StaceyPowers Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 What games have you played that function as extended deliberate references to other multimedia? For example, The Outer Worlds extensively references the TV show Firefly. BioShock extensively references Ayn Rand’s book The Fountainhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 In the game Life is Strange, there was a big reference of George Orwell's Dystopian Novel 1984 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 If you are okay with graphic novels, the Scott Pilgrim series was great and had a fun little side scrolling beat em up. I can tell you what video game novel to avoid at all cost. Silent Hill: Betrayal was utter garbage, and pretty much fan fiction that got published. Has anyone read the Warcraft books, then played any Warcraft games 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatman Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 5/5/2022 at 11:39 AM, Empire said: If you are okay with graphic novels, the Scott Pilgrim series was great and had a fun little side scrolling beat em up. I can tell you what video game novel to avoid at all cost. Silent Hill: Betrayal was utter garbage, and pretty much fan fiction that got published. Has anyone read the Warcraft books, then played any Warcraft games 😛 I haven't read any Warcraft books yet but I have played its games. Which books on Warcraft can you recommend for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Games like "Portal" cleverly reference the "Aperture Science" universe, while "Dead Space" pays homage to sci-fi horror films like "Event Horizon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 (edited) One that stands out for me is Dead Space - it has some serious influences from classic sci-fi horror films like Alien and Event Horizon. The isolation and tension-building are almost straight out of those films, and the dark, mechanical design of the environment feels very much like those sci-fi classics. Edited November 22 by killamch89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
