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Twin Peaks homages in games AKA: Can't someone just make a Twin Peaks game already?
- Thread starter Maligna
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I she did survive, then they better bring back Pete too, he was the best character in the show!
EDIT: just checked wiki... damn thats a shitty way to find out Jack Nance died. I just made myself sad
I thought I heard that Ontkean had rather limiting health issues that prevented his participation.
ZombieSupaStar
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Just get Moira Kelly. Lara ruined our Cooper and Audrey story.
An official game would probably be garbage, I never felt the need for one. I wouldn't be opposed to it if it was announced, but idk. I'd rather devs who love the show just keep aping/referencing it while doing their own thing, like Remedy with Alan Wake and so on.
Twin Peaks influences and homages in games always put a smile on my face. The more the merrier. Love the show to death and I still can't believe it's coming back. I'll see you again in 25 years, motherfucker.
Deadly Premonition is such a giant rip-off (it was even more blatant before, just look at the beta version with the Cooper lookalike, dwarves, etc), but I just love it so much, haha. Swery is awesome.
Twin Peaks influences and homages in games always put a smile on my face. The more the merrier. Love the show to death and I still can't believe it's coming back. I'll see you again in 25 years, motherfucker.
Deadly Premonition is such a giant rip-off (it was even more blatant before, just look at the beta version with the Cooper lookalike, dwarves, etc), but I just love it so much, haha. Swery is awesome.
Yep, there's a lot of TP in LiS and the clearer the influences got the more I enjoyed it. I dig how even though all the license plates in the Blackwell parking lot reference great TV shows (like The Wire, Carnivale, X-Files, Breaking Bad), Chloe's truck got the TWN PKS one.
The Silver
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Just give me another Deadly Premonition, an actual official Twin Peaks would most likely end up sucking.
wipeout364
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I disagree with this, the show lost it's way after Laura Palmer murder was solved and it stumbled around for several episodes. Lynch and frost I believe we're not on good terms due to lynch not wanting to have the mystery solved feeling it would ruin the tension and frost arguing the audience deserved closure about it. If I'm not mistaken lynch just left at that point and had minimal involvement; he agreed to make the finale as long as he had license to do what he wanted which is why it is the best episode next to the pilot in my opinion.
I think the whole series and movie are great but it really takes a nose dive after they catch the killer. The movie and final episode redeem it though.
dantevsninjas
Member
Another Alan Wake.
True. For now this is the best we have.
wipeout364
Member
Alan Wake was amazing. It's too bad the guys at Remedy are so slow. It's painful waiting for their games. I would love another Alan wake but at the speed those guys develop it will be on ps5 or X two in 2021.
I dont really mean the show got better BECAUSE the mystery was solved, but i think it got more interesting after it was solved and went completely off the rails. Agreed on the very beginning and very end being the best though, Coop's quirks were kinda lost after awhile and they were a big part of the first few episodes, and the ending really proved the mythos could survive after the mystery. FWWM was great because it kinda brought that completely batshit sensibility from the end to the prequel... would have loved to have seen the next movie.
Kwansu Dudes
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Every time I watch, I always stop once the murder is solved. Laura was the glue and everything just falls apart once it's done. It's weird, but I just lose interest with how random and wacky everything is.
Edit: Thanks Jiguryo, I'll try to muscle through it.
There IS a lull, a valley, between the Palmer murder solution and the next arc (Wyndom Earle). Once this part kicks in, it gets way better.
YankeeDonB
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Well, if she's NOT around, it will be a lot less... Dreammmmy.
JoeyJungle
Banned
Funny you say that, Puzzle Agent (Telltale game before they started Jurassic Park/Walking dead style games) was super Twin Peaks-y
YankeeDonB
Member
Yeah, he was the man.
But no one touches Audrey. (Except, in the only acceptable kind of TP fan-fiction, Coop.)
That looks pretty cool.
Yeah some SCUMM-like game would actually be a better format than their current design for a TP game.
qualitydisc
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mikestrife
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There were 3 for PC, all part of the same series but by different developers. They take place in the town around the woods in 3 different eras covering different back stories from the movies.
I played through them all because I was a gluten for survival horror and there wan't much out at the time. They were really budget, and incredibly glitchy.
Madrugador
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Puzzle agent was great (especially the first one). Very underrated game IMO.
Soyongdori
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Someone needs to translate Mizzurna Falls.
Last I heard he was retired from acting. I wasn't aware of any health issues. I hope that's not true, though!
How About No
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qualitydisc
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Would pay $ for this.
BTW, there is a Japanese indie game under development called "Back in 1995" which, to me, looks almost exactly like Mizzurna Falls.
