In game lore, what is the reason for using code 451 on a safe will make it explode?

[煙海 | Enkai]

Like the title says, very very curious, dev please, thank you.

[RickiTickiTavi]

System Shock's first door code. It has been a reference ever since.

[MDK]

https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/0451

[Boboscus]

0451, which is the "full" code, is basically what connects every immersive sim ever, as it's the homage to System Shock in pretty much every game in the genre after it.

[煙海 | Enkai]

Originally posted by RickiTickiTavi:

System Shock's first door code. It has been a reference ever since.

Originally posted by MDK:

https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/0451

Originally posted by Boboscus:

0451, which is the "full" code, is basically what connects every immersive sim ever, as it's the homage to System Shock in pretty much every game in the genre after it.

Thank for you guys explanations, although I'm still not sure why only this particular set of codes makes the safe explode.

interesting.

[STM_User2]

Originally posted by 煙海 | Enkai:

Thank for you guys explanations, although I'm still not sure why only this particular set of codes makes the safe explode.
interesting.

The people from New Blood has made a joke with it. Due to everybody awaits to open some safe or some door in an easy way using this specific code... what you get is "not opening a thing".

A similar joke was made in Heretic, related to classic Doom games. In Doom you can type determined sequences of keys, in order to get specific advantages... if you type those same sequences of keys in Heretic, you'll get analogous disavantages.

Two examples:

-Typing 'IDDQD' in Doom you enter in God Mode. In Heretic, typing 'IDDQD' will kill you instantly.

-Typing 'IDKFA' in Doom you automatically get all available weapons and get all ammo that you can carry for all of them. Typing 'IDKFA' in Heretic will make to take all weapons and ammo away from you (except the staff).

All in all: they are just jokes that are "caught" by people knowing something of another earlier game.

[煙海 | Enkai]

Originally posted by STM_User2:

Originally posted by 煙海 | Enkai:

Thank for you guys explanations, although I'm still not sure why only this particular set of codes makes the safe explode.
interesting.

The people from New Blood has made a joke with it. Due to everybody awaits to open some safe or some door in an easy way using this specific code... what you get is "not opening a thing".

A similar joke was made in Heretic, related to classic Doom games. In Doom you can type determined sequences of keys, in order to get specific advantages... if you type those same sequences of keys in Heretic, you'll get analogous disavantages.

Two examples:

-Typing 'IDDQD' in Doom you enter in God Mode. In Heretic, typing 'IDDQD' will kill you instantly.

-Typing 'IDKFA' in Doom you automatically get all available weapons and max ammo on all of them. Typing 'IDKFA' in Heretic will make to take all weapons and ammo away from you (except the staff).

All in all: they are just jokes that are "catched" by people knowing something of another earlier game.

Ah, that's why, it does sound like a joke they'd will make.

Thanks for answering my question.

[KipTheOtt]

The dev has actually said in an interview that there's an in-universe reason for it that will be mentioned later in the game.

[煙海 | Enkai]

Originally posted by KipTheOtt:

The dev has actually said in an interview that there's an in-universe reason for it that will be mentioned later in the game.

Sounds great, I'm curious what is the reason behind this.

[FhqwhTODD]

0451 was the door code to the offices of Looking Glass. They put it in their games, usually as the code to the very first thing you can unlock in them.

[Suglasp]

The code is also used in Dishonored/Bioshock/Deus Ex franchises as a reference to Looking Glass studios.