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Games inspired by Twin Peaks?
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xrnzaaas
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Virginia is heavily inspired by Twin Peaks, they even have a very similar tune to TP's theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-tovCFKAw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na-tovCFKAw
timetokill
Banned
irrelevant
Sumio Mondo
Member
Deadly Premonition
Silent Hill
Mizzurna Falls (Which is getting a fan translation into English)
Virginia (just looking at it, not played it yet)
Flower, Sun & Rain (replace "small town" with "tropical island hotel")
Silent Hill
Mizzurna Falls (Which is getting a fan translation into English)
Virginia (just looking at it, not played it yet)
Flower, Sun & Rain (replace "small town" with "tropical island hotel")
Baron_Calamity
Member
While its a stretch, Firewatch strikes me as very twin peaks in style.
Brerlappin
Member
Alan Wake is obvious, Thimbleweed Park is also very TP like
Firewatch has been on my radar since it came out, but I honestly still have no idea what it is like or about.
I fail to see how.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
despite the title, OP asks for games that feel the most like Twin Peaks
so, yes, LA is irrelevant
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I notice a direct correlation of Twin Peaks inspiration and pretty good 'quirky' games.
There's a few small horror games I have played with Twin Peaks influence.
Lone Survivor no one I think has mentioned but has some scenes inspired by Twin Peaks and overall some David Lynch inspiration.
There's an ehhh game I played called Hektor which has a segment set in a Black Lodge lookalike, which coincidentially is the best part of the game.
There's others I don't believe others have mentioned but I need to fully recall myself.
There's a few small horror games I have played with Twin Peaks influence.
Lone Survivor no one I think has mentioned but has some scenes inspired by Twin Peaks and overall some David Lynch inspiration.
There's an ehhh game I played called Hektor which has a segment set in a Black Lodge lookalike, which coincidentially is the best part of the game.
There's others I don't believe others have mentioned but I need to fully recall myself.
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
Deadly Premonition
John Kowalski
Banned
I mean... Firewatch comes from a tradition of American writing about the wildness that sort of aligned with Twin Peaks' perspective of a town in the middle of nowhere, but they about very distinct themes. That kind of literature is often about the amorality of nature and the fragility of humans, and is also very naturalist, whereas TP is about how humans inhabit and shape places with forces beyond their understanding (the whole Lynchian thing). Firewatch is very much the former.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I think you're asking two different questions here.
For why the show influential, back when it aired there was honestly nothing like Twin Peaks. There was no TV shows that had such a large cast of characters you saw multiple perspectives through, there wasn't anything that went so back and forth from being oddly silly to darkly serious with contrasted tones, the camerawork was way above most other TV shows at the time, and it was a MAJOR pop culture hit, back when it aired its first season and up until the killer reveal it literally hit several countries by storm, notably America and Japan both were consumed by the show for a while. Everyone was talking about it, covering it, it was one of the first major 'water cooler talk' shows while people talked about their theories on characters, the weird scenes in the show, and the overall mystery in public places, at the office, etc., and it's gone on to inspire countless people in artistic fields, direct works, and techniques it used which were unheard of back then. Twin Peaks was largely influential due to what it did with television and the major success it found, giving it a lot of staying power in people's minds which has kept it relevant 25 years later.
Now for your personal feelings, noting is made for everyone. Twin Peaks I would best describe as a soap opera parody mixes with a supernatural murder mystery, except add an extra dosage of weirdness to it and in the shows second season especially an actually legitimately creepy surreal horror aspect begins to grow. It wasn't a perfect show by any means and the network realizing what a huge hit they had on their hands tried to take too much control over the project thinking they knew what was best for the show, but it was never intended to please all audiences. Many of the cast members acted on the show for their own reasons but none never really suspected the show would succeed, but it was a surprise smash hit even to many of them. But by the nature of the show it wasn't ever really made for a large audience, Lynch and Frost were stretching themselves after several projects had fallen through for both of them in the 80s and they lost deals to make their works due to studio failures, so they teamed up just to make something they wanted to make (after their original show project failed due to the network backing out, so they just wanted to make something together they wanted to make as they enjoyed working together).