EDIT: Oh wow, some actually is translating Mizzurna Falls and they have an up to date tumblr
wipeout364
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Just out of curiosity what exactly does that look like in your mind? I'm serious I have no idea why platinum keeps getting mentioned it seems so at odds with twin peaks in my mind.
FallingEdge
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someone did a walkthrough on twitch but sadly, he never finished it =/
Psyrgery ES
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There is a level called "Twin Shrieks" in Carmageddon 2, which is based on, you guess it, Twin Peaks.
Also, if you drive through a specific mountain in that map, you will find the following hidden room
There's 3 couchs and a lamp inn the center on the room, surrounded by red velvet courtains.
You can watch it here
Also, if you drive through a specific mountain in that map, you will find the following hidden room
There's 3 couchs and a lamp inn the center on the room, surrounded by red velvet courtains.
You can watch it here
qualitydisc
Member
Yikes, controversial opinion!!
I think they are wonderful for different reasons. One of those reasons being that Swery follows me back on Twitter and David Lynch does not.
timetokill
Banned
I'm loving this thread for all the Twin Peaks references in so many games. I didn't know about many of them.
Personally I wouldn't want a Twin Peaks game because I don't think there are many that could actually pull it off. Hell, even on the show itself Lynch's absence was dramatically felt.
Personally I wouldn't want a Twin Peaks game because I don't think there are many that could actually pull it off. Hell, even on the show itself Lynch's absence was dramatically felt.
MrCunningham
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SchrodingerC
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Deadly Premonition is pretty much the closest we'll get to a Twin Peaks game. It's definitely more than a homage, but the low budget/Japanese charm gives the game it's own identity.
That tease at the end of DP-DC was too much. Where did Zach go, SWERY? WHERE DID HE GO DAMN IT!
That tease at the end of DP-DC was too much. Where did Zach go, SWERY? WHERE DID HE GO DAMN IT!
Indeed, rip-off was a bit mean of me. The game stands by itself more than enough beyond the influences and, like you said, there's a lot of care and heart put into it.
I just remember being shocked when I saw the very first reveal video in a "wow, no shame here" sort of way, haha. But then I eventually played the PC version and became a big fan of DP and of Swery. Currently playing D4.
Tainted
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Yar, Alan Wake captured the vibe of Twin Peaks more than any other game I've played. Hell, it has you collecting coffee flasks in a direct reference to Agent Cooper.
I really need to play through that game again. I watched all of Twin Peaks recently on Netflix as well.
basic_text
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Man, if you think Deadly Premonition is heavily influenced by Twin Peaks, then you should see the game it was prior to being redone.
Rainy Woods
https://youtu.be/EbbhwO7pRHA
I was so hyped for this game!
Rainy Woods
https://youtu.be/EbbhwO7pRHA
I was so hyped for this game!
Haha yes, this is the video I was thinking about. I didn't remember the game had a different name back then.
Melchiah
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Even Mass Effect 2's Shadowbroker DLC had a Twin Peaks easter egg!
Huh, I completely missed that.
JetSetRadio
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If I could pick one E3 megaton surprise for this year it would be a DP sequel.
Sir_Crocodile
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Ron Gilbert's Thimbleweed Park is going to be a Twin Peaks/X-Files inspired game
SpacePirate Ridley
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Deadly Premonition is so Twin Peaks we dont really need a Twin Peaks game.
Its really like an altarnate version of the series.
Persona 4 is clearly scooby doo (with maybe some small homages to twin peaks and other things).
BTW Someone told Yosuke's american voice actor in Dancing All Night to try to force his voice to sound like Shaggy as much as possible. The pitch he puts sometimes is lolworthy.
Not true. Every one and their mothers that was around during the 90's know about twin Peaks, and the question "Who killed Laura Palmer?" was in the mouth of everyone at their work next morning after an episode was released. It was a television phenomenon. My parents watch like 0 american television, but they know Twin Peaks, Falcon Crest and Dallas because everyone watched it at the time. In Europe and Japan Twin peaks became super big. Thats why you see so many tributes to Twin peaks in games.
Its really like an altarnate version of the series.
Persona 4 is clearly scooby doo (with maybe some small homages to twin peaks and other things).
BTW Someone told Yosuke's american voice actor in Dancing All Night to try to force his voice to sound like Shaggy as much as possible. The pitch he puts sometimes is lolworthy.
Not true. Every one and their mothers that was around during the 90's know about twin Peaks, and the question "Who killed Laura Palmer?" was in the mouth of everyone at their work next morning after an episode was released. It was a television phenomenon. My parents watch like 0 american television, but they know Twin Peaks, Falcon Crest and Dallas because everyone watched it at the time. In Europe and Japan Twin peaks became super big. Thats why you see so many tributes to Twin peaks in games.
There's plenty of room for both in any discerning person's entertainment library. Isn't that right, Zach?