“Resident Evil Requiem” has been full of topics recently. In addition to the plot direction and character return being hotly discussed, an unexpected small detail also caused the community to explode instantly. Careful players found Leon S. Kennedy’s phone number on the game screen「266-555-0173」 It clearly appears in the scene, and the numbers are arranged completely and eye-catchingly, as if waving to the fans.
Fans are too serious, they called me directly for actual testing
After the news spread, many players half-jokingly and half-seriously picked up their mobile phones to enter the number to see if it would trigger a voice easter egg, and even fantasized about hearing Leon’s deep voice. The result is standardUnable to reach. There are no hidden recordings, no secret messages, and no surprise easter eggs, just a quiet blank response. A large number of messages immediately appeared in the community. Some people laughed at themselves for being too dramatic, while others joked that “Leon can’t read it back at all.”
Is it an easter egg or a world view that is too real?
From a design perspective, this set of phone numbers is more likely to be a detailed decoration used to enhance the world view, rather than a truly interactive function. But the problem is that when the numbers are fully presented, players will naturally be stimulated to try. Some fans think that if the official can add an Easter egg recording on the phone, even if it is just a short voice, it will make this detail more sincere; others think that they should not expect too much in the first place, after all, the game is not a real-life interactive platform.
Lyon is so popular that everything will be magnified！
In fact, the key to the fermentation of this “dial-up incident” lies in Lyon’s high popularity. Ever since it was officially confirmed that he would be returning in Resident Evil Requiem, alongside Grace Ashcroft, fans have been paying attention. Whether it is a battle scene or a plot scene, as long as the elements related to Leon will be examined frame by frame. The discovery of the phone number this time can be regarded as an extension of the popularity effect.
The joke has become a joke, and the community has begun to create a new one
Nowadays, 266-555-0173 has been used as a meme material by many players. Some people have made it into a picture card, and some have written jokes to ridicule “This is the Easter egg with the coldest response in history.” Although it was a bit disappointing that the call couldn’t be connected, it did add a relaxing episode to “Resident Evil Requiem” and gave fans another little joke that they could mention again and again.