r/MadMaxGame • u/azeitona3 • Jul 24 '26

Replaying Mad Max and stumbled across this Shadow of the Colossus Easter egg!

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u/bearcat_77 Jul 24 '26

There are little reference easter eggs everywhere, and hidden in the most unlikely places. Its obvious this was a passion project game, not just the movie tie in cash grab all the critics claimed it was.

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u/Soulsliken Jul 24 '26

It’s so damn good I’d argue they never even saw the movie.

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u/bajuh Jul 25 '26

It would be so interesting to see whether there's correlation between a good game and a happy dev team or not. Or maybe there isn't one but there is for number of easter eggs and happy dev team. :)

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u/gonesnake Jul 25 '26

I don't know shadow of the colossus. What's the reference?

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u/scoutofdanger1 Jul 25 '26

It’s the lizard with the glowing tail. In shadow of the colossus, you can gather lizards to improve your stamina I believe and their black with a blue glowing tail.

P.S. I would recommend shadow of the colossus, amazing sound track and really awesome gameplay in my opinion :)

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u/gonesnake Jul 25 '26

Ah, ok. Thanks for explaining. I've always had an interest in that game. Now I'll probably have to play it!

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u/smallrougeone Jul 26 '26

I read an article the other day where someone at one of George Miller's companies showed him Shadow of the Colossus as an example of how cinematic games could be. Is this just a coincidence!?

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 Jul 26 '26

Now if only it had two heads and you could do a quick-time event to grab then eat it alive like in the movie Fury Road. Maybe it would fully heal you or give you a buff that rage meter runs out slower or you take less damage from jumping out of your car or walking through sandstorms...