Eureka

[Tomibouzu]

am i crazy or does the plot to this seem a lot like the pilot episode of Eureka?

[Space is the Place]

You mean that TV series about a Marshall that goes into a town where every single resident seems to be some short of super genius?? Yes, you are crazy.

[Tomibouzu]

"Walter Perkins, one of the brightest minds in town, has created a tachyon accelerator that threatens to tear apart reality itself. Before Walter can fix it, however, he is apparently absorbed by his own machine."

the machine walter Created does the same thing they showed happen to the guy who made the machine in the game, not only that but the damage done by both looks the same. its up to a regular guy to save the day in both.

watcht he Pilot of the show and its the same basic idea of this game lol.

[Space is the Place]

I´ve seen the pilot,know the series. Yes, what you said it´s true, but can´t that be said about a lot of plots?? A scientist creates something that can be dangerous to manking and the world itself, it´s pretty much a very common plot start, but other than that I don´t see any conection.

Even that, "regular guy save the day" it´s not accurate in none of the cases: One is a Marshall and the other ... well, Ed is not exactly a regular guy trying to save the game, anyone having finished this game should know that by now, there are four people conected to the plot, none of them I will consider regular guys, and they do not exactly save the day, only Detective Bennet is in fact worried about saving the day and he´s not presented as "the main heroe" until veeeeery late in the game.

I believe this short of "look a like" feeling is pretty weak, I mean, with the same argue I culd say that every single love story is the same one since love is the main focus, that every heroe is the same since they pass trough the same tranformation procces in every single book/movie/videogame/TV series/comic or that every 50-70 science fiction distopian future world book is the same since they all carried the same message and the structure goes in a very similar way (one guy confortable with the system suddenly realize is not that much pretty and then he rebels and is chased by the system itself).

IF the game was about Detective Bennet, there was no political or conspirathy sub-plots and our mission was to stop the scientist to activate the machine again, I will consider that both the tv series pilot and the videogame are very similar, but rigth now?? NOT AT ALL, they just share a starting plot point for a completely different story.

[Tomibouzu]

yeah after the first episode its nothing the same, mostly because they don't continue with the machine that Walter Created.