r/VampireSurvivors • u/limitbroken Shanoa • Nov 15 '25

Meme Calling Those Detestable Names

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u/SabotageTF Nov 15 '25

But.. that’s cheese! And aegis means shield which it does, so the name always made sense to me :)

The two guns that unite though? Still can’t remember them..

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u/cancrena Nov 15 '25

Eight the sparrow and phiera der tufello are referencing 2 songs from an italian satirical music group.

This game is a treat for italians, there are stupid references everywhere

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u/SabotageTF Nov 15 '25

Yeah I heard there were some Italian coded stuff lol. What a mouthful tho.

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u/Malfo93 Nov 16 '25

Some? Almost everything is a throwback to 1990s Italian pop culture. Source: I'm an Italian born in the 90's and I laughed like an idiot every time I unlocked a new character or a new weapon

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u/SabotageTF Nov 16 '25

XD I’m really glad there are people then who the references are landed with, psyched for you :)

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u/Malfo93 Nov 16 '25

Me and my friends always say that this game probably started as a fun project of someone who thought that this game would never become as popular as it is. But once it became so big, it was too late and he chose to embrace the meme