However, Twin Peaks influence and the overall influence I think makes a LOT more sense if you've seen David Lunch's other films. Twin Peaks was the biggest pop culture phenomena of his works, so it's what most people name as influential, but I honestly think David Lynch as a whole with his works has been more influential than Twin Peaks individually has. If you watch his full discography, you'll be surprised how many other things in the last 20-30 years you've seen that have been inspired by his works in one way or another. He quite frankly tackled film, visual storytelling, and ambiguous storytelling in a way that is very unique to him that began to further influence others, and there's a number of scenes which he's produced which has inspired countless others, he has a strong talent to make very unusual but impacting scenes. Various scenes from Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Elephant Man, Mullohland Drive, Lost Highway, and indeed Twin Peaks, among others, have found there way in various faucets of entertainment.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
Season 1 was amazing, season 2 takes a huge nose dive mid season as I believe lynch had a fallout and wasn't writing, but it wraps up strong.
Season 3 is soon, can't wait.
Season 3 is soon, can't wait.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Deadly Premonition and Thimbleweed Park.
I just finished episode 18 and I would say Season 2 only really suffers when it comes to James and Donna, mostly James. Also this tool that Audrey is suddenly in love with.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
I enjoyed the first half but I personally found the upper middle episodes just going off the wall a bit, either way the show is just awesome.. Really stoked for its return soon.
Not gonna read too much inside this thread, but thought I'd share this:
https://youtu.be/Y7ZGhftU4As
It's just a summary of the pilot episode of the first season (which I just finished watching).
I started watching this show a month or two ago, possibly in anticipation of Persona 5, I'm not sure (I have a lot of free time at my job).
Anyways, I got distracted, but came back to it today since I saw this thread pop up a couple of days ago.
I like the creepy mood it has. I think the Showtime promos for the third season are partly responsible for me coming back to it too.
The music is so haunting and mysterious. I plan on watching the first two seasons, then the movie, then the third season and finally playing Deadly Premonition!
Edit: Also plan to watch Blue Velvet. Mulholland Drive I've seen and didn't care too much for it since it just seemed so bizarre for the sake of being bizarre.
https://youtu.be/Y7ZGhftU4As
It's just a summary of the pilot episode of the first season (which I just finished watching).
I started watching this show a month or two ago, possibly in anticipation of Persona 5, I'm not sure (I have a lot of free time at my job).
Anyways, I got distracted, but came back to it today since I saw this thread pop up a couple of days ago.
I like the creepy mood it has. I think the Showtime promos for the third season are partly responsible for me coming back to it too.
The music is so haunting and mysterious. I plan on watching the first two seasons, then the movie, then the third season and finally playing Deadly Premonition!
Edit: Also plan to watch Blue Velvet. Mulholland Drive I've seen and didn't care too much for it since it just seemed so bizarre for the sake of being bizarre.
Forgotten Memories: Alternate Realities. It even has a Twin Peaks red curtain area.
I'm pretty sure the 2D indie horror game Lone Survivor also used inspiration from Twin Peaks.
Hmm. Gonna check this out on iOS.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
You might want to hold out a bit, this game is releasing later this year for PC and consoles with more content and enhanced graphics.
>Trust me, I've been following it for a while.
Fun fact, the voice actor for James from Silent Hill 2 (Guy Cihi) voices in the game as well.
Guy LeDouche
Banned
pc version runs great on modern hardware, but its mostly through brute forcing the solution. Durante made DPfix for graphics options. Finally, mouse-aim goes a loooong way to making the combat not as terrible as it is with the console versions. Beyond that, you can totally break the combat by (sorta spoiler)
completing the challenge room to get the infinite durability guitar melee weapon that one shots everything but the final boss/sub-boss
uhhh...
Stop what you're doing and watch Mulholland Drive.
The main character is a special agent who goes to a small quirky town to investigate a series of murders. Oh and he talks
to himself??
And the Xbox 360 version is the best version. All other opinions are lies. So says Mr. Stewart.
The Salt Life
Banned
Life is Strange I def see the similarities.
What's with Deadly Premonition or whatever. What makes it twins peeks like?
What's with Deadly Premonition or whatever. What makes it twins peeks like?
CannonFodder52
Member
Thank you.
See so many people promoting the Director's Cut here. I prefer the original for sure.
If you want to play the og version on PS3 you can import it from Japan. It includes the English VA iirc, has a baller cover too.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
It got hit with a C&D during development. That's how similar they are lol
D
Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
I should finish Lone Survivor. But I have to start it again. I have time, so I really should. It's short at least. But from the get go you get that Lynch surrealism from the game. It's pretty good, but there's something so creepy that makes me quit it.
Again, I've never heard of this happening (wouldn't mind a link to something correcting me on it, but pretty sure this was only a rumor).
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Is the JP PS3 version different from ours? I prefer the 360 version too, though I think both have their pros and cons.
Yes. The Japanese PS3 version was released in 2010 around the same time as the 360 version I think.
