One Mass Effect fan has found an Easter egg that has been hiding in plain sight all along. Over on Twitter, user Miss Snizzabelle commented on how Mass Effect’s opening has a very similar design to the opening spread of text from Top Gun, the 1986 film that starred Tom Cruise as the hotshot fighter jet pilot.
It turns out that this is more than just a passing resemblance, as former Mass Effect director and current CEO of Humanoid Studios Casey Hudson confirmed the link. “Finally someone noticed this! I’ve been waiting so long,” Hudson tweeted.
Every time I watch top gun I’m reminded that it has the same opening as mass effect and it blows my mind pic.twitter.com/xGFnElkarQ
— Snizabelle (@MissSnizabelle) January 17, 2023
Finally someone noticed this! I’ve been waiting so long… https://t.co/UjeOqEyRb8
— Casey Hudson (@CaseyDHudson) January 18, 2023
In other Mass Effect news, development on the fifth game in the series is steadily moving forward. EA and BioWare recently teased the next chapter in the sci-fi series with updated concept art, showing off a new Mass Relay system under construction.