Why I love hidden "easter eggs" in Hyboria

In reality, it's a really bad idea to implement these hidden "Easter Eggs" if you're not a 100% sure the rest of the content is polished and good-to-go. Still, I can't help enjoying them for what they are. A reward for the observant, and for the explorers of Hyboria. I learned my lesson already back in Tortage when I simply rushed through it as fast as I could only completing the "important" quests. Aka the destiny quests and all the generic ones that yield the most exp per hour, instead of the ones that yield the most fun per hour, hehe.

Later on I came back with an alt, and I realised that there was for example a bottle containing a quest in White Sands Isle and how completing the tidious quest Caught in the Shadows would in later quests lead to one of the most "WOW" scenes in any game, especially in the EARLY levels of the game. Basically, the combination of what you would never expect to happen and the heartbreaking music that was solely made for that one moment in time, led me to fall in love with this game. (unfortunately, it's not part of the official soundtrack..)

Then there's the long and tedious questline given by Old Man Naboth in Khopshef Province, that actually ends in a small little cinematic. I will never do it again, but it was, arguably, worth it the first time.

My last example, would be the awesome Fight Club in the Fields of the Dead. The reason I think it's so great is just that they went out of their way to make a completely random totem on the surface of the zone that transports you to a secret place called "The Fight Club". And as Tyler Durden says, "the first rule of Fight Club is... you do not talk about Fight Club.." !

There's actually a couple more Easter Eggs, but it wouldn't be fun to spoil them. You know what I suggest? Go out and explore Hyboria. It can actually be pretty rewarding.