1 | The game's a total love letter to classic CyberPunk franchises. Elements of ''Film/BladeRunner'', ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', ''Anime/ArmitageIII'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' and many others are clearly present. |
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3 | Here are the specific shoutouts as seen in the game. |
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5 | * When players complete purchases at the kiosks, the tune that plays when you hit the jackpot is the Final Fantasy victory theme. |
6 | * In the scene when you meet the British and Chinese members of the Rust Crew the side with the pool looks like E. Honda's stage in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. |
7 | * A number of Resistance soldiers are wearing armor that's clearly inspired by [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Guardsmen]]. |
8 | * Cain uses a machine-pistol and has the same combat stance as Franchise/{{Robocop}}. |
9 | * [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Amada hacks into the US millcom and orders nuclear strikes against the rest of the world - Skynet's opening gambit.]] |
10 | ** ''Terminator'' influences are strongly felt with the skeleton structures of most robots, but most definitely with the car and giant motorcycle robots in the last highway chase. |
11 | * The mobile gun howitzer behaves very much like a non-nuclear ''VideoGame/MetalGear''. |
12 | ** However, they more closely resemble [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Mugendramon/Machinedramon.]] |
13 | * Putting Hollow Children in the place of certain persons has the same feeling of ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' all right. |
14 | ** Also, female Hollow Children being capable of giving birth is definitely a shoutout to ''Anime/ArmitageIII''. |
15 | * The design of the MiniMecha used by Philiips' spec ops team strongly evokes ''VideoGame/FrontMission''. |
16 | * Some Security robots in Upper Tokyo use machine pistols, having a habit of spinning their pistols with their trigger fingers when drawing/holstering - which was [[Franchise/{{Robocop}} Alex Murphy's]] habit. |
17 | * The AceCustom that [[spoiler: Philips]] uses is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam painted red, ala Char's Zaku II]]. |
18 | * The Tsar Runner is essentially Demolishor from Revenge of the Fallen. |
19 | * Whether it's intentional or not (if it's ever cited specifically, I sure didn't see it), the Hollow Children's name is highly reminiscent of [[http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/784/ T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men."]] |
20 | ** The Hollow Children (at least those who believe that they're human) living in normal society is taken from the original Ghost in the Shell and partially from Blade Runner. |
21 | * Kiryu's guerrilla skin in multiplayer is a shoutout to the Rambo franchise. |
22 | * The Rust Crew's mandate to hunt down Hollow Children under [=IRTA=] mandate is a shoutout to Blade Runner. |
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