Lots of references

[Trankill]

Fear and Hunger seems to have a lot of references to other games, movies and stories.
Just playing through the game and you will notice a few things that rings a bell.

For example there's the obvious presence of the "Necromicon" in the game, "Miasma" ressemble "Soul Edge" and the Cube of Depth bears the same markings as the Horadric Cube (Diablo series)
The Spider Shield is the same as in Dark Souls.

The characters and gods also references others. D'arce is a pun with the name of Jeanne D'arc.
The Pocketcat is a boogeyman ressembling the Puss in Boots, but i was told he has a Sheshire-like smile, i haven't seen it for now.

Alll-mer has a story similar to Jesus Christ, I think both Gro'goroth and Sylvian are inspired by divinities from disapeared civilisations (Kali maybe?)


I'm certain there is a lot more in the game, pretty sure i've seen that picture of the gigantic old gods gathered around tables somewhere.
I could swear I've seen Ragnvald or the Stone Crown before but where?

Any help?

[KoffiAndKreme]

Pocket Cat is like the equivalent to slenderman.

[orange~]

Hmm... This is really cool! I'm interested in seeing how people intrepret these things. There are defintely some very direct references in the game and you got some of them right.

Horadric Cube is not the inspiration for the cube though, eventhough Diablo 1 and 2 were big influences otherwise.

[Lagos]

Mostly just noticed Cthulhu mythos and Berserk. Of course All-mer being Jesus basically. Suppose I could mention the art style too being similar to Castlevania. I'm not very educated when it comes to games.

[ranarif]

I think the Human Hydra is inspired by a draw in Junji Ito's Uzumaki.

[BrassCrassus]

I've mentally categorized this game as if Junji Ito and BERSERK had a baby and locked it up in the basement, only to feed it the occasional traveler.

[Trankill]

Unfortunately i've got only one real ending of the game, there is a lot more to find.

And i've randomly noticed a hint to another game but this one is so obvious i feel dumb for missing it!
The herbs and their mix are actually the same as in Resident Evil, only that the effects of green and blue are swapped. In RE the green heals and blue is an antidote, red is a booster but useless on its own.

This game is awesome, I didn't expect something this nice could be made with RPG Maker.

[Esoterica]

I felt like Gro-Goroth was a nod toward Cthulhu.

[kaijax]

In thecrow room where you can save, there is a bonfire and you can light it. If you interact with it says that you are comforted by it. Easy one, but Dark Souls.

[TheBerserker]

Originally posted by Vinters:

I felt like Gro-Goroth was a nod toward Cthulhu.

the game has a lot of lovecraftian inspirations, being the most obvious the necronomicon

[victor6467]

Originally posted by orange~:

Hmm... This is really cool! I'm interested in seeing how people intrepret these things. There are defintely some very direct references in the game and you got some of them right.

Horadric Cube is not the inspiration for the cube though, eventhough Diablo 1 and 2 were big influences otherwise.

I would have expected the cube to be some kind of reference to the one from Hellraiser and I'd love to know if that's where you got it from.

[Watereaters]

Le'Garde is based off of Griffith
D'Arce takes elements from Casca and Farnesse
Nas'hrah is likely based off of Demon King Ganeshka
Crow Mauler is similar to Pyramidhead
The Path of Enlightenment for Enki's S Ending is similar to how Schierke explained magic to Farnesse
Alll-mer is based off the Christian God
There's also a few Hellraiser references but I wouldn't know since I didn't watch the films

Europa is obviously Europe
Rondon is England
Oldegard is Scandinavia (probably Norway to be more specific)
Eastern Sanctuaries (its a country not like monk shrines for yellow mages) is India
Vinland is America

[Xafron Chi]

I won't take credit for this one. A fairly big Youtuber/Twitch streamer (CDawgVA, also on Trash Taste Podcast) played through the first game on stream about a month ago and talked about the game on his podcast as well.

He picked up on lots of Berserk references, and also commented that the location of the game felt kind of like a reference to the dark continent from Hunter x Hunter. I believe he mentioned other references as well, but I don't remember them.

[RondKrows]

The Torturer guys backstory is San dan Glokta from the First Law series by Joe Abercrombie

[Paradox]

Crow man. Pyramid man.

[sorikuN]

I'm late from this but the table with all the gods reminds me of a scene from the comic series Promethea although I'm sure it's pretty unrelated