chances: It's that or the next tie in is with Metal Gear Solid...
Very nice. :)
On a slightly related note, anyone else find it odd that the movie itself only recieved a 12A rating, while the game managed to grab itself a BBFC 18+ rating?
@PatrickF**kingStar: Seriously, why haven't you been given a star yet?
There should be another easter egg, one that is a long apology for what they did to Deadpool.
@McDollar:
WHAT WE HAD WAS REAL, BRO.
WHAT WE HAD WAS REAL.
I found this myself and to be honest I was a little annoyed by it. I know Activision and Blizzard are the same company now, but Frostmourne is way out of place in the X-Men world. I would have liked something at least Marvel related instead as an Easter egg. This just feels like Blizzard pushing WoW on us; especially since there's an achievement attached to it.
@PatrickF**kingStar:
high school + love of your life?
does not compute...
I'm torn between:
"WHAT?!"
and
"HAHAAA, awesome!"
@HJSoulma: Once? That's how I survive the bar scene on the weekends.
@Boom-Chicka-Ah:
Buy**
there can be only one prince of darkness.
but WoW Today!!
@Duin: Who doesn't try that once in their life?
HJSoulma
No.
BarbeQueQ
Wolverine as the new Lich King....yes, that needs to happen NOW!
BattleBee
@PatrickF**kingStar:
Well WoW =/= WCIII
BarbeQueQ
Wolverine: the Lich King
10/25man raid boss
Due to his healing power, you can't actually kill him. You need to lower him to a giant magnet before he kills everyone... which he can do in one swipe
hobbz
@PatrickF**kingStar: What did they do to Deadpool?!?!
Anyway, the best game to see Deadpool is M:UA.
@PatrickF**kingStar: You tried being a woodland weasel scavenger that emits a foul odour when confronted?
there is also a portal one with a "cake"
@Derangel: Back in high school, the love of my life left me for some Korean guy who played Warcraft III all day. I've hated it ever since.
@PatrickF**kingStar: Being pissed at what they did to Deadpool I get, but what is wrong with this amusing easter egg?
Derangel
@Chances:
Oh ok, guessed it might be something like that. Thanks.
Greenstuff-Alex
Slightly is an understatement
@Greenstuff-Alex: NPCs who have available quests have the ! over their head. ...I think. It's been a few years.
@Greenstuff-Alex:
You're better off not knowing as you've never been exposed to our curse!
Yeah...it's how we get our quests.
I now return to leveling up my Huntard!
dnafarfan
I liked the further adieu.
Vidunder
@thewafflecult: Wolverine can't be a class because you can't learn how to Wolverine.
You can be an Iron Fist.
You can be a Punisher.
You can even be a Nova.
But you can't be a Wolverine.
Trust me, I tried.
;_;
Cool..
Pick up the frostmourne because it's definitely going to do much more damage then those claws.
Well, there is a hatch from "Lost" on the first level...
BenettaPacilus
Pfft. He doesn't need a sword.
Sebnotic
I demand Frostmourne claws for that achievement!
"he who pulleth the sword from the stone, shall be ruler of all this land." -give it a try, wolvie, and don't mind the other guy, there. that won't happen to you, I promise. *snicker*-
SoulSiphon
Between this and the "new" Deadpool, I can't imagine playing this game without performing a Fastball Special on my TV with the neighbor kid.
It would have been better if you could actually use the sword.
Modus_Operandi
What's the exclamation mark for? Is that a WoW thing?
Greenstuff-Alex
Nice.
Temidien
Awesome.. Now can you accept that quest?
EternalStar
Wolverine would be the cheapest class in WoW; I mean, his self-healing is ridiculous.
thewafflecult
@Duin: I've made a career out of it!
fuck wow and fuck activision for making me see wow shit in my nothing to do with wow game
Timothy Saskiewicz
@starwind-hawking: SABRETOOTH ISN'T DEAD.
Crappiest storyline ever.
