Ex-Rockstar dev says one of GTA 5's most mysterious Easter eggs was really "just put in there to mess with people"
Nov. 5, 2024Former Rockstar designer Ben Hinchliffe thinks your theories need work
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Waiting 10 years forGTA 6to show up has made fans of the open-world action game series a little paranoid. And, more than that, it’s made them bored. As a result, fans regularly pore over details in GTA that former Rockstar designer Ben Hinchliffe says are sometimes meaningless.
Perhaps they should. Hinchliffe tells Dawkins that, while he wasn’t directly involved in concocting Mt. Chiliad’s mystique, “obviously, there’s always a desire to put in these really complex Easter egg hunts and trails that the really dedicated players will follow.”
But, “as with all Easter eggs,” he continues, “sometimes you just put them in to mess with people. They don’t actually do anything. You just mess with people, just to drive them a little bit crazy.”
That strategy has certainly proved effective in Chiliad’s case. And, in general, Hinchliffe says he often sees fan theories that are so inaccurate, they almost make him want to intervene.
Though, you do have to wonder… if aliens really were in GTA 5, would an authority figure like Rockstar tell us? I’m not sure. I want to believe.
Former GTA 6 designer says the open world sequel will “blow people away” and “people will be talking about it for ages” because Rockstar has “raised the bar again.”
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Ashley Bardhan is a critic from New York who covers gaming, culture, and other things people like. She previously wrote Inverse’s award-winning Inverse Daily newsletter. Then, as a Kotaku staff writer and Destructoid columnist, she covered horror and women in video games. Her arts writing has appeared in a myriad of other publications, including Pitchfork, Gawker, and Vulture.
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