Drat on 20/8/2006 at 12:29
A discussion has come up on (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Deus_Ex) Deus Ex talk page on Wikipedia regarding where Deus Ex's cyberpunk inspirations came from, specifically William Gibson's works, or Ghost in The Shell. Does anyone have any citeable sources (not forum posts or hearsay, (EDIT: or "vibes")), ideally from people who worked directly on the game, that state where some inspirations came from?
ZylonBane on 20/8/2006 at 16:05
Considering how heavily Ghost in the Shell was inspired by William Gibson, it seems like a moot point.
Qaladar on 20/8/2006 at 18:11
Hmm, personally, Deus Ex doesn't have a Gibson or Ghost in the Shell feeling at all for me.
Much more Illuminati.
AxTng1 on 20/8/2006 at 19:19
Wintermute = Daedelus
Neuromancer = Icarus
WTF they combined into = Helios
Helios = Puppetmaster
There is comparative cyberpunk in 3 easy steps
TheGreatGodPan on 21/8/2006 at 04:05
Isn't there something like the Deus Ex Bible or some gamespot special where the creators went over everything that led up to the game? Maybe karmasutra's post-mortem?
ZylonBane on 21/8/2006 at 04:17
Quote Posted by TheGreatGodPan
Maybe karmasutra's post-mortem?
. It's a pun. The site is about games. Get it?
TheGreatGodPan on 21/8/2006 at 20:31
Yeah, I forgot the name of the place, sorry.
Silkworm on 22/8/2006 at 01:13
The authors stated in numerous interviews that the plot of deus ex was inspired by all the insane consipracy theory rants you hear on talk radio and see on the internet. Basically they said "What if all that crazy stuff about the Illuminati and the Knights templar and Majestic 12 is actually true? What if all that stuff was true all at once?"
BlackCapedManX on 22/8/2006 at 04:50
(
http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/april02/dxbible/)
The mother-DX-article on gamespy. If you want to weed through it feel free, but other than that I couldn't tell you what specifically inspired DX other than things that were specifically lifted (ICE breaker as the hacking tool, for instance, which happened before DX anyway with SS.)
Vigil on 22/8/2006 at 10:38
For what it's worth, "ICE breaker" wasn't actually a term used in any of Gibson's novels (at least not to the best of my recollection); it must have originated with later cyberpunk fiction or System Shock itself. He did coin the term ICE itself, though.
