Assassin’s Creed Valhallais here, and the game is massive. Players are continually finding new secrets and surprises including Easter eggs, nods to other franchises, and crossovers. Recently, fans have found aPortalreference inAssassin’s Creed Valhalla,two games that probably couldn’t be any further from each other.
Assassin’s Creed Valhallais a highly-ratedentry in the series, and one of the big games for Fall 2020. Taking place in 873 AD during the Viking Era, the setting is very different than the futuristic sci-fi setting ofPortal. However, that didn’t stop Ubisoft from referencing the classic first-person puzzle platformer inAssassin’s Creed Valhalla.
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A Reddit post that highlights the interesting find was recently posted in the r/gaming subreddit by user KylarStern327. In the image, it appears thatEivor (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s protagonist), tells an NPC “so the cake was a lie?” Details beyond that were not shared. The cake being a lie usually indicates that there was a false promise driving players to take on a task.
The reference is a popular meme fromPortalthat spread throughout the Internet after the release of the original game in 2007. With the game being quite old now, some users joked in the comments that thePortal"Cake was a Lie" referenceis outdated, pointing to Ubisoft itself being a bit out of touch in its usage of the meme. That being said, thePortalgames are classics, and the joke is as well.
There’s no way for thePortaluniverse to connect with the Viking world ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla, other than in the modern-day portions of theAssassin’s Creedgames. However, these types of Easter eggs are still fun, like theSony love-letter inGhost of Tsushima. In that one, the games were at least attached via the Sony brand. Ubisoft giving a friendly nod to Valve, two completely different publishers, is neat in its own right.
ThePortalgames are beloved and considered modern classics by many. Fans are still hoping for aPortal 3, which is whyfan-madePortalgamesand mods have popped up online to fill the void. However, with Valve’s propensity to rarely ever make a true third entry in a franchise (look atLeft 4 Dead,Portal, orTeam Fortress), it doesn’t seem likely thatPortal 3will happen.
Assassin’s Creed Valhallais available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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