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Blade Runner's influence on videogames

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:51 am
by 87th
I just found a link to this on Kotaku, and thought I'd post it for discussion here.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3165122
While the article doesn't speak too deeply about the film's cultural footprint for too long, it serves well for the type of fan who actively seeks out Blade Runner-style games (I've seen topics about such subjects here in the past). The article runs through a selection of games, and notes the influence that Blade Runner has had on them. Some games are quite obvious (Snatcher, Blade Runner for the PC, etc.) while a couple aren't so much (Final Fantasy VII, Flashback).
A few of the games on the list are bound to be favourites of the forum (Flashback is probably the best European game I've played), so I expect people will like reading about how they're influenced by one of their favourite films.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:38 am
by Synthoid
I can't believe they didn't mention Deus Ex.

Mind you, I liked this particular passage:
And let's not even dwell on Cloud's head-clutching angst over whether or not he might be a clone. Deckard could shrug and get on with life without another movie's worth of cut-scene.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:45 am
by 87th
I was kind of surprised that they didn't include Syndicate or Syndicate Wars, personally.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:51 am
by Artemio
Heheh I knew someone would beat me to post about it =)

I'll read it while at the office later today.

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:32 pm
by The Prince II
I just noticed that the MGS1 title font is alot like the Blade runner one.

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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:29 am
by Synthoid

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:05 am
by RandommodnaR
COMPARITION PICCY! :D

They DO look quite alike.

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:44 pm
by JunkerMike
Saw this pic on the site:

http://www.1up.com/media?id=3457389

What's it from?

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:27 pm
by shidoni
JunkerMike wrote:Saw this pic on the site:

http://www.1up.com/media?id=3457389

What's it from?
That's from Adam Warren's Bubblegum Crisis he did for Darkhorse... http://www.city-net.com/~dmm/pics/bgc4.jpg