Key Takeaways
- One of the most infamous easter eggs in GTA history is the mural that can be found on top of Mount Chiliad.
- The secret has gone unanswered for more than a decade, with many of us wondering if it was just a prank all along.
- Former Rockstar Games developer Ben Hinchliffe seems to support this, as he noted in an interview that some easter eggs are added to “mess with people”.
Former Rockstar Games designer Ben Hinchliffe says that Grand Theft Auto 5‘s infamous Mount Chiliad easter egg was likely added by Rockstar just to “mess with people”.
One of the greatest things about Rockstar Games’ titles is how many easter eggs, secrets, and mysteries there are to find throughout its open-world games. Ever since the days of GTA 3, Rockstar has liked hiding as many things as possible for players to find, even though most of the secrets end up going unanswered.
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Over the last year and a bit, we’ve finally been finding out the meaning behind many of GTA’s easter eggs, from its size-changing moon to San Andreas’ suicidal planes. One mystery we haven’t found out the answer to is perhaps one of the most notorious in gaming history – the mural that can be found at the top of Mount Chiliad in GTA 5.
For those that don’t know, GTA 5’s Mount Chiliad is hiding a number of secrets, from a UFO that appears once you’ve reached 100 percent to a message scratched on an observation deck. The most infamous, though, is a mural pictured on the lift station that shows numerous symbols, including a massive easter egg, a jetpack, and a UFO.
Fans have been trying to figure out what this mural means for more than a decade now with no results. If you’re one of those that hopes the answer to the mystery is still out there, it might be time to call it quits, as former Rockstar designer Ben Hinchliffe has commented on it in a recent interview with YouTuber Dan Dawkins (thanks GamesRadar+).
Hinchliffe says that he wasn’t involved in the Mount Chiliad mystery, but that Rockstar always has a “desire” to put in complex easter egg unts and trails for “dedicated players”. That being said, he also notes that Rockstar likes to put in easter eggs “to mess with people” and “drive them a little bit crazy”.
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. – Ben Hinchliffe
While that’s not direct confirmation that the Mount Chiliad mystery meant nothing all along and was just a prank by Rockstar, it does make sense considering how long the mural has gone unsolved. I personally like the theories that it was hinting towards some of the game’s cancelled single-player expansions, but I guess we’ll never really know for sure.
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