@Mike Fahey: depends if they showered or not really...
bodger1
@sweetie55: I wonder if this will work the other way as well. Like, the ability to assemble Iron Men in StarCraft 2
Pretty funny, would be interesting to find if it was an ActiBlizz decision to include Frostmourne or a Raven decision, would make a World of difference. (ouch)
@masterdingo: I've played some good WC3 players and they can end a match pretty quickly.
@Mike Fahey:
What you did there, I see it.
@omfgh4x: Yeah, the hatch is definitely awesome.
SolidEyeSystem
@PatrickF**kingStar:
Raven wants to do a Deadpool game with the real DEADPOOl, not that FOX made abomination::
[gamesblog.ugo.com]
Heh, I love little winks like this. Cool stuff.
kylenalepa
@PatrickF**kingStar: No you can't be a Wolverine because Marvel would sue your ass off! At least that's what they did when they saw superheroes with 3 claws in City of Heroes.
Spiderbait
@dumanue:
The new expansion has a Village of 'badger people' with claws. One of them in a hut is named 'Loh Gun' or something similar.
Rondogg
@masterdingo: chuckles.
@splatternick: You cared enough to comment...
dry-roasted-peanuts
@Narsil:
I'd buy it.
Then again, I already plan to, so it'd just be icing on the proverbial cake.
Squirrelbot3000
@SolidEyeSystem:
If you knock on it, Desmond pops out and tells you to shove off.
Squirrelbot3000
@King of Fun UK:
"Who's feral tracks are these?"
Squirrelbot3000
I'd care if I liked WoW.. But I don't, because I LOATHE Wow with a passion.
@Squirrelbot3000: Brotha'
The cake is not a lie apprently
[i42.tinypic.com]
enigma776
That's awesome
"For in the final hour... all shall serve the one, true king... bub."
@McDollar: I was gonna say that too, but didn't want to come off as a dick... <__<
HJSoulma
@Duin: They're called druids. Hell the Bears even have a self heal!
Hah, awesome. Is it just me, or have easter eggs really gotten rare in games?
@thewafflecult: LOL, I can imagine. Of course, that's all I could do. I would have had no clue what it was a reference to by just seeing it.
I've tried WoW 3 times now, once for 3 weeks...as suggested by friends...and it bore me to death.
@BenettaPacilus:
I'm surprised no one was found the cake yet. And that's no lie.
System_Zero
I thought they were nods to Zelda and Metal Gear Solid. That is Old Snake dead..so that's where Old Snake ends up after MGS4
ae86takumi
@Mike Fahey: I daresay the game was far superior to the film.
@EternalStar:
Second.
@fELIXADER: Hey, don't leave me high and dry, I can't get the point of wow either.
@Shandy706: Thank God i am not the only one!
@GardnerEumelus: Nevermind. I see a comment on the first page placing it.
GardnerEumelus
Is everyone missing that "Found!" and the hatch are no doubt a reference to the TV show Lost?
GardnerEumelus
@Mike Fahey: If there's one thing the censors need to crack down on, it's horrific chulky sounds.
@Boom-Chicka-Ah: Yeah he's been the Prince of Darkness since 1979
Cueil
@hobbz: He'd be more like killing a Terask(sp?) You have to lower him to -750hp then kill him with a merical or wish otherwise he heals at 200hp/tic
Cueil
@Greenstuff-Alex: WoW users were so stupid that they had to actually let the people know who had quest instead of making them actually find the people who have them. Sometimes I really miss the old days
Cueil
@Cueil: Really? I played that game from day 1, and the beta, and there were always exclamation marks...Were we playing the same game?
alzuna
@Stryker412: You must not have been on the internet last year.
I don't even play WoW, or any Warcraft games, and I'm more than familiar with that sword, and its name, and its owner.
define i tried?!?!?
orgil220
@alzuna:
I would assume he is talking about the good old days, as in, the ones before WoW.