A Future 2 Unique weapon comprises a hidden secret whereby every shot has a one-in-ten likelihood of taking part in a widely-known motif from the favored FPS sport, Bungie developer Juan Pablo Uribe shared by way of Twitter on November 18.
“My parting Future reward to you all: There’s a 1 in 10 likelihood when firing a sustained beam of Ruinous Effigy that you simply’ll get a really delicate additional layer of a selected musical motif from a sure future launch that the music group gifted me with,” the tweet from Uribe, whose Twitter profile lists them as a senior sound developer at Bungie, reads. “You’ll comprehend it whenever you hear it.”
Ruinous Effigy, an Unique hint rifle, debuted with the sport’s Shadowkeep enlargement in 2020 with an related quest line however is now out there solely as a purchase order from the Monument to Misplaced Lights.
YouTuber Luckyy 10p confirmed Uribe’s assertion. In a video, the content material creator performs a memorable, eerie-sounding motif, which is from Past Mild, then begins to shoot the weapon to set off the sound. On solely the second steady shot, viewers can hear it faintly integrated into the weapon’s firing sound design.
It’s unclear whether or not the motif had been a part of the weapon since its inception or Uribe secretly added it inside a subsequent sport replace. Nevertheless, it’s potential that regardless that the gun appeared within the sport throughout Shadowkeep, which got here out a 12 months earlier than the sport’s Past Mild enlargement, the Bungie group had already had the music from Past Mild in growth. Due to this fact, the developer may have included the sound in Ruinous Effigy regardless that the weapon appeared within the sport earlier than Past Mild’s launch.
Uribe’s “parting Future reward” assertion seems to be associated to the presumed ‘loss of life’ of Twitter or a potential mass exodus from the platform. The developer appears to have taken an curiosity within the rising social platform Hive over the previous few days.
The developer revealed the hidden secret solely days after a latest Future 2 Telesto occasion resulted in confusion amongst gamers, sparking dialogue in regards to the neighborhood’s want for secrets and techniques within the sport world.
Fortunately, for gamers who take pleasure in secrets and techniques and mysteries, there’s loads of Future 2 content material to look ahead to within the coming weeks. You’ll want to take a look at our guides to forthcoming content material, reminiscent of our information masking the Future 2 season 19 begin date and extra, our Future 2 Lightfall information, and all the pieces we all know in regards to the forthcoming Future 2 Strand subclass set to launch with Lightfall.