The US PS3 version came out in 2013 as the Directors Cut. The PC version is basically the same as the PS3 version.
The 360 version desperately needs to come to Xbox One backwards compatibility, but Swery doesn't own the rights to it, and Access Games seems uninterested.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Ah, you might be right. I can't find anything concrete.
However, according to the wiki, the game was heavily criticized for how derivative of TP it was when it was first revealed as Rainy Woods, and this resulted in a number of changes, including the title change.
CannonFodder52
Member
Yes. The Japanese PS3 version was released in 2010 around the same time as the 360 version I think.
The US PS3 version came out in 2013 as the Directors Cut. The PC version is basically the same as the PS3 version.
The 360 version desperately needs to come to Xbox One backwards compatibility, but Swery doesn't own the rights to it, and Access Games seems uninterested.
Yea, I've played some of the Japanese PS3 version, Red Seeds Profile. Its the original 360 version, no narrative change or other additions. The text is in Japanese, the VA is English.
It would be awesome if it got BC, still gotta pick up an Xbox One for D4.
Indeed, being a bit too close definitely didn't go unnoticed.
Short summary I posted a while back:
Reread the OP, its a two part request:
there is no need to keep digging your heels in.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
The more you know.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
It's worth going through, and actually in the Director's Cut additional content becomes available on your second playthrough.
However, there's some scenes that are very Twin Peaks inspired in Lone Survivor, some spoilers here from the midgame but:
There's some reference in how food plays a big role in Lone Survivor, coffee, etc. There's a more direct reference in a dancing scene that happens in the second half of the game. There's a room with blue curtains with a guy sitting down (the same guy who dances in the scene) which is an obvious Twin Peaks homage.
Not Twin Peaks, but one of the characters in the game is also a pretty big homage to the Cowboy from Mulholland Drive.
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I know there's some other games I've played inspired by Twin Peaks that haven't been mentioned here, I'll try to remember them and write them down later if they come to mind.
There's some games that aren't really Twin Peaks inspired but have Twin Peaks easter eggs. Mass Effect Shadow Broker DLC has a television program on a TV that's set in the Black Lodge. Likewise, there was some racing game from the PS1/N64 era I forget the name of right now, but it had a secret area whih was also the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks. FEZ also has a Black Lodge secret area. Three I'll throw out there.
There's various David Lynch influence in most of the Silent Hill games (ie, Silent Hll 2 pulls more from Lost Highway and Blue Velvet than Twin Peaks, in my opinion, from the closet scene in James being a direct reference to Blue Velvet, Heaven Night having Blue Velvet references in it, and the whole Mary/Maria thing is INCREDIBLY similar to the wife/risky lover who looks like his wife subplot in Lost Highway, plus video tapes showing something in Lost Highway). but I actually think Silent Hill: Shattered Memories has the heaviest Twin Peaks influence out of any of the games. It's not quite precise, but certain areas, scenes, and direction I think makes a few calls to it.
OH, I remembered one of the small games with Twin Peaks influence. The VR game, Dark Days: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1063691710368492/
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Jesus fucking Christ, Deadly Premonition Director's Cut DOES NOT WANT ME TO PLAY IT. I did the DPfix and all that. First the game ran at a frame a second literally. Restarted computer, solved it. Then the game crashes if I wander around the town too much so I gotta keep stopping to save at the nearest phone all the time. Then it crashes at the hospital. Then it crashes more when I keep exploring the town. Then it crashes in the lumbermill dungeon. And then it crashes more when I'm driving around after that. Then it crashes at the Community Center. I really want to play this game, but the game really doesn't want me to play it. It's getting unplayable and when the solutions I find online are to download a save after the parts that crash, it really kills any desire to keep going.
Eww Platinum? Why would anyone want that? I just want Swery to make a new game.
But yeah OP Deadly Premonition. People that say it's bad or so bad it's good don't know what they're talking about. The game suffers from some bad gameplay but the story and characters more than make up for it.
Virginia is definitely worth playing but it feels more like an homage to David Lynch in general than a Twin Peaks reference.
The Silver
Member
God do I want another Deadly Premonition, that game hit the sweet spot so good, just clean up the combat stuff and ooh boy
Vargavinter
Member
I'm gonna say Alan Wake. And I would everyone that like Twin Peaks to watch the live action prequel to Alan Wake "Bright Falls" https://vimeo.com/14474351 Its really really good.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
PS3, I think.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Yeah, I don't know if the show will be for you.
Far from it in my opinion, it runs like absolute shit.