Gamers have found a rendition of viral sea shanty ‘The Wellerman’ hidden inside EA Motive’s latest Useless House remake.
The basic sea shanty went viral on TikTok in early 2021 because of musician Nathan Evans and impressed loads of tributes, from NFTs to a heavy metallic model by way of Trivium’s Matt Heafy.
Now, a reimagined model has been discovered within the new Useless House remake.
Whereas exploring the USG Ishimura, gamers can uncover a room that includes a circle of candles and a TV display screen displaying The Crimson Marker (by way of Eurogamer). After performing a particular set of melee assaults, the order found by way of adventures elsewhere within the ship, an audio recording of the ocean shanty is uncovered.
“There as soon as was a ship from the CEC, the Ishimura USG. She cracked a moon with gravity, go me bully boys go,” begins the tune. “Quickly might the Kellion come to avoid wasting our souls and take us residence. In the future when the fixin’ is finished, we’ll take our go away and go.”
Take a look at the complete rendition beneath:
Thanks to a different easter egg that includes an “indecipherable” unlockable New Sport+ log, Useless House followers consider future remakes are on the best way, whereas composer Trevor Gureckis thinks a model new Useless House 4 makes probably the most sense.
Glen Schofield, the creator of the unique Useless House, not too long ago praised EA Motive‘s “trustworthy” remake and thanked all those that labored on the 2008 model of the sport. “It has withstood the check of time,” he wrote.
In a four-star evaluation, NME mentioned: “EA Motive’s remake of Useless House does most of what you’d hope for, massively bettering the sport’s visible high quality and bettering sure mechanics like zero-g, whereas retaining the frantic fight and lightning-paced story of the unique. Your mileage might range on the modifications to the story, nevertheless it feels for probably the most half just like the Useless House you keep in mind.”
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