MW3 Rust easter egg delivers a sharp reference to 2009\u2019s MW2 campaign ActivisionMW3\u2019s Rust map features a killer easter egg reference to 2009\u2019s MW2 campaign\u2019s climatic end against General Shepherd. Leading up to the launch of MW3, Activision\u2019s marketing push focused on a return to the days of old; red dots appear on the mini-map after firing, slide canceling returning, and the long-awaited arrival of classic maps were just a few highlights of said push. While exciting, the idea of 2009\u2019s MW2 maps caused a hint of timidity, as fans wondered what creative liberties Sledgehammer would take in recreating said maps. For the most part, each map has been nearly identical to its original counterpart, albeit with a few minuscule changes that are easily missed. One of those maps is Rust, and its newest iteration features a neat easter egg nod to the game the map first came from. MW3 easter egg nods to MW2\u2019s final battle against General Shepherd 2009\u2019s Modern Warfare 2 campaign saw Task Force 141 embark on a globetrotting journey to stop Vladimir Makarov. However, Makarov wasn\u2019t the only villain, as the notorious General Shepherd handed players one of the most devasting losses in the original trilogy\u2019s story with a brutal murder of Ghost and Roach. The game\u2019s final level unfolded on Rust, which saw John \u201cSoap\u201d MacTavish and Captain Price battle Shepherd. The battle ends in a cinematic throwing knife to Shepherd\u2019s face as the duo earned revenge for their losses. This moment was massive in CoD\u2019s history, as it introduced players to Throwing Knife and Rust, both franchise staples. Head into MW3\u2019s iteration of Rust right now, and you\u2019ll see Sledgehammer Games thinks highly of this moment as well, with an in-game easter egg nod towards the climactic end of MW2. It\u2019s easy to miss this, with Rust thrusting players into battle in a matter of seconds. Nonetheless, it\u2019s a neat homage to the game MW3\u2019s maps are from, with replies echoing that sentiment. \u201cThis is actually a nice lil nod to the original,\u201d one fan replied. As we\u2019re still fresh off the launch of MW3, stay tuned for any future easter egg reveals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MW3 Rust easter egg delivers a sharp reference to 2009\u2019s MW2 campaign ActivisionMW3\u2019s Rust map features a killer easter egg reference to 2009\u2019s MW2 campaign\u2019s climatic end against General Shepherd. Leading up to the launch of MW3, Activision\u2019s marketing push focused on a return to the days of old; red dots appear on the mini-map […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}