I am a Witcher 3 obsessive, revisiting CD Challenge’s opus as soon as each two or three years, however that hardly holds a candle to the Witcher 3 devotion of xLetalis, a YouTuber who’s been documenting the large recreation’s secrets and techniques and esoterica since launch, and continues to be discovering new surprises to today.
The newest, as reported by IGN, is an easter egg that appears to have been supposed for plucky boundary breakers who managed to search out themselves outdoors the traditional play space in Novigrad. Beneath the metropolis, you’ll be able to encounter an Uncle Sam-esque drawing of a Temarian soldier pointing on the viewer, with textual content beneath studying “CDPR Wants You.”
XLetalis was knowledgeable of the easter egg by a viewer who claims to have glitched into the house below Novigrad—xLetalis himself was unable to duplicate this, and managed to succeed in the drawing by way of a console command. The YouTuber was unable to search out one other occasion of the artwork in The Witcher 3, however recalled seeing one thing comparable elsewhere within the recreation. My guess? He might have been considering of the same riff on previous US recruitment posters discovered round The Witcher 1’s Vizima all the way in which again in 2007.
XLetalis questioned if this might need been a real stab at a recruitment device by CD Projekt, and I feel there’s a real chance there. Should you have been in a position to escape of bounds and see this message, that speaks to having the suitable stuff to turn into a top quality assurance tester. My guess is that this was positioned as a cheeky response to a identified shippable bug that allow you to get below Novigrad, just like the one xLetalis’ viewer used, if not the very same one.
You could acknowledge xLetalis’ identify from our earlier reporting on a Witcher 3 secret that solely exhibits up after seven in-game years cross, or the cross-game ARG/easter egg FF:06:B5, present in each Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3. XLetalis periodically releases compendiums of Witcher 3 secrets and techniques, like this one from a couple of months in the past. My favourite pertains to Blood and Wine’s Cianfanelli Financial institution: not solely are you able to get banned for all times if you happen to mess up its related quest, however the workers may also put up a “don’t serve this man” sketch of Geralt within the foyer. Ouch.