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What are the best video games full of references to other media? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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I know that World of Warcraft has several of them. What others?

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The binding of Isaac has shit ton of them.

Do old build-engine shooters like Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, etc count?

Sapienza, Italy in Hitman has outfits for red and green plumbers.

Sam and Max has references to all kinds of things.

Hypnospace Outlaw has a ton of references to pre-y2k pop culture.

Power Wash simulator has a number of official crossovers with IPs like SpongeBob, Warhammer, Laura Croft, Final Fantasy VII, etc. (oh shit I just checked and there's a Shrek one coming out soon).

[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Final Fantasy XIV has tons of them as well, especially in the side quests and FATEs. The localization teams do a stellar job sprinkling all sorts of references and nods to pop culture.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

The Henry Stickmin Collection is a set of games that were on Newgrounds that is a choose your own adventure game with a ton of references to other things. From Marvel VS Capcom 2's Ironman Infinite combo to Jojo.

It's made by the same developers as Among Us

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Evoland 2! Where the first game is mainly reference and no game, the second one is a completely original story and world which includes references. I highly recommend it.

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

Oh damn, I didn’t think I wouldn’t be the first to post about Evoland 2 of all games in this thread, it’s pretty obscure, isn’t it. Great game though.

[–] whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 3 points 2 months ago

Alan Wake 2 has a lot

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

Grand theft auto. Mainly San Andreas and Vice city.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Cookie Clicker is overflowing with them.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Heh, does Astrobot count?

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I just recently played man-eater and that had a ton of references in it

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Evoland 2 has a lot of references.