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One of the most beloved multiplayer maps in the whole franchise only exists because somebody forgot to delete it. Multiplayer design director Geoff Smith has said Shipment started life as an internal test map built for old-school split-screen play, and it got accidentally left in the launch playlist. Nobody ever pulled it back out.
For roughly the first third of the movie, the script deliberately leads you to believe Ken Watanabe's character is the real Ra's al Ghul, when it's actually Liam Neeson's Henri Ducard pulling the strings the whole time. It's a misdirect that plenty of first-time viewers didn't catch until the reveal.
Scrawled on the wall near the Mainframe platform in Der Riese is the line 'Embrace the trinity and true power will be yours' - a not-so-subtle hint that linking all three teleporters is what unlocks the Pack-a-Punch machine behind it.
Cranston wasn't just carrying the show as an actor — he stepped behind the camera too, directing three episodes across the series. His directorial debut was Season 2's 'Seven Thirty-Seven,' and he later directed the Season 3 premiere as well.
That deserted ruined area from the original four corners of the map, the one they just called Ghost Town, eventually got revamped into what players now know as Edgeville. Kind of a glow-up considering it started out with nothing but a couple of ghosts wandering around it.
During combat, your companion Cassidy occasionally mutters that he wishes he had a limit break, a term straight out of the Final Fantasy series for a character's big desperation move. A weirdly specific bit of JRPG-nerd humour to sneak into a wasteland shootout.
The game picked up recognition well beyond gaming's usual circles, landing nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards for Best Performer for both Claudia Black and Laura Bailey, plus nods from the Annie Awards, the Visual Effects Society and The Game Awards.
The playlist on Flashback FM isn't just inspired by Scarface, it's lifted straight from the film's actual soundtrack. When the station came back for Liberty City Stories they swapped it for Giorgio Moroder cuts instead, which makes sense once you remember he scored Scarface in the first place.
Michael Dorn, best known for playing Worf, returns as the super mutant Marcus, a character he'd already voiced back in Fallout 2. It's a nice bit of continuity for long-time fans, bringing back the same actor for a character who'd been off-screen since the second game in the series.
One of the story missions is called 'The Spy Who Shunned Me.' Say it out loud and it clicks pretty fast, it's a play on the James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' tucked in there for anyone paying attention to the mission list.
