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[DryvBy]

I remember before Counter-Strike became a thing, a friend and I were in an IRC-type channel with the guys who were working on the early stages of the beta had mentioned Heat, Ronin and Leon the Professional as sort of inspirations. I never thought that movies influenced games until then. Today I was watching a video about Jet Force Gemini that around the 5 minute mark, shows what movies influenced some games and this topic popped up.




I know MGS 4 took some inspiration from The Third Man, an old noir film with long dark alleys. What's some movies that you're aware of that inspired a scene or a game for some games, GAF?

 

[Mr Hyde]

Shinji Mikami took a bunch of inspiration from George A Romero and low budget zombie flicks when he created Resident Evil. Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead were the main inspiration, as well as Lucio Fulcis Zombie Flesh eaters.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, inspired The Last of Us Part 2.

 

[RagnarokIV]

I would like to thank movies such as Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Boy's Don't Cry and Billy Elliot for making my favorite game Dragon Age Veilguard possible.

 

[Mr Hyde]

If we're talking The Last of Us it is well known that Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley took inspiration from Cormac McCarthys novel the Road, but it was mainly the film adaptation with Viggo Mortensen that they looked closer at when they created the game.

 

[Eimran]

The warriors

 

[poppabk]

Indiana Jones movies have had an oversized impact. Tomb Raider, Uncharted, and a whole bunch of actual Indiana Jones games.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Dawn of the Dead (1978) inspired Dead Rising.

Jacob's Ladder (1990) inspired Silent Hill.

Big Trouble In Little China (1986) inspired Mortal Kombat.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) inspired Final Fantasy XII.

 

[AutomaticPrince]

While working on Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg was inspired to do a game and decided to make Medal of Honor as well.

 

[MasterDerico]

As a fan of Andrei Tarkovski (movies and books) Silent Hill 2 makes me remember Solaris a lot.

I loved (still love) B Horror movies, so Splatterhouse... jaw-dropping for me...!

Martial arts movies (also old chinese wuxia) makes me love Fighting games, beat'em up, etc...

Anime, anime games...

There's many more...

 

[Dacvak]

 

[FoxMcChief]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) inspired Final Fantasy XII.

Hey! Don't blame Star Wars for this:

 

[NeverYouMind]

Hey! Don't blame Star Wars for this:

I blame Japan. It is clearly their effeminate interpretation of Aladdin.

 

[Judge Magister]

So many. I'll give you three.

Streets of Fire inspired Streets of Rage or Final Fight.
Chinatown and other noir movies inspired L.A. Noire.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre influence is present in Resident Evil 7.

 

[mansoor1980]

resident evil 1 inspired by judge dredd

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

For me I played the games before the movies but to list some of the movies I felt were connected to the games I like when I watched them were mostly the post apocalyptic wasteland, fantasy, and horror movies such as

The Fallout Series
After the Fall of New York 2019
The Bronze Warrior
Exterminator of the Year 3000
Warriors of the Wasteland
Cyborg
Nemesis
Escape from New York
Escape from L.A
The Terror Within
2020 Texas Gladiator
There's more but I forgot their titles

The Elder Scrolls and Zelda series
Krull
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Red Souja
Labyrinth
Neverending Story
Heart and Armour
The Barbarian Queen
Sorceress
The Sword and the Sorceress
Hawk the Slayer
Ator the Fighting Eagle
There's more but I forgot their titles

Resident Evil series
Alien
Aliens
The Thing
Screamers
Return of the Living Dead
Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop 2
Maniac Cop 3
Terminator
I come in Peace
There's a whole lot more but I forgot

 

[AutomaticPrince]

Fallout pulls alot of inspiration from A Boy and His Dog

 

[Danjin44]

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Here is few examples...

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